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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1907

Page

8

Wall Street Opens Irregularly as Stocks Slip Through First Hour

The New York market opened with scattered gains and losses. General Electric rose 1 percent while Southern Pacific and Steel preferred advanced, and Amalgamated Union Pacific and Colorado Fuel gained. Reading opened lower. Early trading showed liquidating pressure on Steel and Colorado Fuel as prices drifted lower and overall sentiment weakened.

New York Canadian Pacific Car Foundry Pennsylvania General Electric Southern Pacific and Steel Atchison Amalgamated Union Pacific Colorado Reading

Wheat and corn futures mixed with steady oats and quiet hay

Grain market report shows Wheat No. 2 red steady with various bids and cts changes. Corn mostly dull with several white and mixed grades quoted through billing. Oats firm with multiple white and mixed grades listed. Hay offerings include choice Timothy and clover, with rye No. 2 priced at 65 cents. Inspections list multiple car counts by grade.

Issac Timothy

Cattle and sheep receipts at Chicago market mix

Cattle receipts around 500 head with steady prices. Prime beef $6.10 to $7.00. cows and heifers $1.50 to $2.69. Texans up to $4.60. Sheep and lambs receipts about 7,000 with bids $4.75 to $7.80. Pigs at $5.75 to $6.40. Grades and figures show varied demand.

Scrippse-McHinereas Association Chicago

Cattle Hog and Lamb Prices in St Louis Market

Cattle receipts 2300 steady with beef steers 3.75 to 4.75, stockers 2.00 to 4.50, cows 2.59 to 4.00. Texas steers 3.50 to 4.50. Hog receipts 8000 steady, pigs 6.10 to 6.50, best heavy 6.15 to 6.60. Sheep receipts 500 steady natives 3.00 to 5.50, lambs 6.00 to 7.25.

ST. Louis Texas

Commodity Prices in New York Market Report

Pork Mess at 17 50 to 18 60, Lard Western spot 29 50 to 9 60, Tallow City 64 6c, country 64 vi c. Dressed poultry Turkeys 10 1 Tc, chickens 21 25 c, fowls 4 13 c, ducks 4 15 c. Butter Creamery extra 28 29 c. Eggs Nearby white fancy 35 36 c, western 30 c. Cheese Full cream 14 44 c.

Scripps-McRae Press Association New York Western Steam

Walsh Indicted on 182 Counts in Bank Case

Federal grand jury charges John R. Walsh, former president of Chicago National Bank, with 182 counts of fraudulent wage fund use totaling over 2 million dollars. Indictment alleges funds were moved to Walsh's personal account and railroad investments, with the Chicago Chronicle also named in 60 thousand dollars of alleged illicit receipts.

Mer Chicago National Bank A. B. Anderson Indianapolis Walsh Southern Insana Wisconsin & Michigan

Quiet Session at Local Exchange with Narrowing Bid Ask Gaps

The morning session at the local stock exchange saw muted trading after a president’s lecture. The bid and ask spreads narrowed on many issues with no major shifts overall. only one sale occurred, 22 shares of Vandalia Coal preferred, at the offered price.

American National Bank Eat Atlas Engine Works Iss Belt Railroad Common Belt Railroad Brown-Ketcham Iron Capital National Bank Ake Central Trust Co Citizens’ Savings Deposit Co Columbia National Bank Farmers’ Trust Conora Federal Union Surety Co Ft. W. & Wab Val. Trac. Co Howe Brewing Co Indiana Hotel Co Common Ind. Hotel Co Indiana National Rae Eee Ind. Tithe Guard and Loan Co Indiana Trust Company Indiana Union Traction Co Indianapolis Abattoir Indnas, & Martinsville R. T. Co Indianapolis Fire Ins Indianapolis Gas Co Indpis. & S.eastern Trac Indianapolis Street Railway Indianapolis Trac. & Terminal Ki Me W. Teesseen Vee Law Laycock Mfg. Co Marion Trust Co Merchants’ H. & L Merchants’ National Bank Ahing New Telephone Co New Telephone Co People’s Deposit Bank Necunies Light and Heat Ak Ranh Fertilizer Reeves & Co Security Trust Co Terre Haute Traction & Light Union National Bank Union Traction Com Union Traction Union Trust Co Wovsede van Camp Hardware Co Vandalia Coal Co Wasson Coweiqee Citizens’ Street Railroad Broad Ripple Ft. W. & W. Val T. Cof Indiana Union Traction Colum., & Southern Indianapolis & Eastern Indianapoli Gas Indpis. & Greenfield Railroad

