Wall Street Stocks Dramatic Downturn After Early Gains
The New York stock market opened irregular with some gains in St Paul and Missouri Pacific but later slid as inside selling hit Amalgamated and Anaconda. Copper stocks and Union Pacific faced steep pressure as Western traders warned of possible upcoming investigations.
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New York
Steel
Common
Canadian Pacific
Reading
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
Steel Common
Amalgamated
Anaconda
Union Pacific
St Louis Livestock Prices Move Mixed on Tuesday
Cattle receipts around 4000 with beef steers trading between 3.75 and 6.75 per hundredweight and stockers 3.60 to 4.75. Hogs receipts about 6000 with pigs 6.25 to 7.00 and packers 6.75 to 7.05, butchers 7.00 to 7.15. Sheep receipts 1000 steady with natives 2.50 to 6.50 and lambs 4.50 to 7.50.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Pittsburg Live Stock Prices and Receipts
Cattle receipts reach 140 loads with declines in values. Prime and choice cattle range from 5.70 to 5.90 per hundredweight. Sheep receipts around 18 loads with steady prices for prime wethers and lambs from 5.00 to 7.75. Hog receipts about 60 loads with prime heavy hogs at 7.30 and pigs near 7.00 to 6.00 for roughs.
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Pittsburg
Scripps-Mefine Press Association
Chicago Produce Prices From Scripps-McRae
Chicago Feb 18 Egg prices Extra 61 cents per dozen Butter Creamery extra 52 cents Cheese Twins 13 cents per pound Live poultry Turkeys chickens ducks geese price 10 to 14 cents per pound. no live poultry price listed for some items.
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Chicago
Scripps-McRae Preas Association
City Record of Births Marriages and Ill News
Listings show birth announcements for many couples and city residents with names and addresses. Health entries include causes of death such as pneumonia bronchitis heart disease and other illnesses. Marriages listed feature numerous pairings, reflecting a busy civic record of the period.
Skull believed to be Pearl Bryan unearthed near Cincinnati
Workmen removing fill between Newport and Dayton Kentucky unearthed a skull believed to be Pearl Bryan of Greencastle Indiana. She was murdered February first 1896 and two men Scott Jackson Alonzo Wailing were convicted and hanged at Newport. Only the skull was found in the roadway soil.
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Cincinnati
Glandorf
Newport
Dayton
Pearl Bryan
Greencastle
Ind
Scott Jackson
Alonzo Wailing
Ft. Thomas
Miss Bryan
Frederick Douglass Memorial Meeting Addressed at Tomlinson Hall
A Sunday Frederick Douglass memorial meeting for negroes was held at Tomlinson Hall. Rev. L. G. Jordan of Louisville spoke, with the Colored Y M C A backing the event. The Sun notes the effort seeks support through its wanted help columns.
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Frederick Douglass
Tomlinson Hall
L. G. Jordan
Louisville
The
Colored Y. M. CA
Hog Market Slumps as Hogs Open Week in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on February 18, receipts show hogs at 500 to 2,500 with cattle and sheep light. The hog market opened with a sharp price decline, top at 7.10 and most trades around 7.00 to 7.03, closing quiet at lower levels as buyers moved to receiving points. Sheep remained steady with strong demand for prime stock, while cattle softened. overall prices down about 10 cents from week end.
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Indianapolis
Local Securities Hold Steady as Minor Shifts Appear
Local stock quotations showed few changes with gains in several issues and Union Traction common dipping a fraction of a point from last week. Street Railway Traction & Terminal and Vandalia Coal performed well while Best common rose two points. no trades occurred on the exchange as the assessor nears March 1 duties.
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Union Traction Common
Traction & Terminal
Best Common
Grain prices mixed as wheat slips in early trade
Chicago wheat opened unsettled with May at 64 1/2 to 64 3/4 cents and July at 77 3/4 to 77 1/4. Corn rose about 4 1/4 cents with May at 47 1/2 to 47 3/4 cents and July near 46 1/2 to 46 3/4. Oats advanced to 40 1/4 to 40 3/4 cents for May and 36 1/2 to 37 cents for July. Hog products fell sharply with pork at about 17.12, lard near 9.27, ribs around 9.30. Local receipts: wheat 16 cars, corn 472, oats 233. May wheat closed around 78 cents, May corn about 47 1/2, oats near 10 1/2. No. 2 red 75 1/2 to 76 cents, No. 3 yellow 42 1/2 to 43 1/4.
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Chicago
Thaw Case Hearing Recalled Doctor Testifies On Conspiracy
Alienist Charles Wagner testified to Thaw discussions about collusion to send him to an asylum and to his lack of desire to kill Stanford White until the moment of shooting. He corroborated Evans on visits to Tombs and noted Thaw's claim he sought evidence against White rather than murder. The session covered wills, attorney changes, and ongoing defense tensions as Jerome, Delmas, and others prepare further examinations.
