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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1905
Page
3
A Sevastopol mutiny inflamed by 4000 sailors and the Brest infantry joining rebels. General Nepliuet was captured as forts briefly trained guns on the mutineers. The city then quieted with troops in order and a warning to surrender.
Local railroad men receive promotions in the New York Central system. H. J. Rhein Wen Lynch and Samuel J. McLeish are advancing to higher passenger agent and traffic manager roles. Rhett promoted from Lake Erie & Western to general passenger agent of the Big Four in Cincinnati. Lynch takes Daly’s place west of Buffalo with Chicago headquarters.
The Rev. Mr. Titus and wife, home on furlough from Lu Chu Foo, describe efforts by missionaries in China. He reports slow language progress, famine of modern views, and the binding of girls’ feet as fading. He cites opium’s grip, child murder sites, and native earnings of about 210 dollars yearly aiding church contributions.
A missionary notes progress in China with native students destroying Confucian idols to make room for English worship. He cites corruption such as women selling daughters into immoral lives and common murder by self harm. Before departing for America, Titus’s congregation presented a silk banner bearing a greeting in Chinese characters to American Christians.
Police believe Floyd Perrott, 9, son of a school janitor, marked the last capture of a crafty bicycle theft gang in Concordia. Harry Coonfield, 15, and Walter McKiory, 13, were arrested as investigators traced wheels found near the schoolhouse and farm barn to the youths. Juvenile court heard the cases of all involved.
In Tangipahoa Louisiana last night a Black man was hanged by a mob after confessing to violently assaulting Rhoda George an elderly woman. The mob action follows chaotic events linked to the case amid regional unrest and tension.
Roosevelt ousts William D. Lieb, U S assistant treasurer of Philadelphia, for defying civil service rules. The president cites ongoing use of technicalities to keep relatives on the payroll and to evade law, while naming a political motive and pressing for reform.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It claims to soothe the child relieve pain soften gums and cure wind colic and diarrhea. A bottle costs twenty five cents.
December wheat held at firm to up levels with May posting gains as market activity showed mixed moves. December corn and oats slipped slightly while May contracts mirrored the downturn.
The Jewish community of Indianapolis and Christian allies gathered at Shortridge high school to honor the 30 year anniversary of Jewish immigration to the United States. Gov. Hanly spoke highly of Jewish patriotism while Ralph Bamberger acted as chairman. Rabbi M M Fejerlicht reviewed progress since the first band of Jewish pilgrims reached New York. Additional addresses came from Rev Joshua Stansijela Rabbi Charles I Hom man and Marcus A Sulzer. The service closed with Rabbi Mayer Messing leading the benediction.
Washington Indiana November report items Chester Busie a public school pupil was arrested on charges of robbing post office lock boxes. He allegedly took a package worth about ten dollars of gold collars from a jeweler's box and confessed to robbing many mail boxes during the past month. He was taken to Indianapolis for federal court arraignment.
Birth notices list numerous families with new daughters and sons at addresses across the city, including Jordans, Bernardis, Everwoods, Nees, Bohley, Giltner, Roberts, Plauistia, Whiteley, Weber, Orr, Miller, Cohen, Armstrong, Blot, and others. Deaths record infant Duckwell through elderly sufferers across several streets and hospitals, with causes like old age, heart failure, convulsions, typhoid fever, meningitis, croup, tuberculosis, and brain illness. Marriages cover multiple local couples and out-of-town matches, along with business notices for repairs and properties.
New York November 27 The stock market opened strong with sharp advances across securities. Sloss-Shepfield up about 4 percent while Metropolitan Securities and International Paper preferred each rose about 1 percent. National Lead gained 2 1 4 percent. Rock Island lagged as others surged with rapid buying in International Paper. Noon prices show St Paul 17 1 2, BR 1 1 2, L & N 027, and Steel 1 1 2 for total sales 9 300 shares.
Cincinnati and New York market notes show cattle receipts steady to active, with good to choice cattle priced around 4.55 to 6.90 and calves or hogs at mixed high end. Sheep and lamb prices hold steady, with lambs near 7.00 to 7.25. New York pork, lard, butter, eggs, and cheese quotes list assorted city and western prices with varying quality grades.
In St Louis on an unsettled market day, cattle receipts totaled about thirty percent of demand with mixed lots across regions. Prices ranged for steers and heifers at around 2.70 to 3.00 per hundredweight with heifers and cows trading near 2.00 to 3.00, hogs at 4.50 to 4.85, and lambs quoted from 5.25 to 8.50 with Texas and Texans prominent among buyers.
Telegraphs report wrecks along the coast from yesterday's storm. The steamer Paridot is said to be wrecked off Antiem with eleven bodies recovered. Piers along the channel are damaged, buildings unroofed, and trees uprooted. An unrelated ad notes Hood's Mare Parasparilla as a cure and local cleaning hours.
APOLIS Nov Foggy day. hog market opens week active but 5 to 19 cents lower than last week. Top price reaches 492 dollars with most trades between 4 65 and 4 80. Cattle mostly common female butcher stock eases 10 to 15 cents. bulls and veals steady. Small sheep run sold at steady prices. other cattle grades show softer demand and dull close.
The excerpt presents Miss Margaret Rathrack claiming 18 percent below zero using 30 degrees above us as a basis, and engineer R. J. Aldeno offering a heat transfer explanation. It discusses heat units, water temperature changes, and how removing heat affects air temperature, concluding twice as much heat removal yields twice the cooling, with references to temperatures below freezing and terms like degrees above zero.
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