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Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1907

Page

8

Wall-St. Stokes United Press Stock Market Opening

At the opening of the stock market this morning B and O Jost Southern Pacific and Reading gained while Soo declined. By ten minutes trading Missouri Pacific fell a point and the market was heavy, then Reading led an upward move with gains of 1 to 1.4 points across many stocks. Reading rose to 815% and St Paul to 96 as market held strength into midday before a slight reaction. The Beant supply of stocks was noted as the most important market factor.

New York B. & O. Jost Southern Pacific Reading Colorado Canadian Pacific Amalgamated Pennsylvania Soo Missouri Pacific St Paul

City Grain Market Prices and Car Inspections

Wheat firmer with No 2 red at 92% through billing and No 4 red at 88 cents. No. 2 red through billing 93 and 90 cents in later months. Corn firmer with various No 2 to No 4 white and mixed lots priced from 49 to 62 cents through billing. Oats firmer with No 2 to No 4 white and mixed listed between 15 and 46 cents. Hay steady with timothy and clover bids around 11.90 to 14.50 dollars. Inspections show multiple cars in and out across wheat corn and mixed lots and no established grade on several.

Timothy Hay

Pittsburg Live Stock Market Report

United Press reports Pittsburg stockyards receipts for cattle and hogs with price ranges. Cattle ranged from 5.00 to 5.65 for various grades, hogs steady to lower with prime heavy hogs around 4.35 to 4.40, and sheep prices mainly 4.50 to 5.60 for lambs and wethers.

Pittsburg United Press

Indianapolis Produce Prices From Elgin to New York Markets

Prices listed include KBUTTER from Elgin prints at 30c per tub, 36c for country cream, and 36c for state cream. Cheese shows New York full cream at 17 4c and Wisconsin full cream at 16 16téc. Eggs are candled at 26c with mark price 24c. Poultry notes list live turkeys at iic, ducks Nive Sc, geese Te, hems 9c, spring chickens 4c, and roosters 5c.

Indianapolis Iéc New York Wisconsin

St Louis Livestock Prices From Auction Market

St Louis market reports receipts cattle 4500 lower hogs 5000 lower sheep 2000 steady cattle prices 3000 6000 stockers and feeders 200 410 cows and heifers 2750 500 Texas steers 250 750 cows and heifers 125 370 hogs pigs and lights 3500 420 packers 350 400 butchers and best heavy 385 420 natives 300 520 lambs 500 700

ST. Louis Texas

Vegetables and Fruit Price List From Local Market

Dry onions red white yellow priced by bushel and dozen cucumbers per dozen tomatoes home grown per bushel oranges Florida per box and other produce listed with prices in dollars and cents. Some entries unclear due to OCR.

Michigan Florida California

Elks Plan Dallas Grand Lodge Meeting

National officials of the Order of Elks met in Pittsburg to finalize arrangements for the Dallas grand lodge gathering next summer after signing contracts during a recent trip to Dallas.

Pittsburg Penn The Order of Elks Grand Lodge Dallas

Shower of ashes blankets Nome area in Alaska

Some volcanic ash showers fell today at Nome Teller and Tin City Alaska blackening the snow. The origin of the eruption has not been fixed.

Xsome Alaska Nome Teller Tin City

Short money short shovels alarm Bedford workers

In Bedford Indiana on November 26 after a wage cut from 18 to 12 1/2 cents an hour over 100 foreign laborers at Hoosier quarries cut two and a half inches from their shovels to match the reduced pay. They marched to machine shops and shortened their tools, saying the shortened shovels reflect the wage decline.

United Press Bedford Ind Hoosier

Chicago Grain Prices and Market Outlook

Chicago wheat futures rose as traders stayed bullish with December at 92 1/4 cents and May around 1.0146 dollars. Corn and oats moved higher with December corn near 45 1/4 cents and oats at about 46 1/2 cents. pork and lard futures quoted. No. 2 red wheat closed at 97 1/2 cents. corn and oats futures showed gains across December and May contracts.

Chicago

The Wagon Market Prices Reported for Grains and Hay

The advertisement lists corn at 68 to 70 cents, old stocks at 48 to gilc, sheaf oats at 12 dollars, shelled oats at 51 cents, straw at 86 dollars. Hay prices show Clover 13.00 to 14.60, mixed 15.00 to 16.00, timothy 25.50 to 217.00. The figures reflect market rates for various forage crops and feedstuffs.

Chicago Market Notes Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices

Chicago market report shows cattle receipts at 11 000 with declines to 2c, hogs at 16 000 with 2c gains, and sheep at 16 000 steady. Prime cattle 3.10 to 6.25, stockers 1.90 to 4.10, cows 2.10 to 4.50, canners 1.00 to 2.10. Hogs light 3.85 to 4.25, heavy 4.06 to 4.30. Native sheep 1.75 to 4.50, native lambs 3.50 to 6.00.

