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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
8
Long wheat and corn were mixed on the Chicago exippa McRae press market with July wheat at around 90 89 cents and December at 96 4 cents. Soybeans and other grains showed declines while futures edged higher for October. Receipts included 27 cars wheat and 68 cars oats with a late close near firm levels across several contracts.
The stock market opened with gains in several names including Reading and Amalgamated Copper and Union Pacific. Steel shares rose while Interborough Rapid Transit faced losses after anti trust actions. Reading saw a full point rise, but activity cooled quickly. General market mood improved early then softened on light volume.
Indianapolis July 12 live stock receipts show hogs opening unevenly higher with light hogs at top prices. Cattle strong with steers and heifers at varied weights and conditions. cows and calves quoted, hogs, sheep and lambs detail prices by weight. Prices listed for multiple classes including steers, heifers, cows, calves, bulls, pigs, and fat lambs with ranges and averages across weight categories.
Wheat markets show No 2 red and No 3 red trading with varied tracking and through billing notes. Corn futures list No 2 white and No 3 white with through billing prices, while hay shows steady timothy and clover mixed values. Inspections log 4 car loads of wheat and 20 cars of corn with mixed grades and no grade notes.
Chicago July 12 cattle receipts 5000 strong with prime steers 5.90 to 7.30 and cows 2.75 to 3.80. Hogs receipts 24000 up 5 cents with light six to 66.22, fat hogs 5.65 to 6.15. Sheep receipts 6000 up 15 cents with native sheep 3.25 to 6.76 and native lambs 4.75 to 7.75.
New York July 12 prices for pork lard tallow butter and cheese from the Scripps-McRae Presse Association. Pork Meas 38.00 to 18.50. Lard Western 8.75 to 3.80. Tallow City 64c country 66 percent. Butter Creamery extra 26c. Fancy Bee White 22c western 16 1/4c. Cheese Full cream 12 6 to 12 6.
Society notes from Indianapolis list Miss Hazel Lewis visiting Connersville, Keefe sisters staying in Lafayette, Amy Wile in Indianapolis for a Nussbaum house party, and multiple returns home from visits in Tipton Lafayette Bloomington and New Castle. Engagement announced for Orm Pearson and Charles Treat Bragg. farewell dinner for Mr Quill before Europe trip. multiple visits by Helen Stark Elizabeth Love and Miss Bess Williams among others. Zeta Alumni Theta to host luncheon at Country Club.
Mary Bowie and her son were acquitted in La Plata Maryland after a five minute jury deliberation in a case where Posey was killed for betraying Miss Priscilla Bowie. Congressman Mudd argues unwritten law grows from progressive common law.
Haywood described alleged lies by a woman as the courtroom proceedings continued. He recounted incidents from the flag desecration case and the Cripple Creek era, including a confrontation with militia guards and beatings at the depot and Oxford hotel. He also corroborated Moyer on Orchard’s actions with Pettibone and described Orchard’s weapon display en route to Ouray. Rebuttal testimony is expected to start Monday with about forty witnesses subpoenaed.
South Bend reports more desertions as the Glidden tour reaches Chicago. Fifty six cars started from South Bend at 8 am with Nos. 1, 6, 16 and 22 out by morning. M H Van Sickien of Chicago plans to withdraw, and more withdrawals anticipated amid route changes due to rain mud. race time Chicago bound about six hours and fifteen minutes.
Cincinnati live stock prices show cattle receipts at 770 with steady shifts. butcher steers range from 4.75 to 5.90, calves steady at 8.20, hogs receipts 3,140 down five cents with packers at 5.95 to 6.00, sheep 2177 steady with lambs at 7.75 to 7.85.
Pittsburg cattle and hog market notes show light to steady supply. Choice cattle around 6.40 to 6.40, prime about 6.20 to 6.40, good roughly 5.85 to 6.15. Sheep offerings light with primes 5.50 to 6.60, lambs around 6.00 to 8.25. Hog receipts at two carloads with heavy hogs 6.00 to 6.10, mediums 6.40 to 6.50, heavy workers and pigs about 6.50 to 6.55.
