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Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1907

Page

8

Wall-St. Stocks Rise as Market Opens Strong

New York March 12 The stock market opened with broad gains led by St Paul Union Pacific and Amalgamated Copper. Prices moved to the high range by midmorning with some fractional pullbacks in Reading while government bonds held steady and commodities quotes showed firmer corn and hay values amid active shorts covering.

Scripps-Medicae Vrean Association New York St. Paul New York Central Northern Pacific Canadian Pacific Colorado Reading Steel Union Pacific Amalgamated Copper

Cattle and Hogs Prices From Cincinnati Market

Scripps McHae Preas Association Cincinnati March 1 reports cattle receipts 249 with heavy numbers and varied quality. Butcher steers 5.40 to 5.50, good to choice 4.75 to 5.35, calves 7.00 to 7.58. Hogs receipts 21,000, lower. good to choice 7.00 to 7.06. Sheep receipts 500 strong. extra 3.50 to 6.50, lambs extra 8.50.

Scripps-McHae Preas Association Cincinnati

Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices From St Louis Market

St Louis market notes show cattle receipts about 4500 with steady prices. Beef steers around 3.15 to 6.7a, stockers and feeders 4a, cows and heifers 4.25 to 5.25. Texas steers 2.65 to 5.60, cows 2.90 to 4.00. Hog receipts 6000 steady with pigs and lights 6.95, packers 6.70 to 6.10, heavy 6.90 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 200 steady natives 5.50 to 5.95, lambs 4.50 to 7.30.

St. Louis Scripps-McRae Press Association Texas

Pittsburg Live Stock Prices Report

Pittsburg pa march 12 cattle supply light steady. Choice price 5.90 6.15 prime 5.60 5.85. Hogs receipts 110 cars lower. Prime heavy 7.49, medium and heavy 7.45, light 7.35 7.49, pigs 1.20 7.08, stags 5.00 5.50. Sheep supply light steady. Prime wethers 5.80 6.00, mixed 5.40 5.78, lambs 5.00 8.00.

Pittsburg Scripps-McRae Press Association

Mystery Deepens Over Marvin Child Kidnapping Case

Delaware reports two officer teams pursue divergent theories on the disappearance of Dr Horace N Marvin's four year old son. Sensational letters and telegrams pour in to the distressed father, many offering to return the missing key for sums, most written by cranks.

Hotel Destroyed In Sault Ste. Marie Fire

The Iroquois hotel in Sault Ste. Marie caught fire today destroying the building and most contents. Twenty five guests escaped with virtually all belongings lost. Estimated total loss to hotel and nearby structures runs to £200,000.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich

Local Group Gatherings And Crime Report From City

City social clubs announce card parties and masquerades at 638 Delavarsi and Engineers hall with multiple church and charity group meetings planned through the week. Police seek two runaway boys from Rushville to aid in a Nicholson law case. a large flock of ducks from John Baker McPherson vanished Sunday. a saloon keeper, John Lux, was arrested on a Nicholson law warrant after a fight on West Morris Street.

John Baker McPherson John Lux Washington St

Livestock Prices and Receipts From Indianapolis Market

Receipts at the Indianapolis local yards show hogs 3,500 cattle 1,200 sheep 30. Hogs trended down about five cents with top at 7.10 and most trades around 7.05. Cattle steady with light demand for common stock. Sheep and lambs moved easily at steady prices. more prime stock could be used without price impact. Varying bacon and heavies quoted between 7.05 and 7.10, with mixed lots 6.00 to 7.15 and lighter classes around 6.80 to 7.05.

Indianapolis

Local Securities Slide as Market Closes Weak

Local securities evidence support in today’s market with a few issues rallying yet overall prices drifted downward. Street Railway stock fell to 115 bid and 117 offered while Traction & Terminal declined. Vandalia Coal slumped after sale of shares at 22 and 21, closing bid down 5 points. Federal Union Surety sold ten shares at 99 with a closing bid down 1 point.

Traction &Terminal Vandalia Coal Federal Union Surety

Lost Gems Reported After Theft From Ella Wilkins

Ella Wilkins of 523 East South Street reported a purse stolen containing about 90 dollars in jewelry. She described leaving her mother's home near South Capitol Avenue and Meridian Street to a drug store, where the loss occurred while she tried to use a telephone. Jewelry listed includes five solitaire diamond rings a turquoise and diamond ring a diamond and pearl ring a heavy gold band a serpent ring a double emerald ring and an amethyst ring.

Ella Wilkins E. South St Meridian-st Union Station

Drunk man with concealed weapon seized on streetcar

Frank Hamilton riding an East Street car Monday evening quarreled with a companion and boasted of shooting a hole through him. Detective Houser restrained him as Hamilton pulled a revolver from his pocket. Hamilton, of Woodlawn Avenue, was charged with drunkenness and carrying a concealed weapon. the case was continued to Saturday in police court.

