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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
8
United Press reports a wavering session with general declines in traders as Canadian Pacific and Northern preferred show losses while Rapid Transit moves on rumors of paying list status. Amid brief gains, volume shrank with outside buying cooling and profit taking late in the session.
Oct 2 market notes show receipts of 1800 cattle and large sheep consignments. Hogs sold mixed to heavy near 6.80, with cattle and calves priced from 1,500 to 7,000 pounds ranges and varied by grade. Sheep and lambs quoted in moderate demand with adjustments across classes.
AGO October 2 cattle receipts steady with prime beefs 5.45 to 7.30 dollars, mediums 4.20 to 5.40, cows and heifers 2.85, Texans 3.60 to 6.25. receipts 22,000, down 10 cents. Pigs 5.10 to 6.20, receipts 3,000, up 10 cents. Western sheep 3.5 to 4.0, alive lambs 4.75 to 7.60. western 71.55.
Cattle prices steady for Tuesday trading in Urg, Pa with Choice at 6.35 to 6.50 and 6.30 to 6.50 for upper grades. Sheep and lambs show light supply and mixed prices from 3.00 to 7.75 for lambs, wethers 5.60 to 7.75, and good mixes around 5.40. Hogs total receipts 10 cars with primes at 7.00 to 7.10, production workers 7.25 to 7.50, and pigs 40 to 26.60, roughs 5.00 to 6.20.
Market notes show oats at 12.00 to 13.00 per unit with Clover at 13.00 to 15.60 and mixed timothy timothy hay around 16.00 to 17.00. Local prices reflect modest variety and small increases across categories.
East Buffalo New York October 2 cattle receipts about 50 steady buyers priced cattle years 4.00 to 9.00 dollars per head. sheep and lambs receipts around 3000 with lambs 5.25 to 8.25, yearlings 5.00 to 6.25, ewes 2.75 to 5.75. Hogs receipts about 2550 firmer with pigs 7.25 to 7.30, mixed 7.15 to 7.10, heavies 6.90 to 7.10, roughs 5.50 to 6.00.
Chicago Produce from United Press reports price quotes for various items on October 2. Eggs, creamery extra, twins, Young Americans, live poultry including turkeys, spring chickens, ducks and geese with per dozen rates and per unit figures. Continuous market brief with mixed fractions and cents.
A dense list of fresh produce with varied pricing for dry onions, cucumbers, cabbage, cauliflower, beets, celery, sweet potatoes, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, popcorn, lettuce, oranges, coconuts, pears, peaches, bananas, lemons, plums, and berries. Regional labels include Michigan, California, Cape Cods, and Maiden Blush varieties, with per unit, per dozen, per basket, and per case pricing.
Wheat rose as shorts covered in Chicago on October futures with December at 95 99 percent and May around 1.061 to 1.064. Corn eased early but firmed. December near 58 cents, May about 59. Oats rose modestly led by December at 52 cents and May at 53. Provisions fell 2 to 7 cents as hog markets softened. January pork about 15.20. December wheat closed 99 per bushel, corn 57 cents, oats 51 cents. No 2 red winter 389 cents.
Market notes list Wheat Corn and Oats prices with billing terms and grade notes. Hay and rye figures show various timothy, clover, prairie, rye straw, and oats straw values. Inspections summary reports car counts by grade for Wheat, Corn, Cars, and Hay totals.
New York market brief lists pork at 16.75 to 17.50, lard at 9.10 to 9.15, tallow 6 to 6.5 cents, butter 28.4 to 29.5 cents, eggs 22 to 32 cents, cheese full cream 14 to 14.5 cents. Prices shown for various producers and regions.
Milton R. Saxton seeks divorce from Jennie I. Saxton in superior court. Both are blind and exchanged love letters written with a punch card machine read by a blind translator. He testifies she returned gifts and blocked him as proof she did not love him.
Columbus leader Hugh Th Miller, 45, longtime lieutenant governor, announces bid for Republican nomination. Widely regarded as efficient with strong statewide support, Miller has roots in Johnson county and a career in the state legislature, banking, and industry roles including Irving Bank vice president and Columbus & Southern Traction Company secretary and treasurer.
The Herron Art Institute will host one man shows from studios of artists including Charles Morris Young, whose 26 paintings hang in the west gallery. Young, born in 1869 near Gettysburg, studied in Philadelphia Paris and Girardot, and his works are in Budapest National Gallery and the Pennsylvania Academy. The school plans larger enrollment as it moves to a new building next Monday and expands evening and Saturday classes for clerks, stenographers, and children.
A Baltimore minister writes to President Roosevelt claiming Charles W. Fairbanks’ ban from a Methodist conference ends his presidential prospects. The letter portrays Fairbanks as having sown the wind and reaping the whirlwind, noting a bitter clash over alleged intoxication and his failure to gain delegates.
In Afton Iowa, John and Barney Sammon, brothers, fought with axes in their home. While intoxicated John attacked Barney as they battled through the house. Barney then severed his brother's arm with a quick thrust, and John may die from blood loss.
A committee of seven meat dealers met the Board of Public Safety to pursue a cold storage plant in the city market. They aim to obtain a transfer of 50,000 from a 300,000 city fund for the coliseum for this project. The dealers held a meeting at Walla Halla hall and protested limiting the meat department to meat sales.
