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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
4
In a hard fought six round bout Broad pressed Miller through the limit, landing clean blows while Miller finished the contest in a gory condition.
New York May 2. The opening minutes of trading show Steel Common hitting a new high at 62 while most issues rise fractions to a point. Reading opens up 4 points to 15534 but trims gains. Wabash issues stay in brisk demand, traction stocks show strength, and London purchases about 50,000 shares as government bonds firm.
Indianapolis May 2 Receipts show 13 000 hogs 2 300 cattle and calves and 500 sheep with higher loadings versus a week and a year ago. Hog market liberal supply fair outside demand mostly 100 lb lower top at 7 50 most sold 7 15 7 35. Cattle steady heavy bulls state calf market strong. Sheep and lambs arrived up. clipped stock priced 7 50 for yearlings 5 50 6 50 range for ewes. spring lambs not over 8 0 and best clipped sheep 5 50. Also Pittsburgh May 28 cattle and hogs mixed. hogs steady to slightly lower with varied classes quoted. calves and sheep receipts light with steady to firm prices.
East Buffalo on May 28 reports cattle receipts 2,200 active and steady with prime cattle from 6.15 to 7.15 and butcher cattle 4.50 to 6.30. Sheep and lambs receipts 4,400, market slow and lower. lambs 6.00 to 8.50, yearlings 6.75 to 7.00, sheep 3.00 to 4.75. Hogs receipts 8,500, ten cents lower. Yorkers 7.40 to 7.75, pigs 7.00 to 7.10, mixed 7.70 to 7.80, heavy 7.80 to 7.85, roughs 6.50 to 6.75.
Hogs receipts 28,000. market 10c lower. Mixed and butcher $6.90 to $7.42, good heavy $7.50 to $7.45, rough heavy $6.90 to $7.15, light $6.80 to $7.30, pigs $5.90 to $6.60, bulk $7.15 to $7.35. Cattle receipts 15,000. market strong. Beeves $5.35 to $7.25, cows and heifers $2.50 to $6.50, stockers and feeders $3.75 to $5.60, Texans $5.45 to $6.50, calves $6.00 to $7.20. Sheep receipts unavailable. market survey shows sheep $5.40 to $6.60, lambs $6.50 to $9.75.
Chicago May 28. Wheat shows nervousness with early bearish news. Prices fell to 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 cents under yesterday but gained after Patten house support and fair buying by commissions, triggering shorts covering and a rebound. Inglis and Snow bullish reports aided advance. winter wheat prospects stabilizing with Modern Miller noting lower average but Kansas and Nebraska prospects similar to last year. Harvest begins in Texas with Tennessee expected next week.
Market brief from Indianapolis Produce Exchange and Rouse Bros lists eggs at 19 cents, butter, poultry by the country trade with live turkeys ducks hens geese, and wagon market quotes. Grains and hay including corn 80 to 83 cents, shelled oats 18 to 62 cents, oats price 14 to 14.00, timothy 16.00 to 17.00, clover 12.00 to 13.00, mixed hay 15.00 to 16.00, wheat straw 6.00 to 7.00, cat straw 7.00 to 7.50.
In the focal option election Laporte county backed wet saloon policy by 4300 while Floyd county approved saloons by 1909 Har rison county went dry by 15. A total of 232 saloons will continue to operate in Laporte and Floyd counties with Laporte reporting the largest pro saloon majority to date.
Benjamin Krauss, 16, declared insane by a commission, is jailed in Marior county due to lack of facility for the insane. The case prompts a Children’s Aid Society effort to move him from penal custody to an appropriate institution. Attorney Henry C. Price leads the action, aiding impoverished parents without compensation.
Grain prices across wheat corn and timothy show steady to firm bids in Indianapolis. No. 2 red wheat trades at 1.46 to 1.52 through billing, with May at 1.91.48 and July options around 1.48 wagon. Corn white and yellow varied, with through billing values around 0.74 to 0.78 and mixed lots near 0.58 to 0.74. Timothy prices indicate strength, with No. 1 at 916.00 and No. 1 timothy around 18.25, while inspections noted and prices for lighter lots listed.
A fragmented log lists car entries and colors with totals. It records white cars numbered 2 to 4, yellow cars numbered 2 to 4, and mixed colors, totaling 43 cars in with no exit. Field notes mention hay types timothy and prairie and a Jim iay label with several counts.
A Moro band attacked an Eighteenth Infantry outpost on the Rou man river wounding a sergeant fatally and two privates. Two infantry columns pursue the assailants as the incident is reported from Manila on May 28.
Effective Sunday May 3, the Big Four Route will adjust train running times offering faster service to Chicago St Louis Terre Haute and Cincinnati and other points. For full information call at city ticket office 1 E Washington Street.
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