Frank Hamilton East St Houser Hamilton WL Woodlawnave

Mahin to Lecture at YMCA on Retail Advertising

John Lee Mahin president of Mahin Advertising of Chicago will lecture at the YMCA as the eighth program in the advertising course. Tuesday night his topic will be The Fundamentals of Retail Advertising. A large crowd is expected and two more lectures follow.

MR. Mahin John Lee Mahin Mahin Advertising Agency Chicago Mahin

Man Caught In Elevator at Hetherington Foundry

Anthony Borman 29 was caught by an elevator roof at 19 W South St Tuesday afternoon. He was suspended for 90 minutes while workers removed steel flooring to free him. Doctors fear leg amputation and internal injuries. he was taken to City Hospital.

Anthony Borman Hetherington-Berner Foundry W. South St Borman City Dispensary Hughes Rissler

Chicago Grain Market Report Highlights Wheat and Corn

Chicago March 12 May wheat opened at 77 3/4 to 78 cents with July at 78 1/4. May corn 40 4/5 to 41 cents, July 46 1/2 to 46 4/5. May oats 41 1/2 to 42 1/2, July 41 3/4 to 42 1/4. Provisions weaker with May pork 16.10, lard 9.30, ribs 9.00. Local receipts wheat 15 cars, corn 39 ears, oats 171 ears. May wheat closed 78 1/2, July 78 1/2. May corn 47 1/4, No 3 yellow. May oats 41 1/2, No 2 white.

Timothy Hay Prairie Chicago

Cattle and Hogs Trade Mixed in Chicago Market Report

CHICAGO March 12 cattle receipts reach 4000 with varying classes. Prime beef sold 5.70 to 6.75, cows and heifers 2.10 to 4.60, Texans 4.00 to 4.75. hogs receipts 21000 with prices 6.65 to 7.00 for rough and mixed 3.80 to 7.00. sheep receipts 15000 with native and western varieties advancing, native lambs 3.20 to 7.99, western lambs 3.75 to 7.4u.

Scrippa-Meline Press Association Chicago

Market Prices for Meat Dairy and Eggs Reported

Scripps McHae Press Association New York March 12 Pork Mess 18 75 Lard Western Spots 9 40 Tallow City 34 country 64 7c Dressed Poultry Turkeys 104 18e fowls 10 lic ducks 8 1iv Butter Creamery extra 31 3ll4c state dairy tubs 30c Eggs Fancy white 20%e 2llac western 18c Cheese Full cream 145% llac

Scripps-McHae Press Association New York

Representative Gus 8 Condo Praises Legislature Record

Representative Gus 8 Condo Marion, chair of the ways and means committee, praised the recent session for a good legislative record. He noted faith kept, pledges honored, and economy in the appropriations bill, despite new institutions and a state fair pavilion. He warned insurance reform needed more time and cautioned that 60 days is insufficient for such laws.

Southeastern Hospital Congress

City Record: Births Deaths and Marriages in Local Districts

Birth notices list Lera and Mrs. Wilson. William and Minnie Scalf. Wood and Louise Wohrley. Harry and Helen Bridwell. Eugene and Bertha Adams. Philip and Visensa Lamerde. Wred and Hattie McCallerter. Charles and Bridget Widoff. John and Lena Bernhardt. Benton and Effie Nungester. Ward and Emma Wilson. Annie Albers. Christian and Lillian Wolff. Death notices name Cinthia Metenach, Jebeil Bekampton, John W. Hunt, William Wilner, Cora Champ, Zachariah Dodson, Anna E. Johnson, Cora W Elizabeth Carpenter, John Andy Sinseler, Elizabeth Baase, Martha McIlrath, Molly Spong with ages and causes. Marriage licenses include Charles Harry and Effie Legg. Clyde Higgins and May Perkins. Aura Jackson and Beasie Dahlstrom. George L. Farlow and Annie Maher. George C. Russell and Lilly Marnett. Clarence Beeler and Mary Frownfelter. George Howerton and Katie Holmes. Merle Blickenstaff and Pearl Brown. Building permits list multiple addresses and values. totals span cottages, dwellings, repairs, additions, and sheds across numerous streets and firms.

