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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1906
Page
9
The page records fluctuating stock activity with Northern 5 and other shares in trading, plus cattle and hog prices and receipts from December markets. It notes bear and bull movements, prices for beef steers, feeders, Texas cattle, pigs, and native stock, with regional pricing and market conditions.
Chicago grain features firmer oats and steadier provisions while wheat and corn show small moves. May and December contracts shift modestly with wheat slight declines and corn mixed as prices fluctuate, local receipts noted.
Local securities held steady with strong buying in the market. Belt Railroad advanced to new highs and several names like Citizen Savings Deposit Farmers Trust Indiana Hotel Company and Union Traction posted gains. Minor fractional changes followed the call sales with mixed bids and asks across listed issues.
A dense market rundown from Indianapolis notes hogs firm and active with gains up to 10 cents over yesterday. Cattle weaken, prime stock in demand yet thin grades stay weak. Wheat and corn mispricings listed by grade, with mixed timothy and hay values. detailed lot counts and grades for wheat, corn, oats, hay, straw, and livestock appear alongside.
In Greenwood Indiana a large meeting resolved to seek a contract for the local water company under its existing franchise. Superintendent N J Fleming led the school board presence while Senator J Ext Black and others supported the effort. A committee was named to present the resolution to the town board next Monday.
Major Rod erlex Mackenzie of Toronto, seven feet two inches tall and weighing 327 pounds, issues a challenge to fight Jeffries. The prominent New York theater figure Barney Gilmore reports Mackenzie will be remembered as drum major of The Killen band on their first Indianapolis visit. He wrestled a Terrible Turk and won a fall during the tour, per Louie W. Jones, with the Kilts.
In Richmond Indiana park a giant elk was shot by order of park commissioners after it wandered from the herd of ten elk in Glender Park. The animal was sold to a Cincinnati dealer to supply Christmas venison, described as the frat elk probably ever killed. The elk shot near Hooster dam.
A Detroit merger combines the People’s Sayings bank and the State Savings bank with a capital of 7.15 million and a surplus of 1.5 million. George H. Russell, president of Bula Savings bank and former American Bankers Association president, will lead as president.
In Crowaville on the Big Four a rear end collision between a work train and a freight train killed brakeman Fred Hall of Com, and left Conductor Harry Musgrave of Mount Carmel badly injured.
Effingham and Indianapolis Bowler railroad opens a scenic line from Indianapolis to Effingham with brass bands greeting officials and merchants in Bloomfield, Linton, and Bloomington. The voyage promises industrial growth, coal competition, elevated tracks, and major bridges through Brown and Monroe counties.
The report details a railroad engineering effort by the Indianapolis Southern and its stretch from Indianapolis to Effingham, noting 18 miles of new track with a 20 foot long steel hoard work, misgrading concerns, and a $500,009 appropriation. The train arrived two hours late. notable stockholders and officials aboard included Mumy, Wo Bslwensin, BN Marvin, Cortland Van Camp, Frank Van Camp, L. W. Saldein, and George Brenhen.
In New York the close of a heated civil service style insurance campaign sees rival camps for the New York and Mutual Life Insurance companies claiming large majorities. Officials hint at possible frauds as a legislative investigation seems likely. observers estimate New York Life's administration ticket ahead by about 102,000 votes and Mutual Life by roughly 30,000 to 40,000.
A 1903 Boston case outlines Willam William and Katie Lyman engaged amid claims of payments from weekly wages for their marriage, with a battle to recover funds and the return of a diamond plug and umbrella from the Lerman family estate following a death.
In Waynesburg the Farmers and Drovers Bank closed and Custter J. B. Winehard was arrested. Many men women and children had money deposited and feared losing savings as Christmas approached. Merchants extended credit while customers faced inability to access funds, prompting a cautious mood.
A Christmas shopper died after a fall in a hotel stairway in Kankakee Alabama. The Victim identified as a local resident reportedly fled with packages from a shopping tour and collapsed after losing heart in the hotel stairwell.
Unclear report cites an individual named Sperial ten The Nam Akon O Dery James Johnson as choking on a chicken fragment that lodged in the windpipe, causing fatal injury. Authorities are investigating the incident and possible contributing factors in Nam, Akon, and Innis regions.
A large audience attended Kendall's splendid lecture on Egypt at the Infantry Armory on Thirteenth Street. The stereopticon photographs highlighted the journey's scenery and the intruder ruins while showcasing views from about 1,000 photographs taken by the official photographer of a University of Chicago expedition exploring pyramids tombs and surrounding regions.
Special to sow Sam Mason Michigan. A woman known as Molly Maguire arrested in Lansing three weeks ago on shapeshifting charges escaped Mason County Jail by chewing through a two foot wall and sliding down a rope. Authorities believe she is a criminal of significance and may be known by aliases.
The hearing in the Independent Oil Companies of Indiana versus railroad carriers examined oil rates from Whiting to distant points. Evidence showed Whiting refinery rates were slower than Indianapolis ones for equal or greater distances, with Indianapolis firms alleging prohibitive carload reconsignment. Petitioners contend Standard Oil’s low freight rates and wagon distribution hinder independent firms from competing.
A Capital Council election meeting took place at Fountain Block Soll Virginneave and Shelhyest. Tuesday night with a voting machine to be used and instructions on voting. Nominations include President J. C. Manning and many officers such as Vice Presidents James E Troy Michael Z Cummings and others. The election date was set for Tuesday eight with ballots cast for the ward offices and executive committees as listed.
The Ladies Aid weekly at Trinity Congregational to host a handkerchief and apron sale with refreshments Tuesday night. A Women’s Missionary Lottery met at Tanemarle Presbyterian chapel at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Miss Cochran of First Presbyterian read a prayer. A reception is planned Thursday at Binmarck-age Christian church by old members for 128 men taken during the revival. Prof Richard S Moore of Butler College will leave Thursday for New York to present a paper to the Geological Society. Roy Lehman, 14, sent to Diana Boys School at Plainfield juvenile court for theft of tea from the power house at Union Stockyards. Mrs J B Henry’s purse disappeared during shopping. The Junior class of Shortridge High School will meet Wednesday afternoon to elect officers for the year, noting the class’ large enrolment in 1908. City employees to receive December wages for Christmas spending. street cleaners paid promptly, as well as police, fire, clerks, and city workers in full Friday. The final report of Thomas Taggart, receiver for the Denison Hotel, discharged by Superior Court Judge Leathers after hotel sale. the last act included a 228 percent dividend to stockholders.
Indianapolis Board of Public Works announces extensive projects in the area around Ransdell Street and adjoining alleys. The notices detail grading paving, curb and sidewalk work, and multiple new sewer lines across Lawrence, Twenty Ninth, Udell, La Salle, and Tuxedo streets, with pipe sizes ranging from ten to eighteen inches.
Henry Susman, 19, was found guilty today of murdering his wife over alleged infidelity. The case centers on a needle used to injure her finger, leading to blood poisoning and her death yesterday at Providence Hospital. The trial notes indicate the weapon and motive tied to alleged adultery.
Special to The Sam Ratraville Indiana December 1 report says George Norwold, a farmer, died by his own action after hanging himself from a beam in a barn while working over a contract he had signed.
The document outlines multiple improvement resolutions for Parker Avenue Crooked River area and adjacent alleys, specifying sewer pipes of ten to twenty inches, street widening, paving, curb work, and drainage along Parker Avenue Ninth Street Eugene Street and Olney North Street. It notes a remonstrance hearing date, assessment rolls, and board approval procedures by the Board of Public Works in Indianapolis, Indiana, with dates in December 1906.
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