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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1910
Page
4
Indianapolis markets report May hogs at 8.50 8.70, cattle mostly steady with some declines, and sheep selling promptly at steady prices. Receipts total 6500 hogs, 1200 cattle, 300 sheep with outside demand boosting hog prices while cattle show small declines and sheep remain firm.
New York stocks opened with broad activity and strength though gains were mostly fractional. Southern Pacific and Kansas City Texas led buying while Rock Island tumbled over four points triggering quick liquidation. Reading fell over one point as other rails declined. industrials softened. London bought about 15,000 shares. government bonds steady, others irregular.
Kerr Lake dominated Tuesday's trading opening at 9.80 and closing 10.65 bid, with strong activity drawing traders' attention. The Kerr Lake strength buoyed adjacent issues like Hargraves, as the Kerr Lake vein lies near Hargrave property, prompting widespread fractional gains and an overall steadier market.
Curb market quotes show steadiness with numerous issues listed along with small gains and losses. Highlights include Standard Oil at 655 670, Amn. Tobacco at 422 430, and Nevada Cons at 4% 26, alongside copper stocks such as Miami Copper at 2% and Chino Copper at 12% 12.
Listings of coal types and sources including Pocahontas Kanawha and Pocahontas mine run with lump and slack varieties. Prices shown for bags and coke include extras for dumping in cellar and chute charges. Locations referenced include Blossburg Ohio Jackson Raymond Kanawha Pittsburg Winifrede Falling Rock Linton Hocking Valley and Gashouse area.
A price listing for meats and lard shows sugar cured hams at 16 to 18 cents per pound, black hams at 17 to 0 cents, Xmas hams at 1744 18% cents, English style hams at 16 to 18 cents, boiled hams at 224 to 265 cents, breakfast bacon at 71 to 22 cents, sugar cured bacon at 17 to 22 cents, English style bacon at 18 to 19 cents, smoked bacon at 18 to 16 cents, veal carcasses at 3 to 13 cents, sliced breakfast bacon at B cents, shoulders at 144 to 115 cents, sausage at 10 to 12 cents, and fresh beef carcasses at 74 to 10 percent cents.
Boston on January 5 lists Giroux at 124 from Miami with 2% interest Shannon 17 of North Butte at 48 Kerr Lake 5% and Lake Copper 114 in a compact stock summary showing prices or yields for several entities.
Washington announces new diplomatic postings on January 5 appointing Maxwell Blake of Missouri as consul general in Bogota Colombia and naming consuls George E Chamberlain to Swatow China P Merrill Griffith to Pernambuco Brazil Arthur Garrels to Catania Italy Arminius Haeberle to Tegucigalpa Honduras Clarence A Miller to Tampico Mexico Ernest A Wakefield to Port Elizabeth Cape of Good Hope and John Q Wood to Venice Italy
A public installation by the Millersville lodge Tuesday evening drew several hundred attendees. New officers include Guy Roberts as Worshipful Master, Robert Templeton as Senior Warden, Charles Elis as Junior Warden, John Stenmyer as treasurer, W W Hammond as secretary, Mason Frisby as deacon, Iph Roberts asJ director, Messrs. Jones and Willon as stewards, and E Colwell as Tyler. Roberts served as installing officer.
Mrs H A Tron sponsors a charitable euchre party at the Hotel Kingston formerly Circle Park hotel to aid St Josephs Training School orphans. The event promises a pleasant evening in Japanese decorated rooms and invites all interested attendees.
Hank O Day, once a pitcher and Chicago clerk, got an umpiring break when James Hart asked him to fill in for a delayed Tom Lynch in a Chicago versus Cleveland game. O Day’s solid work impressed magnates, leading Nick Young to sign him as league umpire.
In Washington on January 5 Senator Money of Mississippi presented the credentials of Col James Gordon the soldier poet statesman of Louisiana appointed to succeed the late Senator McLaurin. He took the oath of office at once. A resolution by Senator Jones to investigate the general land office and the bureau of forestry went over. Senator Newlands favored legislation over investigation but backers would pursue inquiry if it aids law. Senator Elkins introduced a plan to appoint a five member committee to probe high cost of living and the relation of prices to wages and national policy. A similar measure was offered by Senator Crawford.
Three men are confirmed missing after a blaze at the Buffalo Cereal company last night. Frank Gloecki, 45, of Porter Avenue, Joseph Lendes, 25 Townsend Street, and Fred Laney, address unavailable, remain unaccounted for as investigators work to determine the fate of those inside.
A Sun crossword style appeal advertises a ten wordener promising the best girl for housework in the city who is waiting for responses from readers.
Chicago grain notes show wheat opening with gains and steady corn, oats irregular, with May and July futures listed. The report records opening and closing prices across wheat corn and oats, plus provisions and pork markets, reflecting a varied session on January 5.
