Stocks Open Higher on London Gains and Bearish Press Disappointed
New York opening session shows a brighter tone as London price strength lifts many issues. Union Pacific, Great Northern preferred, Missouri Pacific, Atchison, and Missouri, Kansas and Texas rise, with B&O up over a point. Enron Pacific and Canadian Pacific gain two points each. industrial list improves while government bonds stay strong and other bonds hold.
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New York
London
Bears
Union Pacific
Great Northern
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Enron Pacific
Canadian Pacific
The Wagon Market Price Update
The market lists corn at 50 cents for new and 68 to 72 cents for old. Sheaf prices show 13.00 pounds at 1.07 and 1.30, shelled oats at 12 to 14. Straw priced around 6.00 to 7.50, hay varieties Clover 12.00 to 13.00, mixed 15.00 to 15.50, timothy 15.00 to 17.00.
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Timothy
Livestock Prices Slip at Indianapolis Market
Receipts totalled hogs 8 000 cattle 1 20 sheep and lambs 600. Hog prices declined 10 15 cents at opening, highest 6 40. Cattle, sheep and lambs steady. Steers and cows listed with varied weights and price ranges. bulls and calves described with Good to prime versus fair categories. Pigs showing good to light ranges. bulk of sales around 6 50 to 6 50. Sheep and lambs noted with good to choice and common ranges. Breeding ewes and bucks per 100 pounds listed.
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Indianapolis
Dee
Grain market report with varied bids and inspections
Wheat steady with several No 2 and No 3 red bids through billing, October to December levels. corn steady with No 2 white and No 3 white bids, mixed notes and through billing. oats easier with No 2 white and No 3 white bids. hay steady with timothy and clover bids. rye and overall inspections reported, several car counts and rejections.
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Hay
Timothy
Chicago Live Stock prices and receipts report
Chicago Live Stock reports United Press data from October 16 show cattle receipts at 3.00 steady with ranges for prime heeves from 5.30 to 7.45, stockers and feeders 2.40 to 4.75, cows and heifers 2.50 to 6.0, Texans 2.60 to 2.60, westerns 4.00 to 6.16. Hogs receipts 23.05 lower with light 6.00 to 6.25, mixed 4.10 to 6.46, heavy 5.00 to 6.55, pigs 5.25 to 6.36. Sheep receipts 32,000 steady with native and western sheep 3.00 to 5.69 and native eombs 4.76 to 7.35, western lambs 4.77.
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Chicago
United Press
Grocery Prices From Old Market Catalog
A fragmented list shows meat and cured products with prices: ham and bacon varieties, dried beef, shoulders, fresh pork, and tenderloins in old style English units and percent cures. The text reads like a market catalog line sheet with assorted sugar cured, garlic flavor, and smoked options.
East Buffalo Live Stock Market Report
East Buffalo New York October 16 cattle receipts 300 slow and unchanged veal 37 90 lambs and sheep receipts 4400 slow lambs 26 7 35 yearlings 5 25 hogs receipts 6800 lower yorkers 25 6 75 pigs 59 06 00 mixed and heavies 676 90 roughs 2 6 00
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East Buffalo
United Press
N. Y
Rio Grande Railroad Operators Vote on Strike
Four hundred Denver and Rio Grande railroad operators voted today on whether to strike after the company refused reinstatement of Wire Chief Skeggs who declined the commercial wire.
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Ay United Press
Denver
Col
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Denely
Skeggs
Chicago Grain Prices and Trading Quiet Start
Chicago grain news from United Press reports a quiet start with wheat prices easing slightly. December wheat at about 1.05 dollars, May near 1.11, corn around 63 to 68 cents, oats higher around 55 to 56 cents, with No. 2 red and No. 3 yellow grades listed and December prices closing lower or higher as noted.
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Chicago
Vegetables and Fruit Price List From Local Market
A dense list of produce prices including onions, cucumbers, cabbage, cauliflower, beets, celery, radishes, sweet potatoes, potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, lima beans, carrots, popcorn, lettuce, navy beans, oranges, coconuts, apples, figs, bananas, watermelons, pears, cantaloupes, lemons, plums, and Michigan Lombards. Prices include per unit, per dozen, per crate, and per box with various regional notes.
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Michigan
Valencia
Duchess
California
Local dairy and poultry price brief from Elgin market
Butter and cheese prices listed in Elgin with per pound rates. Eggs candled at two cents with marked price twenty two cents. Poultry section shows live turkeys at zero cents and several other birds priced per pound.
Prices in New York pork and dairy markets
New York reports pork Mess at 216.75 G11 and lard Western steam spot at 9.50 with city tallow at 6 cents and creamery butter at 28 14 cents. Eggs white fancy at 34 36 cents and western firsts at 22 4% 23 cents. Full cream cheese at 16 cents.
