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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
5
Brewing companies contest attorney general Bingham's authority to sue over state charters. They argue the suit exceeds state power and must be brought by the prosecuting attorney. The brief, filed in Superior Court No. 3, cites cases supporting that the attorney general is not proper party to initiate such action.
The Marion county grand jury adjourned for a few days on Saturday. Deputy Prosecutor Frank P. Baker said multiple indictments were likely to be returned early next week. The panel has focused on county graft cases nearing legal time limits, with possible developments anticipated when the report is released.
Indianapolis man T. S. Graves was elected president of the National Live Stock Exchange. Denver was picked as next year’s meeting site. A. M. Stryker of South Obama named secretary and J. W. Moore of Chicago elected treasurer.
Judge Vinson Carter said on Saturday he is not ready to rule on Bruna ughs appeal for a new trial and expects to hand down the decision Monday morning.
Miss Lou Cottingham the milliner is spending her vacation among relatives and friends in the hills of eastern Kentucky near Lexington. She plans to return after July 4th.
Listing from Indianapolis Produce Exchange details prices in cents per unit. Fresh eggs at 14c. Country butter at 5c. Poultry includes turkeys 10c, live ducks 6c, geese 5c, hens 9c.
The report lists prices for wheat and corn grades through billing and inspection notes, with No 2 red wheat at various through billing values and mixed lots. It includes oats and hay pricing, comparisons of flour outputs for June 27 1908 and prior years, plus stock-on-hand figures and car movement tallies.
Stinesville Indiana residents celebrate Gary Steel company plan to build a billion dollar plant. The firm will crush stone locally and ship it to Gary for steel manufacture. Several hundred acres have been purchased and railroad switches will connect to the Indianapolis Southern and Monon lines.
Carroll county residents in Indianapolis hold annual picnic at Brookside Park on Sunday. Volunteers to speak include Michael Ryan Bob Fisher A N Grant Capt Madden and Amos Wood making the event a regular talkfest.
Following a domestic argument, Mrs. Elizabeth Strand leapt from a bathroom window on the fourth floor of her New York City residence at 511 East 134th Street. She was rushed to a hospital where doctors report she cannot recover.
Wheat futures listed for July at 640 and September at 644c with December at 884c. Corn cash and July 74c, September 1 1 2c, December 78 1 4c. Oats cash and June Me, July 47c, September 39c, May 41c. Rye cash 216c. Cloverseed futures noted for October 7.30, December 7.30, March 7.40.
Hogs in demand with top price ranges shown for various hog categories. Cattle listings include steers heifers cows and calves with prices by weight, plus sheep lambs and bucks per hundred pounds.
Hog receipts reach two thousand as prices rise 5 to 10 cents. Mixed hogs bring 5.79 to 6.35, heavy 5.9 to 6.35, light 3.7 to 6.27, sows 4.50 to 5.60, bulk 6.06 to 6.25. Cattle and sheep unchanged.
Pittsburg stock market notes show light cattle receipts with prices around seven dollars, hog receipts up slightly with heavy hogs near six dollars, and sheep and lambs trading where prime wethers bring about four to four and a half dollars and lambs around three dollars.
Chicago June 21 Wheat opened higher as favorable weather kept futures buoyant. July Wheat 85 1/2 to 84 3/4 cents. July Corn 67 1/2 to 67 3/4. July Oats 44 1/2 to 44 3/4. July Pork $14.80. July Lard $9.10. July Ribs $8.12 to $8.25. Closing figures show July Corn 67 1/2 68. July Oats 44 1/4 44 3/4. July Pork around $14.67 4. July Lard around $9.14. East Buffalo stock market notes cattle receipts 250 head, veals $5.00 6.75, lambs $5.15 6.00, sheep $2.00 60. Remainder mixed grain and live stock details listed.
The readable fragments show an inquiry about a vacant room and a request to share space but details are missing. No names, places, or dates are recoverable from the text.
In early New York trading U S steel and Nippon pile up modest gains as London prices ease. The market opened irregular with many issues down fractions and some gains by midmorning led by Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific while wheat and cotton trends were unsettled.
State officers from Gov Hanly to female clerks gather at Fairview park for the annual statehouse employees picnic. Special cars carry swollen baskets of food for a long afternoon of sport and a chicken dinner. N. E. Barnard predicts the meal will honor the pure food law, while a race for horseshoe crown heats up as Gov. Hanly defends his title.
The Board of Health warns residents that throwing garbage on back lots risks public health. Sanitary inspectors will monitor waste disposal and require proper cans and placement for collection, noting many in thinly settled areas dump kitchen refuse on vacant plots adjoining homes.
Taxable property of Mr and Mrs W J Bryan listed with the assessor at 48500 dollars. Mrs Bryan owns 50 acres of real estate while Col Bryan has 87 acres totaling 137 acres valued at 2972 dollars per acre. Residence valued at 21000 dollars the Commoner at 19000 dollars and personal property listed at 12500 dollars.
