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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
3
A letter from Henry Troves of San Nicolas reports a ten mile long crevasse over ten feet wide opening in a mountain near Austin. One man fell in and died, several others were seriously injured. The government has appointed a scientific commission to investigate.
State Labor commissioner Schmid visited Lafayette to mediate a street-car strike. The company agreed to some worker demands but won’t reinstate those who struck on Saturday, risking a continued boycott unless reinstatement is conceded.
The Essex County Chronicle says it is persistently reported that Cecil Rhodes bequeathed South African lands valued at $1,000,000 to the Countess of Warwick wife of the fifth Earl. She has for years supported philanthropic work especially industrial schools and is a noted society leader.
President Roosevelt returned to New Haven for a quick visit, marking the second time in a year. He stayed about an hour with no public remarks, while streets along the motor route brimmed with awaiting spectators and heavy preparations. The drive passed key manufacturing streets, the New Haven green, the Yale campus, and City Hall.
In Albany Indiana sixty pressers and assistants walk out at the Moder Flint glass plant over a dispute about pay for a new class of ware not covered by the current wage scale. The strike began after negotiations failed to resolve the price issue raised by workers.
Births include Albert and Anna Miller with a girl at 2112 College Ave, Howard and Ethel Ward with a girl, and several other couples with newborns at various addresses. Deaths list Ida Hudson with typhoid fever and Fred C. Hudson with cholera infantum. Marriages record multiple couples such as Douglass Edwards and Lillie Banks.
A table of small property jobs and bids from residents and firms. Entries include E W Craig at Twenty second and Bellefontaine priced at 1800 for a double frame house, and Indianapolis Wrecking Company at Bates street priced 160 for razing a brick building.
J M McMorris, an elderly Charleston resident, was killed when he entered the home of J F Shaffer and bent over a cradle thinking his daughter owned the house. Shaffer shot him, and McMorris's dying statement exonerated Shaffer.
A woman described as weak minded and lacking recollection of murder details, along with her husband, have been arrested.
Next week hundreds of milliners from Indiana and nearby states descend for four weeks of wholesale openings. Firms have rooms for visitors to work and copy pattern hats. Milliners stay four to five days. new fail hats and many patterns are shown daily as house trimmers produce fresh designs.
Kingan and Co packers add 1000 pounds to the technical institute fund. The total subscriptions reach 61000 pounds.
In Wilbur Washington on August 22 Mrs Jasper Hyatt confessed she murdered her infant after accusing an unknown man of assault and killing the child. She says she acted alone and provides details of the crime.
Labor-commissioner McCormack brokered a settlement ending the quarry walkout at Bedford. The workers had walked out claiming the company failed to reinstate them as agreed after the first strike settlement made weeks earlier.
East Buffalo New York stock market notes for August 22 record cattle receipts five cars with western feeders at 4.30 to 4.35, fair to good cows 3.50 to 5.25, veals 3.50 to 8.05. hogs receipts 30 cars with heavy grades 7.45 to 7.47, mixed 7.40 to 7.45, workers 7.25 to 7.40, pigs 7.30 to 7.40, roughs 5.50 to 4.00, stags 5.00 to 5.50. sheep and lambs 16 cars with lambs 6.25 to 6.40, fair to good 5.25 to 6.00, good mixed sheep 3.25 to 3.50, choice 3.75 to 4.00, all wethers 4.25 to 4.50.
Wheat prices slide with September at 113 1 2 cents and December around 111 1 2 cents. Corn and oats fall with September corn near 51 1 2 cents and December 42 1 2 cents. oats September about 34 4 cents and December 31 1 4 cents. October pork at 16.77, lard 9.97, ribs 9.82 to 9.75.
Toledo Ohio August 22 Wheat cash 7 1 4 to 7 1 2 cents September 72 1 4 cents December 71 5 8 cents May hc Corn cash 60 cents September 8 8 8 cents December 8 1 6 cents Oats cash 2 cents September 3 5 4 cents December 2 cents No 2 ryc 52 cents No 3 49 3 quarters
Cattle receipts around 2000 with prices ranging from 3.40 to 9.00 for stockers and various beef cuts. Hogs seen higher with light at 6.65 to 6.90 and heavy around 7.38 to 7.00. Sheep receipts near 7000 with native and western sheep and lambs priced between 3.80 and 6.10.
In Belmont, near Nashville Indiana, women raided a local blind pig saloon on Wednesday night. They pelted windows, expelled occupants, and demolished the establishment before the proprietor escaped through a rear door promising to reopen, with rumors of a rowdy time ahead.
Evansville based West Heights Land Company records a $25,600 transaction. The Stilesville Cemetery Association and Seas spe Scales Coal Company are connected with Boonville in the brief listing of entities and places.
Americans in London stay 1 to 35 percent below parity while L. and N. show firmness. Reading announces a preferred dividend early. Texas Pacific denies a steamship link between New York and New Orleans. Western Union scarce in the Joan crowd. Kansas reports great crops. Anthracite strike unchanged. Railroads show larger earnings. Gates directors resign from C. F. I. Canadian Pacific rumors to enter New York via the Co. and W. roads. Second-week August average net up 6.68 percent. Sugar dividend unchanged.
New York auction notes list Mess pork at 17.95 18.75 per unit, lard at 10.92, Butter Creamery 19 19 cents, Elgin 21 cents, imitation creamery 15 to 18 cents, cheese large and small at various rates, eggs 20 cents, tallow 6 to 6.4 cents, dressed poultry with turkeys 8 to 15 cents, chickens 11 to 20 cents, ducks 16 to 19 cents, geese 15 cents, springs 20 to 27 cents.
New York trading showed a firm tone with mixed results across index and rail stocks. Western Union bull activity continued while Reading and Colorado fuel stocks faced volatility amid early gains and subsequent pullbacks. noon prices listed for W U, N W, and other rail and utility issues.
Chicago market report lists Butter Creameries at 18 1/2 to 18 3/4 cents, dairies at 18 cents, Eggs at 15 1/2 cents, Cheese varieties Twins 10 1/2 to 10 3/4 cents, Young Americas 10 1/2 cents, Swiss 15 1/2 cents. Live poultry quotes include chickens at 6 to 6 1/2 cents, springs 6 to 6 1/2 cents, turkeys 9 to 10 cents, geese 6 to 6 1/2 cents, ducks 7 to 9 1/2 cents.
Cincinnati stock market note reports cattle receipts 647 and hog receipts 1208 with markets steady to firm and higher. Good shippers and packers bid 7.15 to 7.25 for hogs while sheep receipts total 146 with lambs at 6.10 to 6.25.
East Liberty market notes show light cattle supply with steady prices. Cattle ranges: choice 7.75 to 8.00, prime 7.15 to 7.50, good 6.60 to 7.00, lower grades 4.25 to 5.50, heifers 3.25 to 5.75, cows 3.00 to 5.25, bulls and stags 3.00 to 5.25. Good fresh cows 40.00 to 60.00. Hog receipts about half carload. market details not completed.
Market notes list multiple grain bids including Wheat with No 2 red at 67 cents per bushel and No 8 red at 65 cents. Corn shows No 1 white at 62 cents and No 3 white at 60 cents. Oats, hay, and mixed grades noted with several car lots and merchantability inspections.
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