Wheat markets show No 2 red at 1.2644 and milling sample at 1.18. Corn and oats mixed bands noted with various No 2 to No 4 white yellow and mixed grades and prices. Hay remains steady with top timothy at 16.50 and other timothys and clovers priced down the line. Inspections list multiple cars by grade, with totals for Wheat Corn Hay and overall.
Chicago cash grain markets show grain price quotes with Wheat No 2 red at 1.28 to 1.50 percent, No 3 red at 1.29 to 1.21, No 2 hard winter at 1.16 to 1.24, No 3 hard winter at 1.10 to 1.15, No 1 northern spring at 1.16 to 1.17, No 2 northern spring at 1.14 to 1.16. Corn No 3 at 68 cents, No 3 white 62 to 63, No 3 yellow 62 to 63, No 4 58 to 60, No 4 yellow 58 to 60, oats No 2 at 46 to 49, No 3 white 46 to 47, No 4 white 45 to 46 cents.
Toledo grain markets show wheat cash at 1.26, May 1.28 and July 1.06 dollars per bushel. Rye cash 0.80 dollars. May and July futures quoted with minor percentages.
The Sun promises guaranteed results from its liner columns and straightforward pricing. Ten words three days, sixteen cents, is stated as the coating price.
A witty exchange unfolds as one man asks Gormley to dine and hear his daughter play the piano, only for Gormley to admit a nonexistent daughter and piano. The joke hinges on the missing obligations and feigned plans. The humor rests on a bluff and a muddled social ruse.
City birth notices list Hayward Curry Maude Curry Fetron Kestle Enk Lay Meyer Browning Ross Monroe Gardner Adams Allen Eichburg Kennedy Collens Brumit stillborn. Ten death notices include measles grippe gunshot wound tuberculosis and other illnesses across streets and hospitals. Marriages documented for Alte Spaulding Woodgan Lucas and Daugherty Southard. Building permits show Madison Avenue association Carson Feneman $100 Nutherton three houses Lee $6000 Worm barn Dakota Vinton $2000.
The Sun lowers the price for liner columns at twenty eight lines per issue with a ten word limit over three days and a charge of sixteen cents.
Denver Gas and Electric company survey finds 4782 of 35000 families live in apartments with many dogs and canaries and few children. Estimated inventories include 2363 Morris chairs 2006 phonographs 3297 window boxes, while future stats cover divorces and resident well being.
F Augustus Heinz former copper king was arraigned before Federal Judge Hough on two indictments charging banking law violations and impeding justice by removing books of United Copper from the court's jurisdiction. He was released on his own bail and set to appear for trial January 13. His brother Arthur P Heinz Carlos Wolfield Calvin O Geer and lawyer Sanford Robinson were also arraigned on a blanket indictment of impeding justice and admitted to bail.
In The Sun readers are told to use a ten word Hiner in three days for 15 cents to sell any item such as a horse cow baby buggy sleigh sewing machine. The ad promotes quick sales through a simple classified approach.
Six Grand Rapids and Indiana trains are trapped near Cadillac Michigan as a heavy snowstorm cripples service. Snowplows work frantically to clear drifts while passengers, on short rations, fear coal will run out before movement resumes. The blizzard is the worst in years.
Coroner Coe's inquest into the murder of Anna Lloyd secretary manager of the Wiborg Hanna company resumes at 11 this morning. All Wiborg Hanna company employees have been summoned to testify as part of the investigation in Cincinnati Ohio.
The Board of Public Works on Wednesday announced new appointments including W. H. Pierce as chief clerk of the engineer's office William Hosa as superintendent of the asphalt plant Oscar Besherman as bookkeeper Frank J. Noll Jr as clerk of the Board of Public Works Miss Myrtle Johnson as stenographer and Jay Griffith as chief Inspector of engines.
A southwestern storm moved into the lake region and upper Mississippi valley with heavy snowfall while the lower Mississippi valley and Texas saw rain. Cold, clearing weather follows as high pressure pushes the low away, with subzero temps reaching southern Kansas and northern New Mexico. Snow flurries possible tonight or Thursday. Verne H. Church, Section Director.
New York gossip exposes Miss Bessie De Woile in a breach of promise suit against Frank J. Gould seeking 250000. She recounts alleged attention from Gould as his wife’s divorce case moved forward and says she was forced into the suit by the man she loved and trusted.
A frail tramp pleads for help during the festive season and receives a coin from a kind old gentleman. The tramp explains he is financially crippled, framing the moment as a brief, compassionate exchange.
A brief Lincoln-era style notice promotes selling a piano through The Sun, offering a 10 word liner for three days at 15 cents and promising to complete the sale.
The Sun offers to place a For Rent rooms notice with ten words for 16 cents three days, promising continued insertion at no extra cost if no tenant is secured.
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