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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1908

Page

12

Stocks Fall as Metal Shares Lead Declines in Early Trading

New York early trading shows metal shares leading losses with Amalgamated and Anaconda down, Reading and Union Pacific slide about 1 to 1.4 points, while Colorado Fuel and American Ice edge higher. Arbitrage brokers sell heavily. market chatter on Bryan’s forthcoming speech but few expect it to move markets. Government bonds steady, others irregular.

New York Wall Street Amalgamated Anaconda National Colorado Fuel American Ice Reading Union Pacifc Southern Pacific Canadian Pacific Union Pacific Sweet Houl C. B. MacDonald Northern Pacific Wrenn Bros Harriman & Co Bryan

Strong Hog Demand Boosts Prices at Indianapolis Market

Indianapolis cattle and hog sale shows reduced hog receipts but strong demand for good to choice hogs with prices rising to about 5.50 to 7.00 per hundredweight. Cattle and sheep receipts were up with modest price gains for cattle and declines for lambs and yearlings. Representative hog lots ranged from 160 to 210 pounds, with light pigs weaker. Chicago noted higher hog and cattle receipts with mixed results across classes.

Indianapolis

City Grain Price Report With Varied Wheat and Corn Quotes

Market notes show steady wheat with No 2 red at 92c and No 3 red at 89c through billing. Corn quotes include No 2 white 79c and No 4 white 78c through billing, plus several mixed and yellow varieties. Oats hold at 49-52c range through billing, hay offered at 11.75 for timothy, rye No 2 at 76c. Inspections list multiple cars for wheat and corn, with several rejected grades and no established grade lines.

Chicago Grain Opens Steady on Scarce Wheat Offerings

Chicago August 11 Wheat opens almost unchanged as commission houses buy lightly. Prices show Wheat September at 93 3/4 to 94 1/4, Corn September around 77 1/2, Oats 48 1/2, Pork October near 15.60, Lard September around 9.47, Ribs September about 8.90. Closing quotes list Wheat Dec 95 1/4, Corn Dec 66 1/2, Oats Dec 48 1/2, Pork Oct 15 40, Lard Oct 9 62, Ribs Oct 9 96.

Chicago Lara A. W.thomson fAsk

East Buffalo Live Stock Market Report

East Buffalo New York August 10 cattle receipts four thousand active and steady prime steers six twenty five to six seventy five shipping steers five fifty to five dollars heifers two fifty to five thirty five feeders two to four fifty yeals five to seven seventy five sheep and lambs receipts seventeen thousand two hundred two c lower spring lambs four fifty six fifty yearlings five to five twenty five wethers four seventy five five, ewes four twenty five four fifty mixed sheep two fifty four fifty hogs receipts fifteen thousand nine hundred eighty five to ten cent lower Yorkers six twenty five six ninety pigs five seventy five six zero zero mixed and heavies six seven five six ninety roughs five twenty five five sixty five.

East Buffalo N. Y

Pittsburg Live Stock Market Report

Pittsburg Pa August 11 cattle receipts light and steady with extra 6.35 to 6.50 prime 6.10 to 6.25 good 3.50 to 6.00 heifers 3.00 to 6.00 fresh cows and springers 15 to 50 hogs receipts five loads with gains heavy 6.50 to 7.00 medium 7.00 yorkers 6.50 to 7.00 pigs 4.50 to 5.50 sheep receipts light with prime wethers 4.50 to 4.60 good mixed 4.15 to 4.35 lambs 4.00 to 6.00.

Chicago Union Ill Texas Evemene Aes Pittsburg

Evansville Fireman Dies From Injuries

Evansville Ind Aug 11 Robert now a hose driver died from injuries after being thrown from his wagon during a fire run. The Sun notes a free ten word advertisement offer for vacant rooms and mentions its want columns.

Evansville Ind Robert The Sun

May Depose Mara From Thaw Gage

Pittsburg Aug 11 Roger O Mara may be deposed as receiver in the bankruptcy of Harry J Thaw and replaced by a trustee named by New York creditors. The move could bring federal authorities in Pittsburg into a clash with New York state officials if Thaw attends creditors meeting in Pittsburg.

Pittsburg Roger O Mara Harry J. Thaw New York Jerome Thaw

Victor Jose To Sing At Roof Garden Concert

Victor R. Jose, a leading tenor of the Indianapolis Maennerchor, will perform at the roof garden concert next Wednesday evening with Beiser's orchestra. The program features ballads, comic songs, operatic selections, and dances, including Old Faithful, Mary's Jamb, Sea Flower Polka, and The Merry Widow waltzes. Jose is famed for comic numbers and the roof garden is expected to be packed.

Victor R. Jose Indianapolis Maennerchor Roof Garden Beiser Holtzman

Sisters Killed in an Explosion in Wheeling Store

Three Gavin sisters perished when a gas explosion leveled J V Gavin dry goods store in Wheeling West Virginia at 3:15 am. Clara Gavin aged 2 Mayme Gavin 23 and Margaret Gavin 25 died as mother escaped by leaping from a third floor window to an awning and falling to the ground. The three story brick building roof collapsed minutes after the blast.

Wheeling W. Va J. V. Gavin Clara Gavin Mayme Gavin Stargaret Gavin Gavine

Frankfort Boy Drowns in Greek Creek

Frankfort Indiana reports Herman Brand aged 12 drowned in Wild Creek yesterday evening while bathing. Names listed include John and Lizzie Perchman with two children, Kalatelnick and Urben Modyes, and Jonathan and Mabel Day as residents connected to the incident.

