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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1907
Page
8
Early trading showed scant bids and a weak market mood as railroads and steel shares opened with small gains followed by price concessions. Government securities moved lower while a handful of issues like the Soo group showed some strength amid scattered bids and slow activity.
New York prices and receipts for pork lard butter and cheese are listed with spot quotes and market notes. Pork quiet at 18.50 to 19.25. lard steady at 9.90. butter receipts 6,000 with creamery at 33 to 34 cents. cheese receipts 2,370 with September values noted.
The market notes various wheat corn oats and hay grades with through billing figures and car counts. Wheat includes No 2 red and No 3 red with several billing entries and April marks. Corn lists No 2 white through No 4 white with mixed lots and tonnage, while oats record No 2 and No 3 white with through billing. Hay trades note Timothy mixes and clover, with totals for rye and inspections listing multiple car counts. Total cars reported reach 61 for grain, plus additional mixed hay entries and several rejected lots.
Receipts show 7000 cattle and 1700 sheep with 150 goats as a slower market opens. Prices ease 5 to 10 cents from yesterday with top cattle at 7.20 but only one load met that level. Most sales ranged 7.05 to 7.19. Sheep and lamb demand steady for better stock while thin lots find limited buyers.
An unreadable OCR fragment lists various meat grades and prices with garbled terms. It references bacon bacon prices and pig-related items, but readable facts are minimal and no clear event or entities are present.
Chicago market update shows cattle receipts at 17 000 with steady to higher bids. Prime heifers bring 5 60 to 7 00. stockers and feeders 2 70 to 4 90. cows and heifers 2 90 to 5 0. Texans 4 00 to 4 75. hogs mixed with light at 6 20 to 7 00 and heavy around 7 00 to 7 74. Sheep receipts 16 000 with native sheep 3 50 to 5 65 and native lambs 4 75 to 7 60.
A domestic worker from 208 W North St left for Pittburgh to attend a wedding of a brother, Mamie Bailey, and took about 20 in silverware and clothes two weeks prior. Detectives Lancaster and Kruger traced her through workplaces and found the goods at 409 E North St after locating her at the Progress nursery.
Tuesday night official Y M C A totals reach 204670 with subcommittees showing 108078 from the Business Men's group and 33216 from the Young Men's committee. Individual chairmen lists donations and grand frequencies across the two sections including named contributors Knight Jillson Hibben Holloway and others. The report tracks Feb 27 totals and the distribution of gifts among the subcommittees with multiple donors noted.
Scripps McRae reports oats closing around 42 to 43 cents for May and 38 to 39 cents for July. Wheat gains with May at about 77 to 78 cents, July near 78 to 79 cents. Corn steady with May around 47 cents and July at 46 to 46 1/2 cents. Provisions firm with pork around 16 40 to 16 45 dollars and lard near 9 70. Local receipts show wheat 22 cars, corn 350, oats 3. No. 2 red winter around 75 to 76 cents.
Local stock exchange activity was quiet with prices mostly unchanged. Union Traction common held at 3 8 4 bid and offered at 35, while brokers reported strong demand for active issues but local investors reluctant to sell at quoted prices. No sales were recorded.
Final round roundup announces end of restricted campaigning and a free for all solicitation period Thursday and Friday. C S Ward notes unity and strong noon meeting turnout boosted effort. Subscriptions accepted from 1 to 500 with a $1000 pledge from A and Co W Mansur at Atlantic City. Association boxes have raised 20 and expect more.
Cost to date nearly 120 million dollars. Original appropriation for purchase of canal 30 million. First appropriation for plant and work 10.6 million. Additional appropriations up to this year 32 million. Appropriation by present congress 825 million.
Cincinnati Ohio February 27 prices show cattle receipts at 788 lower with butchers steers extra 5.25 good to choice 4.50 5.10 calves firm extra 38.00 hogs receipts 3697 ten cents lower good to choice butchers 7.15 mixed packers 7.00 7.15 sheep receipts 147 strong extra 5.28 lambs steady extra 8.00
Scripps iRae Presnx Association reports Chicago prices for eggs extras at 26 cents per dozen, butter extras in creamery at 32 4 cents, and Twins cheese at 14 cents. Live poultry prices include turkeys and chickens at 12 cents, geese at 5 dollars per dozen.
Maj. Goethals is introduced as the new chief engineer amid plans to reorganize the commission. He will lead river and harbor projects with assistants Gaillard and Sibert, while salary changes reduce annual cost to the government and delay canal work until his report is submitted to the president.
