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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1907

Page

8

Wall Street Stocks Open Unchanged in Early Trading

New York November 14 leading stocks opened unchanged at first prices including Northern Pacific Union Pacific Reading New York Central Rock Island and Car Foundry Amalgamated and Pennsylvania fell while B R T rose and TU B S Steel showed gains. The Bank of England’s favorable statement spurred a brief reaction but later losses spread across the market with steel stocks leading the slide and General Electric weak.

New York Northern Pacific Union Pacific Reading New York Central Rock Island and Car Foundry Amalgamated Pennsylvania Tu.bs. Steel Bank of England Paul General Electric Pitt

Livestock Prices Report From Indianapolis Market

Receipts: hogs 4,500 cattle 1,400 sheep and lambs 1%. Hogs open strong with top at 5.45. Cattle steady to a dime lower. sheep and lambs steady. Steers and heifers shown with varied classes and prices, bulls and calves listed. Bulk sales around 5.65 to 4.25 for hogs and 6.00 for good lambs, with calves and cows priced across several bands.

Indianapolis

City Grain and Wheat Firm Prices and Car Inspections

Grain quotations show No. 2 red wheat at 92 cents, various through billing figures, and January at 9% with December and November values. Corn prices list multiple White, mixed, and yellow grades with through billing adjustments, noting oats and hay prices, plus extensive car inspections across wheat, corn, and hay grades and counts.

Timothy Hay Prairie

Chicago cattle and hog prices on November cattle receipts rise

Cattle receipts total 10 2Mc higher with prime beeves at 4.35 to 6.56 and cows and heifers from 2.28 to 4.80. Hog receipts about 15,000 with light hogs 4.90 to 6.45 and heavy hogs 5.15 to 5.45. Sheep and lamb markets show western and native grades with lambs around 3.75 to 6.65 and sheep 2.00 to 5.10.

Chicago

Market Prices for Oats and Forage Crops

Old corn and oats markets show Sheaf Oats at 12.0 dollars per unit and Shelled Oats at 4n 52c. Straw ranges from 6.00 to 7.50, Clover around 13 dollars, Speer seedings 15 to 16 dollars, and Timothy 15 to 16 dollars.

Speer Timothy

Prices for pork and lard and dairy products

United Prone reports New York on November 14 listing pork at $18.00 to $16.75, lard at $8.90 to $9.00, tallow at 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 cents, butter creamery extra at 2 cents, fancy at 46 to 60 cents, cheese full cream at 12 to 15 1/2 cents, with Western markets cited.

United Prone New York Pork—Mess

Cincinnati Live Stock Market Report Nov 14

Cincinnati dispatch reports cattle receipts 460 steady with shippers paid 4.50 to 6.25. Hogs receipts 8,600 up 16 cents with good to choice sellers at 5.35 to 5.40. Sheep receipts 250 steady with extras and lambs priced around 6.66.

Cincinnati

Wheat and corn futures tumble amid bull news from Europe

Chicago grain markets opened with declines in wheat and oats despite optimistic overseas reports. December wheat traded around 9 1/2 cents, May near 9 1/2 cents, while December corn slipped to about 56 1/2 cents and May around 57 cents. No. 2 red winter prices hovered, and blue chip pork and lard values showed dull movement.

Chicago Bbc

Indianapolis Produce Prices and Poultry Listing

Prices for dairy and poultry items include butter from Elgin at 19 cents per pound, New York full cream cheese at 17 percent or 4 cents, Wisconsin full cream cheese at 17 1 2 cents. Eggs candled 26 cents with mark 22 cents. Poultry lists live turkeys 12 cents, live ducks 8 cents, geese 5 cents, hens 84 cents, spring chickens 8 cents, roosters 1 cent.

Indianapolis New York Wisconsin

First Lady in the Land set for Indianapolis debut

Rehearsals are under way for Joseph Byron Totten's The First Lady in the Land, a high class society drama to premiere next week by the Majestic stock company. The play, Totten's best yet, features special scenery and heavy stage effects, with a New York spring run planned in the title role.

Joseph Byron Totten Maestic Stock Company Totten Indianapolis New York Star Theater Majestic

St. Louis Live Stock Prices Slide and Steady Bits

St. Louis November 14 cattle receipts total 4500 with steady values. Beef steers range five to six dollars. stockers and feeders two to four ten. cows and heifers two seventy five to five dollars. Texas steers two fifty to five three. cows and heifers one twenty six to three forty. Hogs receipts six thousand steady to lower. pigs and lights four fifty to six thirty five. packers and best heavy five thirty five to six fifteen. Sheep receipts one thousand steady. natives three fifty to five dollars. lambs four oh to six twenty five.