Frankfort Ind Herman Brand Wild Creek John and Lizzie Perchman Brook Street Kalatelnick and Urben Modyes W. Pearl Street Jonathan and Mabel Day Irvington Avenue

Gusher Gas Well Opened In Old Field

In Anderson Indiana on August 11 farmers near Moonville report a likely big gas well on Charlie Bagot’s farm along Willough or Willock. Union Gaslight Fuel Co drilled a vein, then moved equipment and started a second well nearby. Some call it a gusher as negotiations for a lease with T. M. Houston begin.

Nderson Ind Moonville Wend Fuel Company T. M. Houston Bagot

Hailstorm Hammers Hancock County Greenfield Area

A severe hail and windstorm struck Greenfield and Hancock county last night causing thousands in damage. Windows shattered, crops ruined including corn cabbage and tomatoes. Greenfield greenhouse windows broke. fields lost several acres per local farmers Duncan Moore and Blisbury. The storm covered about a mile wide stretch from west of Greenfield to the county’s eastern line.

Greenfield Ind Hancock County Jacob Forest John Hayes Duncan George Moorehead Lee Blisbury

Social notes of Bay View and Indianapolis visitors

Mrs J Will Callahan leaves Tuesday for her Bay View cottage in Michigan with guests Mrs Tean Stern Mrs J V Lathorn and son Paul and Mesdames Chas and Lewis Darrah of Noblesville. Frank R Millar and daughter return from Nashville Brown County. Flora Hogs goes to Chicago to visit Lula at Chicago University. Mrs Boynton and daughter Zoe visit O W Kennedy on Central Ave Casey. Frances Marie de Guerre and Earl J Tolin to marry Aug 1 at Riggs home 714 N Illinois. Grace Romaine Fritts and Henry Nelson to marry Wednesday at bride home on Washington. Misses Schlegel Meyer Meyer Losche head to Niagara Falls and east. Ethel Smith of Washington IN visits sister H S Ratliff. Cecelia Webb to Chicago to visit Edgard S Webb and then New York Boston trip. Jennie Pomeroy visiting Mrs Claude Deale. Edith Keller to host dinner Thursday.

J. Will Callahan Bay View Mich Tean Stern J. V. Lathorn Paul Mesdames Chas Lewis Darrah Noblesville Frances Marie de Guerre Leo T. Riggs Earl J. Tolin

City Record of Deaths and Marriages

A city record lists multiple deaths with ages and causes such as cancer leukemia typhoid fever and railway injuries and addresses in diverse streets. It also lists several marriage pairings including John H Allen with Belle Bush and Jereme Schad with Hazel Der tick among others.

Olanzo J. Lawson McCauley Street Anna E. Bell New York Street Josephine Louise Dorsey EL Morris Street Bernice Doerr Fennemuan Street Harold Miller Minnesota Street Rosenia C. Retnart Thirteenth Street Adolph Kahn East Street Jane B. Bush Lincoln Street John H. Allen Belle Bush Jereme R. Schad Hazel A. Dertick George Diener, Jr Gertrude Gottwaller Harry TI. Means Radia M. Toon Acton Howard Danner Mayme E. Smelter Quince R. Harless Dollie BE. James Ruby A. Sumner Terre Haute Ind Cora O. Newby Eaperne W. Irish Della C. Campell Martin O'Leary Nora Crowl Frank Weiler Vincennes, Ind Clara E. Draper

Canal Victim Identified as Marie Enoch

The girl found in the canal near the Country club Sunday has been identified as Marie Enoch aged 21 of N Pine street. She had been missing since Friday and had shown despondent behavior after threats to take her life. Friends had taken carbolic acid from her recently. A lock of hair belonging to a lover named Jack was carried in a neck bag. A letter to Jack Smart was found but the addressee cannot be located. The body was buried late Monday afternoon in the county burying ground.

Country Club Marie Enoch N. Pine Street Miss Enoch Marie Heehan Frances Cowger Spring Street Jack Jack Smart Ritter Avenue Adelectives

Loyalists Take Tabriz as Night Battle Ends

Reports from Tabriz say Loyalist troops control the city after an all-night engagement. About fifteen hundred killed or wounded. Reinforcements rush to block the Young Turkish force marching toward Tabriz.

Constantinople Tabriz

Loot Grows Drawer in Drug Store Burglary

The Louis Haag drug store at 9 S S Neis street was entered Monday night by burglars prying open a rear door and stole $50 from the cash drawer. A separate paragraph notes a disciplined saver who built a $5,000 stake over 20 years, then bought an opposing store. The Indiana Trust Co advertises savings with a strong emphasis on deposits.

Louis Haag S&s. Mi- Neis Street Indiana Trust .Co

Public works bids and assessments in Marion County and Indianapolis

Legal notices announce sealed bids for concrete and pipe culverts in Marion County with August timelines and affidavits. Separate notice approves prima facie assessments for West Street and Keystone Avenue improvements in Indianapolis with August 17 remonstrance date and public viewing of the assessment roll.

Albert Sahm Nobel Board of Commissioners Marion County Indiana Wis N. W Decatur Township the Auditor Lourd John M'Gregor John M. Mendenhall WM. _H. ROBERTS Department OF Public Works Majestic Ray Street Morris Street Keystone Avenue East Side English Avenue Board of Public Works Joseph T. Elliott Preston C. Trusler Fred . Mack

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