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United Press
New York
Western
Pittsburg Live Stock Prices Report
Pittsburg Pa October 16 Culted Press notes cattle supply light and steady with choice 6.19 to 6.25 prime 5.75 to 6.00. sheep and lambs supply light with prime wethers 5.40 to 5.50. good mixed 5.00 to 6.30. lambs 5.00 to 7.00. hogs receipts 10 days with prime heavy 6.95 to 7.00, light workers 6.75 to 6.80, pigs 6.00 to 6.25.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati Live Stock Market Report
Cincinnati cattle receipts total 742 with shippers paying 4.75 to 5.85. Hog receipts 4,641 down 10 cents with good to choice hogs 6.75 to 6.80. Sheep receipts 371 steady with extra lambs 5.00 and 7.00 to 7.25 for choice lambs.
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Cincinnati
United Press
Clowry Re-Elected Western Union President
Robert C. Clowry was re-elected president of Western Union at the annual directors meeting as his policies during the telegraphers strike were endorsed by the board in New York on October 16.
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Sy United Press
New York
Robert C. Clowry
The
Western Union
Indiana National Guard Sent To Fontanet Relief
Gov Hani dispatched Col Harry B Smith Indianapolis to lead Company C Indiana National Guard to Fontanet for relief work. The unit left by special train after 2 PM Wednesday under Maj Henry T Conde who is to command at Fontanet and prepare for night service. It is believed to relieve Terre Haute’s Company D with Maj Kerschner previously in command.
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Gov. Hani
Harry B. Smith
Indianapolis
Indiana National Guard
Fontanet
Henry T. Conde
Terre Haute
Maj
Kerschner
Company to Give Relief to Fontanet Sufferers
Du Pont Powder Company telegraphed Indiana's governor offering to draw on resources to aid Fontanet disaster victims. The move follows Fontanet tragedy with local authorities coordinating relief efforts.
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United Press
Wilmington
Del
Dupont Powder Company
Indiana
Fontanet
Car Gill company collapse hits Columbus investors
Columbus investors lose over 200000 dollars in the Car Gill company, a race horse investment scheme that promised 3 percent weekly returns and occasionally paid more than 5 percent before vanishing. The get rich quick operation has existed for nearly four years, leaving hundreds financially harmed.
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Columbus, O
Cargill Company
Columbus
Son shoots father during quarrel in Granite City
Eckard Branden, 19, shot and mortally wounded his father A D Branden during a quarrel while the mother lay seriously ill in a hospital. Branden died at midnight after the incident. The son surrendered to the police.
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United Press
Granite City
Eckard Branden
A. D. Branden
Brandon
Forced to Quit Boat at Romer Shoal
The schooner Carrie C. Miles ran aground off Romer shoal after a 12 hour fight. Captain Peterson and crew were rescued by life-savers at dawn, then the ship capsized on her beam end while loaded with soft coal.
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United Press
Sandy Hook
Carrie C. Miles
Romer Shoal
Peterson
Taft address opens first Philippine assembly in Manila
Secretary of War Taft speaks to the opening of the first Philippine assembly in Manila. He denies plans to dispose of the islands, expresses confidence in Filipinos, and urges civil service focus while noting self government is Congress’ decision. He cites past policy critics and foresees a sugar and tobacco tariff compromise.
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Assembly
Taft
Philippine Islands
Ite
Congress
United States
Philippine Assembly
McKinley
Roosevelt
Lowered the Price by Marshall Fields & Co
New York Oct 16 reports show Marshall Fields & Co cut prices on leading cotton goods. Dealers say the move thwarts general discounts in tight money markets and could unsettle mills and jobbers across the dry goods trade, though Fields has done similar reductions in past years. The action spreads consternation through the trade.
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New York
Marshall Fields & Co
Big Western Corporation
Revival Planned by Indianapolis Methodist Churches
The evangelistic movement organized by the Methodist Episcopal churches in Indianapolis will start next Sunday and run for at least five weeks. Local pastors lead first, visiting pastors assist next week, and Rev T S Henderson of New York arrives in the third week with four helpers. Group meetings will unite the churches under coordinated leadership. Each pastor is pledged to push the revival systematically. Extra services have been held in advance as plans were prepared. Evangelist Henderson and his team will find the churches ready when they arrive. The campaign will culminate with the Sunday evening meeting.
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Methodist Episcopal Churches of
Indianapolis
T. 8. Henderson
D. D
New York
Evangelist Henderson
Directors of Illinois Central Meet in Chicago to Decide Control
In Chicago on October 16 stockholders prepare to elect directors of Illinois Central as Harriman and Fish claim victory over control. The meeting follows two director sessions with both sides predicting success. possible quo warranto and interstate investigations loom as retaxation.
