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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1907
Page
4
Indianapolis livestock market notes 4000 hogs, 300 cattle, 150 sheep receipts. Opening hog sales up to 10 cents from yesterday with best hogs at 4.75. Cattle light receipts and weak opening. sheep dull and lower. Cattle and hog price ranges listed for various weights and grades.
Chicago Wheat offerings start light but advance with May at around 1.00 to 1.10, fueled by strong overseas markets, Argentine damage reports, and expectations Russia and the Danube may ship only about one third of usual supply. Open and close prices listed for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard and Ribs with mixed figures.
East Buffalo December 21 cattle receipts 59 percent slow and unchanged for yearlings and sheep. prices for Call to choice lambs 5.00 to 6.49 with some at 6.45, yearlings 5.00 to 5.25, wethers 4.75 to 5.00, ewes 4.00 to 4.25, mixed sheep 2.75 to 4.50. Hogs receipts 9,010 active 20 cents higher. Yorkers 4.70 to 4.75, pigs 4.05 to 4.7, mixed heavies 4.75 to 4.80, roughs 4.25 to 4.40.
Hogs receipts 11,000 slow with gains to 19 to 15 cents. Light to heavy weights quoted from 4.20 to 4.65, pigs at 8.60 to 9.0, yorkers around 4.45 to 4.55. Cattle receipts 2,000, market unchanged. beef cattle 3.40 to 7.65, cows and heifers 4.15 to 4.60, calves 5.00 to 7.25, westerns 3.20 to 4.70, stockers 2.20 to 4.25. Sheep receipts 1,500, market steady. natives 1.75 to 4.30, westerns 1.75 to 4.25, yearlings 4.25 to 6.15, lambs 3.75 to 9.00, western lambs 3.75 to 6.00.
Charles McDermott secretary of the Indianapolis Cairo Traction Company says a new 249 mile track between Cairo and Indianapolis will be reality within two years. Survey work has begun and the firm is incorporated in Arizona with capital stock of $19 million.
In New York on December 21, stocks advanced as short covering and expectations of easier money conditions supported the market. Wheat climbed on heavy export movement, while Goldfield shares fell after troop withdrawals sparked mining concerns and critics blamed Gov. Sparks for Roosevelt telegram inaction. London trading was light and closes showed a quiet yet strong session with major stocks near session highs.
The Indianapolis Sun reports four large milk companies forming a trust and nine officers indicted by the December grand jury for conspiring to raise milk prices. Indicted are executives from Borden Condensed Milk Co and Bowman Dairy Co and Kee and Chappell Dairy Co, accused of restraint of trade and illegal acts.
A new pontoon bridge at the junction of the Ganges and Junina rivers collapsed during opening. About a hundred people fell into the water and many drowned. Local authorities began rescue efforts as the disaster unfolded.
A mysterious vandal slashes ostrich plumes on large picture hats in Pittsburg causing fear among shoppers. Police have hunted for two days but the crews responsible for hundreds of dollars in fallen plumes remain at large.
Wheat quotations steady with No 2 red at 97 and other futures cited. Reports show mixed bids and car-by-car inspection totals across wheat corn oats rye straw and timothy with weekly output values and stock in store figures for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye.
The New York bank statement reports reductions in old and new reserve deficits by 8,350,17% and 38,823,000 respectively, loans down 9,581,100, increases in specie 4,337,800 and legal tenders 2,169,100, net deposits up 7,371,900, and circulation up 1,661,700, with U S deposits totaling 78,996,200 compared to 76,704,900 previously.
Senator Bankhead is in Dr Cunningham's hospital at Ensley where an operation removed pus from his shoulder after a pneumonia attack. He is reported to be doing nicely and likely to be out in a few days.
A rescue party at the Darr mine in Acobs Creek Pennsylvania was overcome by gas, with death feared for all. Only 11 bodies recovered as hundreds remain entombed, amid risk of another explosion and heavy gas. Separate suicides and attempted self harm followed the tragedy, including Conrad Schuth and Mrs. Carrino Delano.
Bessie Martin sat in police court charged with grand larceny after claiming a man named Earl Martin urged her to steal furs from the Whiteman millinery in Indianapolis. She described leaving a comfortable home, fleeing with Earl, who she says is a professional criminal, to survive. She said he instructed her to hide the furs under her skirt and warned of desertion if she refused. Detective Holtz linked the pair to Milwaukee where Earl allegedly attempted to vend the stolen goods.
Indianapolis city officials debate banning explosive plants within city limits after the Presto-Lite fire on East and Pearl streets that killed one man and severely burned several. Council member Harry Rouse and colleagues Brown Stickelman favor an ordinance to force such plants outside the city. Frederick Eppert, council president, backs the idea though says he has not heard a formal move.
Georgetown Kentucky December 21 Judge Morris announced the Powers trial would not adjourn for Christmas or the holiday season. Caleb Powers faces trial with court proceeding despite the festive period and scheduled interruptions.
A heavy blaze in Springfield Illinois बीच is reported to have confined to the Johnson and Hetcher four story general store at Seventh and Adams. Fire officials fear four people including a clerk and three customers in the basement were lost. The fire knocked out a large cable conduit causing citywide blackout and trolley suspensions before noon.
Milton Indiana farmer L A Landis kept 17 Alcon hens from December to February gathered 231 eggs valued at 48 dollars. Feeding costs and stock value increased, with sales totaling nine dollars sixty cents and remaining stock worth seven dollars fifty cents, yielding an estimated annual profit of 34.44 dollars after expenses.
Notice from Indianapolis Board of Public Works details hearings on improvement resolutions number 5412 to 5416. Plans include brick paving on Smith Street and related alleys, Union Street grading, curbing, and water and sewer connections. Public meeting to consider objections and assess potential benefits versus costs.
A couch near a second floor fireplace at Mrs. George Gifford’s home on Capitol Ave. caused smoke and flames. Firemen put out the blaze with losses estimated at 55 dollars for the dwelling, while household effects loss could not be estimated. Another alarm from Fred Geisendorf’s home on Nordyke Ave. reported a near wall fire due to a stove, totaling 25 dollars.
In New York on December 21 a threatened strike by 19,000 carpenters in the Greater city arises from a proposed wage reduction. The master carpenters' association seeks to lower pay from five dollars a day to forty one and a half, with a new contract due to start January 1.
Richard Neff, accused by his former sister in law Patience Neff of building a spite fence, won one dollar damages in superior court on Saturday after seeking five thousand dollars for alleged malicious prosecution.
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