Chicago grain prices move on Board of Trade

Corn led the session with May at 454 45¢gc and July at 4544 453 c. Wheat firm for May at 71 77iec while July eased to 7634 7654. Oats stayed well sustained with May 8 MSc and July 35%c. Provisions were 2% lower to unchanged with May pork 16.624 16,.5714, lara 9.55, Tibs 9.20 9.1714.

Chicago Board of Trade Msc

Oats Straw Millet and Hay Prices Listed with a Sale

The recipe lists corn fodder and shelled oats with prices for oats straw millet and hay in multiple varieties. One load of mowed oats sold at 18 dollars and one ton.

Lafayette group elects officers and backs farm measures

The Indiana Farmers Association in Lafayette elected D. F. Marsh of Frankfort as president with L. A. Coleman of Rushville as vice president and G. I. Christie of Purdue as secretary treasurer. It endorsed the Nelson bill for more agricultural college funding and urged increased state support for farmers institutes, $10,000 to exterminate the San Jose scale, $100,000 for a livestock pavilion at the Indianapolis state fairgrounds, and funding for a new experiment station and a practical school of mechanics at Purdue University.

Indijaluion Lafayette Ind Ana Corn Growers D. F. Marsh Frankfort L. A. Coleman Rushville G. I. Christie Purdue University Nelson Indiana Farmers’ Institute San Jose Indianapolis

Hunt for Dr. Baker as body of Lenna Baker vanishes

Dr J J Baker traveling between St Petersburg Florida and Indianapolis Indiana with the body of his daughter Lenna is missing with no trace by noon. Telegraphs have been sent along the route and lodges assist searches as relatives fear foul play or tragedy amid recent bereavement. Funeral plans remain pending with no word from the physician or others by midday.

J. J. Baker St. Petersburg Via Indianapolis Lenna Baker Dr. Baker

Dramatic Price Cuts For Coats And Suits Across Store

Advertised sale highlights lower prices on overcoats and suits with several discount levels. The tag line lists multiple reduced prices such as coats from 1.90 to 9.75 and suits from 2.98 to 8.50, indicating a storewide clearance event.

America

Hog market firm as receipts rise in Indianapolis

Hog receipts reach 10 000 with trading active and prices peaking at 36.75. Cattle supply near normal with better grades steady, common cattle dull and prices disappointing. Sheep light and sold promptly at steady prices. Market closes quiet after a good clearance and little interest in sheep alleys.

Indianapolis Jan

Indiana Soldiers Honored With Andersonville Monument Bill

A bill to raise a monument at Andersonville Georgia for Indiana soldiers buried there advances in the Indiana lower house. Col Schreeder of Evansville championed the measure, noting about 800 Indiana dead with 730 identified and around 50 unnamed, audiences touched due to relatives among lawmakers. The proposal follows earlier efforts stalled by Morton monument funding.

Andersonville Indiana General Assembly Col. Schreeder Evansville Schreeder Col. Schroeder Morton

Cincinnati Live Stock Prices From Jan 18 Report

Cincinnati cattle receipts total 750 with steady prices. Butcher steers bring 5.25 to 5.40 for extra to good, 4.60 to 5.15 for others. Hog receipts 2,700 up 5 cents, good to choice 6.80 to 6.85, mixed packers 6.75 to 6.80. Sheep receipts 50 strong, extra 5.10 to 5.33, lambs extra 8.00.