Chicago

Hog and cattle prices ease as hogs steady at $4.35

Indianapolis livestock receipts show hogs at 5,500 head and top price 4.35 while cattle and sheep fell. Steers and heifers vary by weight from 900 to 1,300 pounds with values 2.30 to 5.00, cows from 1.27 to 5.45, bulls 30 to 42, and calves quoted up to 7.75. Sheep and lambs range 4.00 to 6.25 for good to choice grades.

Indianapolis Vesssevense

East Buffalo Live Stock Prices Report

East Buffalo market report from Avpited Press shows cattle receipts at 300 with steady prices, veals 150 firm with call to choice at 4.00, sheep 9,000 lambs firmer and sheep steady with various unit prices for lambs yearlings ewes and mixed sheep, hogs 850 up 5 to 10 cents with Yorkers pigs and other weights listed from 4.20 to 4.85, roughs and stags priced accordingly.

East Buffalo

Cincinnati Live Stock Prices Narrow Gains

Cincinnati market report dated November 26 shows cattle receipts steady with calves at 8.00 and hogs receipts at 1,500 with good to choice packers and butchers trading 4.45 to 4.50 per hundredweight. Sheep receipts 250 steady with lambs steady and extra at 6.50.

Cincinnati United Press

Market Report: Pork Lard Butter Eggs Cheese Prices

New York November 26 market notes show pork quiet with a $16.00 to $16.50 range, lard steady at 7.75 to 7.85, pressed poultry unchanged, butter receipts at 7,170 with creamery extra 28c and state tubs 27c, eggs receipts 7,742 with nearby fancy 50c, cheese receipts 2,021 with full cream small colored best 12 15c.

New York

Chicago market report on eggs butter cheese and poultry

Market listings from Chicago show eggs extras at 26c firsts 23 24c. Butter creams 26c for extras. Cheese prices Twins 11 6c Young Americas 12c. Poultry prices Turkeys 12c chickens hens 8c ducks 9 14c geese per dozen 6.00 8.00.

United Press Chicago

Quick upstairs burglary at 462 Cedar Street yields $102

Mrs. Hipple reported a fast thief ransacked an upstairs room at 462 Cedar Street Tuesday morning, took $102, and scattered clothing from closets. The bed was torn, bureau drawers emptied, and a Black man fled down the side alley as Mr. Hipple chased from a nearby coal yard.

Frank Hippie Cedar St

Miner Assaulted in Buffalo Heavily Bruised Miner

Edward Dowling a miner from Cripple Creek Colorado was found at midnight in Buffalo at the Emergency Hospital severely cut bruised and possibly with a fractured skull. Dowling cannot name his assailants. He arrived two days ago and investigators seek leads.

Buffalo N. Y Edward Dowling Cripple Creek Colo Hhe Dowling

Fines Man Who Used His Fists on A Federal Messenger

Bert Mayfield of Wolf Lake Indiana was fined 100 dollars and costs in federal court by Judge Kenesaw M Landis on Tuesday after pleading guilty to assaulting a rural mail carrier aged 70 The case featured contested testimony about the knockdown and a claimed broken bone Also noted were counterfeiting mold allegations against Martin Woelfel of South Bend and a four Hungarian trio Isador Cortz Joseph Kratz Joseph Horitz and Paul Boraiton convicted of rifling a mail sack near Mitchell Indiana

Bert Mayfield Wolf Lake Ind Kenesaw M. Landis Mayfield Landis Erdley Martin Woelfel South Bend Isador Cortz Joseph Kratz Joseph Horiktz Paul Boraiton Mitchell

Rate charges filed against major railroads

Forty five milling firms in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri filed charges with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging discriminatory rates on shipments to eastern markets. They name roads including Chicago and Alton, Rock Island, Burlington, Chicago Great Western, Santa Fe, Wabash, Missouri Pacific, Milwaukee Road and others.

United Press Washington Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Interstate Commerce Commission Chicago & Alton Railroad Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Chicago Great Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Wabash Railway Missouri Pacific Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road

Prin cess Amusement scores injury from Indianapolis rink ban

The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed Marion county ruling in a suit by the Prin cess Amusement company against Indianapolis city officials to halt enforcement of a city ordinance restricting skating rinks within 100 feet of dwellings or within one block of churches or schools. The plaintiff argued the ordinance did not exist when their rink was built after $17,000 was invested.