At Central Avenue M E Church on Twelfth Street a 9 16 a m Bible school led by E W Bassett, 10 45 a m morning worship with baptism, 6 30 p m Epworth league, 7 45 p m choir concert directed by Frank N Taylor performing In Heavenly Love Abiding and Through the Day Thy Love Hath Spared Us. Edwin Ray M B church holds quarterly communion with a special night service. Quarterly conference next Tuesday night with C E Bacon presiding.
A boy was killed near Mount Vernon Indiana when an engine struck him as he attempted to cross the tracks. Details are sparse but authorities labeled the incident an accidental crossing death and began initial inquiries.
In Hanover township Shelby county Republicans openly oppose Congressman Watson. Local delegates W. T. Smith and Alfred Arnold backed anti Watson sentiment. Dr. Pearson, Union State Bank president, opposes Watson and may back the Democratic ticket. Marshall gains support as Democratic temperance stance resonates locally.
Garretsville Ohio June 27 Engineer Charles Symonds of Cleveland was killed when Erie passenger train No. 19 struck a broken rail and left the track. Fireman Icke and Express Messengers Neese and Rankin were seriously hurt. two passengers slightly hurt.
The W. H. M. S. of Edwin Hay M. E. church met Friday at Mrs. H. C. Cluppinger's home and elected officers. President Mrs. H. C. Jenny. vice president Mrs. John Green. second vice president Mrs. E. Taylor. recording secretary Mrs. H. Jenkins. corresponding secretary Mrs. George Berry. treasurer Mrs. C. Holderman. assistant treasurer Mrs. Hartley. Mite box superintendent Mrs. Maggie Brice. assistant mite box superintendent Mrs. J. McCamman. Jewels superintendent Mrs. Ella Gillman. program committee chair Mrs. Tda Stegs.
In Zion City a religious sect called the Holy Rollers has arrived. The group, which rejects marriage, shuns clothing and burns it after fervent sermons. Devotees roll on the floor to cast out devils as part of their doctrine.
The Royal Athletic association lowers the entry fee to 50 cents boosting local entrants for the July 4 bicycle race. Local dealers back the event and prizes will be announced next week and shown at the Odd Fellows building. Start is 3 a.m. at Thirty-fourth and Meridian, using the Broad Ripple course.
James P. Goodrich, state chairman of the Republican committee, purchased the Washington water works plant at a receiver's sale for $94,000. His home is in Winchester.
Milwaukee June 27. Mrs Susan Franke charges her husband former South Milwaukee Mayor Charles Franke with paying a girl ten dollars for a kiss at a baseball game. She seeks a divorce in the suit filed today.
A compiled day city record lists births including Otto and Mattie Pollock at 538 N Ger mania avenue a girl Frank and Anna Japanche 75 Haugh street a boy Geo and Rose Leyenberger 35 Iowa Wm and Mayme Weir 1208 Standard avenue a girl Gustave and Elizabeth Essig 1407 Rose line street a girl Frank and Rena Black 460 Ethel avenue a boy John and Cynthia Rice 1620 Ogden Wm and Willard Vorhis 1103 E Seventeenth street a boy John and Cora Sluss 2182 Ashland James and Lilly Raines 88 W Elev Enth street a girl Burdett and Olive Reese 619 E Wabash a boy James and Edith Meyers 4% Burton Clarhorn and Cora Orsborn 256% College avenue a boy Joseph and Mabel Pahnesback N Jefferson Avenue a boy Ray and Nellie Fritsch St Vincent's hospital a girl stillborn Clarence N Gilham 26 years St Vincent's hospital typhoid fever Lillian Ruth Abel 9 1531 College avenue acute gastritis Xenophen Ratcliff 7 days 615 Dorman street convulsions Wm Shirley 2 28 W Merrill street pulmonary tuberculosis Antonia Krause 78 628 Lockerbie street hemorrhage of brain Marriages Arthur Grimes and Mary Farrow Barney C Hall and Ella F Bowne Samuel C Means and Hannah Minhan William H Jerden and Sarah E Montgomery Righal
Discussion centers on a possible Bryan ticket with John Kern or O Brien as running mate. Key figures include Taggart Woodson Sullivan Mack Osborne and Dahlman. proxies from Howell and McGrew. Doubts swirl around Chanler and Delware judge Gray. Minnesota’s Johnson may not accept second place.
Police link mysterious disappearance of Meyer Newman to blackmail demands for 10000 dollars. He reportedly received a telephone message from a St. Louis man and was lured from home to his imprisonment. Abraham Newman, his brother, arrives in New York to offer a 1900 dollar reward for information leading to captors.
Isidor Wulfson, inspector of weights and measures, arrested Frank Robbins, ice wagon driver, after verifying a ten pound underweight on a scale. Robbins inflated 50 pounds of ice with no weights, leading to a public dispute and charges. A separate notice announces the Washington Lodge R and L of H election next Monday evening at their Temple hall on N Pennsylvania Street.
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