Lera Mrs. Wilson Arsenalayve William and Minnie Scalf E. Twenty-fourth-st Wood and Louise Wohrley Centralave Harry and Helen Bridwell Delossst Eugene and Bertha Adams S. Illnois St Philip and Visensa -Lamerde S. East-st Wred and Hattie McCallerter Charles Harry Effie Legg Clyde Higgins May Perkins Aura N. Jackson Beasie Dahlstrom George L. Farlow Annie Maher George C. Russel Lilly P. Marnett Clarence C. Beeler Mary H. Frownfelter George H. Howerton Katie Holmes Merle C. Blickenstaff Pearl G. Brown

Saloons Voted Out In Knoxville Election

Special to The Sun Knoxville Tenn March 12 The anti saloon faction won by 1921 and all saloons must close within six months. The city will have no saloons for at least two years and will vote again on the saloon question then.

Knoxville

Roving Riots Hit Louisville Streets During Car Strike

Louisville on March 12 entered the third day of a street car strike with service halted except mail runs under police guard. Rioters attacked cars injuring several, while ice and wagons blocked tracks. State troops may be deployed. Mayor Barth indicated orders to mobilize could come.

United States Mail Barth Pierson Haad C. Bullock Railway Company A. Carter Sar Robert A. Watts Tressurer Breen Greer

Discovery of a New Comet Reported from Kiel and Nice

Cambridge Massachusetts March 12 Special to The Star Harvard observatory received a cablegram from Prof Kreutz Kiel announcing Giacobini of Nice as discoverer of a new comet. The object was located at right ascension 7h 4m 31.4s and declination south 18 21 17, with a daily motion of minus 3m 8s in right ascension and plus 87m in declination.

Cambridge, M.ss Harvard Observatory Kreutz Kiel Giacobini Nice

Former French President Jean Paul Casimer-Perier Dies

Paris reports the death of Jean Paul Casimer-Perier former president of France born 1847 in Paris. He served in the Franco Prussian War earned the Legion of Honor and held multiple political roles including deputy minister of war undersecretary and budget committee president. He resigned as president in January 1899 after being a Dreyfus trial witness, denying any link to the scandal.

Casimer-Perier France Manhoo Legion of Honor Nogent- Sur-Seine Ministry of War Chamber Mwe Dreyfus

Fate Strikes Rockwell in Elks Temple Gathering

John R. Rockwell county superintendent of the poor and a local political figure, attended a party at the Elks temple in Jackson Michigan last night. A remark about 13 in the crowd preceded an abrupt illness. He developed acute kidney disease and died before morning.

Jackson, Mich John R. Rockwell Elks’ Temple Rockwell

Noblesville Firms Form New Corporations Changes Noted

Incorporators John G. Heingmann Jacob F Heinzmann and George W Heinzmann form J G Heingmann Co with capital stock of 30000 in Noblesville. An Indianapolis firm, The Annuity and Savings Fund Co, changes name to Builders Realty Co in a filing with the secretary of state.

J. G. Heingmann & Co Noblesville Mercantile Secretary of State John G. Heingmann Jacob F. Heinzmann George W. Heinzmann Indianapolis Annuity and Savings Fund Co Builders’ Realty. Co

City to send gunboat to Central American waters

Washington report cites orders to Admiral Evans to deploy an additional gunboat, with Dubuque or Paducah as option, amid tensions near Ceiba Honduras and a reported Nicaraguan search of Minister Merry’s arms ship. Also notes a major WWC A fundraising canvass in Indianapolis yielding 4133.80 and praise for the Blue team, plus acknowledgments from YWCA building committee and a long list of donors and officers.

Dubuque Paducah Ceiba Honduras

Smothered Infant at Christening in Chicago Home

Agnes Slavin, three weeks old, died after a christening at 112 N Wood Street. Four neighbors with babies attended the celebration and slept in the crowded house. The baby was found smothered by bedclothes at 4 a.m., investigators say accidental death due to crowding.

Chicago Maroh Agnes Slavin N. Wood St Agnes

End of peonage case in Knoxville Tennessee

The Tennessee mountain peonage case ended with a victory for defendants as the government failed to sustain charges in the indictments. Contractor Oliver, his superintendent and foremen were indicted for holding negroes in peonage on railroad contract work.

Scripps-McRae Press Association Knoxville, Tenn Oliver Federal Grand Jury

Struck by street car leaves man unconscious at hospital

A. J. Hardy, 55, lay unconscious at City hospital after being struck by a street car on Indiana avenue and Chiost. He walked into the path of a Northwestern avenue car from behind and was knocked down but escaped the wheels. A 30 day furlough from the State Soldiers home at Lafayette was found on him. Relatives in Indianapolis were not located Tuesday.

A. J. Hardy City Hospital

Butte's Tiny World Famous Cafe

Special to The Sun. In Butte Montana the Success Cafe claims the title of the smallest restaurant in the world. Eight feet long and three feet wide it seats two people, one on each side of a nine inch table. The cubbyhole eatery in the heart of the business district briefly paused when a wall fell, then resumed. Propr proprietors reported profits of about twenty five dollars a day.

