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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
4
Indianapolis livestock totals show hogs 9,000, cattle 1,500, sheep 450. Opening hog prices down 15 to 20 cents from yesterday, top around 5.35. Cattle steady amid liberal movement. sheep unchanged. Detailed steer, heifer, cow, bull, hog, and lamb price ranges listed for various weight classes.
The Wagon Market lists corn new at 47 50 cents, oats sheaf at 12.00 to 13.00, shelled oats at 2 to 3e, Shaw at 6.00, and various hay prices. Clover hay ranges from 13.00 to 14.50, mixed from 14.00 to 14.50, timothy at 15.00 to 15.60.
Chicago wheat rose at the open and ended lower on the day as buyers and shorts traded. Prices showed May wheat at around 1.01 to 1.02 dollars, corn near 56 cents, oats around 53 cents, with May pork at 13.05 and May lard near 7.92.
Hogs receipts 3,000 market steady to lower. Light hogs 4.60 to 5.70, mixed 4.65 to 5.15, heavy 4.60 to 5.15, rough 4.60 to 4.76, pigs 3.90 to 4.80, yorkers 4.95 to 5.08. Cattle receipts 20,000 steady to 10c lower. beef steers 3.20 to 6.35, cows and heifers 1.15 to 4.55, Texas steers 2.00 to 3.80, calves 2.00 to 7.00, western calves 3.00 to 4.00, feeders 2.20 to 4.20. Sheep receipts 22,000 steady to 10c lower. natives 2.00 to 4.90, westerns 2.00 to 4.90, yearlings 4.30 to 5.25, lambs 3.75 to 6.75, western lambs 2.75 to 6.20.
TOLEDO Ohio December 4 Close Wheat cash and December 96 percent May 1.03 July 9 cents Corn cash and December bic Man and July 58 percent Oats cash and December 52 cents May 53 cents July 48 cents Clover seed cash and December 9.85 March 10.00 Prime alsuke 9.45 Prime timothy 2.20 Rye No 1 80 cents No 2 79 cents
A historic price listing shows sugar cured hams rolled and boneless hams bacon varieties and breakfast smoked styles with per pound quotes. Beef quotes include native and western steers native cows heifers and foren steers with prices per hundredweight and carcass notes.
The New York stock market opened modestly lower on weak London cables and currency uncertainty but recovered as Reading and Union Pacific saw gains. Banks were buying currency to boost their reports, and Theodore H. Price’s exit from the cotton corner sparked a sharp rise in options with a gross advance over 30 points, about $1.50 a bale.
Wheat prices listed for No 2 red No 3 red and No 1 rejected with December January February figures along with wagon prices. Corn bids include No 2 white throughbilling No 3 white No 4 white and mixed variations with through billing figures. Oats firm and hay prices for timothy clover and mixed types shown. Inspections summarize wheat no 1 rejected cars in and out, corn car counts by grade, and total cars in and out across categories.
Pittsburg Ps Dec 4 Cattle receipts light and varied prices with extra range 5.60 to 6.70 for prime cattle and 3.00 to 4.50 for common to good fat cows. Hog receipts about 4000, prices 4.00 to 6.55 depending on weight and quality. Sheep receipts 100 steady on choice, 2.50 to 4.60 for others. lambs 4.50 to 4.60. veal calves 6.00 to 9.00. heavy and thin calves 4.00 to 5.50.
A historical price list itemizing by category fresh produce dairy and other goods. Entries include butter at 31c Elgin tubs 30c state cream 30c country 14c cheese from New York 17c Wisconsin 15 16c eggs candled 26c at mark 24c poultry live turkeys 12c ducks 7c geese 7c hens 9c spring chickens 9c roosters 5c. and numerous items with per unit prices such as potatoes green beans tomatoes limp beans carrots popcorn lettuce navy beans oranges cocoanuts apples figs bananas and other fruits and vegetables with assorted price ranges and pack sizes.