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Chicago
Stuyvesant Fish
Harahan
Illinois Central
Fish
L. C. Fritch
Ulinos Central
Charles H. Weyman
Harriman
Car Jumps Track In Cincinnati Wreck Kills One
One man is dead and six seriously injured after a street car on the Elberon avenue line derailed at a steep grade and embankment at Elberon avenue and Mount Hope. Motorman lost control. car turned and landed ten feet below. Harry Bausch, formerly with the city solicitor's office, named among the dead. A Warsaw avenue line car also derailed at 1 am injuring Motorman Charles McCoy.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Elberon-ave
Mount Hope
Harry Bausch
City Solicitor’s Office
Warsaw Ave
Charles McCoy
Referendum Vote On International Typographical Union Amendments
Votes are being mailed by the Indianapolis offices to locals for a referendum on proposed amendments passed at the Hot Springs national convention last August. The changes cover severing newspaper writer jurisdiction, boosting the secretary treasurer bond to 50 000, raising the president’s salary to 2000 annually, increasing the international secretary treasurer’s pay to 2000, raising the burial fund to 75 and granting a 4 a week pension to aged members, with an option to use the union home if desired. The treasurer bond rise reflects larger treasury funds.
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International Typographical Union
Indianapolis
Hot Springs
International
Treasury
Carpenter Falls From Scaffold Fractures Foot
W E Brewer a carpenter of 917 North New Jersey Street fell from a scaffold at La Sale and Tenth streets Wednesday. He sustained a fracture in his right foot and was taken to City Hospital by street car.
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W. E. Brewer
New Jersey St
la Sale
Mother in Tears on Witness Stand in Magill Murder Trial
In Decatur Illinois Fay Graham and her husband Banker Fred Magill face trial for the murder of Magill’s first wife Pet Magill. Rose Graham testifies that Pet demanded Fay visit and be with her, including urging Fay by telephone the night before Pet Magill’s death. Marguerite Magill identifies a letter found in her mother’s dresser. cross examination reveals uncertain memory. Six witnesses have identified the death by own action notes but not the handwriting.
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Fred Magill
Magill
Pet
Fay
Marguerite Magill
Marguerite
Pet Magill
Will Test Water By State Appoint Brewster
The State Board of Health appointed J. H. Brewster of Pittsburg as water and sanitary chemist in the laboratory of hygiene at the statehouse, with duties beginning November 1. Brewster brings extensive experience and strong recommendations, succeeding C. M. Thompson and Jack Hindman who resigned for Purdue postgraduate work. Citizens show strong interest as many samples arrive daily for analysis.
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State Board of Health
J. H. Brewster
Pittsburg
Water and Sanitary
Statehouse
C. M. Thompson
Jack Hindman
Purdue University
City Record Births and Deaths Outline Local Notices
City and village residents listed with births and deaths, including names, ages, and causes such as congenital conditions and heart disease. Also records premature infants, tuberculosis, cerebral hemorrhage, and a series of couples and addresses. Building permits are noted for several properties with associated costs.
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Mary Elizabeth Martin
New Jersey-st
Floria Agnes Jewell
Harlan-st
Amelia M. Kissinger
Ogden-st
Elwood Mark Lloyd
S. Meridan-st
Logan
Vigo-st
Mathews
Red Men Elect Officers and Plan Fund Drive
The Great Council elected Thomas Harrison as great chief of records and Frank Castor as great keeper of wampum. Fred Gill and others won grand representatives, and Charles Robinson and George Eisner advanced in rank. The building fund, bolstered by a 4 cent per capita annual assessment, totals about $30,000 with $20,000 more expected. A reception for grand officers is set for Wednesday evening at the Grand hotel.
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Great Council of Red Men
Thomas G. Harrison
Fred Gill
Indianapolis
Harriosn
Harrison
Frank G. Castor
Fred Krone
John E. Sedwick
Martinsville
Alfred Ellison
Anderson
Louis W. Otto
Crawfordsville
Charles A. Robinson
Sagamore
George S. Eisner
Oliver C. Norris
C. M. Stoute
Great Council
Stoute
Junior Sagamore
Grand Council of the
Degree of Pocahontas
Pythian Building
Grand Hotel
Preachers See Slum Areas on Indianapolis Tour
A six member ministerial party led by Rev. Quisenberry rode with Chief Metzger through Indianapolis red light districts from 8 pm to 2 am to study illegal resorts. They found police supervision present, inmates courteous, some seeking to leave, and Salvation Army sleeping quarters overfilled. Quisenberry hopes church aid to housing improves conditions.
