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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
4
Buena Vista Col April 2 A miraculous escape from death for the engine crew and 100 passengers on a Unc orado Midland train occurred at Yale Riding where a railroad bridge burned away. The engineer saw the destruction, applied the emergency brake, shut off the steam, then he and the firemen leaped for their lives. The train stopped on the brink with no injuries.
Hackenschmidt reportedly winced with pain as President Roosevelt greeted him at the White House press event. The tense moment, captured by reporters, underscored the public spectacle surrounding their encounter and the political theater of the era.
Washington April 2 Joseph G Cannon speaker of the house introduced two resolutions questioning whether the departments of commerce and labor and justice have properly handled matters with the International Paper company of New York. The move was seen by many as a direct criticism of executive department conduct.
Washington April 2 Leaders of the house fear congress will not adjourn by May 16 as planned. Of nine appropriation bills, only one has presidential approval, three passed the senate, and two not yet passed by the house. Due to the workload, adjournment by June 1 or later is feared.
Gov. Hanly ordered two men, T. W. Ryan and Dailey, to stand trial in Illinois. Arrested in Fort Wayne, they face indictments for running a confidence game in Peoria by posing as collectors for a non existent relief fund linked to the Yaardmasters and Brotherhood of Railway Employes, each taking $20 with receipts.
Albert Paulding, nearly a centenarian, died unexpectedly last evening in Wabash. He was a banker, an organizer and early president of the First National Bank of Wabash, and engaged in local business. He leaves a large estate.
Trading in the New York stock market opened quietly with irregular early price moves. Erie stocks led gains while Union Pacific Reading and others posted fractional losses. Reading slipped to 102 4 or so, and Erie notes financing weighed on prices. London markets also quiet with a firmer curb market.
The document lists livestock auction prices across categories including steers heifers cows bulls and calves with ranges from common to best grades. Notable entries show good to choice stockers and feeders with weights from 200 to 1300 pounds and prices from 3.00 to 6.75 per hundredweight, reflecting market tiers and condition classifications.
Pittsburg Pennsylvania April 2 cattle receipts light and active with values for various grades. Receipts include 10 loads with price ranges from 6.45 to 7.55 for cows and heavy mediums, pigs trading between 4.75 and 5.90, and roughs to common. Sheep and lambs show steady receipts with wool sheep 4.4 to 7.0, wool lambs 5.50 to 8.50, prime wethers 6.25 to 7.00, and spring lambs 9.00 to 13.00.
Hogs receipts 17 000 with light to mixed and heavy quotes ranging from 5.85 to 6.30 per cwt. Cattle receipts 6 009 with bees and cows and calves values noted from 2.00 to 5.40 for various classes. Sheep receipts 19 000 with natives western yearlings and lambs priced from 5.00 to 7.90, western lambs at 36.25 to 7.50.
East Buffalo, N Y April 2 cattle receipts 199 slow and unchanged veals 0 0 sheep and lambs receipts 5000 down 160 lambs 5.25 8.70 yearlings 7.25 7.75 wethers 7.00 6.70 ewes 5.76 6.70 mixed sheep 3.76 6.50 hogs receipts 1700 down 10 pigs lighter Yorkers 6.50 5.05 pigs 5.75 5.90 mixed 6.60 6.65 heavies 6.00 roughs 5.30 6.57
Receipts show 3,000 hogs 1,850 cattle and 50 sheep with a weaker hog run than yesterday yet a strong close. Early sales eased but later advanced to 60 cents. Cattle receipts down but demand slow with prices broadly unchanged from yesterday. Sheep and lambs scarce with no quotable change.
A blaze of incendiary origin swept a five-story tenement at 44 Hester Street in New York early today, killing Bert Weinstein 25 a cloak operator Hannah Weinstein 22 and their one year old baby Moritz Weinstein. More than 20 were injured.
A photo of King Edward VII in a farewell gesture to his subjects signals the monarch’s aging. Though aged sixty seven, his health has waned, with doctors ordering a trip to Biarritz during his tenure as Duke of Lancaster.
A racing ear story reports that about 50 large wolves pursued it to Wyoming. Rather than drop a baby, the crew chose to choke the wolves in a spare tire and cast them overboard.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on April 2 a bank in Mounds was robbed and robbers blew the safe with nitroglycerin. They escaped at 2 am with 5490 dollars in currency and silver. Sheriffs from Muskogee Wagoner and Okmulgee counties are combing the area for the suspects.
A sweeping threat case targets the Rockefeller family daughter after a series of lettered warnings. Authorities investigate possible motives and secure protection while detailing the responses from legal and security aides. Investigators seek leads from postal records and background checks.
Martin Vanest drove a team pulling a wagon loaded with hay between Columbus and Brown County. A wagon wheel broke while crossing a stream and Vanest was thrown from the load into water. He suffered a dislocated left shoulder, back injuries, and general bruising before bystanders carried him to a neighbor’s home.
Mrs Harold McCormick daughter of John D Rockefeller faces increasing threats from unsigned letters. Nervous from the communications she prepares to flee Chicago with guards posted at the Bellevue Place mansion. Private detectives search for the letter writer, regarded by police as likely deranged.
A list of assorted cured and fresh pork products with apparent prices and old spelling, including sugar cured hams and bacon varieties, smoked and dry salt options, pickled pork, fresh sausages, veal, mutton, and lamb offerings with unit prices and descriptors.
City grain details include red and white corn lots with 24 and 10 car counts, No 4 red and yellow grades in car lots, and mixed hay types. Timothy prices quoted intervals 13.25 for choice timothy and 11.75 for No 2 timothy, with multiple car totals and inspections noted.
Wireless dispatches report the Atlantic fleet sailing north from San Francisco. Target practice ended yesterday with the Vermont finishing its big gun drills. New records were set as the Navajo arrived with the mail just before the fleet departed.
A terse OCR list shows butter and eggs pricing with entries for Elgin butter at 35 cents, New York full cream at 17 4 cents, Wisconsin full cream at 16 cents, and fresh eggs at 18 cents, plus notes on stale cream and domestic hamburger.
The ad urges readers to limit spending and save the balance, claiming steady accumulation for those on a medium salary. It promotes a strong company with unequaled advantages offering facilities to save, urging a start this spring by bringing $1 or more downtown to begin and keep growth now.
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