Pittsburg December 4 William Jennings Bryan arrives at Fort Pitt hotel with wife and two children en route to Lincoln. He plans to sail for Europe from New York Saturday. Bryan discusses the President’s Message to Congress, credits Roosevelt for a campaign funds idea, and agrees on postal savings and guaranteed banks. He will return tonight to Washington, Pa.
Samuel Pugh, appointed cellar inspector by the Board of Public Safety, reports many downtown cellars in poor condition between Delaware and Illinois streets and Monument place and the Union tracks. He cites a Meridian street business cellar packed with about 2,000 straw crates, plus large ash piles and filthy conditions in rented buildings. Inspections will continue for two months downtown, then extend to tour avenues and factories.
Secretary Elihu Root electrified 500 delegates at the National Rivers and Harbors convention with a firm defense of federal aid for waterways. He argued against the pork barrel charge, urged clear public understanding, and stated that river and harbor improvements serve broad national policy, not district favoritism.
Luther Kenan aged 17 of 1122 Adealst attempted to weigh himself on a Union Station scale at 4 30 am Wednesday. His footing slipped, his nose struck a sharp corner, needing several stitches. Dr Spitler treated him at the City dispensary.
Indiana auditor receives first reports from national banks as required by law. The banks designated as depositories must publish and submit reports so the state monitors public funds. The call to report was issued December 2 and followed by the auditors’ office on Wednesday.
Washington December 4 The president sent to the senate the nomination of Col Edward S Fowler to be collector of customs at the port of New York in place of Nevada W Stranahan who has resigned due to ill health Stranahan resigned because of ill health.
William Peart national chief secretary of the Salvation Army will visit Indianapolis the second Sunday in January to lead the big Sunday meetings. He will give an address titled The Breaking of the Dawn. He has been in America for one year after coming from Australia.
The Anti saloon league says it will not confront club bar issues now preferring other work. Charles E Newlin argues clubs with bars are blind tigers under the law while Judge Artman supporters call licensing constitutional. Police Judge Whallon says prosecutions fail. Columbia club cannot be typed blind tiger. Oren Hack agrees clubs selling to members avoid conviction.
Fort Wayne Indiana December 4 William Geake head of the Masonic order in Indiana thirty third degree is very ill with a condition that may require an operation for renal calculi.
A building permit issued Wednesday by Thomas A. Winterrowd to W. B. Burford authorizes a three story building on S. Meridian Street costing 12000 dollars. The same week city tests show illuminating gas at 19.2 percent, well above the 18 percent minimum.
Paris reports Count de la Vaulx discussing the Patrie escape and expressing hope to cross the Atlantic in three days within ten years. He envisions a balloon with a 6,000 cubic foot gas capacity and plans flying experiments to achieve this feat.
East Buffalo market notes cattle receipts none on sale veals range 3.90 to 9.00 lambs active firmer price quotes lambs 6.00 to 6.60 yearlings 5.50 wethers 5.25 to 5.40 ewes 5.00 mixed sheep 2.75 to 6.25 hog receipts 4.95 higher Yorkers pigs and hay grades 5.59 to 5.60 roughs 4.75 to 5.90 stags 3.50 to 4.00
A clipped OCR shows mixed grain price hints including corn named as old 47 50c7, oats at f12 and shelled oats 51, clover 14.00, and reference to various damaged figures and units. The legible bits suggest a market or price sheet with multiple grains and inconsistent punctuation.
The State Board of Education will meet in regular session Thursday to pass on the examination durations for the coming year and consider commissions for high schools.
An advertorial urging readers to improve digestion cites lunch counter habits and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a solution. Claims include faster eating harms health, and that tablets aid digestion, with a sample offer and mail order from Stuart Co. in Michigan.
The Second Presbyterian church hosts a three day Christmas fair in the Sunday school room. Matrons, young women, and children oversee decorated booths including a Japanese tea display. Proceeds fund dinners and missions with the Nippon Circle selling dolls and a grab bag and scales as attractions.
President Diaz orders a rigid investigation into the death of American miner William Boggs near Topia Mexico. Fifteen alleged attackers are under arrest and face speedy trials with harsh sentences for the guilty. Boggs, from Iredell County North Carolina, was killed after a mob stoned him following a wage dispute with miners. He was a near relative of General Boggs of the U S Army.
