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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
4
A retail notice promotes towels and linens at low prices. Items include toweling in various widths and colors, German silver crash and damask towels with borders, Huck towels, and linen huck in multiple sizes with price points ranging from a few cents to a fraction of a dollar.
A public dedication praises Benjamin Harrison for civic duty and lifelong pursuit of knowledge. The oration recalls his lineage, moral conscience, religious faith, and leadership as a soldier, lawyer, and statesman. Father Gavick gave the benediction after patriotic music.
Stocks opened strong led by Southern Pacific Union Pacific Steel and Copper while Steel eyes earnings above 26 million for Q3 bolstering bullish sentiment. Rumors of a major Harriman deal post election and Copper and rail shares pushed to new highs as Union Pacific resounded on the floor amid steady government bond activity.
County and city election ward votes are being staged by Republican chairman Ruckelshaus. Publication of polling locations is postponed until the final moment, despite Democratic pressure from Fogarty and a demand by Auditor Sahm.
Pittsburg, Oct. 27. Cattle receipts light and steady. Extra cattle 5.75 to 6.00, lime 5.50 to 5.75, good 5.20 to 5.50, heifers 4.75, fresh cows and springers 16.00. Receipts 15 loads. Heavy cows 5.75 to 6.10, medium 5.75 to 6.30, Yorkers 5.00 to 4.75. Roughs to common 4.60 to 6.00. Cheese race? note: content garbled and partially unreadable.
A Rome dispatch reports the pope will convene a special consistory after reorganizing American dioceses. The United States is to gain three cardinals, with the nominations to be announced in the future.
Indianapolis dispatch reports today’s receipts of 8500 hogs 1100 cattle and 600 sheep with hogs down year over year yet prices rising on aggressive buyer competition. Hogs top 6.30 with most good to 6.10. Cattle active demand with a general advance of about 10 cents and steers showing strength. Sheep and lambs steady with prices quoted near 4 and 5 dollars respectively.
Open market listing for December and January grain and pork prices with noted prices in tables. Reads as a fragmented OCR entry listing corn oats and hog numbers with dates and percentages.
William Jennings Bryan spoke from the city hall steps at 3 am to 2,500 night workers including newspaper, post office and telegraph employees. The crowd packed the plaza as Bryan, fresh and confident after hours of campaigning, denounced Republican corruption and urged honest politics, ending with a pledge to uphold presidential traditions. The Madison Square Garden rally followed with broader attacks on Roosevelt era excesses and campaign finance.
Daniel W. Church of Iowa, campaigning for the Democratic party, tells traveling men that corporate control shapes nine tenths of industrial action and wages, arguing for people rule over corporations. He notes Bryan's momentum in Iowa, contrasting Taft and Roosevelt's results, and predicts Bryan will carry the state.
Park theater proprietors Dickson and Talbott announce a special AP wire delivering complete election returns Tuesday night November 3 from four doubtful states New York West Virginia Indiana and Ohio by precincts.
A wireless message from Yokohama reports the American battleship fleet, half heading to Amoy and half to the Philippines, shedding its Japanese escort. The Japanese admiral wished a pleasant voyage and Rear-Admiral Sperry answered. As the fleet moved abeam, crews aboard each ship gave three cheers. The fleet stood about % miles southeast of Yokohama at 8 o'clock tonight.
A campaign row unfolds as Dr Ridpath is endorsed, Gauss is named Democrat choice, and a $5 contribution episode is explained by Capt Eli Ritter. Ritter says funds were voluntary, used to push civic improvement, not to sway league actions, and candidates can reclaim donations if unhappy.
East Buffalo New York reports cattle receipts at 100 with steady values and veal prices from 4.75 to 8.75. Sheep receipts total 1,000 with lambs 10 cents higher and others at firm values. Hogs receipts near 11,060 with prices ranging from 4.00 to 6.60, higher overall.
UNION CITY Tenn Oct 27 Sixty one prisoners are in custody over the lynching of Captain Rankin last week Troops search for more implicated An incident today shows a prisoner's wife at the gate declaring she will testify identifying one prisoner's as a ringleader and awaiting grand jury summons to tell what she knows
Carl von Hake Sr. runs A For County Commissioner Third District. James Kervan, 33, runs A For Township Trustee Canter Township. Henry C Schroeder, percent, A For Township Assessor Center. James E Berry also listed for a local post.
Hogs receipts 17 000 steady with prices for various hog categories. Cattle receipts 6 000 steady with Texas and western steers and cows and calves quoted. Sheep receipts 18 000 steady with natives and westerns priced. The Wagon Market notes prices for corn, oats, timothy, and baled hay for region markets.
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