In Lawrenceburg Indiana on July 12 Mrs Charles Robinson seized a rifle to stop a dog strangling her husband Charles Robinson. The shot struck the dog in the heart and killed it, leaving her husband too exhausted to move as the animal lay across him.
A city record lists births in several families at various addresses including Pratt street Columbia avenue and Twentythird to twentyseventh streets. It also reports deaths from illnesses and injuries such as cholera infantum measles pulmonary tuberculosis and gunshot wounds. Marriages and building permits across multiple streets and cities are noted with names and dwelling values.
Seattle reports the third day of the Christian Endeavor convention with full attendance. St. Paul will host the 1999 convention if accommodations and a guarantee fund are assured, with delegates from St. Paul pledging the requirements. Rev. Alexander Francis of St. Petersburg spoke on The Russia of Today.
New York July 12 Attorney-general Jackson sues to dissolve the 225 million Ryan Belmont traction merger. Justice Platzek signs an order directing the company to show cause on July 19 why the charter should not be annulled for illegal monopoly.
Chicago July 12 The executive board of the local telegraphers union will not hold a Sunday meeting to discuss a strike. They will wait for a settlement in San Francisco where President Small meets Labor Commissioner Neil Judar.
Schipps VeRne Press Association from Spokane reports that after a city drive last night Vice-president Fairbanks was invited to drink a cocktail. Other members of the auto party drank cocktails, but Fairbanks chose lemonade.
Chicago July 12 Butter Creamery extra 24c eggs extras 16c poultry turkeys listed chickens 114 12c ducks 8 9c geese 37.00 12.00 per dozen cheese twins 11%c.
At The Hague on July 12 the peace congress rejected a 24 hour interval between declaration and hostilities by 16 to 14 with five blanks. Japan’s Tsudzuki backed a rule requiring a declaration before any hostilities, signaling a shift after the recent clash with Russia when hostilities began without a formal declaration.
At The Hague July 12 Prince Tsyong Oul Yi of Korea denounces Japan as a highwayman against Korea, cites barbarities by Tokyo, and seeks support from the powers. He says Korea’s emperor is a prisoner and that Koreans face harsher indignities in Japan than Japanese in California.
Detective Quigley and Prosecutor Swindling Schemes outline the preliminary hearing for Dr James Morgan charged with obtaining money by false pretenses and with petit larceny, plus Hall Sloane of Reliable Employment. Morgan appeared despite police doubts, with witnesses detailing the alleged hardware sale scheme and employment fraud.
In Washington a flare of the Korea independence campaign is reported with Prince Tiyuyong Oui Yi voicing renewal of the Young People's party drive. The Portsmouth treaty limits might draw the US into Japan Korea tensions, with B L Hurlburt, an American missionary, traveling to appeal to the president on behalf of Koreans.
Curtis Smith brother of John Smith was shot and killed in Elkatan Breathitt County during a card game. Sigel Turner surrendered in Jackson and is jailed. Smith had been an important witness for the commonwealth in the case against Judge James Hargis.
A committee representing all departments of Home Presbyterian Church at Thirty-first and Renderst chose Rev. George D. Adamson of Kalamazoo Michigan as the new pastor. Former pastor Rev. Fred E. Stearns left three months ago for Blue Hall Ohio.
Four members of a camping party drowned when their boat overturned in Little Beech Fork near Springfield Kentucky during heavy rains. The victims are Miss Nellie Noe Miss Mary Comstock Jacob Parigrew and a colored boy.
South Bend Home Telephone company increases capital stock from 2000 to 4000. Theodore Thorward serves as president and E R Stoll as secretary, located in South Bend Indiana. The Jefferson Land and Realty Company based in Gary Indiana lists incorporators W L Cole J W Sutherland Ross Nicholson A W Webber BE M Fisher R M Burris F C Englesing.
Annie M. Bradley of Utah, accused of slaying former Senator Arthur Brown, was moved today from federal jail to George Washington hospital for an operation that could keep her there for months. Her devotion to Brown, whom she says betrayed her, has been a notable aspect of her confinement. She kept Brown's picture by her dressing table from the first day in jail.
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