ST. Louis Texas

Carmichael Bill Passes Alabama Lower House Prohibition

Special to The Sun reports in Montgomery that the Carmichael bill creating statutory prohibition in Alabama takes effect Oct 1, 1906 and has passed the lower house by 66 to 2. The senate showdown looms.

Sun Montgomery Ala Carmichael Alabama Senate

Admitted taking silks in department store case

Mrs Nina Wickersham 3319 N New Jersey st appeared in police court Thursday to answer shoplifting charges after being found with silk under her coat at a Washington st store Detective Clerk Lley Lowe arrested her Case postponed to Friday She admitted stealing the silk and other small items in her possession She claimed another woman helped but would not name her and said she had left the city This was her first police record

Nina Wickersham New Jersey St Washington St Lley Lowe

Steel workers riot at Hamilton plant in Ohio

Hamilton Ohio November 14 steel workers at the Hamilton Steel and Iron plant struck and formed a mob. They beat Swan Lee who refused to quit, then targeted his house with threats of lynching. Deputies contained the riot, eleven men were arrested.

United Press Hamilton Hamilton Steel and Iron Swan Lee Lee

Students object to restrictions on school play

At Shortridge High a senior class meeting sparked a clash over coaching for the annual play. Principal Benton reportedly insisted Mrs. Ormsby be hired as coach, provoking student uproar. They demanded to select their own coach or cancel the play, while friends say the move was courteous to Mrs. Ormsby.

Shortridge Benton Ormsby Prof. Thomas

Volunteers Plan Thanksgiving Aid Drive in Indianapolis

The Volunteers of America organize a large Thanksgiving program to aid needy families in Indianapolis. Dinners, hampers with two bushels of food, chicken, oranges, and essentials will be delivered to about 100 families. A local detective system targets true need and excludes repeat or lazy recipients, with clothing distributions set for Christmas.

Adit F. J. Preston Indianapolis Bert Wesley Hazel Parker Dora Wood J. Minner Read Edward Price Emma Preston

Call of Taggart Meeting at French Lick

French Lick Ind Nov 14 Chairman Thomas Taggart of the Democratic national committee has issued a call for a meeting of committee members at French Lick on Nov 22. The time and place for the next Democratic national convention will be discussed but no final action will be taken. The meeting will finalize the date and location of the convention question. Taggart leaves for New York tomorrow and will return with Eastern members for the meeting.

French Lick Ind Thomas Taggart Democratic National Committee Tagagrt New York

Two Mine Disaster Claims Filed For Big Damages

Two cases moved from Vigo county superior court to federal court seek 10000 damages from Dering Coal company over a Terre Haute coal mine explosion on January 4. Maria Pajik says her husband Leopold Pajk died and she is left destitute. Frank Dabrovnik alleges lifelong maiming and permanent disability.

Vigo County Federal Court Dering Coal Company Terre Haute Maria Pajik Leopold Pajk Frank Dabrovnik Maimei

Names New Judge

Attorney General Bonaparte announced Josiah A. Vanorsdhel of Wyoming has been chosen for the associate justiceship of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia to succeed Justice McComas, deceased.

Washington Bonaparte Josiah A. Vanoorsdhel Wyoming Court of Appeals of District of Columbia Justice McComas

Chief Metzger III Ill at Home with Stomach Trouble

Chief of Police Robert Metzger is at home ill after nearly a week of sickness. Doctors report a severe stomach ailment as the cause and say he is under close medical care.

Robert Metzger

Taft in Shanghai Photographed for this newspaper

A photographed portrait shows Secretary Taft during his Shanghai visit in October. Capt. Walter Kirton, Sun special correspondent in the Far East, arranged the image, which arrived via the Transsiberian route through London and New York.

Taft Shanghai China Walter Kirton THE SUN Far East Transsiberian Railway London New York

Ringbones Tale Reveals Makeups Hide Horse’s Cruelty

Humane Officer Shine investigated reports of cruelty to a horse in Sam Howes burlesque A Day at the Races at the Empire theater. The horse, described as dirty white with painted rib streaks spavins and ring bones, appeared mistreated but was simply the subject of makeup effects used by burlesque performers. The animal is cared for by a groom and boarded at top livery stables in cities where the show tours.