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Charles Wagner
Thaw
Evans
Wagner
Stanford White
White
Anthony Comstock
Jerome
Dr. Wagner
Dr. Evans
Delmas
Providence
Fitzgerald
Evelyn Thawani White
Evelyn
O'Reilly
Gleason, Hartridge
McPike
Harry
Market totals and price ranges at Chicago cattle hogs and sheep
Scripps-McRane press reports Chicago market figures for February 18 with cattle receipts at 27 000 and varied prices for prime iceeyes cows and heifers canners Texans and stockers. hog receipts at 54 000 with mixed to heavy price ranges. sheep receipts at 32 000 with native and western sheep and lambs showing steady to slightly lower quotes.
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Scripps-McRane Press Association
Chicago
Market Prices for Grains and Feedstuffs
Corn 45 47c shelled oats 329 4c sheaf oats 13.00 14.50 sheaf oats 313.00 14.50 straw 7.00 3.00 Miller 12.00 14.00 hay Timothy 17 Clover 15.00
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Miller
Hay
Timothy
Clover
Pioneers Feast at Germania Hall Marks 25th Presidency
More than 200 members of the German Pioneer society gathered at Germania hall Sunday to mark the society's founding anniversary and the close of Fred Schroeder’s twenty-fifth term as president. The Indianapolis Liederkranz performed, reports noted the group is prosperous, ten pioneers died, four new members joined, and many prospects loom as Germans in Indianapolis with twenty years or more residence are welcomed.
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German Pioneer Society
Germania Hall
Fred Schroeder
Indianapolis
Liederkranz
Prospect
Inspection totals by grain and hay and death notice
Inspections list Wheat No 2 red 2 cars Tectal 2 cars Corn No 3 white 2 cars No 4 white 16 cars No 3 yellow 15 cars No 4 yellow 3 cars No 3 mixed 6 cars No 4 mixed 10 cars no grade 17 cars no established grade 1 car car 4 cars rejected 1 car 3 high mixed 2 cars Total 99 cars Cars No 2 white 2 cars rejected 1 car Total 3 cars Hay No 1 timothy 3 cars No 2 timothy 1 car No 1 light clover mixed 1 car No 1 clover 1 car Total 6 cars No call on account of death of Irving S. Gordon.
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Hay
Timothy
Clover
Irving S. Gordon
Two Key Bills Pass in Short Session Stretches for Legislature
A strenuous life awaits lawmakers in the final 13 days as the session moves toward adjournment. Only two broad laws, the blind tiger and full train crew bills, have been enacted amid about 600 pending measures, with night sessions likely to start soon.
Mezzo Soprano Stella Haines To Recite In Nobblsville
Mrs Stella Haines a mezzo soprano will give a recital Tuesday night February 19 at the Presbyterian church in Nobbles ville Indiana Carl Schneider and Miss Carrie Hyatt will assist at the program.
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Stella Haines
Presbyterian Church
Nobblesville
Ind
Karl Schneider
Carrie Hyatt
Israel's Womanhood Cantata At St. Mark Church
The cantata Israel's Womanhood will be performed at the Thirty-eighth Street M. E. Church on Wednesday night. Miss Videlta A. Lester directs the production and fifty participants will take part in the roles.
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Israel
City Council to consider budget and park land purchase
May bring several items to the council including an ordinance to appropriate extra cash for the auditorium contract and a potential special meeting later this week. Also to be considered is an appropriation for Ellenberger woods north of Irvington for park use with a $600 per acre option or $15,000 total.
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Ellenberger Woods
Irvington
New York Produce Prices Report Feb 18
Pork Mess bids at 18.50 19.25. Lard Western steam spot 9.90 10.00. Tallow City 6 1/2 c country 64 ic. Dressed Poultry Turkeys 19c, chickens 8 2c, fowls 8 14c, ducks 8 1c. Butter Creamery extra 31 82c. Eggs White fancy 30 3lc western 26 42c. Cheese Full cream 14c.
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Scrippa-McRae Press Association
New York
Western Steam
East Buffalo Live Stock Prices on February 18
East Buffalo New York reports cattle receipts at 4375 down 15 to 20 cents with prime steers 5.75 to 6.00 and milch cows 25 to 55. steers, heifers and cows show varied declines. Sheep and hogs also mix lower with lambs 7.60 to 7.65 and hogs 7.30 to 7.35 for Yorkers, 7.15 to 7.45 for pigs to heavy grades.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
East Buffalo
N. Y
Man turns himself in for shooting at Owens home
James King of 622 Elwood Street admitted at the police station on Sunday that he fired at Thomas Owens at Owens home on Elwood Street Saturday night. King said he believed Owens had attacked his wife and took action himself. Police initially suspected Owens but found him innocent.
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James King
Elwood St
Thomas Owens
Owens
King
Mother Kills Two Children Then Herself in Indiana
Mrs. John McDill aged 31 killed her two children aged 9 months and 2 years in Connersville Indiana this afternoon with a butcher knife and cut her own throat. She died from her wounds. Financial trouble is blamed for the tragedy. Former Oxford mayor Hier Titsband is named in connection with the report.
