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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1902
Page
3
A Rome dispatch reports that the pope appeared in extreme exhaustion after four days of diplomatic receptions. An ecclesiastical friend said the pontiff is not really ill, but only just alive.
Detroit 12 000 telephone subscribers consider buying an unfinished plant of the People's Telephone Company from Everett Moore interests. They aim to operate it as a cooperative company after rate cuts by Michigan Telephone Company and a potential sale at cost. Manager Ware says completion possible by August 1 with local backing. Mayor Maybury supports cooperative plan if price is right.
The U S Rubber Company says it is not involved in the Crude Rubber Company failure led by Charles R Flint. It plans to buy about $1,000,000 in crude rubber at low prices, boosting its position as the Converses of Boston consolidate control and consider moving general offices from New York to Boston.
Chaplain Couden and Senator Kean led tributes in a Senate session after the death of Gen W J Sewell senior senator from New Jersey. Berry of Arkansas was named for speedy recovery from recent injuries as memorial plans were adopted and the Senate adjourned at 12 08.
In Amsterdam Boer agents report daily conferences with Wessels saying they may cede territory if forced but will not surrender sovereignty. Kruger and Leyds reportedly favor cession of land. In Richmond Indiana a 14 year old boy, Emmett Smith, was killed by a falling tree.
Morning alarm at Lexington flats on N Capitol Ave brings bike cops to a third story porch where a trembling dog, frozen and terrified, is found. The tamest canine is carried down by an officer, while locals misread his shivering as hydrophobia.
A telegram from Liverpool reports the steamers Alfonso and Bulbo Espanola collided in fog Monday. Both ships foundered 100 miles south of Finisterre. All on board the Alfonso perished except the captain. The Alfonso crew numbered 19 Liverpool men.
Joe Cunningham of Loree Miami county returns to politics aiming for a seat on the State Board of Agriculture from district 1 to succeed Barnett. Contests loom in districts 13 and others as the delegates meet in the State House with Mayor Bookwalter welcoming and Gov Durbin to speak. Downing is expected to be re-elected secretary.
A messenger boy delivers a telegram to Governor Wilson and reads it aloud. The note condemns the metropolitan police board appointment as a colossal blunder and callsMalignant liars should not be thus honored. The dignitaries laugh as the boy departs the capitol steps.
Viola Bridgeford, 19, attempted to kill herself in Richmond after jealousy. Reports note she failed, with authorities citing motive as jealousy. In New York, Aunt Louise Eldridge, longtime actress, lies seriously ill with pneumonia at her city home, condition critical. Eldridge is revered in theater for charity and goodwill. her son is comedian Press Eldridge.
Augustine Convery, head of the Convery Becker boiler works, collapsed and died Monday morning in Vincennes Indiana. He led the boiler works and was a prominent local figure. His death prompts tributes from the industry and community.
In Fort Scott Kansas D W Thurston a 70 year old man went insane on the eve of being sent to an asylum. His divorced wife now Mrs Sarah Maycumber arrived causing a sudden mental clarity. They remarried on Saturday after years apart and Thurston’s recovery remains unexplained.
Attorney Kersey of Marion asks Gov Durbin for a hearing on commuting John Rinkard s death sentence set to be carried out in Michigan City on January 17 for wife murder. Supreme Court upheld the jury verdict against insanity. Durbin previously refused to intervene in Joseph Keith s case. Keith later confessed before execution, a fact noted by the governor.
Chicago report says Charles Head Smith a Board of Trade figure and former owner of Lieut. Gibson and Garry Herman was seriously hurt in a Sunday night auto crash when a car skidded and struck a tree. Internal injuries feared.
The column lists a Monday horoscope warning harsh dispositions may hinder success and unluck in marriage for several women. It then records marriages including Owen C. Darnell with Mollie Leap and Joseph T. Hopkins with Claudia M. Smith among others.
A compiled notice lists multiple property improvements with addresses and costs including Aug Althoff 114 Kansas street remodeling 1000 dollars and J. M. Fleming 1082 Oliver avenue addition 2450 dollars. Other entries cover cottages repairs and frame houses with varied sums from 75 to 2000 dollars. Distress after eating is cited as a sign of dyspepsia and Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted.
The seventy fifth Ohio General Assembly opened on Monday and will run until about May 1. Gov Nash's biennial message was read. Nash will be inaugurated next Monday. Senator Foraker's election will be decided a week from Tuesday by separate house votes, with a joint session planned a week later to declare the result.
Washington January 6 The United States Supreme Court on application of ex Captain Oberlin M Carter denied a writ of habeas corpus. Carter was convicted in Savannah harbor frauds and seeks relief from custody.