Sam Howe W. W. Woollen

Three local greenhouses stage popular flower exhibitions

Crowds flock to Bettermann Bros conservatory at 241 Massachusetts Ave to view roses and fresh flowers. Henry Rieman’s East and Morris streets showrooms feature chrysanthemums and roses daily. A. Wiegand Co at Sixteenth and Illinois streets presents bridal altar arrangements with lilies, chrysanthemums, and roses. Exhibitions run Thursday evening and extend to Sunday for Henry Aleman’s greenhouses.

Bettermann Bros.’ Conservatory Massachusetts Ave Bettermann's Henry Rieman East Morrissts Rieman A. Wiegand Company Conservatory Sixteenth Illinoissts Henry Aleman

Caldwell challenged over fake funeral tale in London legal row

Robert Caldwell of New York faces English legal pressure to validate his claim that he staged a bogus funeral for Thomas Cruce to hide the Duke of Portland identity. Lord Howard De Waldeck’s agents search London Berlin and Manhattan for evidence. Caldwell maintains his tale as lawyers prepare to show false testimony and challenge his knowledge of an A. T. Stewart will.

Thomas Charles Cruce London Duke of Portland Howard de Waldeck Berlin Manhattan Caldwell Duke Druce George H. Druce A. T. Stewart New York F Tliston Hilton Stewart

MAY EXAMINE HARRY THAW

Harry K Thaw grows dissatisfied with delays in his case as his new chief counsel Martin W Littleton insists on absolute control over the defense and to handle matters without Thaw’s wishes. A lunacy commission is likely to be appointed again to report on Thaw’s condition. Justice OGorman set December 2 for the second hearing, but indications point to a start several weeks later.

United Press New York Harry K. Thaw Martin W. Littleton Thaw Justice O'Gorman

Reverend Graff Acquitted In Forgery Case

Benjamin Graff, former Ridgewood Baptist pastor, was acquitted today in Joliet of forgery with intent to defraud the American Assurance Company of Philadelphia. This marks his second trial after a prior hung jury.

Joilet Benjamin Graff Ridgewood Baptist Church American Assurance Company of Philadelphia

Needlework Guild Exhibit Showcases Two Garments per Member

The annual Needlework Guild exhibition ran Wednesday in the Women’s Exchange private dining room within the Pythian Building basement. It features members’ year’s work, each contributing two garments for the needy, with supplies distributed to various charitable organizations for best impact.

Women's Exchange Rooms Pythian

Arm Dislocation Record Falls Heavily for Hanagan

William Hanagan a Park Avenue cabinet-maker is repeatedly dislocating his arm. He has had 41 dislocations, each followed by an anesthetic to reset the bone. Dr Fred Mayer treated him this week after another detachment. over time the cost could top $1,000 if he paid each time.

William Hanagan Park-ave Hanagan Fred Mayer

Ashes and Garbage Contract Recommend by Health Board

The Board of Health on Wednesday evening recommended awarding the ashes collection contract to the same contractor that handles garbage. Mayor Bookwalter urged a quick recommendation. A special meeting Friday will examine the Groninger-Hunyak case alleging the brothers took protection money from the city.

Board of Health Garvage Bookwalter Groninger-Hunyak Groninger Brothers

Dinner for Church Fund at Grace Pro Cathedral

Grace Pro-Cathedral women and city friends plan nine monthly roast beef dinners starting Thursday at 6 30 p m in the Grace basement Sixteenth Street and Central Avenue Indianapolis diners will host 150 guests with green yellow and white decor. Dining room head Mrs F A Muzzy and table leads include Mrs Meredith Nicholson Mrs Benjamin Franklin Cline and others.

Indianapolis F. A. Muzzy Meredith Nicholson Benjamin Franklyn Cline T. Stewart Arthur Corbin W. Wilkinson Caroline Howland Amy Wales

City Record listing births deaths and permits in daily note

Births recorded for Walter B and Minnie Giesendanner. Arthur Keller. Martin Parker. Frank Jacobs. Marion Heydon twins. Roy Rosas. William Biltz. Edward Ebner. Deaths include Effie Wooten. William Huntz. Thomas O Connor. Mary Haney. Orville Hoover. William Brown. Edmond Wilson. Magnus Simon. Anton Lemenic. multiple heart and lung diseases. Building permits granted to Cambpel and Diller for dwellings and several couples listed for permits.