Supreme Court Marion County Superior Court Princess Amusement Company City of Indianapolis Robert Metzger Board of Public Safety Thomas A. Winterrowd

Powers Case Challenges Grant County Jurors

Georgetown Ky November 26 Atttorney Smith for the defense in Caleb Powers murder trial submitted affidavits challenging the entire panel of 156 men summoned from Grant county by Deputy Sheriff Tom Shuff Ira Shy and J C Blaine Powers representatives argued Shuff was guided by Deputy Sheriff Chapman of Grant county contrary to court orders Scott county sheriff should summon jurors. Judge Morris ordered an attachment for missing attorney E K Wilson of Williamston accused of attempting to summon Republicans from Grant county for jury duty Jurors Weyland Elliott and Ferguson were excused while challenges against jurors Price and Martin were overruled.

United Presse Georgetown Smith Caleb Powers Gov. Goebel Grant County Tom Shuff Ira Shy J. C. Blaine Powers Green County Shuff Chapman Scott County E. K. Wilson Williamston Morris Wilson Weyland Elliott Ferguson Price Martin

Trust men indicted in Brooklyn bank case kept secret

A New York grand jury handed up presentment in the Jenkins Trust Company case naming three men indicted. Information on their arrests remains confidential and will not be released until they are apprehended.

New York Jenkins Trust Company Brooklyn

Big talk in Sixty Congress as Watson eyes committee post

Washington Nov 26 United Press reports the Sixty first congress will open with a flood of rhetoric. Indiana Republican Jim Watson is favored for the powerful Rules Committee seat, with Sherman Tawney and Jim Watson among the top contenders. Speaker Cannon, Dalzell and the third man will control who speaks and when. Burton of Ohio is expected to retire from the rivers and harbors post.

United Prens Washington, D. C Senate Congress Committee On Rules Cannon Dalzell Pennsylvania Grosvenor Ohio Illinois Gen. Grosvenor Jims Jim” Watson Indiana Jim” Sherman New York Republican Congressional Committee Jim” Tawney Minnesota Appropriations Committee House Joe Hepburn Burton Jenkins Wisconsin Watson Rules

Cannon era reshuffles open in committee chair rows

Cleveland may refuse to serve longer as committee head. Acheson of Pennsylvania is the ranking Republican member but chairmanship choice remains to be formally announced. Wadsworth of New York leaves the agricultural chair. Babcock of Wisconsin surrenders the District of Columbia post. Cannon faces unlikely policy of promoting ranking Republicans to vacant chairs. O. K.-Cannon label looms on other committee heads.

House Fowler House Committee On Banking and Currency Cortel John Sharp Williams William Jennings Bryan Agriculture District of Columbia Merchant Marine and Fisheries Publc Lands Cleveland Acheson Pennsylvania Wadsworth New York Agricultural Committee Babcock Wisconsin Cannon Committee On Rules O. K.—Cannon

City Record for a Day Births and Deaths

Births list many couples with home addresses and newborn sexes or none with names. Deaths include ages, causes, and residences such as Crail apoplexy and tubercular peritonitis. Marriages show pairs. building permits cite owners, locations, and costs.

John V. Crail Adams-st Susan D. Smith College-ave Walter Tildon Mélborn Madison Ave John G. Barber Sheffield Ave Thomas H. Bransford Torberist Catherine Monaghan Maplest Aaron Moore New York St Greenberry Field Beville Ave John Moore City Hospital Lucinda Hudelson Broadway Charles Roberta

Eagles On Way To America From Cherbourg

The Kron Prinzer Cecelia sailed from Cherbourg for the United States with 2,000,000 in American eagles consigned by the Bank of France to New York finance houses. Rumor claims the French bank holds 60,000,000 in U S gold and may ship it in weekly consignments not exceeding 4,000,000 to end the money famine. The bank discounts American commercial paper endorsed by at least two French financial houses.

United Press Cherbourg France Kron Prinzer Cecelia United States Bank of France New York New World

Banker cuts his throat in Brooklyn bank case

Howard Maxwell, indicted president of Borough Bank of Brooklyn which suspended payment last month, cut his throat with a razor in an attempted suicide. He is in a precarious condition.

United Prenn Brooklyn N. Y Howard Maxwell Borough Bank

Husband searches for missing wife across cities

Jacob Baker of Los Angeles sought police help in locating his wife Mary Co Baker. He named his brother in law Lamotte during his account. His pursuit led from Kansas City to Indianapolis Detroit Pittsburg Cleveland and finally to St Louis.

United Press ST. Louis Jacob Baker Los Angeles Cal Mary Co. Baker Lamotte Kansas City Indianapolis Detroit Pittsburg Cleveland Baker

Knickerbocker Trust ex-president Charles Barney commits suicide

New York November 26. Charles T. Barney, former president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, killed himself. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide today.