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Connersville
Ind
John McDill
Hier Titsband
Oxford
Travelers to elect at Indianapolis Saturday night
Traveling men of Indianapolis vote in the annual Travelers Protective Association election at the clubhouse 310 N Illinois St. Two tickets compete Regular and insurgent with lists of officers and directors. Nominees include Riley Hunt and W. H. Ziegler among others for committees and national delegates.
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Ihinois St
Frestdet
Dean Morton
Max H. Ziegler
M L. Leesure
Walter Brown
H. J. Kistler
M. Morris O'Connor
Frank Cahill
M. P. Lynch
A. R. Parker
B. M. Keen
P. LB. Trone
Charles A. Bookwalter
A. J. Schmidt
Theodore Weinshank
W. HH. Ziegler
M. L. Loesure
Riley Hunt
W. H. Lowe
John Vliet
J. M. Eldridge
M. M. O'Connor
Charles Albrecht
John Stev
feBhane
Maennerchor Bids Farewell to Old Clubhouse
The Indianapolis Maennerchor marked the moving day from £ Washington St to Illinois and Michigan Sts with a farewell procession and song. Hundreds joined the ceremony, noting 30 years of memories as five main rooms prepared for occupancy at the new site. Alois Geiger gave the farewell, John P. Frenzel welcomed attendees, and a dedication song opened the rehearsal room.
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Washington St
Society
Illinois
Michigan-sts
Alois Geiger
John P. Frenzel
No Wife Wanted Sign Draws Suitors in New Haven
George Moon, 40, posted a door sign reading No Wife Wanted after advertising for a wife. He received calls from 30 women and about 100 letters and will take several weeks to decide.
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Scrippa-McRae Press Association
New Haven
Patriotic Program by Buckle Post G A R
The Buckle post of the G A R will mark Washington's birthday Thursday night at the hall on East Maryland Street with a prepared program.
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Washington
E. Maryland St
First Anniversary for Representative Longworth
Washington February 18. Representative and Mrs Nicholas Longworth quietly mark their first wedding anniversary at home, spending the day together after marriage.
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Scripps-McRae Preas Association
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Community notices and local incidents listed
Local clubs plan meetings and social events at various venues from Tuesday to Friday including the New Thought club Comp Club and Adscript society. A fire at 1712 N Meridian St caused a 350 loss. A saloon keeper was arrested for violating the Nicholson law amid other police reports and social activities across the city.
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M. E. Church
Curch
Charles Coon
Golden Rule Lodge
Downey St
Michael Scriben
S. West St
Gordon Woman's Relief Corps
Alice Waugh
Tipton
Washington Lodge
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Temple
Fred Striebeck
Gutenberg Company
American Printing Company
Indianapolis Social Institute
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H. Hall
Morley Marries Carlson Before Thaw Trial Evidence
James Morley, Thaw's former valet, wed Miss Augusta E Carlson in Boston after arriving from Sweden to testify. The couple planned to confer with Thaw's lawyers in New York, noting they grew up together in Sweden.
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Mass
James Morley
Harry Thaw
Sweden
Augusta E. Carlson
Morely
New York
Thaw
Miss Carlson
Three Boys Drown In Rock River at Dixon
John Hilbert age 9 Lawrence Nye age 9 and Ralph Stermer age 9 drowned in the Rock River at Dixon on Saturday while dating. The three youths were reported missing earlier and their bodies were recovered after a search by local residents and officials.
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Dixon, Ill
John Hilbert
Lawrence Nye
Ralph Stermer
Rock River
Plain Truth About the Gas Question
A resident Indiana company argues its right to present facts to voters and lawmakers. It claims the Cox bill is special legislation aimed at wrecking the company, driven by private vengeance and political ambition. The notice cites past conflicts with the Indianapolis News and asserts bankruptcy risk under the bill. It alleges the News seeks to govern Indiana via its owner’s interests.
Guardians Of Rhodius Estate Seek Disclosure from Attorneys
Rhodius family guardian Martin Rhodius requests Attorneys Cass Connaway and Thomas C. Whallon reveal the whereabouts of George Rhodius and Elina Dare Rhodius. The hearing is scheduled for Monday afternoon in the renate court, pending ruling on the legal duty to disclose client information.
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Martin Hugs
George Rhodius
Cass Connaway
Thomas C. Whallon
Elina Dare Rhodius
Renate Court
Connaway
Wharton
Money for Children Opera Benefit at English's House
The Eastern Question benefit performance at English's Opera House Monday night aims to raise about $1,000 for the Children's Aid Society. Tickets for the lower door seats sold out early with only a few balcony seats left at noon. The home talent company received broad support. 660 young performers provide costumes, printing costs are donated, and other aid helps keep expenses low.
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Children’s Aid Society
Opera House
Home Talent
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