At a Monday meeting on Massachusetts Avenue the Merchants Association voted to award $5 for the best proposed name for their organization. Dr. B E Woodard, president, has received numerous suggestions all week as contestants rush in names. No decision will be made until Monday evening. The group, formed a month ago, has operated under the long title Massachusetts Avenue Business Men's Association and seeks a shorter designation.
Goldfield at a standstill as the Tonopah and Goldfield railroad dismisses a brake man for drinking. Crews statewide refuse to work after the incident, halting two overland trains and two from Los Angeles, isolating Goldfield from outside communication.
The census bureau reports 1,430,266 bales of cotton ginned from 1907 growth by Sept 25, versus 2,057,283 a year earlier. Active ginneries totaling 16,307 year to date, down from 20,416, with about 2,000 ginneries unaccounted due to the telegraphers' strike.
My United Press from Winnipeg reports that on October 2 publishers prepared to file a case with the railway commission against the Canadian Pacific railway. They challenge an arbitrary telegraph rate increase ranging from 100 to 200 percent.
News from El Paso dated October 2 reports a new collapse in Mexican quarries near Victoria. Sixteen men died and twenty one were fatally injured, with rescuers recovering bodies and identifying the victims.
The dedication of the Marion club’s new clubhouse begins Wednesday with a reception and dance for members and friends. Thursday features athletic night with pool, billiards, bowling, water polo, indoor baseball and gymnastics. Friday marks the dedication proper, with music and Vaudeville by local talent. Clubrooms will be decorated over the three nights.
The Standard Wheel company of Terre Haute filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state on Wednesday, revealing $400,000 capital stock. Directors named are J. C. Kolsem, B. E. Feiley, and R. C. Watson.
The State Board of Medical Examination and Registration will hold an examination at the statehouse October 22 to 24 for graduates of medical colleges who seek licenses to practice in Indiana.
A fragmented note lists diseases including typhoid fever scarlet fever diphtheria and tuberculosis with scattered counts and unclear totals, reflecting historical public health monitoring. The snippet hints at a tally but lacks complete figures or context.
The Indianapolis musical and entertainment course, led by Mr. S. M. Hoff, aims to provide music instruction and wholesome amusement for youth and adults, not for profit. Ten star attractions include Victor's Royal Venetian Band, Nellie Turnwall, Whitney Bros. quartet, Fred Emerson Brooks, Hon. George D. Alden, Durno, Herrmann, and Col. H. W. J. Ham, with tickets on sale at Wulschner Stewart Music Co.
The speaker argues for broad federal control of interstate commerce, especially railroads, warning that without national legislation governing monopolies and rebates, state powers will expand and create chaos. He compares current limits to those in banking and calls for centralized supervision to regulate industrial corporations doing interstate business.
Evansville leaders aboard the steamer John S. Hopkins depart for Memphis to meet President Roosevelt at the waterways convention. The trip, led by the Loansville Business association, includes W. E. Cox John H. Foster and Frank B. Posey as speakers aboard the Hopkins with stops along the lower Ohio river. Caducah merchants host a banquet for the visitors as Evansville plans a unique Ohio River greeting.
Memphis expects a high profile opening as President Roosevelt and many governors plan to attend the Great Lakes to the Gulf deep waterway convention that starts Oct 4. Organizers say completion of the 14 foot channel from Chicago to the Gulf will expand commerce for a vast central region.
The text shifts from ports on the Great Lakes to any part of Central or South America. It states that advantage to cities on lakes and rivers cannot be estimated in dollars. It claims that once the plan is developed, enthusiasts' dream of a New York to New Orleans water route will be realized.
A list of births with parent names and addresses followed by interstitial nephritis typhoid fever tuberculosis gastritis chronic asthma heart disease liver hypertrophy uremic poisoning accidental fall and a series of dwelling prices and locations in the Crawfordsville area. Names include Lohrmann Graves Griggs Gray Smith Harrell Jones Jacobelli Merl Baron Cone Delaw are among others with various street addresses.
Charles N. Willson, president of the American Engineering Company of Indianapolis, spoke to the pupils of Shortridge High School on Electric Railroads and the Development That Follows the Building of Trolley Lines.
A Tuesday conference between strikers and employers yielded five local signings: Fulmer Cornelia Press Mutual Printing Hartington Folger Cheltenham Press Lockman Hanley. A three man union committee met with firm reps Tuesday evening with Edgar A. Perkins and Edward Barry invited as arbitrators. The dispute centers on eight hour days for $19 weekly wages amid arbitration talk under the wage scale.
Property owners along State Avenue between English Avenue and Prospect Street appeared before the Board of Public Works on Wednesday, seeking lower assessments and 150 feet of cross-street parcels on both sides. The hearing was postponed to Friday morning.
John M. Dinkins sues for a receiver for Hays Electric Manufacturing at Laycock power plant. He claims to be owed 250 dollars in salary after being employed by the company, which is not currently operating, and seeks sale of the machinery to satisfy debts.
Chicago report says Mrs Elsie Kosminsk died after rescuing her two small children from a fire caused by a gasoline stove explosion in her home. She is not expected to survive.
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