Japs establish telegraph lines at Ying Kau and south of it and open public offices in Manchuria. A general active telegraph policy is pursued. By linking lines with railways to Dalny, cable communication with Japan and the world is possible. China protests, but Japan ignores them.
Boston financier George L. Peabody of Lee Higginson & Co. is granted a divorce from his wife Elizabeth Copley Crowinshield. He cited desertion while she spent the last three years abroad, and she did not enter a defense, allowing judgment to be entered.
PORTSMOUTH December 4 The king and queen of Spain with their infant son sailed this morning for La Rochelle France aboard the battleship Renown They will travel overland from La Rochelle to San Sebastian on the next leg of their journey.
A sleeping car passenger traveling between Washington and Richmond reports the theft of diamonds valued at $10,000 from her possession. The incident occurred during transit, and authorities are investigating to recover the jewels and identify suspects.
Detectives tying a Washington to Richmond sleeper robbery to a single thief who preys on wealthy travelers. They asked Baltimore officials to watch for a suspect who roams sleepers on Washington New York and Washington South routes. A prior $150 theft in a nearby berth is linked, with no arrests by noon today while Dr Fribourg and Mme Fribourg travel to North Carolina for terpentine analysis.
In Poughkeepsie New York a southbound New York Central freight halted to find Harry Finkle of Chicago clinging to his dead brother Charles on top of a box car. Charles died when his head hit a low bridge. Harry is jailed on a charge of stealing a ride after railroad detectives removed the bodies. The brothers, who ran away from home eight years ago, lived at 223 Monroe Street in Chicago.
In New York on December 4 three men were seriously hurt when a kerosene lamp ignited whisky fumes during a leak search at Kierman and Dunn distillers at 472 Spring Street. William Bouman and Richard Weber were nearby when the explosion occurred.
Funeral service for Mrs. Maria Thresa White, who died at her daughter Mrs. John H. June's home on North Pennsylvania Street, was conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. She leaves five children, all in Indianapolis, with interment at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Gen Allen Thomas, 77, died this morning at his summer home in Waveland Mississippi. He was among the few civilians to rise to the rank of general in the Confederate army.
Articles filed with the secretary of state show Traction Land company of Anderson with 10000 capital stock and J A VanOsdel H A Nicholl E C Carpenter W H Forse Jr A W Brady as incorporators. Killbuck Milling company of Anderson with 6000 stock and directors J A Van Osdel H A Nicholl E C Carpenter W H Forse Jr A W Brady. Thatcher A Parker company of Terre Haute with 50000 stock and directors Thatcher A Parker Warren Hussey W B Hice. Spencer & Bedell company of Marion increases capital stock from 2000 to 60000.
Afe Senator Arthur Brown outlines intended actions and priorities, emphasizing care for children. A distressed woman recovering from a trial collapse longs to return to a western ranch.
Washington dispatch reports Mrs Bradley celebrating her acquittal after a year in jail. She speaks of starting a new life for her children and longs to travel to Salt Lake City to find strength in the Wasatch mountains. Her condition remains frail and she eyes her eldest son Arthur with hopeful resolve.
A complaint filed by Justice Selph charges Thomas N. McCauley with grand larceny and being a fugitive from justice after his Monday arrest by local detectives. He was admitted to bail of 15000, with a hearing set for December 10. Indicted in New York in July 1904 for stealing 1000, he escaped on bail while free on 5000. He is described as a noted confidence man and former president of Mercantile Securities Co. His bondsmen are his brother J W McCauley of Pasadena and Dr W H Ballard.
A State Bureau of Statistics report issued Wednesday shows Indiana Salvation Army units include 22 congregations with 408 members. The report also lists 14 Sunday schools with 196 officers and teachers.
Weekly health report lists contagious diseases and deaths in Indianapolis for the week ended December 4 1907. Varicella typhoid fever scarlet fever diphtheria and tuberculosis are recorded with total deaths from all causes.
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