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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
8
A Washington dispatch reports Henry De Meyer president of the sugar trust and D Rockefeller with other financiers have been buying stock in major beet sugar companies and now practically control the industry, signaling consolidated power in the sector.
Charles Clarke, 5, of Dayton Ohio, found dead in the Mystic club bar yard at 6 am Friday. Police detain a dozen colored men and women and three white men to investigate the case. Clarke, a bartender, suffered a smashed nose and lacerated face.
Letton Bal liet was convicted in federal court of using postal services to defraud in promoting the White Swan gold mine. Government evidence shows he took about 150000 dollars in White Swan stock in the sale.
Berlin reports the kaiser weighs dispatching the crown prince with a distinguished general and small staff to South Africa to study Boer War battlefields. The move would aim to glean lessons from the campaign and strengthen German strategic insights.
RIDGEVILLE Ind June 6 The Ridgeville college has been sold to the Just manufacturing company. It will be converted into a factory.
Oberlin June 6 King Albert of Saxony lies hopelessly ill at age 74 after a 29 year reign. His heir is his brother George.
An incident at Marion involved the Ioany Bayer social club linked to a Fort een Standard cigar company. A $200 moment reference appears in the fragmented text, indicating a financial or injury context. Further details are unreadable in the source.
Auction style classified item lists second-hand upright pianos priced at 125 dollars with various interjections about transfers and binders. Mentions Indianapolis and Decatur with a special train leaving Indianapolis at 7 am on a Sunday in June, indicating travel or delivery logistics for buyers.
Birth notices list many families including Hendrickson Elsner Schurman Henning Anderson Cutshaw Bengon Montgomery Henning and Hitz with various city addresses and newborns. Death reports Glen McDaniels age 2 months of meningitis. Marriages Clydie Hood Bertie Kelley Henry B Trefz Sarann E Fiesher.
A list of building permits including Mary C. Kessler at 6278 New Jersey Street for veranda valued at $100. Ricky Scantlin at 831-39 W Walnut Street for stable at $5150. Christian healing in LaSalle near Washington Street for repairs $150. Ella R. Hanna at 2345 Gale Street for house $1100. John Kinghan at 1508 N Sheldon Street for wordh at $16. James Dwyer at Meridian and Ray Streets for rare house £100. James Kingham at Arrow Avenue for house £21,500. Episcopal church in Diocese of Indianapolis Central Avenue Sixteenth Street dwelling $8,650. Nancy Roll at 2320 LaSalle Street addit ion $100. Jesse Fletcher guardian near Massachusetts Avenue and Park Avenue storeroom $1,0. W Keely at 331 N Hast Street repairs $75.
County commissioners refused to grant a liquor license for a beer garden near West-side park in Muncie. Local ministers and M. C. Ax led the opposition. A carnival starts Monday. A fight between William Walker and Adams left Walker worse, with Adams jailed. State pharmaceutical association plans to meet in Anderson June 17 to 19 with Gov. Durbin and John W. Kern speaking.
Morristown Indiana June 6 Mrs Margaret Carter sues the Court of Honor for $2000 life insurance carried by her husband G W Carter who died by his own hand with dynamite on March 27. The lodge allegedly refused payment citing an insurance clause about suicide while insane.
Richmond Indiana on June 6 reports barbers organizing after the resignation of police chief C. W. Page. Speculation mounts on his successor while prosecutor prepares action on tax delinquencies and assessed valuations. Walter Eliott, abroad, reportedly collected 8000 stamps. Work may begin soon off the new church site.
Washington Indiana June 6 Owen Cavanaugh who lost an arm in the machinery of the B and C S W shops has sued the company for fifteen thousand dollars in damages.
Virgil Wiler, 12, drowned Thursday afternoon while swimming with companions in Clifty Creek near Columbus. The body was recovered.
Farmers in Pike county accuse judges of taking money and priests of influence in murder trials. A circuit judge pleads his case before voters as lawyers are charged with spiriting away witnesses. The Pike county law and order league organizes to ensure fair justice with a representative from each township.
Richmond Indiana June 6 William Armstrong six years old committed death by his own action Friday. He saturated his clothing with coal oil applied a lighted match and then fired a bullet in his brain. His body was terribly burned.
New York reports favorable indications for the year from the American car foundry company. In Kansas yields from the larger acreage look to be above earlier estimates though not matching last year’s giant crop. Dividend expectations for Northwestern stocks rose as price declines moved evenly. Colorado fuel weakness ties to western selling, while iron and steel and copper industries show very satisfactory reports.
Curtis A Hodges and Myrtle Hastings teachers in Martinsville Indiana wed in Paris Illinois. City council cuts the fire department to 20 men with annual pay of 15 dollars and tax exemption. A local man wills property to a lodge and requests burial in a plain dry goods box. Morgan County Republicans endorse ticket with Frank Branch as Representative J E Overton at auditor B R Johnson treasurer Eph Gess sheriff Menford St John and commissioners W A Shuller F E Carlisle.
