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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
8
Stock market action opens with St Paul advancing and setting a 14 cent rights level. The session turns mixed as U P and steel shares rally then slip, while government bonds hold, and liquidity tightens. Directors meet on semiannual dividend as money market tightens with loan recalls and reduced orders.
Indianapolis market shows hogs 5 to 16 cents higher with sales up to 96.60 and most buyers paying 6.3 to 6.4 per hundredweight. Cattle steady with edge off Christmas demand, fair clearances for good stock, but dull activity on common and medium grades. sheep unchanged. Also noted are miscellaneous grain and hay prices and regional reports from Cincinnati New York and Pittsburgh markets.
Morning stock notices show Jernary dividend on Indianapolis Fire Insurance passed with bids around 13 and asks near 1 M Belt common rose two points though no offers appeared. Numerous bonds and stocks traded including Union Traction, Belt Railroad, Indiana National Bank and Union National Bank with mixed activity and ex-dividend markers noted.
A Big Four passenger train No. 8 from Indianapolis to Cincinnati derailed this morning near Greensburg Indiana due to spreading rails on new track. The entire train left the rails but no passengers were seriously injured. Conductor Hargess led the train with a brakeman severely hurled in the incident.
Special to The Sem Acton Indiana reports James Matthews seven year old farmer killed by a Big Four freight train while near a buggy. The wagon was demolished and his family left grieving. Local details are sparse due to damaged text.
Wheat eased at the open with May at Tele. Corn rose in December and March. Provisions firm with prices for pork and ribs noted. Local receipts included wheat, corn, and oats. December wheat and corn closing values shown alongside futures for May contracts and white/red wheat grades.
Mrs Fiessell Sage donated 38 acres valued at 10007 dollars to New York University. Chancellor Henry M MacCracken announced the acceptance of the property which lies south of the university grounds on the old Schwab farm. The gift is described as the start of a campaign of sale and liberal philanthropy by Mrs Sage.
President Roosevelt told Congress he ordered the discharge of three companies from the U S Army after an investigation into Brownsville Texas mutiny and murder. He condemned conspiracies within the units and warned of further removals to protect the nation regardless of birthplace or race.
In Middletown Indiana the coroner holds autopsy on Earl Albertson from Redskey to determine poison traces after he was found killed in his hotel room. Police suspect drugging and robbery preceding a fire, with $50 missing from a trunk. Hotel owner G N Powers was rescued from a cellar, bound and gagged. attack linked to barroom threats. Fire and assault described amid suspicions of arson.
In West Indianapolis initial reports say Helen Stapp burned in the Rathbun factory fire and explosion. Dr Leeth reports she showed some improvement but will not know the final outcome for days as gangrene developed around her head and face.
In Lodz Russian Poland on December 13 two bombs were thrown at Chief of Police Chranowaki as he rode through a main street. The driver and two horns were killed, the chief wounded, his carriage destroyed. several escorting dragoons were fatally wounded.
Special to The Sus Washington DC. The remarkable record of Harvey W. Wiley chief of the Bureau of Chemistry United States Department of Agriculture is praised for devotion to work and reform of pure food. Wiley faces smears by whisky and adulterated food factions aided by trade papers and magazines. He is Indiana born near Kent Jefferson County Hanover College 1857 Harvard German universities.
The article discusses debates over race and citizenship within the U.S. military, noting dangers in judging individuals by race. It covers Secretary Taft’s assertion of the president’s authority to discharge soldiers without honor and explains the distinction between disbanding units and removing specific members. An order reconstituting three companies followed, maintaining unit continuity and proper recruitment.
City deaths list includes ages and causes bronchitis pneumonia Bright's disease and pulmonary tuberculosis with names and addresses. Marriages and building permits shown with multiple pairs, dwelling and shed constructions noted. Public notations list rooms for rent and classified items in a dense urban notice.
The article recounts Hicks, trapped in a California mine for over two weeks, singing from his pipe and reading the president's message through it. Rescuers labor daily, with optimism fading yet Hicks remaining cheerful, while requests for clean clothes and hospital transfer echo through the camp as hope hinges on drilling progress.
The Metropolitan Bank of New York filed a bill in a U S court charging M T Gardner secretary treasurer of Walcart Cabinet Co of Wabash Ind with causing discontent and neglect among employees and spreading false statements on the business prospects. A receiver is asked for.
Kemipns Metine Peres Apspciation reports the death of a longtime telegraphing figure in Cleveland. Born April 1, 18%, he served over two years as district superintendent for the Western Union Telegraph Company in Cleveland. He died at his home on 4 Eddy Road Bratenahl. He leaves one son Wright, general manager of the Gariga-McKaa Press Association.
Notice from the Hoard of Public Works of Indianapolis Indiana states that on November 1 146 they approved an assessment roll for Improvement Resolution No 453 for FIRST ALLEY AVENUE from SIXTEENTH to SEVENTEENTH STREET grading and paving with brick on concrete foundation twelve feet wide. A public hearing date Friday December 21 106 will receive remonstrances on assessed amounts per property.
A Paris court ruling settles a suit by multiple creditors against Count Boni De Castellane and Mme Anna Gould. Gould is held liable with Ian Bor for 12 087 francs tied to furniture and artworks, and must pay 126 325 francs to insurers plus 450 other bills. Creditors seeking 1 905 655 francs are rejected.
MEMPHIS Tenn December John Millarity, a pitcher last season for the Montgomery Southern League club, has been appointed manager for the coming season, succeeding Dominick Mullaney of the Lonieville Montgomery franchise. The move was announced as the Montgomery outfit seeks expansion and stability amid interest from Chattanooga and Mobile. The club will remain in Montgomery.
In Shelbyville Indiana on December 18 Giuseppe Talinico, 36, a Hungarian worker, was killed when a steam shovel operated on the Big Four railroad derailed him, crushing him to death. Authorities investigated the incident and reported the fatality at the work site.
In Diamond Indiana John Morello killed his housekeeper after his daughter was lured away. He then fatally wounded himself as a mob near the police station overwhelmed him. Morello and the housekeeper had eloped and abandoned their families, with Morello bringing a young child from his prior marriage. The woman had prior marriages and lived with Morello. The crowd hurled stones and bruised Morello before he was hospitalized in Terre Haute.
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