Butte

Col Gemmer At Home In Williamsport Visit

Col. Fred Gemmer secretary to the governor returns to his old Williamsport home Tuesday to remain through Thursday in a brief political respite.

Col. Gemmer Col Fred Gemmer Williamsport

Zion City rocked as Mrs Coleman claims Dowie succession

Mrs G Coleman wife of a wealthy retiree proclaimed herself Dowies heir and prophetess in Zion City claiming an angel guided her to oust Voliva. Dowie’s body lay in state as the faithful held services at Cutler residence. A spectacular Dowie funeral is planned with a white hearse, white casket and sealed vault.

Dowleites John Alexander Dowie Gladstone Dowie J. W. Cutler Dowie Zion City Christian Catholic Church Cutler Kenosha

Brain Building Lectures Draw Large Audience at Tomlinson Hall

Newton N. Riddell delivered a Chautauqua lecture on From Nature to Nature's God at Tomlinson hall to a large attentive audience. The program for Tuesday promises Brain Building and Soul Growth as the next topic.

Tomlinson Hall Newton N. Riddell

DOCTORS ON TRIAL FOR FRAUDULENT MEDICAL DIPLOMAS

Julius C Blume and Harry Miller physicians from Elwood faced trial by the State Board of Medical Registration at the statehouse on charges of obtaining diplomas by fraud. Blume earned his from a Milwaukee school run by a man and wife who fled to Germany. Miller obtained a Cincinnati diploma from an unrecognized college. Both retained counsel.

Julius C. Blume Harry Miller Elwood State Board of Medical Registration Statehouse Blume Milwaukee Wisconsin Germany Miller Cincinnati

Curtain Down On Fitch Driscoll Postmaster Feud

Representative J. Monroe Fitch returned to Muncie after sparking a feud with G. O. Driscoll over the Muncie postmaster bid. Fitch declined further statements. Alleged gossip linked Charles Peckinpaugh and votes for a $1,000 license bill, but Peckinpaugh left Evansville without confirming it. The rumors now hinge on Peckinpaugh's credibility.

J. Monroe Fitch G. O. Driscoll Muncie Fitch Mr. Driscoll Joseph EB. Bell Charles Peckinpaugh Driscoll Mr. Peckinpaugh John Voltz French Lick Peckinpaugh Evansville

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Wall-St City Grain Scrippa-McRae Press Association Scripps-McRae. Press Association Victoria Court Order of Foresters Delawaresi Ladies KL. EB Engineers’ Hall Frances Willard Woman’s Home and Foreign Missonary Society First English Lutheran Church Park-ave Ladies’ Aid Society Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Martha Hawkins Society The First Baptist Church Brotherhood, Ladies' Aid Wpworth Edwin Ray M. E. Church Rushville Ind W. Morris St Alexander Chabios Local Securities S. Capitol Ave Illinois-st McNabb-st Ctiff Talk War Lord Chicago Grain Gus Condo Marion Ways and Executive Department House Cinthia A. Metenach Yandes Jebeil Bekampton Anna E. Johnson N. Senazie Cora W Elizabeth Carpenter Shelby-st Lagrippe John Andy Sinseler Bellefontaine-st Elizabeth Baase Chestnut-st Martha Mcllrath Eckert-st Molly Spong E. Washington St Harry Cragg Thirty-third-st Barnes Ave Mrs. Connelly Tacoma Ave Gottlieb Huber S. New Jersey St J. W. Moore N. Warman Ave W. J. Harris Fotborn St Kramer Manufacturing Company Maryland New York-st Mary E. Withern Jefferson-ave Mrs. M. Adams W. Thirtieth-st Co. H. Adams la Salle Michigan F. S. Miller Linwood Irwin Betterman Gray John W. Frances Oakland Ave Sng L. Kern S. Olive Sr Link Belt Company Holmes Michigan-st Cris H. Francis Downing Ave Spruce-st Louisville Ing Fourth-st Market-st Broadway Fourth Market-sts Walter Mason M.perier Scripps-McRaz Press Association Paris Jean Paul F Pierre M. Casimer-Perier Scripps-McHae Mrese Association Rose Melville Miss Melville Sis Hopkins NICA Raguan Force Scripgs-McRae Press Association Washington Evans United States James E Sid Young Women's Christian Association 7. C. Day C. J. Buchanan C. C. Barnett F. Bosler Edgar Woodruff Place Hugh McGowan John H. Holliday A. M. Ogle T. B. Laycock Company Nicholas McCarty Francis McCarty Harry and Margaret Day Babe Butte, Mont Success Cafe Cape Zion Dowie's Ful of Cutler Riddell State Board J. Fitch
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