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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
12
Indianapolis market reports 4,400 hogs 1,500 cattle 900 sheep with feverish buying and higher asks. Hog sales 6.50 to 7.05, bulk 6.65 to 6.96, gains about 10 cents over yesterday. later trading eased slightly. Cattle steady. sheep and lambs marketed freely with lower tendency. Listings include steers and heifers across weights, cows, calves, and bulls with varied price bands.
Rouse Broy lists corn at 77 to 80 cents, new shelled oats 4 40 cents, old shelled oats s3 18 cents, old timothy 13 to 14 dollars, baled timothy No 1 13.50, No 2 10 to 10 dollars, old clover 9 dollars, new clover 7 to 8 dollars, straw 4 dollars.
Wall Street advanced in the first hour of trading as stocks firmed after the Standard Oil decision. Smelters, Reading, Union Pacific and Hill shares led gains, with Illinois Central up 2 1 2 points and Delaware & Hudson rising about 2 1 2 percent. Copper shares climbed and curb market combination traction rose to a new high, with New York, Ontario & Western up 1 point and Consolidated Gas gaining 2 1 2 percent.
The report lists Wheat Firmer prices for No 2 red through various grades and months, Corn Firmer with through billing for multiple No 2 to No 4 whites and yellows, Oats Steady with through billing across white and mixed grades, and Hay Steady with Timothy and clover mixed bids. Inspections show car counts by grade and status, including rejects and totals for Wheat and Corn, plus minor notes on Hav and No 1 timothy.
East Buffalo New York July 23 cattle receipts light steady veals and sheep and lambs receipts 1000 slow and steady spring lambs 5 60 to 6 00 yearlings 5 00 to 5 25 wethers 4 50 to 4 50 ewes 4 75 to 4 00 mixed sheep 6 55 frogs receipts 1230 5 10 higher workers 6 50 to 7 00 pigs 5 95 to 6 35 mixed and heavies 7 00 to 7 10 roughs 5 30 to 5 90
Pittsburg Pa July 3 cattle receipts light steady extra 6.60 to 6.75 prime 6.25 to 6.50 good 5.50 to 4.00 heifers 3.00 to 5.25 fresh cows and springers 16.00 to 55.00 hogs receipts 6 loads 10 to 12 percent higher heavy and workers 6.50 to 7.05 pigs 6.20 to 6.35 sheep and lambs receipts light lower prime wethers 4.60 to 4.70 lambs 3.00 to 6.25
Chicago July 25 hogs receipts 17,000 with prices 5 cents higher. Light hogs bring 6.20 to 6.77, rough 6.55 to 6.56, mixed 6.55 to 6.97, heavy 6.50 to 6.87, and pigs 5.30 to 6.10.
July 28 Bath Beach scene on the Fort Lowry hotel piazza sees court stenographer Julian Channan shoot Augusta Ward a 15 year old girl and Ralph Nanz a sound technician before fatally turning the gun on himself. Witnesses describe a dance in progress as the tragedy unfolds with Ward screaming and Channan smiling prior to the shots.
SPOKANE Wash July Lillis F Smith the wheat king of the Palouse district says the 1908 crop will meet average and if continued in the Big Bend the total yield across 12 eastern Washington counties could exceed 30,000,000 bushels Banks in Spokane report ample capital to carry the crop forward and handle the expected harvest with ready funds.
Troy July 23 police possess a photograph of a man they say hired the rig seen near Teal pond the night Hazel Drew was murdered and thrown into the pond. The photo was found in a trunk belonging to Miss Drew and authorities expect an arrest soon.
The Roumanian colony in Indianapolis plans a national flag day August 2 with a 3 am start. The Roumanian Star Benefit society leads a flag procession to Germania hall, services at the hall, a 11 am street parade with American groups, cavalry riders, and Roumanian soldiers, plus a banquet and women in Roumanian dress in carriages.
Chicago July 23 Judge Peter Grosscup plans to retire from the federal bench to clear his docket and resign to resume private practice. The federal appeals court quick decision in the Standard Oil case was attributed to his intended departure, a move long rumored among his close friends.
The mangled body of a man believed to be William E. McIntyre of Jersey City New Jersey was found on a siding in the Big Four yards at Brightwood on Wednesday afternoon. He is thought to have been killed about an hour earlier by a switch engine, with identification made from papers in the pockets.
Omer Graves and family left Shelby street for two weeks in Brown County hills to fish and relax. The Union station hosted a lively address on married life by Mrs. Harry J. Robbins, formerly Miss Lillian Matthews, followed by a charivari for the newlyweds and a Notre Dame club meeting invitation. Many social rounds include trips, travels, and multiple local marriages with receptions and camp stays around Shelbyville and Danville, plus city improvement bids and plan outlines for Johnson Avenue and related streets with required insurance and bid bonds.
A Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen monument was dedicated at Crown Hill cemetery with chief orator W D Headrick of Indianapolis and T R Dodge of Chicago addressing. eulogies honored 12 members. Hoosier lodge 21 and Inland City lodge 374 joined in the ceremonies, with Thomas I Hadden presiding. The shaft bears the inscription Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Benevolence Sobriety Industry 261 374.
Ali births list includes many families with addresses on Wabash New York Pasa dena Germania Holmes Edawin McClain Bellefontaine Maple Cornnell Oliver and others. Deaths note cancer of stomach enterocolitis gunshot wound of head apoplexy nephritis mitral insufficiency tuberculosis and other causes. Marriages show Weaver Crawford Bryer Eselgroth Ursu Ivan Schofield Dailey.
In Monticello Indiana on July 2 Democrats of the Tenth district nominated Attorney William Darroch of Kentland for Congress on the first ballot. Michael Duffy of Fowler and E P Homan of Rensselaer were the other candidates.
Lawrence Wheat and Charles Nichols, two Knox Indiana youths, were killed by a train near Grand Rapids Michigan. Authorities believe they were asleep on the tracks when struck, in a fatal accident reported today.
Two men, Emory Peterson aged 29 of 511 E New York street and William Harrison 42 of 419 W New York street, drank and boasted in a N Pennsylvania lunch room they would flee to West Indianapolis to pull off a haul if armed. Deputy Game Warden Omar Risk, 45 N Capitol avenue, alerted bicycle officers Kitzmiller and Trimpe, who arrested the pair.
A playwright who captured wolf howls on phonograph records for his play might have achieved more realism by obtaining his sounds at a political convention.
City fireman George A Fisher admitted to a drunken spree last Monday and was fined one days pay for the incident. The Board of Public Safety concluded its meeting Wednesday after charges brought by Capt J T Aldrich.
A blaze partially destroyed William Kieth's restaurant at 110 W Georgia Street and Saw Wah's laundry at the same block late Wednesday night. The Sanitary pressing establishment at 198 W Georgia Street also sustained damage. Loss estimated at zero dollars.
City announces sealed bids due July 29 1908 for street improvements on Hazel Street Esston Street Liberty New York Street and Shanw Street. Plans include brick paving cement sidewalks curbing and utility connections with specific widths and foundations as shown. Bids to be received at the Board of Public Works Office Room 913 Majestic Ride Indianapolis Indiana.
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