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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
4
In Indianapolis on Sept 3, receipts totaled 6500 hogs 4400 cattle and 1500 sheep. Hogs strong demand but ample supply kept prices steady top 6.95 with most at 6.50 6.85. Cattle receipts were light with weak demand across types. Sheep and lambs plentiful with slow sale and prices slipping from prior levels.
New York stock market reacts to a rumor that Daniel Guggenheim has lost control of American Smelting and Refining Co. and now owns only one share of preferred. The claim triggers a two point drop, then a quick rally as traders suspect a trick, while the trust remains strong and controlled by Standard Oil interests.
The Board of Public Works of Indianapolis issues notices describing proposed street improvements in several districts. Plans cover S N BENTHON E from Northwest Avenue to RY tracks, M PHERSON Street from THIRTIETH to SUTHERLAND, Dawson Prospect Woodlawn, Twenty Ninth Street from Pennsylvania to Talbott, and Kennington Lincoln Midway streets with grading, paving, curbing, and drainage. Remonstrances due by September 18, 1908, with a hearing at 10 a.m.
The board will hear all interested parties whose property is affected and decide if the benefits to abutting properties and the city will equal or exceed the estimated cost of the proposed improvements, as estimated by the City Civil Engineer. Joseph T. Elliott, president. Preston C. Trusler, Fred J. Mack, Board of Public Works.
A local listing records births for Edward and Anna Dell and many others at various addresses, including twins and stillborn entries. It also lists marriages such as Charles C. Humphreys and Flora J. Hays and pairings like Homer E. Branaman with Ruby and Reed with Christina Scharf nye, among others.
UNION STOCKYARDS, Il Sept 3 hogs receipts 16 000 higher by five cents. Light 6 0 9 6 9 1 2 1 cents. bulk 6 60 6 80. mixed 6 70 7 00. pigs 4 00 6 00. heavy 6 50 7 00. cattle receipts 6 500 market steady. beeves 3 60 4 70. Texas steers 3 45 6 70. western steers 3 20 5 80. stockers feeders 2 60 4 50. cows heifers 1 76 6 5 70. calves 5 50 7 50. Sheep receipts 17 000 steady. natives 2 10 4 15. western 2 25 4 20. yearlings 4 10 4 75. lambs natives 3 25 6 00. western 3 % 6 10.
Mrs. Marshall Field Jr and Baldwin A Drummond wed at 10 30 this morning in London Registry office. Chicago reports the ceremony surprised society as she was long rumored to be engaged to Lord Robert Innes Kerr. Marshall Field's fortune, about 150 million, largely goes to grandsons Marshall Field III and Henry with daughter Gwendolyn set to inherit a lesser share.
Deaths reported for Elizabeth Chapman aged 65 of 1412 Pleasant Street from mitral regurgitation. James Morford 46 of City Hospital from chronic cystitis. Ephram Clark 79 of 28 N Gray Street from lobar pneumonia. Harold Beeson listed at Cones Hospital with appendicitis.
Wheat opened steady near yesterday's close as demand pushed prices up about a half cent. Trading was broad with commission houses and cash buyers active. opening quotes showed September wheat around 98 to 98 1/2 cents, corn near 79 1/2 cents, oats 50 1/2 cents, pork 16.47, lard 9.45, ribs 9.15. Closing prices ranged with wheat at 98 1/2 to 99 1/4 cents and other commodities finishing near modest gains.
Acting Police Judge Wilkinson settled a complicated matrimonial case involving Edward Meredith and his wife Mrs. Meredith after James Cash, claiming to be her former husband, failed to appear. Cash had filed warrants accusing bigamy, but records showed his prior marriage had not produced a decree.
Disbarment proceedings may be brought against Emmett Huggins as the Indianapolis Bar Association has taken up the matter. The grievances committee considers the proposed expulsion over revelations connected with house graft.
At Lebanon Indiana on September 3 a record crowd greeted Independence candidate Honest Tom Hisgen on Hisgen Day. McCaskrin, Rock Island mayor and Indiana native, spoke warmly and shared Indiana childhood tales. Hisgen appeared at 1:30 PM, received loud applause, then lunched with the Neals before returning to Indianapolis to meet William Randolph Hearst.
Burglars entered Charles Barrett's home at 910 S Capitol Ave Wednesday night and stole $16. Mrs Ella Hardman of 166 Rembrandt St reported two men prowling in her yard Wednesday night. they vanished before police arrived.
Pittsburg Pennsylvania September 3 cattle receipts light market steady prices range from prime six to seven dollars for cattle to common and fat cows from one fifty to four dollars. hogs six to seven fifty. sheep and lambs show light receipts with prime wethers around four forty to four sixty and spring lambs four to six twenty five.
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