Detectives arrested Louis Salkolosky William Barnett William Nixon William Epstein and Sam Longshore all junk dealers on receiving stolen goods charges. Police say they bought brass from thieves two hours after a lookout was issued for brass thefts from car shops and manufacturers and failed to report it. Four boys Carl Seward Harry Tong William Leonard and Eugene Berry waived examination and were sent to the grand jury for stealing brass controllers from 26 street cars at the W Washington st barns, disrupting Indianapolis Traction Terminal service. Bonds for the junk dealers were set at 1000 each with professional bondsmen barred.
The third Isthmian Canal Commission is reorganized with Maj. George W. Goethals as chairman and chief engineer, Maj. D. D. B. Gaillard, Maj. William W. Sibert, Col. William C. Gorges, Sen. Joseph C. S. Blackburn, Jackson Smith, and Rear Adm. M. T. Endicott named to the body. Endicott may retire.
Cattle supply light and steady with choice at 5.70 to 6.00, prime 5.50 to 5.65. Sheep receipts light, prime wethers 5.65 to 5.85, good mixed 5.35 to 5.60. Hogs receipts light and active with prime heavy 7.40, medium heavy and light leyers 7.50, pigs 7.26.
In court Dr Evans explains systematized and unsystematized delusions and how they relate to Thaw mental state. Jerome asks about delusion definitions while Nesbit and Evelyn Nesbit reconcile, affecting the defense strategy and potential insanity claim. Thaw expresses satisfaction with the trial, though displeasure toward Hummell.
Testimony from experts may decide Willam Thaw's fate as he faces possible freedom or commitment to Matteawan. The defense may call Mrs. Willam Thaw as a witness, shaping the trial's direction before the stand.
Reported course of the trial suggests Thaw’s conviction is unlikely. Terome’s cross examination failures are seen as draining his last chance to seek the electric chair for Thaw. Jerome’s rebuttal evidence remains uncertain and not regarded as probable.
The Board of Public Works released bid specifications for the season on Wednesday. Bids will be opened March 11. The key change from last year requires the winning bidder to provide a complete sprinkling outfit including a wagon, team and driver for every 380,040 square feet to be sprinkled.
The trial resumes with witnesses describing Harvey's eight year reputation as good while linking him to Green Baldwin. Prosecutor McCullough outlines the case against manslaughter and murder, distinguishing degrees and self defense as defined by law.
East Buffalo market reports show cattle receipts at 10 with firm tone and veals up 5 to 10 cents, top veal $9.50. sheep receipts 1400 steady with choice lambs at 8.85 to 9.15 and yearlings around 4.40. hogs and pigs trading from 7.60 to 6.75 with mixed lots and active Yorkers around 7.47 to 7.55.
The piece critiques Senator Cox and a newspaper for disputing gas cost claims in Indianapolis. It cites figures from court records showing 1904 gas costs above 68 cents per thousand, and asserts Prosser's report estimated 45 to 55 cents with unsettled data. It questions petition credibility and highlights a large consumer base versus 4200 signers.
Phillip Fitts was saved when the United Boxboard and Paper company mills shut down all machinery. He reached to remove a belt from a shaft wheel and became suspended ten feet above the floor as the belt drew him toward a pulley. Workers halted the plant to effect a rescue.
Thieves used a frail clothes rack as a ladder to cut the back porch screen at Mrs. S. D. Jones home at 503 N Illinois St Tuesday night. They opened the fee box and took seven pounds of country butter and four pounds of pork. Two other entries followed at Mrs. David Price’s home 194 Fountain St Tuesday afternoon taking $12.
A claim bill advances to authorize a university to pursue a specific entitlement tied to Vincermes. The action centers on a legislative move to permit the university to secure the claimed rights under a recognized agreement.
A debate in the senate was ordered printed after a Wednesday session. The measure received a party line vote of TZ te and was recorded for publication.
In St. Louis on February 27, cattle receipts reached 3,500 with beef steers around 93.75 to 0.5, stockers and feeders at 3.66 to 4.75, cows and heifers 2.64 to 6.5, Texas steers about 2.59 to 5. Hogs receipts stood at 8,500 with hog prices shown at 6.66 to 5.70 for different classes. Sheep receipts were 1,000 with natives 3.50 to 7. and lambs 4.00 to 7.08.
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