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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1907
Page
1
The Indiana Railroad Commission, in a Colora Coal company case against Southern Indiana Railroad, orders radical steps to end coal car discrimination. Rules require fair car distribution, daily records at Terre Haute, and basing allocations on mine capacity, with caps starting Oct 31 1907.
Amusement at Marion club when a page miscalled Justice Stout as Brunaugh. Items note traveler's dress, red lanterns on a dead horse in Newark and Vermont streets, water shutoff notices, fireproofing hospitals, speed using a typewriter, building plans at the city inspector’s office, and old straw hats stored away. Also chatter on conventions, elevator shafts, prank calls to police, licenses, pumpkin pies, slippery streets, and recent local incidents.
The page lists showers tonight and possibly Sunday with warmer conditions, includes sunrise and sunset times, and shows an old local ad mix. James P. Carroll promotes heating and ventilation services at Tenta and Broad, while Oyster Frank at 113 N. Alabama advertises oysters that melt in your mouth.
Prominent figures including Francis Harriman Gary and Guggenheim send telegrams to The Sun stating banking troubles in New York are a scarecrow. They predict farming prosperity and factory output will withstand the east coast crisis, creating a Gibraltar foundation ensuring national wealth remains intact despite Wall Street market shocks.
Special to The Sun from St. Louis October 26. David Kr. Francis asserts there is no reason for financial anxiety in the United States. He cites good crops high prices and rising foreign demand as factors that should keep the balance of trade favorable. He notes increasing ore production and immigration as supportive to prosperity and urges confidence as essential for business and national progress.
Spectal to The Sun from New York dated October 26 quotes E. H. Harriman president of Union Pacific Railroad praising the solid foundation of business enterprises. He urges fair treatment of interests and swift action by the U S Treasury to return money to normal channels and ease the current situation.
August Belmont, banker and traction magnate, assures in a special to The Sun that there will be no serious business troubles in the country. He cites protection of the situation in New York as ensuring passage of the crisis and the return to normal conditions.
Special to The Sun The country is rich and rapidly growing richer We shall soon receive a large portion of the season crop Many are unnecessarily frightened Everyone of influence should exercise prudence and help restore confidence E H Gary Chairman United States Steel Corp
Special to The Sun Chicago October 26 J Ogden Armour asserts the country is financially sound. He argues the Midwest farming region is debt free with ample bank funds and crops, and that the current market downturn in New York will be a wholesome correction for commerce.
Marion county dairymen gather at the statehouse to discuss forming a cooperative creamery. They seek to organize a stock company to control output and prices, aiming to eliminate middlemen profits and gain retail control of their product. The group favored appointing a committee to draft a plan for the organization. Currently, they say they sell to Indianapolis dealers at unfavorable prices.
A telegram from the Christine river reservation claims Ute Indians have gone on the war path killing and scalping Sergt. Baker and mutilating other reservation attaches. They allegedly have arms and will resist subduing efforts. A Meade fort detachment may depart if the uprising is confirmed.
The executive board of the United Mine Workers of America met Saturday and unanimously endorsed the Colorado coal strike. It pledged financial aid to strikers as operators and miners consider a wage scale at a Hopkins county Kentucky conference embracing Hopkins Webster and Christian counties. The conference aims to calm Indiana coal competition with southern fields. The board did not action on Thomas Burke’s resignation. Mitchell will appoint a successor.
Letter to The Sun from New York on October 26 argues the current financial trouble unfolds in three stages bear squeeze overselling and hysteria. The writer says the country will not suffer and expresses optimism about the near future.
London October 26 A man named John Pearce was arrested near Chippenham Park where King Edward and the Prince of Wales were shooting. Police deem him more than a crank and will probe for accomplices after a prior carriage incident near Moulton paddocks. The suspect was remanded to Newmarket jail as detectives seek details and names.
An intervening petition filed in federal court by People's Trust of Madison asks to be preferred in debt payments by Madison Light and Railway. The trust claims $650 lent to S. G. Boyd, superintendent, to manage crowds at last August’s Chautauqua. The petition argues the light and railway company, then credit-starved, was helped out of its rut by the loan.
W Haverstick government inspector of buildings from Washington arrived in Indianapolis Friday to inspect the federal building and has made his headquarters there. He began a formal inspection Saturday.
David Davis, saloon keeper at 551 FE. Washington St., fined $20 and costs in police court on a charge of selling liquor to minors. He appealed. Davis allegedly sold liquor to a boy named McGrath, prompting the boy's mother to obtain a warrant for the saloon keeper.
After a White House conference with the president Metcalf Admiral Brownson and Admiral Evans formal orders were issued for the sailing of the Atlantic battleship fleet to the Pacific on Monday December 16.
Marshal Drye, a 19 year old Black student active in Indianapolis Y M C A work, postponed a lecture on negro education as police returned him to Indianapolis to answer grand larceny charges. He allegedly broke into the Y M C A building, stole a typewriter, and left it at his boarding house before being located at his Anderson home.
A partially readable ad notes a Kitchen Queen range priced at 683.50 with six holes and a reservoir for baking and cooking. The fragment mentions a retailer and locations in Washington, likely Iowa. The text is incomplete but suggests a sale or price reduction.
New charges brought against Harry P. Brunaugh allege grand larceny false pretenses and the presentation of false and fraudulent claims against the city of Indianapolis.
Grand jury indictments name Harry Branaugh with grand larceny and false pretenses. Co defendants include Henry W. Marshall George Baxter and Thomas Shufelton with conspiracy to commit grand larceny and file false claims. Bonds posted, bondsmen named, and prosecutors pledge continued investigation and witness hearings into Marion County street repairs.
In Indianapolis Sheriff Branaugh arrived Saturday with co defendants Henry W Marshall Geo W Baxter Tom Shafelton and John Rosasco named in a joint indictment charging conspiracy to commit grand larceny and file false claims. Bondsmen appeared and Branaugh refused to testify before the grand jury as it continues its investigation.
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