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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1902
Page
3
Township assessor Michael Jefferson reports Indianapolis taxables rose by about four million dollars from last year. Growth stems from new trust companies, higher corporate assessments, stock and merchandise increases, and new buildings. The jump boosts the city debt limit by eighty thousand dollars and raises the proposed eight percent levy.
Washington Aug 6 The Navy Department received a dispatch from Lieut Commander Potter of the U S gunboat Ranger reporting that Colombian authorities threaten to capture the British ship Scipio amid rising tensions in the area.
Health officers report the Day wagon on Buchanan street yielded milk found contrary to board rules in three ways. It used illegal coloring, contained formaldehyde as a preservative, and was skimmed rather than watered. City chemist notes 1.6 butterfat with 9.2 solids. Day accuses another dairyman.
Fletcher S. Hines, capitalist, contributes five thousand dollars to The Institute fund for the arsenal purchase. The donation was made unconditionally, swelling the institute's technical program fund on a Wednesday.
In Denver on August 6 a bid of $1,000 for the wife of Samuel S. Kapp was offered by Frank W. Sears to a doctor, Mrs. Samuel S. Kapp, with payments of $50 cash and $26 monthly until divorce or $1,000 total. Mrs. Kapp and her daughter left the Kapp home after declaring love for Sears. The Kapps had a 20 year marriage. Mrs. Kapp, a physician, had planned to study medicine eastward, and foster parents who raised her, Christopher and Sarah Kindig, provided background in Medina Ohio.
Mrs A J Durbin armed with a navy revolver forced entry into a Cameron gambling room with about 50 men, took her husband by the ear and marched him home. She thwarted guards and plans to have him summoned before the grand jury.
Retta Renking and Grace Evens, who fled from the pesthouse, surrendered at the health board office on Wednesday. Judge Stubbs fined each woman $15 after noting their previously dangerous condition. Health officers praised the capture.
P M Arthur head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers arrives in New York from Cleveland after being summoned by the Manhattan elevated engineers and motormen demanding a nine hour day. Vice president Skitt refused the demand Tuesday afternoon and a strike is discussed threatening transit for 300000 workers city wide.
The Kai ser's Meteor won the principal Cowes regatta race on Wednesday finishing three hours 51 minutes and 45 seconds, two lengths behind the Sybarita. The prize is valued at 400 dollars. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as a remedy for pimples and bad complexion.
Annual excursion schedule lists trips to Petoskey Traverse City and Mackinac Island on September 2 6 and 10. Round trip fares are 10 to Petoskey and Traverse City 11 to Mackinac Island. Tickets available from agents Richardson and D. P. Ai.
Miss Kate OConnor of Jackson Georgia recounts a strange incident in Cincinnati last Sunday night. She met a tall man in a blue police uniform at a Plum and Longworth street restaurant who befriended her, offered whisky with unknown powder, and later robbed her of an $80 diamond ring after being taken to a hotel. She says she woke Monday morning with a bruised finger and no memory of the events, and she did not report the crime until Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. August Ulrich answered a knock at 8 a m and gave a colored man 60 cents after he claimed her husband sent him. The man fled, and later it was found the demand was unauthorized. Police unlikely to locate the suspect or the money.
The Journal hand-book of Indianapolis by The Journal company edited by Max R. Hyman is out. It contains 374 pages of handsome half tone illustrations and a complete historical sketch with rare old engravings. The book provides extensive information about Indianapolis and was printed by W. B. Burford.
The German emperor aboard the Hohenzollern arrived off the port with the czar aboard the Standart. The two rulers met in the roadstead and the Standart carried the German flag. A salute was fired by the Russian squadron in welcome.
Fort Wayne based incorporated firm pushes ahead with electric light and power developments. The short notice highlights ongoing expansion of urban infrastructure and utility services.
John Bell of 1487 Lafayette street asked police to arrest Brent Bell after the boy left home Monday and has since wandered the streets. The father says he wants the boy arrested to frighten him, noting the lad, now six, escapes whenever sighted.
Gunfire erupted around the Shenandoah camp with about 20 shots fired and no fatalities. One man was bayoneted in the thigh by a sentry but was not seriously hurt. The next morning, calm returned as residents heard of a mob shooting in Girardville, and deputy Brewell, who threatened to shoot Peter Rames the Swede, was arrested.
The army board will inspect offered tracts for an army post on Wednesday and Thursday. Dyer and Bassman near Brooklyn Heights and Howard Waddell between Indianapolis and Valley Mills were viewed Wednesday. Charles Sims near Clermont and Worth Wright with W V Rooker near Allisonville will be inspected Thursday. A 1000 acre tract six miles west of Indianapolis on the Rockville road was offered Tuesday by C M Ballard and others and will be inspected Thursday.
David W. Gast sues Georgia G. for divorce alleging she engaged in indiscretions with unnamed men and ultimately deserted him this summer. The couple married in June 1899.
