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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1910
Page
10
Indianapolis July 27 receipts show 5000 hogs 3000 cattle 600 sheep with hogs steady to firm 8.63 to 9.00 on top. cattle large run with slow outlet and prices 10 to 15 cents lower than last week. calves bulls and yearlings steady. sheep and lambs sold promptly at steady prices with lambs 4.00 to 6.75 and sheep 4.00 down.
East Buffalo and Union Stock Yards reports show mixed cattle receipts with lower prices for prime steers and active calves, while hogs rise on quality grades. Grain markets across Chicago reveal a bear day for wheat with declines from speculators, corn steady to firm, oats heavy, and a larger northern supply influencing prices.
Washington July 27 report says by next year all vessels leaving ports with 50 or more passengers will be required to carry wireless telegraph outfits. A bill to this effect recently passed the senate and the house. The piece notes a shift from the old-fashioned man who went home at noon and told what he had.
The Toledo market summary lists Wheat with cash July and September at 1.06 percent and December at 21.07. Corn shows cash and July at Gfe with September 67 and December 6.35. May at 66. Rye futures remain No 2 and No 3. Cloverseed cash 7.00 with October December and May at 7.92. Alsike prime and August 8. Timothy prime August and September 2.70.
Buffalo market note lists spring wheat No 2 northern at 1.28 14, winter wheat No 2 red 1.72, No 2 white 1.71, No 2 yellow corn 0.68, other yellow and white grades and assorted oats and barley figures. Prices shown with several misreadings and typographical errors.
LIVERPOOL reports show ripening wheat impacted by rain and unsettled weather. France, Germany, Austria, Hungary face delayed or damaged harvests. Romania lists a 124,000,000 yield figure. Italy Spain North Africa and Australia show favorable outlooks. India reports more rain improving prospects. Russia notes mixed signals with spring wheat outlook overall.
Wheat receipts across markets show 587 at Chicago car lots with 435 contract grade and 553 last year. Corn receipts 121 with 18 contract and oats 176 with 78 contract. Paris reports agitation for temporary import duty suspension on foreign wheat. Prices jump to 3 francs per 100 kilograms in 30 days, about 15 percent per bushel. Millers in Chicago hold off on July futures. demand strong for August and September. Duluth reports higher premiums for No 1 northern, but millers wary amid winter runs. Southwest markets firm. Northwest receipts 390 cars versus 201 last year, including Winnipeg. Temperature highs and heat wave impact seen in Oklahoma. Overall primary market receipts total 1,357,000 bushels wheat, 320,000 corn, 705,000 oats, compared to last year. Liverpool closes with wheat down 1 d, corn up 1–4 d. Reports from Shawnee and El Reno note widespread corn harvest progress and heat damage regionally.
Winnipeg July 27. Figures from the immigration commissioner show Western Canada welcomed 93 000 arrivals since March 31 this year, with 46 500 of them coming from the United States.
The New York stock market opened sharply higher led by Steel, Union Pacific, Northern Pacific and Missouri Pacific, but soon reversed as buyers faded and prices fell. Trade was light with small blocks in Steel and Union Pacific. Rock Island weakened before recovering some, amid rumors of pooling and potential banking and railroad stock activity. Banks shown tentative disfavor toward certain equities as liquidation concerns linger.
A compact list of local securities and stocks including Atch Conv 4s, CR Col 4s, C&O 4s, L&N combined notes, MKT 28, Texas Pac 5s, Indianapolis transit and utility bonds, and various city railway and gas company issues with prices and yields. Notable items include Indiana Hotel 6s at 100, Citizens Gas 6s, Indianapolis Gas Ss, and Indianapolis Street Railway 4s.
The page records a flurry of stock and commodity actions in New York. Cotton futures surged after bid offers, with July reaching 15.30 then 15.55 and later 16.10 as shorts turned nervous. Metal markets showed copper firm, lead easing, tin dropping, with spot to September copper at 18.75 to 12.00 and tin down about 0.14.
New York reports money market rates with time money at 5 percent for six months and 1% 62 percent figures, bar silver in London at 18 shillings 16 pence, New York silver at 93 and a half percent, demand sterling quoted at 385.40, indicating broad metal and currency movements in late July.