Congressmen Kern of Illinois introduced a brief 41 word bill directing the secretary of war to reestablish the army canteen and post exchange. The action occurred Monday in Washington as the measure was filed.
Fairly steady closing on Wall Street amid a weak bank statement. mentions of Everett Moore Detroit trolley, Pennsylvanian stock deposits, and Krupp steel strength in London. Also reports on tariffs, sugar trades, various Indianapolis stocks and bonds, and livestock price listings at Indianapolis stockyards with hogs, cattle, and sheep receipts and quotations.
New York reports an active but irregular open with later regularity and mixed gains. Colorado and Southern strong on traffic growth. Amalgamated copper weak overall. Tennessee coal and iron declines. notable advances in preferred issues of several railroad and utility stocks while standards like Amalgamated copper show mixed shifts. Trading volume reported at 404,600 shares with end of first hour softer than noon and Jersey Central support amid widening moves.
Pork firm with prices 16.50 to 17.50 and 10.20 for a reference. butter receipts 6 127 state dairy 15 to 22 cents creamery and western 16. cheese receipts 1 149 state large 7 to 10 and small 7. eggs quiet with state 20 to 36 cents and western 29 to 35. tallow city 6 and country 6. poultry dressed firm with turkeys 8 to 18 cents, chickens 8 to 11 cents, fowls 7 to 12 cents, ducks 9 to 15 cents, geese 7 to 10 cents.
Union Stockyards Indianapolis reports 300 cattle receipts on January 6 with 7 percent shipments. Quotations list Good to prime export steers.
Cattle receipts 27 600 with market 10 20c lower. Prices from 4 00 to 7 40 for cattle. Hogs receipts 45 000 with strong to higher market. top 36 70 and various price ranges. Sheep receipts 28 000 with steady to 10c lower. native and western sheep and lambs priced across a wide range.
Wheat gains cited with May at 84 to 84 3/4 cents and nearby ranges. Corn and oats show modest moves with May and July contracts. Provisions steady to fractionally lower with pork, lard, and ribs quoted. dairy prices move for creamery butter and cheese varieties. live poultry and eggs list trimmed by type and size.
Cattle receipts total 7 000 with 1 500 Texans as markets stay steady to easy. Native steers bring 5.00 to 6.50, Texan and Indian steers 4.25 to 5.25, Texas cows 2.50 to 4.00, stockers 3.25 to 4.65, bulls 2.50 to 4.25, calves 13.50 to 6.00. Hog receipts 11 000 with market strong to higher. bulk 5.85 to 6.60, heavies 6.65 to 6.75, Yorkers 5.35 to 6.20, pigs 4.25 to 5.30. Sheep receipts 3 000. muttons 3.50 to 4.50, lambs 8.50 to 5.85, range wethers 3.75 to 4.40, ewes 3.25 to 4.00.
Buffalo New York reports hog receipts at 14 cars with mixed ranges and price drops. Heavy hogs bring 6.55 to 6.65, sows and heavies around 6.00 to 6.20, and leaner hogs 6.15 to 6.20. Sheep and lambs receipts 140 cars, market steady for sheep, lamb tops at 5.65 to 5.75 and lambs generally lower at 5.60 or less, wethers and yearlings 4.70 to 5.15.
Eastern Buffalo cattle sale reports 180 carloads with an active market. Heavy steers fetch 36.50 to 36.65, medium to good 5.60 to 6.10, light to good butchers 4.35 to 5.50, heifers 3.50 to 5.50, cows 1.70 to 4.40, bulls 3.00 to 4.50, stock bulls 2.50 to 3.25, stockers 2.50 to 3.75, feeders 3.60 to 11.50, fresh cows steady, veals 5.00 to 8.00.
Wheat prices show No 2 red at 881 8893? and No 3 red around 84 864 cents with January futures noted. Corn prices list No 1 white near 58 to 60 cents, No 2 white 68 cents, No 3 white 68 plus, No 4 white mixed 64 to 65 cents, with No 2 yellow about 67 to 67 and No 3 yellow 67 to 674 cents.
Cattie-Re ceipts 1197, market active and strong at prior close. Hogs receipts 3841, prices 10c higher for selected heavies and packers. Sheep receipts 405, lambs and ewes steady with extras around 3.60 to 3.75 and 3.10 to 5.95 for lambs. Prices for shippers and butchers listed with specific car lots and grades.
A dense price list for poultry and produce includes Old turkey hens at 6c per lb, old toms 5c, young turkeys 74c, ducks 6c, geese 5c, and eggs fresh or storage. It covers butter cheese salts sugars coffees canned goods and various meats with numerous per unit and per ton rates reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century market catalog.
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