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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1908
Page
4
Stock market rally leads with Union Pacific as traders digest National Bank of North America liquidation news and government action on Harriman merger. Northern Pacific announces yearend dividend and Steel Trust sets new per share payout. mining shares rise while foreign markets lag and commodities show little change.
Grain yard report lists No 2 red wheat No 3 red track No 5 white corn and mixed grades with in and out car counts. No bids appear for wheat and timothy quotes listed for inspection and totals show 98 cars in with 4 out and multiple car movements across grades.
Receipts at Union Stock Yards show 34 000 flag receipts with mixed ranges and cattle at 19 000 head. Prices list light, mixed, heavy, and rough stock. calves and yorkers appear with varied values. Sheep receipts total 14 090 with native western sheep and lambs priced across multiple brackets.
Market listing shows prices for oats shelled and shorn, straw and fodder bales, Miller hay variants, and clover, mixed and timothy for sale. Prices range from oats around 5 to 11 dollars and hay varieties from 8 to 15 dollars per unit.
East Buffalo New York reports for January 27 show receipts 3 250 cattle and 13 600 sheep with market gains. Prime steers to 5 60 6 00, heifers to 3 75 5 00, cows 2 75 4 50, hogs 4 70 4 75, lambs up to 7 75 with mixed sheep around 5 50 to 5 50 and feeders 3 00 4 40.
Dry vegetables and fruit prices shown for onions cabbage cauliflower beets celery radishes sweet potatoes and potatoes with per bushel per crate and per dozen figures including red onions 65 cents white 5 cents yellow 65 cents cabbage 1 dollar per barrel tomatoes home grown per crate and carrots per bushel are cited alongside corn per pound in a brief market listing.
Hog bids rose 19 to 15 cents from last week with best hogs at 4.60. Cattle receipts were strong with higher prices, sheep and lambs quiet. Steers and heifers showed varying gains, calves and bulls listed, hogs ranged 4.35 to 4.50 for lighter and best pigs 4.00 to 4.40 in a volatile market.
Chicago notes wheat up on foreign markets with higher opening prices and firm closing values. May contracts show modest gains while corn oats and meat futures post varied moves amid mixed cable signals and weekly shipment totals.
Toledo O H Jan 27 close shows Wheat cash 99 3 4 cents May 1.01 4, July 99 cents September 96 4, Corn cash 58 1 4 cents May 64 in July 61 4, September ble. Oats cash 53 cents May 54 4 1, July 48 1 6, September 38 4. Cloverseed cash and January March 11.15 April 11.05 October 7.62 14, prime alsuke 10.50, prime timothy 2.25. Rye No 1 83 cents No 2 82 4 cents.
Indictments in the asphalt fraud cages are expected to be returned Tuesday or at the latest four days later. The grand jury has reviewed testimony from a prior investigation and is assessing new indictments based on those records.
A mysterious blaze at 163 Mulberry Street early today killed Gaetino Bernardone, 35, a barber, and his 17 month old son Carmine. Two families in the six story tenement were panic stricken as firefighters fought the flames.
A group of eight women organizes a sewing circle meeting the third Thursday of each month to share embroidery ideas. Officers include Mrs. M. E. Corey president Miss Dale Arres vice president Mrs. Joseph Carr secretary and Mrs. Thomas treasurer. Other members are Mrs. I. B. Wesley Mrs. G. A. Porter Mrs. I. W. Darby and Mrs. E. Lewis.
Witnesses describe Harry Thaw’s erratic 1899 to 1904 behavior including incoherent speech, agitation, and mania. Doctors note subacute mania and hypo mania with periods of rationality after treatment and confinement at the Devonshire home and hospitals.
Mr and Mrs Frank Ittenbach announce the engagement of their daughter Lillian to Dr John J Briggs. The couple plans a June wedding.
The engagement is announced of Miss Maggie Cummins daughter of Mr and Mrs M L Cummins and Samuel Layton of Anderson. The wedding will take place Feb 6. Mr and Mrs Gerritt Archibald will give a dancing party Monday evening in honor of Mrs John Hall of Dayton D who has been visiting Mr and Mrs Frank Van Camp.