United Seas New York Charles T. Barney Knickerbocker Trust Company Coronner's

President invited to Appomattox day banquet

The Hamilton club of Chicago invited the president to attend their Appomattox day banquet on April 9. He said he would probably not be able to go.

Py United Washington Hamilton Club Chicago

Crutch Hero Saves Lodgers From Fire on Prospect Ave

In Cleveland a four story lodging house fire sent about a hundred men fleeing to a front fire escape. Thirty clung to second floor landings as smoke rose. One legged “Crutch-leg Charley” hurled a crutch from the third story to a helper and guided men to swing down to safety before firefighters arrived.

Prospect Ave Crutch-leg Charley

Health reformer urges pensions and sanitation laws

Dr J N Hurty of Indianapolis told Cincinnati's Anti Tuberculosis League that consumption stems from ignorance and avarice. He urged pensions for people aged 60 without preventable disease and proposed forfeiture of unsanitary property to the state to fund sanitary housing, schools, stores, and courts, arguing better air and living conditions would reduce disease and public relief costs.

Sun Cincinnates J. N. Hurty Indianapolis Anti-Tuberculosis League of Cincinnati People’s Institute

DOG AND CHICKEN SHOW IN INDIANAPOLIS

The Fanciers Association of Indiana will stage a poultry and dog show in Indianapolis from February 3 to 7. At the same event, the American Buff Plymouth club American Buff Cochin club and Indiana Barred Rock club meet. Cash prizes silver cups and ribbons attract entrants. Poultry judges are James A. Tucker QO L. McCord A F Kummer S B Lane and W C Pierce. Dr H B Clarke and Prof George W Clayton will judge dogs. Theodore Hewes is secretary for both shows.

Fanciers’ Association of Indiana Indianapolis James A. Tucker Concord Mich QO. L. McCord Danville A. F. Kummer Butler, Pa S. B. Lane Spiceland Ind W. C. Pierce H. B. Clarke George W. Clayton Chicago Theodore Hewes W. Washington Sr

Navy Yard Plans Mass Layoffs At Brooklyn

The department of repair at the Brooklyn navy yard will lay off 700 men in the next days. About 20 will be discharged today and the rest will go December 1. Work on vessels bound for the Pacific is almost finished with little other work in sight.

United Frese New York Department of Repair Brooklyn Navy Yard Pacific

Man forms Indiana alumni association tie-in

B. B. Bartlow of Hamilton is in Indianapolis seeking to organize an Indiana association of Miami University alumni and former students from Oxford Ohio.

Bartlow Hamilton Indianapolis Indiana Miami University Oxford

Incorporations filed with secretary of state

Tuesday filings show American Specialty Company of Indianapolis with 1800 capital stock and incorporators Martin D. Apple Daisy J. Hunter and Clarence E. Depew. Pierson Mutual Telephone Company of Black Hawk with 2000 capital stock and directors Charles Yaw B F Beard G C Smith B C Ellicott and Lemuel Lyon.

American Specialty Company Indianapolis Capital Martin D. Apple Daisy J. Hunter Clarence E. Depew Pierson Mutual Telephone Company Black Hawk Capital Stock Charles Yaw B. F. Beard G. C. Smith 8. C. Ellicott Lemuel Lyon

Woman Fatally Burned in Kitchen Fire Incident

Peru Indiana reports Mrs Mell Hight suffered fatal burns when her clothing ignited from a kitchen fire as she prepared noon meal. She was identified as the victim with injuries described as severe and life threatening.

Peru Ind Mell Hight

Financiers See Resumption as Banks Open and Workers Return

A New York market item notes a trader's optimism with points on currency premiums falling, banks reopening with deposits outweighing withdrawals, and Union Pacific restoring six thousand workers. Recovery expected to be slow but evident as liquidity returns and loans ease. Markets anticipate no boom until credit loosens and cautious investments persist.

New England Syracuse Toledo Pittsburg Mississippi Hockies New York West Commission Tom Lawson

Prices to fall in retail market amid livestock decline

Chicago expects lower meat and provisions prices within ten days to two weeks as livestock prices drop, with Kansas City and Omaha likely to follow. Cattle receipts were high and prices fell 2 to 40 cents. hogs slid seven cents daily since early October, poultry, butter, and cheese also eased. By December first, cost of living may drop and holiday shopping be cheaper than mid last year.

United Press Chicago Ansas City Omaha Chi

Fugitive Frank Petty Posts Bond in Indianapolis Return

Frank Petty, linked to the Indiana Stag club cases, returned to Indianapolis on Tuesday and posted bond for his appearance. The bond was set at 35,000.

Frank Petty Indiana Stag Club Indianapolis Bond Beng

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