New York June 6 Charles M Schwab president of the United States Steel Company has chartered the steam yacht Safa-el-Bahr of Col Francis L Leland. The yacht built in Glasgow in 1894 is 220 feet six inches long overall 187 feet on the water line 27 feet beam and 15 feet deep and built of steel.
In Nevada Missouri on June 6 Benjamin Franklin Birch of Tiffin married Miss Emma Jennings. Birch is a $4 millionaire. The bride, who had lived in Philadelphia as a Chestnut Street waitress, has resided in Nevada about two years.
Cattle receipts 2,500 with ranges from good to fancy beef at 6.25 to 7.35 and stockers at 2.75 to 5.25. Cows 1.50 to 5.50, heifers 2.50 to 6.50, calves 3.50 to 6.75. Hogs receipts 4.00 with bulk 7.05 to 7.25 and pigs 3.00 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 7,000 with lambs 4.50 to 7.00 and sheep 5.00 to 6.15.
Chicago Grain and Provisions market notes show Wheat futures higher in June with July at 71 and September around 70.45, oats flat near 39 to 31 for September. Provisions list July pork at 17.50, lard about 10.27, ribs near 10.05, butter extras around 22 cents, firsts 21, seconds 19, country roll 18, cheese around 11, limburger and other names appearing as listed commodities.
A fragmented OCR listing shows bonds and stocks linked to Indianapolis street railway firms, banks, and utilities. Items include Belt common and preferred, Indiana trust, American Central Life, Citizens street railway, Union traction, Indianapolis gas, Indiana cold storage, Atlas engine works, and New Telephone 5s series with various percentages and prices.
Cattle receipts total 1 200 head with 200 shipped. Prices range from 3 75 to 7 50 for various grades of steers and cows, including prime export, butcher, and feeder classes. Hogs and sheep also show quotations for heavy, light, and lamb consignments with mixed price levels.
East Buffalo New York reports cattle run nine cars with cows and heifers priced at 5.25 to 5.50, steers at 5.75 to 6.25, veals 5.50 to 7.30. Hog receipts 43 cars with Yorkers 6.85 to 7.15, mixed packers 7.20 to 7.30, medium and heavy 7.35 to 7.45, roughs 6.60 to 6.85, stags 5.25 to 6.00, pigs 6.75. Sheep and lambs include toy lambs 7.35 to 8.00, best sheep 5.41 to 5.70.
New York market summary lists pork at 18.25 to 18.75 dollars per hundred, lard at 10.52, butter creamery at 20 to 22 1/4 cents, cheese large 8 1/2 to 10 cents, small 9 1/4 to 10 1/2 cents, full 24 1/4 cents, eyes 14 to 14 1/2 cents, tallow thick, dressed poultry with turkey 8 to 20 cents, chicks 11 to 14 cents, fowls 12 to 14 cents, ducks 14 to 15 cents, geese 10 to 11 cents.
New York stock prices opened higher on renewed London strength despite early strike settlement rumors. Canadian Pacific rose about 1 percent as buying pressure appeared, while Manhattan elevated slipped to 130 and other issues showed mixed moves. Noon prices listed: Reading 62 1/2, St. Paul 168, Amalgamated Copper 68, U P 104 1/2, U S Steel 39 1/2, Southern Railway 36, Tennessee Coal and Iron 62, L N 186 1/2, Colorado Fuel 98, Manhattan 130 1/2. Volume 164,800 shares.
Cincinnati market data shows cattle receipts 975 with price ranges from 5.40 to 6.40 for good to choice and 6.75 for extras calf up to 6.75. Hog receipts 3,398 with selects 7.20 to 7.30 and good to choice 6.95 to 7.15. Sheep receipts 3,583 with extra lambs 7.40 to 7.50 and extra ewes at 4.50.
Market notes report wheat and oats prices with No 2 red and white varieties and mixed quotes. Hay remains steady with No 1 timothy around 12.75 to 13.38 per ton while carload figures and milling freight continue to appear in the listings.
Four cars No 3 yellow five cars No 2 mixed one car No 3 mixed two cars No 4 mixed one car total sixty six cars. Cars No 2 white one car total one car. Hay No 1 timothy two cars No 2 timothy one car total three cars.
A wide price list covers hens, old turkey hens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and eyes for sale, with New York full cream cheese and other cheeses, butter, hides, tallow, flour, bran, various fruits and vegetables, oysters, fish, game, and groceries. Notable items include strawberries per crate, cabbage per crate, Florida tomatoes per basket carrier, Bermudа onions per crate, Florida lemons per box, and assorted coffee and sugar prices. Includes numerous packaged coffee blends and sugar grades with unit prices.
A compact price list of assorted commodities including molasses and syrups from New Orleans, various rice grades, cannon goods corn, peaches, blackberries, raspberries, pineapples, crabs and beans. It notes standard and choice quality levels with per-unit or per-pound pricing across several origins and items.
A dense price sheet lists meats such as hams bacon and sausage with regional origins like Indiana and California, plus lard and fresh beef. It also covers drugs and chemicals with prices, then prints coal and coke rates for several towns including Green County and Jackson.
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