Mr and Mrs Henry Bak of Atlanta announce the engagement of their daughter Lillian to Arthur Leopold of Indianapolis The bride to be is visiting her sister Mrs B M Gundelfinger of North Delaware Street Cincinnati today
The Chautauqua S S C met Monday afternoon with Mrs. R. C. James at 202 Talbott Ave. The session discussed "American Literature-Prose Criticisms" as the subject of an interesting program.
The Philomathean club will meet Friday with Mrs. T. P. Swain of College-are. Twelfth Night will be continued in the study. Mrs. B. N. Preston and Mrs. Nellie Railsback will present the program.
The Monday Evening Needle club will be entertained by Miss Flora Kealy of Brookside Avenue. Honor guests will be Mrs Kealy and Mrs Voegtle.
Mrs. F J Bosler will give a reception at her home on North Delaware Street Wednesday for Mrs Harlan Gibson Bosler a recent bride.
Delta Gamma Alumnae association will meet Saturday afternoon at Miss Edith Nowland's home on East Tenth Street. The Woman's Society of the Maennerchor plans a euchre party Monday evening. Arrangements are led by Miss Lena Fertig and Mrs. William Off.
The marriage of Miss Margaret Mary Mullen to Thomas M. Quinn is set for 9 o'clock next Wednesday at St Peter and Paul church with Miss Harriet Edna Stegg and Dr Patrick Quinn as bridesmaids. Caroline Scott Harrison chapter D A R hosts a Colonial sewing party on N Pennsylvania Street. Various social visits span Marion to Pittsburg and Terre Haute with guests in from Olney Illinois, Springfield Ohio, Lincoln Nebraska, Lafayette and Atlanta Georgia.
The notice lists various meat items with English style curing and percentage details. It includes bacon smoked and cured, dried beef shoulders, fresh pork loins and hams, and native and western beef cuts with price references per unit.
Pittsburg Pa January 27 cattle receipts steady to strong with primes at 5.40 to 4.50 and cows and springers quoted up to 55.00. hogs active 5 cents higher with prime heavy hogs at 4.55 to 4.60 and pigs 4.60 to 4.65. sheep receipts 2500 with lambs up to 9.60 to 10.75 and prime wethers 5.35 to 5.60.
A major blaze at the W. P. Dunn Co printing plant on Adams Street gutted the building and caused $550,000 property loss. One man is believed killed, and more than twenty injured, including Captain Matthew Quinlan who was badly burned as the Hotel Florence roof fell. Firefighters battled the flames amid a gale, danger to nearby structures and panic among guests at nearby hotels.
Dixon told Bryan Indiana Democrats overwhelmingly support his nomination and expect him to run. He warned of Indiana reporters and party rivals trying to push a different candidate, while asserting Bryan’s broad appeal and strength against Republicans.
The Central Union Telephone Company plans an informal open house at its Meridian and New York streets main exchange and general offices. Visitors will tour the top floor switchboards and latest equipment while the entire building from roof garden to basement is shown. The event covers Ohio, Indiana and Illinois operations with Thursday designated as ladies day.
In Shelby county a dispute over a “boss trade” of wind broken horses led to a riot at a West and Washington saloon. William Sebastian attacked Harry Coleman injuring him and threatening Coleman's job as traders and jillers meet the saloon. Sebastian faces assault and battery charges. Alexander may be charged with selling wind broken horses after signing a disputed bill of sale.
New York January 27 The Havemeyer presidency and bank directors announced liquidation of the National Bank of North America following a three month effort to rehabilitate the bank. W P Ridgely controller of the currency oversaw the conference at the Waldorf with Havemeyer and directors. The failure was blamed on persistent rumor of receivership.
New York police officer Peter Loughman has just undergone a serious operation at Harlem hospital. Doctors report he will live despite being pierced six times as his intestines were damaged in the attack. He remains under careful observation and treatment.
President Roosevelt transmitted Secretary Taft’s 16 page report on the Philippines. Taft urges continued reforms and progress in farming and industry while noting peace in the islands and the new Philippine assembly. The president cautions against rushing toward self government and full independence, suggesting it may take a generation.
Ruth Delaney alias Kelly will be sent back to Cincinnati where she is the principal witness in the murder of Bud Cooper shot by William Hickey. She says she was in a saloon and a quarrel started before the shooting. Three days after the crime Hickey’s father allegedly gave her $500 to flee town. she has been in Indianapolis working as a domestic when found by Patrolman Hett.
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