Prices Higher for Stocks in Wall Street Trade
New York stock activity opened with modest losses from Europe Balkan concerns but soon gained ground led by Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. St Paul and Northern Pacific posted fractional advances while readings claimed a dull mid-session. B&O reported September earnings down slightly, offset by lower costs. Cobalt Central emerged as the curb market’s strong feature at 61.
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New York
Europe
Balkan
London
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Reading
Rock Island
Wall Street
Cobalt Central
Chicago Live Stock Prices Chronicle Market Highlights
Chicago market report shows hog receipts at 73 060 with 5 cent lower results and varied price ranges for light to heavy pigs. Cattle receipts listed at 2 500 with beef steady and ranges for beeves Texas and western steers stockers and feeders cows heifers calves. Sheep receipts at 10 000 with steady tone and price bands for natives western yearlings and lambs.
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Chicago
Texas
Western
Opening Wheat Prices Slide on Midwest Receipts
Chicago market notes eased at the open as eastern cables and larger northwest shipments push prices lower. Minneapolis stock gains and Nebraska showers forecast weighed on worry, with December wheat at 99 1/2 to 99 3/4 cents, corn 62 to 68 cents, oats 48. Prices for pork, lard, and ribs in January futures also declined to 15.17, 9.17, and 8.10 dollars respectively.
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Chicago
Northwest
Minneapolis
Nebraska
A. W. Thomson
WHEA
Onrg
Hq Baby
Pittsburg Live Stock Prices Report Oct 16
Pittsburg Pa Oct 16 cattle receipts light and steady with quotes for various grades. Hogs receipts heavy and higher with ranges from 4.60 to 6.10. Sheep receipts light and lower with prime wethers 4.00 to 4.10 and good mixed 3.50 to 3.85.
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Pittsburg
Ttsburg
City Grain Market Report Highlights Wheat Prices and Car Loads
Wheat prices listed for No 2 red and No 4 red with various track prices and futures for October November December. Inspections show multiple cars in grades including No 2 red and No 3 yellow with totals for in and out movements. Oats hay and other grains show no bids and mixed car counts across white yellow and mixed grades.
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City Grain
wNo
Elevator and two steamers destroyed in Chicago fire
A spectacular blaze in Chicago destroyed the International Salt Docks the Calumet elevator offices of the Elgin Joliet and Eastern railway and two steamships. The loss is estimated at 1 250 900.
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Chicago
International Salt Docks
Calumet
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
President Roosevelt Busy On Annual Message Work
President Roosevelt hones the annual message to Congress in Washington. He has reviewed departmental matters with officers for several days, but most work will wait until after the election.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Increase in hogs noted at local market
Indianapolis October 16 receipts show 9000 hogs 2000 cattle and 800 sheep with hogs up from week ago demand fair to steady but close weak. Top hog price 6.20, many hogs at 6.76. cattle and calves mixed with softer heifers and lower common grades. sheep and lambs sold steady with good clearance at current quotes. representative sales listed for hogs steers heifers cows bulls and calves with varied prices.
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Indianapolis
Norcccsueses
L. S
Heaton
Famous reformers aid Merchants' Association in graft drive
The Merchants' Association committee has conducted independent investigations across county township and city offices and gathered a vast fact bank. It conferred with reform experts Brand Whitlock Toledo William Allen White Lincoln Steffens and William T. Jerome who contributed valuable insights and ideas for a graft remedy platform drawn from Jerome's New York City reform experience.
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Merchants’ Association Committee
Merchants’ Association
Mena
Brand Whitlock
Toledo
William Allen White
Emporia
Kas
Lincoln Steffens
Willam T. Jerome
New York City
Jerome
Fre destroys property at Quottsburg Scottsburg Ind
Fire in Scottsburg Indiana early October 16 caused about 43000 in losses with only 400 insured. The blaze began in a livery stable run by John W. Allen and owned by Warren H. Smith, destroying 13 mules 10 horses and all carriages worth around 10000. Loomis House and several stores including J C Craig property and Myers Gladstein clothing store lost buildings and instruments. Scottsburg Telephone Company suffered about 1000 in wire damage.
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Scottsburg
Ind
John W. Allen
Warren H. Smith
Loomis
J. H. Loomis
J. C. Craig
Smith
Opera Shouse
Myers Gladstein Clothing
Scottsburg Telephone Company
Scottsburg Bend
Knox Sees Taft Carry Pennsylvania By Big Margin
Senator Philander C. Knox met with President Roosevelt at the White House and predicted Taft would win Pennsylvania by 3,000 to 460,000 votes. He noted laboring men’ s dissatisfaction over unemployment but said it would not materially hurt the Republican ticket.
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Washington
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
White House
Roosevelt
Taft
Keystone
Chicago Grain and East Buffalo Live Stock Prices
Chicago grain notes cover Wheat December at 31.93 and Corn December around 63 percent with oats at 48 percent. East Buffalo market reports Oct 16 receipts 200 and hogs 11 500 steady, veals 9.25, lambs 4.00 to 6.25, yearlings 34.00 to 4.75, sheep 2.00 to 64.50, Yorkers 5.00 to 6.90, pigs 4.50 to 4.65, heavies 6.00 to 6.10, roughs 4.75 to 5.0.
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East Buffalo
Morse Flayed by Attorney in Big Case
New York Oct 16 United States Attorney Stimson opened the government case against Charles W Morse and Alfred H Curtis in federal court Judge Hough presiding Chief Flynn and 12 Secret Service men kept watch on jurors defendants and witnesses Morse to testify Curtis expected to speak on his lesser role in bank fund use and the ice trust pool and steamship consolidation transactions.
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New York
Chief Flynn
United States Secret Service
Charles W. Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
National Bank of North America
Curis
Hearst Served With Papers In Haskell Suit
William Randolph Hearst fought a $600000 damage suit filed by Governor C N Haskell. Deputies broke into Hearst's sleeping car on a Union Pacific train to deliver the summons after he had offered mail service and funding help. Hearst said the case would not reach trial before the election and challenged Haskell to prove his claims in court.
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Omaha
Neb
William Randolph Hearst
C. N. Haskell
Haskell
Stewart
Smyth & Smith
Hearst
Union Pacific
National
Witnesses Heard In Card Graft Case At War Dept
Washington Oct 16 Inspector General Garlington heard graft charges by William F Brothers of New York president of Balanced Crane Company against canal officers and others. Col George W Goetzela canal commission chairman assisted in examining witnesses at the War Department.
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Washington
Garlington
War Department
William F. Brothers
New York
Balanced Crane Company
Panama Canal
George W. Goetzela
Canal Commission
Toledo Grain Market Report and Prices
Toledo Grain Company shows cash wheat at 1.08 and May at 1.04 with December at 1.02. Prices noted for futures and cash movements include October 16 and monthly December figures, reflecting the grain market stance and trading activity.
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Toledo Grain
Toledo. CO
Young farmer killed by falling beam in barn work
In Logansport Indiana on October 16 George Kauffman a young farmer stepped from his field to help raise a heavy corner beam for a new barn. The beam toppled and fel led to his instant death, leaving his brother-in-law to report the tragedy.
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Logansport
Ind
George Kauffman
Balloons Missing After Endurance Race
Berlin reports no word from the missing balloons Her gexell and Plauen which began the endurance race on Monday. Fourteen torpedo boats and three cruisers press the North sea in search of the balloons.
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Berlin
Hergexell
Plauen
North Sea
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