Dode Parry and May Hay were arrested Tuesday evening at the Encaustic tile works for stealing other girls clothes from the dressing room. They confessed to detectives.
August Tamm of Avondale Heights dismisses as fake the story that Prof Siedenburg the cataleptic had to be removed from his grave to prevent drowning during Tuesday night’s rain. He is still buried and protected from water, with a plan to dig him up near the 240 hour mark. six men will handle him due to potential violence.
Gov Durbin told the state tax board that household goods in Indiana are undervalued with most people paying about ten percent of furniture value. He cited his own home as an example and linked the remark to a hearing on the Switzerland county Vevay deposit bank assessment, arguing property statewide is not assessed at actual value.
Two Washington federal inspectors Measers Gamble and Cronke toured the federal building on Wednesday. They examined the revenue office and searched files and reports, saying their inquiry covers the federal department in each city. They will stay about a week longer.
Jerome Herff of Peru a democratic candidate for state treasurer and R W Kurtz a republican councilman visited the Grand hotel on Wednesday. Herff said the trip was business and not political. They plan to return home Wednesday evening.
King Edward returned to London on Wednesday amid a large crowd. He experienced no fatigue from the journey and walked unaided from the train to his carriage.
Markets here and elsewhere show mixed grains and stocks with bids in the 58 to 60 cent range for No. 2 yellow and 62 to 64 cents for No. 4 yellow. Oats weak with No. 2 white at 31 3/4 to 31 1/2 cents. Inspections list several carloads of wheat, corn, hay, and rye with rejected and sample grades noted.
Americans in London stay even with parity. Frisco Eastern Illinois statement due today. Strike conditions unchanged. Great Western to handle seven year packing-house share. Texas and Pacific floods only temporary. Reading dividend denied by insiders. Atchison boilermakers strike settled. Stock exchange closed Saturday. Gould stocks show inside realizing. No coal conference action. London rails firm as dividends lift home rails. South African markets weak on Paris sales.
Receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep at Indianapolis Union Stockyards. Cattle categories include good to prime export steers 1,200 to 1,500 lbs averaging 700 to 800. fair to medium export steers 1,200 to 1,400 lbs. butcher steers 1,000 to 1,250 lbs. and various stockers and cows with price ranges. Hogs receipts 4,000 with good to choice heavies around 30 30 to 30 75. Sheep receipts 125 with spring lambs and yearlings priced from 3.00 to 5.75. Bucks and stockers per 100 lbs priced around 2.00 to 7.30.
At Tint Stockyards Illinois on August 6 cattle receipts reached 15 000 with prime beef 8 50 to 8 75 and cows 3 75 to 5 25. Hog receipts 24 00 with light 7 40 to 7 60 and heavy 7 50 to 7 85. Sheep receipts 20 000 with native sheep 3 50 to 3 73 and lambs 4 00 to 6 00.
Grain market report shows weak tones for wheat with No 2 red listed at 6c per bushel while milling freight adds 6c. No 2 red track prices noted as 65c. Corn shows weakness with various white categories priced oddly. transcription errors obscure exact figures and volume details.
New York stocks opened narrow with little orders from commission houses and arcitage firms. Atchison showed strength on good crop reports. sugar and rail shares rose. Erie tied to control speculation. Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific held gains. Noon prices show firm tone with 203,800 shares sold.
New York price listings show pork at 18.25 19.00 per unit, butter at 28 4c, creamery and imitation creamery butter ranges. Cheese quoted large 3% small 9 1 4c, eggs 20 21c per dozen, tahow 6% ic, dressed poultry with turkeys 15 18c, chickens 12 22c, fowls 11 13 4c, ducks 1 15%4c, geese 1c, springs 2c.
Cincinnati Ohio August 6 cattle receipts 867 with buyers paying 5.00 to 6.25 for common to good grades and up to 7.75 for choice extra calves 3.75 to 6.50, hog receipts 2,487 with Selagts 7.60 to 7.65 and 6.20 to 5.35 for mixed packers, sheep receipts 4,116 with sheep 0.65 to 3.75 and lambs 6.00 to 6.19.
Chicago market notes list Butter Creameries with various grades from 18 to 19 percent, Cheese Twins at 10c, Swiss drum 14c, limburger 9 to 9 1/2c, brick 94c. Poultry prices show live chickens 2c, springs 4 3/4c, turkeys 1c, geese $4.00.
A dense antique price sheet lists numerous fruits vegetables and grocers items with per unit per case and per pound prices. It includes green onions redishes wax peas tomatoes watermelons peaches plums cantaloupes oysters fish and game items plus coffee sugars canned goods salt oats lard lard and various drugs and chemicals with scattered brand and origin notes. The entry features Illinois Indiana New York and various regional sources, with prices ranging from a few cents to several dollars per unit or case.
An odd recruitment style ad mentions services from THE SUN offering help for securing a girl or other needs. Includes a phone line 580 and office 71-1% E Ohic.
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