New York July 27 reports commercial bar silver at 53 percent, a decline of about 44 cents per Mexican dollar. Market notes indicate continued weakness in Mexican currency affecting precious metal valuations and trade projections.
Financial notes discuss opportunities in long stock positions and dividend stocks, with Cotton price forecasts from A W Thomson. Rio De Janeiro Tramway Light and Power reports June net earnings of 564156, up 206462. Chickamauga Steel Iron Co forms in New Jersey with 5 million capitalization. Quarterly earnings total 40170960, half year 7.51 percent on common stock. Unified orders drop 1144729 tons from prior quarter. tonnage totals 4257795. Dividends declared amid market shifts. case of forced liquidation noted for Times figures.
Markets across New York Indiana and Chicago show dairy and poultry items with varied pricing. Butter and cheese listings feature Swiss and New York full cream varieties, while eggs and poultry prices reflect steady demand. hogs and lard remain firm in pork markets with slight regional differences.
In Waterbury Connecticut on July 27 English engineer W Harcourt Palmer claimed a stick of carbonite explosive used for Panama Canal work was not set off by heat or concussion. He held the explosive in his left hand while firing a revolver bullet through the stick with his right hand. Spectators crouched behind rocks as the experiment produced no explosion.
Gary Indiana July 27 August Blockt 87 oldest settler and first inhabitant of Gary lays a 38 caliber revolver to his temple and fires. The bullet enters his skull as he pleads with Dr Metcalf to allow another shot in his heart. He is slowly dying.
Salt Lake City Utah July 27 YT elect to be shot declared Thomas Riley as he stood before Judge T D Lewis in district court to receive sentence for murder Riley and Harry Thorne were convicted of the murder of George W Fassel a grocer on the night of March 26 last in attempting to rob his stove Thorne is also under sentence to be shot to death on the same date Attorneys for both condemned men probably will ask the board of pardons for commutation of the sentences.
A compiled roster lists numerous couples with full street addresses. Names include James and Clara Saul, Joseph and Bertha Krupp, Don and Minnie Hickman, and many others, with multiple children indicated by gender.
A roster of patients with ages and ailments appears from Augusta Barber to Jank W Hare. Names include Amy J Moore Parcels 25 at 1645 Ashland avenue with pulmonary tuberculosis and Bertha Lockridge 31 at Central Insane hospital with status epilepticus.
Thomas Hardesty and Della Reynolds, James Schemly and Julia Hasmann, Fredrick Preston and Essie Artis, John Heavern and Clova Glaze are noted as paired in a regional announcements column listing expected nuptials and partners.
A reckoning of residents and properties listing repairs and sales across several streets. Entries include Minkner shed at 200 N Germania, Lubern repairs at 848 S Meridian, Ansley barn at 1102 Bismarck for 40 dollars, Co W Combs barn at 1104 Bismarck for 60 dollars, Lealand repairs at 315 Cook for 100 dollars, Sauter repairs, Bruner repairs at 2545 N Delaware for 350 dollars, Morrison repairs at 705 N New Jersey for 80 dollars, Precilla Miller repairs at 242 La Salle for 75 dollars, and Rufus Carlisle repairs at 1218 S Harding for 875 dollars.
Detroit July 27. At the annual Chalmers Motor Car Co stockholders meeting a 30 percent cash dividend and a 1000 percent stock dividend were approved to raise capital from 500000 to 6000000 dollars. The stock dividend is pro rata and raises par value from 10 to 100 dollars, with no new shares issued.
Christopher C Lutz sells two lots in Forest Park addition and other buyers acquire parcels across Meridian Investment and multiple additions. transfers involve vacant and improved lots, street sides such as Winks avenue Central avenue and Oak street, with prices ranging from 1 000 to 4 500 and dates not specified.
Numerous parcels change hands across Canton townships, including Yeiser guardians addition, Rand’s subdivision, McCarty’s subdivisions and Hyde Park area. Transactions involve Cordes, Brier, Gabhart, Dooley, Allen, Cun ningham, Dooley, Noble, and others with improved and vacant lots, sizes from 23x to 861x124 feet, and values up to 3 000 dollars.
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