Cincinnati Scrippx-Mcline Press Association

Market Prices in Chicago Report

Chicago on January 18 lists Butter Extra at 8c and Fresh Eggs at 22 to 24c. Twin cheeses at 184c. Poultry prices show turkeys at 11c and 13c, ducks and geese around 5.00 per dozen in today’s market report.

Chicago Ile Springs Sige Ducks, LLC

River Flood Blocks Riverfront Businesses

Flood waters inundate the riverfront crowding merchants to move stock to safety. Tracks of the Big Four and C L A traction line are underwater between here and Lawrenceburg, leaving the B and S W railroad as the only line remaining high and dry.

Big Four Railroad Lawrenceburg

Koffel Appointed to Board of Control at Prison

Republican R. Koffel has been named by the governor to the board of control at the prison, succeeding Charles Rion on the body.

R. Koffel Board of Control B Charles Rion

Ohio River Near Cincinnati to Reach 60 Feet Likely

Rain across the valley from Cincinnati to Wheeling has caused rapid river rise. The Ohio River at Cincinnati may reach about 60 feet today with waters up and thousands of families rendered homeless in Cincinnati and nearby areas.

Scripps-Molise Press Association Cincinnati Ohio River Wheeling

Heavy rains halt California rail service

In Los Angeles on January 18 heavy rains shut down outbound trains north and east as washouts flooded tracks. Santa Barbara is isolated and officials suspend departures until all accident risks are cleared.

California Los Angels Cal Santa Barbara Los Angeles

Wheat destroyed as White River rises again in Bedford

Special to The Sun reports a second 15 foot rise of the White River in Bedford Indiana, threatening all wheat in the bottoms as rains persist since last Saturday, signaling widespread crop ruin and continued high water.

Bedford Ind White River

Courageous Confinement by Ill Father Ends Teen Burglary Ring

CAUGHT BOY RAIDERS M. H. Withers, confined by illness, held three burglars at gunpoint Thursday and turned them over to bicycle officers. The leader, 14 year old Morris Chrisholm, carried a revolver. others were Everett Gosnesy, 3, James Owens, 32. The youths admitted links to multiple robberies at Ashland and College avenues.

M. H. Withers Mr. Withers Morris Chrisholm Everett Gosnesy

Assassin Put To Death In Tver Russia

The assassin of Governor Leptzoff was executed today in Tver Russia. Officials kept the killer's identity secret after years of confinement since April 19.

Tver Russia Gov. Leptzoff

Miles Concert Program at Caleb Mills Hall

Welsh baritone Gwilym Miles performs a Friday recital under Roberts Park Choral Society at Caleb Mills hall. It is the third concert in the series featuring works by Leoncavallo, Tschaikowsky, Schumann, Handel, Korbay, Day, Parker, and Foote among others, including traditional Irish pieces.

Gwilym Miles Caleb Mills Hall Roberts Park Choral Society Miles Tschaikowsky Hans Herman Schumann Techhaikowasky Tchaikowsky Handel Lschaikowsky Whiting Danny Deever Aneenes Damrosch Tisa Horatio Parker Kew Foote Molly Malone

Municipal Control of Public Utilities by an Indianapolis Attorney

Oscar L. Pond’s PhD thesis for Columbia University examines how courts view municipal ownership and operation of public utilities. It argues for liberal construction of municipal powers, public service motives, and state regulation to curb private utility profits.

Ical Columbia University Indianapolis Oscar L. Pond Mr. Pond Pond

Boy responsible for Smolensk murder killed by officer

In Smolensk Russia on January 18 M Krol lau head of rural administration was fatally shot by a schoolboy named Boore koff as he left a concert hall. The boy fired five rounds and was killed immediately by an officer at the scene.

Smolensk Russia M. Krollau Boorekoff

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