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Quisenberry
Robert Metzger
Adolph Asche
Charles Barmfuhrer
Jesse Streit
Rev
Salvation Army
Senator Platt May See It
Special to The Sun. New York October 16 An order directing Mae C Wood Platt who has sued Senator Thomas C Platt for divorce or her counsel to file the alleged marriage certificate in the county clerk s office was signed yesterday by Supreme Court Justice McCay. Senator Platt and his attorneys will be allowed to inspect the papers on 24 hours notice to the opposing counsel and such examination is to be permitted only in the presence of the plaintiff s counsel or of some authorized agent of the court clerk.
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Ing Mae
Window sash injury at Fontanet powder mill disaster
J. M. Hawley, a night employee at the Dupont powder mill in Fontanet, was nearly killed when a window sash fell on him during Tuesday explosions. He survived, traveled to Indianapolis, stayed with Benjamin Wainscott, and returned to the mill, helping remove dead and injured before suffering cuts from broken glass.
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J. M. Hawley
Dupont Powder
Fontanet
Indianapolis
Benjamin Wainscott
Hawley
Mission talks at Indiana Woman's Synodical meeting
At the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Woman's Synodical Societies of Home and Foreign Missions of Indiana at Second Presbyterian church Rev. V Sosa of Pittsburgh and Mrs M J Gildersleeve shared insights on work among foreigners at home and abroad. Sosa noted women as vital to mission efforts in New York City while Gildersleeve discussed Indiana work among settlers in Alaska. Rev. F O Ballard led devotional services.
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Woman's Synodical Societies of Home and Foreign Missions of
Indiana
Second Presbyterian Church
V. Sosa
Pittsburg
M. J. Gildersleeve
New York City
Incorporations Filed With Secretary of State Wednesday
Articles of incorporation were filed listing The Alcazar Company with capital stock of $15,000 and Gary Undertaking Company with capital stock of $25,000. Names include T. L. Campbell J. W. Thompson W. H. Ellie Forkner Paul Bhalla V. N. McIlnerny and others.
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Secretary of State
Alcazar Company
T. L. Campbell
J. W Thompson
W. H. Ellie Forkner
Gary Undertaking
Paul Bhalla
V. N. McIlnerny
Chickens Poisoned By Lice In Leeds Street Case
A shoemaker at 306 Leeds Street reports his flock of chickens died after exposure to lice. Three neighboring birds also fed on the same contaminated source, and all suffered fatal doses. Authorities are investigating the unusual poultry poisoning incident.
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Leeds St
Sell Stock in Orchestra at $1.50 Share
The Symphony Orchestra association plans to sell shares at 1.50 each to fund a popular admission model. A Propylaeum meeting decided to pursue subscriptions, with a goal of at least 1000 to cover the season. Sixty musicians are hoped, conductor Ferdinand Schafer to lead. Officers to be elected Thursday at 626 N Meridian.
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Symphony Orchestra Association
Propylaeum
Ferdinand Schafer
Schafer
N. Meridianst
Sale at Beech Grove Second Lot Auction
Beech Grove hosted a second lot sale conducted by A Harris of New York City. The special 9 30 a m train from Union Station carried buyers and the sale continued through the afternoon with full participation and bidding.
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Union Station
Beech Grove
A. Harris
New York City
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Chicago Grain
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Clowry
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Manila
FILI
Pino Assembly
Mr. Taft
Islands
MR. Fish
Harriman Roads
Harriman Holdings
Typographical Union
Graham
Decatur, IL
Fay Graham
Mrs. Pet Magill
Sis
Ters
Mr. Brewster
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Nancy Miller
Hamilton-ave
James and
Rosa Botts
Chestnut‘'St
John FE
Anna Kennedy
Fletcher-ave
A. L
Mable Waddle
Central Ave
H. C
Ethel Billman
E. St. Joe
J. W
Blanche Preble
E. Mer- Till-st
Frank and
Lizzie Staab
Joseph A. Cameron
Minnie Groeschel
Elmer Jester
Inez Marshall
Harry E. Elder
Ethe L. Page
Harvey Chadwick
Alte Watkins
Charley E. Judy
Minnie Howes
Harry H. Messick
Bertha
Schmidt
Charles S. Orme
Hazel
Jordan
Henry Winston
Hattie Bays
Christian Wegehoff
Mary Ross
Omer A. Wilson
Goldie Graham
Darby Mulryan
Delia Hesston
William J. Collins
Cessie B. Dean
Walter S. Kinney
Ella C. Roberts
Louis Nieldenthall
Elizabeth Reckel
Harry E. Rodgers
Katie Miller
John E. Carson
Lotta M. Sprague
Fred A. Barcasso
Leta Thompson
F. M. Bachman
Centralave
J. R. Callahan
Twenty-eighth St
F. Prank
W. Washington St
George T. Churchill
Pocahontas
Preachers
George D. Wolfe
Indianapolis Ministerial Association
H. N. Quisenberry
College-ave
Rev. Quilsenberry
Senator Platt
Shickens
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