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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1906
Page
8
Market session shows Great Northern Preferred advancing as overall stocks gain about four percent with several blue chips posting higher prices. Traders cite supportive earnings outlook and demand for dividend payers.
Amid a brisk trading day in New York and on the exchange floor, Union Traction stock led gains with a sharp advance amid heavy activity. Large blocks moved in steel, power, and rail issues as traders chased strength and breadth across industrials.
UNLISTED STOCKS IN CINCINNATI AND OTHER MARKETS REPORTS SHOW trading activity with Union Traction shares and New York Produce in focus. Regional cattle hogs and sheep receipts at Cincinnati are listed with prices, while grain markets in Chicago reflect dull opening as May wheat and corn futures edge lower amid mixed news.
Chicago live stock market report shows cattle receipts around 2 000 with mixed feeder and canner categories and values near 1300. Sheep receipts listed around 13 000 with strong native and western grades. Texans and hog categories appear in small notation amid fuzzy figures.
Thomas Shea was arrested on Wednesday and charged with embezzling $183 tied to a wager with J. Ly Dutian. The complaint notes Shea did not deliver the can to the winner, and he claimed he did not know who won. Shea resides at 623 Delaware Street.
Live Stock Indiana vomis January 31 reports a strong market with prices about 5 cents higher. Cattle demand steady to good for prime stock with top steers reaching 5.60 5. 50s, mixed grades steady. Sheep and lambs show steady demand for prime stock with best lots quoted higher at times and overall market quiet at close.
A statistical report by Joseph Stubbs of the State Bureau compares Marion County values and receipts over decades. It notes total taxable property in 1870, county receipts and expenditures, and funds needed for bridges and gravel road repairs, highlighting a rise in taxable property and fiscal needs.
The Big Meetings Inco announces a new series for boys aged 11 to 17 starting Feb 4 at 10 pm at the YMCA gym. Admission is free, and attendees will receive a membership card. Dr W A Shaw of the National Anti Cigarette League leads the inaugural talk "Digging for Good" with future speakers planned.
Jefferson City Mo Jan 31 The Supreme Court affirmed the verdict against Lord Seymour Harrington setting a March 1 hanging date. Warrington convicted at Charleston May 3, 10 of the counts in the case against the defendant James F B McClain who fought for him.
A civil suit filed in the United States circuit court seeks $10,000 damages for alleged frauds in Hereford cattle dealings. Thomag B. Sottum of Karkakre, NL, accuses Martindale and Martens of arranging security notes to induce Crayes to buy cattle and sell, with Graves and others allegedly complicit.
The first of twelve lectures will be held Wednesday night in YCAL pastors with Mr. Hertram Day of American Central Life Insurance as the opening speaker. The topic: The Riva Jet In Character Building. Attendees include high school aged youths. supper served at mid-evening. Other speakers include James M. Bruden of Indian Law School and Prof. Francis Bacon of Manual Training School.
A fragmentary trade item list from Chicago markets notes entries for live poultry including turkeys, chickens, fowls, ducks and geese with some lines repeating. Mentions BL Cheeve-Full cream and Hogan per Women along with odd spellings and unclear quantities.
After a matinee at the Grand Opera house, Pekin Zouaves fellow soldiers and families shared a large dinner at H. J. Craisy’s home in New Jersey street. The event featured songs, tributes to parents, and a surprise from the boys’ mothers. Separately, Nashville police arrested Frank Van Slack, whose mother’s letter helped expose a fraud and theft scheme tied to an Indiana railroad company, leading to his capture after a chase and a dramatic family plea.
A young railway agent named Bolcourt, employed by the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company, died by self-inflicted gunshot at Shelbyville. He had requested a raise, faced dismissal fears, and was portrayed as cheerful and trustworthy. The coroner’s inquiry and funeral plans point to a sorrowful event affecting his father and colleagues. The body will be transported to Morristown for burial on Thursday afternoon.
Glasgow date Jan 21 Liberals accused of exploiting the amnesty to evade arrest are now jailed. They face five to ten year sentences as a result of the political controversy.
The auxiliary of Olive Erapeh No 3M will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs RE Daniels 1717 Kowleay. She will be assisted by Mrs CAL Berrieu and Mrs OW have.
Fragmented text references France policy criticism and US relations amid commercial rupture. Mentions Washington and New York actors including growers and pork packers in uncertain terms. Names and places are partially garbled, but the piece signals a debate on Franco US trade tensions and policy responses.
From Gomel comes a report of intensified clashes between troops and revolutionaries as disturbances spread. The scene details indicate street fighting and a rising burden on the city, with damages and a rough financial impact cited, though specifics are unclear.
The Coca Cola Boating company of Terre Haute with nine hundred capital stock. Coffey Hiner Souder and Lenna Souder are incorporators. The August Schmidt & Sins Co of Evansville manufacturing roving and sutering. August Schmidt, August P. Bebmitt, Simon A. Schmidt and Sebastian J. Dury are incorporators. The Hartterver Schenck Grocery Co of Evansville with fourty two thousand capital stock. George Harmeyer Louis Schenck and Augustus J. Goelzhaueer are incorporators.
A crowded city record lists marriages between many partners including Ror T Myers and Clarissa Varls as well as James A Gester and Eamma Sle ahow and others. Births are noted with multiple names and addresses in a dense ledger style. The column captures union and birth announcements amid scattered addresses and old typography.
A garbled OCR list records numerous names and causes of death and illness across many patients. Entries include ages and conditions such as pneumonia nephritis meningitis tuberculosis and anemia, with hospitals named like St Vincent's and others in New York and beyond. The fragmentary text also mentions venues, dates, and multiple individuals, though many spellings and numbers are unclear.
A garbled list of building permits and repairs across multiple properties. Names include Bunuel Welch Bertha Feucht Essie W McCurdy J Q and B Burreth Mary J Payne Reed Tyler Willoughby Imma Willoughby Warren Warphey and Gerd Dirks among others. The entries cite dwellings cottages shops barns and additions with varied addresses and costs from zero to several dollars.
Merete Neate and another victim were killed after being struck by trains this morning. Guilano Guneo, 45, and Earl Harrison, 35, died, while Sem Ruguza sustained fatal injuries, authorities said.
Two men clashed aboard a streetcar near the Indiana Trust building as conductor and motorman tried to eject J Wagner, cashier for Mutual Life Insurance, after a transfer dispute. Wagner was charged with assault and battery. another man, John Gray, aided in the struggle before police and witnesses intervened.
Mrs Yerkes widow of Chicago steel magnate Charles T Yerkes is said to have married Wilson Mizner, a young Californian, after Yerkes death a month ago. Mizner, staying at the Hotel Astor, neither confirms nor denies the report. The reputed bride declines interviews, while Mizner’s background includes ties to San Francisco society and a family with ties to Central America.
Mrs Charles E Yerkes of Evansville denounces reports of a marriage between the New York widow of the late Charles Yerkes and a Californian. She confirms plans to return to Chicago in spring and says the claims are false, urging that the tale is distasteful and untrue.
In January a fire at a Butte Molt area plant destroyed part of a concentrator integral to Senator Clark’s works. About 100,000 in machinery was ruined, jeopardizing operations. Arrangements were made to route jobs to the Washo smelter in Anaconda to prevent a full shutdown.
Edgar Uni stands accused of killing his father as Jon Ui-Wiljam Sykes, the prosecutor, presses the state’s argument. Judge Jones barred Oscar Uni and Miss Ligsin Kinnard from release, keeping them under court jurisdiction amid conflicting testimony from Miss Kinnard and other witnesses for the prosecution.
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