Walter B Minnie Giesendanner Deloss-st Arthur T Amelia Keller Woodlawn-ave Martin H Mary E. Parker Bank-ave Frank F Minnie Jacobs N. East-st Marion E Anna C. Heydon S. Arsenal-ave Roy M Anna H. Rosas Parkway Drive William J Anabel Biltz Prospect-st Edward J Emma Ebner N. Jefferson-ave Effie Wooten Hamiilton-ave William E. Huntz Louisianast Thomas O'Conner Little Sisters of the Poor Mary Gertrude Haney Virginia Ave Orville Hutchings Hoover Spring St William Brown Adell

Danville Saloon Case Heats Up Before Judge Allen

In Danville Hendricks county the wet or dry fate of the town is argued before Circuit Judge Henry Clay Allen. Remon Strinces sues six saloon keepers Edward Crawley William Kivett Herbert Wilson Scott Lingenfelter John Reeder and Charles Weibel with Capt El Ritter leading temperance forces and Martin Huge defending the saloon owners. A large Danville contingent traveled to Marion county to attend the trial.

Danville Hendricks County Henry Clay Allen Circuit Court Remon Strinces Marion County Capt el Ritter Martin Huge Edward D. Crawley William Kivett Herbert L. Wilson Scott R. Lingenfelter John F. Reeder Charles Weibel

Man Arrested In Juvenile Court Case

Gideon Pittman aged 54 was arrested by Detectives Simon and Slate while seated in juvenile court Thursday morning. The arrest followed damaging testimony from his 15 year old niece, who alleged fear of him. Pittman resides at 1330 Orleans Street.

Gideon Pittman Simon and Slate Pittman Orleans-st

Revival in Indianapolis Methodist churches to close Friday

A three week revival across Indianapolis Methodist churches gains strong attendance with Friday night set as the grand finale featuring a youth rally. Noonday services, school and junior leagues events, and multiple evangelists host talks on self denial and devotion.

Indianapolis Epworth W. H. Morgan Lewis Meter and Company Rev. Morgan T. S. Henderson Union

Grand jury to resume asphalt repair investigation

The grand jury will resume its inquiry into asphalt repair work this afternoon after a morning session of unimportant cases. Harry Drew, attorney for M. J. Ready, administrator of James Braden estate, has been summoned to testify. Investigation into Irvington Land Company affairs continues Friday morning with subpoenas issued for Jeup, Moeore, officers Dunn and Adams, Orin D. Walker, and Frank Beten.

Harry Drew M. J. Ready James Braden Irvington Land Company Jeup and Moeore Dunn and Adams Orin D. Walker I Frank Beten

Ohio River Improvement Convention Opens in Wheeling

Two hundred delegates attend the Ohio river improvement convention in Wheeling as Gov. William Dawson and Rep. William Hubbard deliver welcoming addresses. They express optimism that the Ohio will become a top business artery with a nine foot channel eventually realized.

Ohio United Press- Wheeling W. Va William Dawson William Hubbard West Virginia

Tragic death on Chicago elevated tracks

Albert Olson aged two was found killed on the Humboldt park elevated tracks in Chicago. His body was cut in two by a passing train. Five dollars and change found in his pocket suggest robbery was not the motive. Police mystery surrounds the incident with no clear suspect.

Chicago Albert Olson Hancock-ave Humboldt Park

Blaze at College Damages Main Building at Monmouth

Fire at Monmouth College in Illinois caused about 20000 dollars in damage to the main building. Orville Dean a telephone lineman died in the flames. Classes to be continued in temporary quarters.

Monmouth, II Monmouth College Orville Tamporary

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Wall-St United Preas Chicago Grain Sys United Press Prohibition Tion the Volunteers of America Call OF Taggart Vember Metzger III United States Denby I. B. Morse American Association Y. C. Tory L. R. Wilfley United States Supreme Court Ringbones Shine Indianapolis Police Department Empire Theater Robert Caldwell Harry Thaw Rev. Graff Abi Women of Grace Pro-Cathedral the Women of Grace Pro-Cathedral Women of the Guild Sec Grace Pro Clarence Dupee Eva Jordan Robert A. King Clara E. Williams Henry Ammann Lillian Meadows George A. Denny Fannile Jearin Calvin Smith Dora Scherer Charles E. Crawford Estelle Levine Grow and Hugh B. Smith Fletcher Place M. EL Curhy F. T. Lewis Morris St. M. E Edwin Ray M. E. Church Brotherhood Jesus Roberts Park M. E Roberts Park Albert Hurlstone C. E. Bacon Hurlstone Central Ave. M. E Stansfield Meridian St M. E Edwin Ray State Medical College Blackford-st. M. E Grand Jury Blaze
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