Wall Street Stocks Open With Broad Declines Then Rally
New York stock market opened lower with most issues sliding including Union Pacific and Reading, while only Soo advanced. A late rally followed amid large buy orders, leaving most stocks near midday levels except Interborough Metropolitan traded slightly above yesterday’s close. Chicago cattle and hog markets reported higher receipts and mixed prices for prime, stockers, and sheep as the day progressed.
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New York
Soo
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Anaconda
Union Pacific
Reading
Northern Pacific
Southern Pacific
Steel Preferred
Pennsylvania
Steel Common
New York Central
Unionacific
BR. V
Amalgamated Copper
Union
Cvidence
Interborough Metropoltan
Pittsburg markets show varied commodity prices and grain bids
Wheat and corn futures and grain bids describe steady cattle supply and mixed farm prices in Pittsburg. Prices cover beef cuts, sheep, lambs, pigs, oats, timothy, rye, and inspections data across No 2 to No 4 grades, with hundreds of cars reported and prices listed for prime, good, and average lots.
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Timothy
Hay
New York Produce Prices and Poultry Listings
United Press reports New York market figures for Sem. 5 pork mess at 18.50, Western lard spot at 9.05 9.10, dressed poultry with turkeys and chickens priced around 32 120 23c, fowls 12 1sM4e, ducks 56 Gac, bees White Januaryes 2 30e, western 20 2c, and full cream cheese at 3c.
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New York
United Press
Western Steam
Spot
Black Country
Western
Cincinnati Live Stock Market Report
United Press reports Cincinnati cattle receipts at 7002 with slow bidding. Prices range from 3.29 to 5.75 for common to good butcher steers and 5.50 to 5.90 for select grades. Hog receipts hold at lower levels with good to choice from 6.49 and 6.23 to 6.45 for mixed packers. Sheep receipts 1226 steady with extras 4.90 to 5.00.
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Ty United Press
Chicago
Cincinnati
Train Hits An Automobile In Chicago Collision
Four occupants of a car were seriously injured when their vehicle stalled on the Rocksland tracks at eighty ninth street as a passenger train approached. Driver Christian Peterson suffered internal injuries while P J Etling had scalp wounds and a dislocated arm. M Z Power and J W Power were cut and injured. The auto was wrecked and the gasoline caught fire before the train crew rescued the unconscious victims.
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Chicago
Rocksland
Bkighty-Ninth
Christian Peterson
P. J. Efting
M. Z. Power
J. W. Power
Roosevelt names Mety Tiger chief of Creek Indians
President Roosevelt appoints Mety Tiger as chief of the Creek Indians, succeeding the late Chief Pleasant Porter. The move marks the first use of a new law giving the president authority to name chiefs of the five civilized tribes.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Mety ‘Tiger
Pleasant Porter
Fire at Shelton Webb hotel claims Fifteen Lives
Tacoma Washington September 5 fire destroyed the Webb hotel at Shelton last night. Fifteen persons are reported killed and seven bodies have been recovered.
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United Press
Tacoma
Wash
Webb
Shelton
Committed death by own action in Washington
Washington dispatch reports William H Emble aged 66, a former United States consul at Nagasaki, Japan, died by suicide on September 5. The record notes the incident occurred in Stoneleigh or nearby. Further details are sparse due to damaged text.
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United Press
Iwashington
William Hemble
United States
Negesaki
Japan
Stoneleigh
Chicago Grain Markets See Mixed Wheat and Corn Moves
Chicago wheat opened with selling pressure as values slipped to about 9.65 with September at 9.65 and December near 9.87. Prices rebounded later, with September wheat at 9.65, December at 9.87, and May around 10.84. Corn declined early, seeding September around 62 1/2, December 61 3/8, May 62 1/2. Oats showed strength with September near 34 1/2, December 33 1/2, and May around 34 1/4. Local receipts totaled 298 wheat cars, 238 corn cars, and 209 oats cars.
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Chicago
Juvenile court power in doubt during habeas case
Judge George W. Stubbs opposed Edgar Tillis release from the workhouse arguing juvenile court authority is within his jurisdiction. His son in law Charles Averill argued the court is limited. Habeas petition proceeded with Col lings Averill and prosecutors opposing, Judge McMaster to rule.
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Stubbs
Charles E. Averill
Mr. Averill
Tillis
J. J. McMaster
Tullis
Hazel Harmon
Indiana Industrial School For Girls
James E. Collings
Collins
McMaster
Woman Hurt as Horse Runaway Strikes Near Burton Street
Katie Eckhart was knocked when a horse pulling a carriage ran away on Burton Street near Washington Street on Thursday. She sustained a cut over the right eye but managed to go home alone.
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Katie Eckhart
Burton-st
Blake-st
Washington-st
Failure at New York
The suspension of Watson & Co. was announced on the stock exchange today.
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Watson & Co
The
Stock Exchange Today
Miss Cliffie Manlove to Visit Chicago This Week
Capitol notes report Miss Cliffie Manlove a clerk in the Insurance department will spend a few days visiting in Chicago and other places beginning this week. Miss Rice, Rail road commission stenographer, has returned from vacation. Indiana baby weighs 70 pounds prompts inquiry about state fair space. One hundred ten licenses issued to hunters by Mrs E F Warle at statehouse office in Angst. Licenses outside Marion county issued by county clerks. August hunting month limited to rabbies and squirrels. Appropriations for frescoing corridors and building improvements total 350,925 with sidewalk and driveway work funded. Steps at west end of building being repaired.
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Cliffie Manlove
Insurance Department
Chicago
E. F. Warle
Statehouse
Angst
Marion County
House
Senate and Museum
Supreme Courtroom
Washington St
Hanly Urges $1000 License Fee to Fight Liquor Trade
Governor Hanly addressed the Northwest Indiana M E conference in Greencastle urging a $1000 license fee to curb liquor traffic, calling for united church resolve and warning that federal permissive nullification undermines state laws. He cited Ohio success and favored strong remonstrances to city and county laws, while praising militant church action and aiming to influence Indiana policy.
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General Assembly
Insurance Convention Highlights in Indianapolis
Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter welcomes delegates at the American Life convention in the Palm Room of the Claypool. He backs home insurers against eastern firms and aims to transform Indianapolis into the Hartford of the West. The event runs two sessions Friday with talks on agent retention, risk acceptance, and policy rights. Delegates from numerous life companies discuss investments, growth, and safeguards for impaired risks.
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American Life Convention
Palm Room
Claypool
Charles A. Bookwalter
Surance
Rockwalter
Indianapolis
Hartford
Wise Companies
North
South
West
Indiana
John Bilheimer
T. F. Giddings
Michigan Mutual Luife
Samuel B. Smith
Volunteer State Life
Chattanoose
Standard Oil Gets Another Delay In Big Antitrust Case
Federal suit to dissolve Standard Oil of New Jersey adjourned to September to allow an internal company statement. Government counsel say the document will reveal stock ownership, bonds, intercompany agreements, board actions, and profits. Judge Ferris permits the delay with the statement due by September 17 for government review.
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Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Rockefeller
John G. Milburn
Standard Oil Company
Frank B. Kellogg
Ferris
Song Prevents Theater Panic in Bijou Fire
A Bijou theater blaze caused fear and a stampede until performers sang a popular song to calm the crowd. Clarence Speicher, 16, suffered facial burns from a fire and explosion of the film machine as spectators fled. The orchestra and actors joined in, many spectators returned to seats while others escaped unharmed.
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Clarence Speicher
Purdue Opens With Record Freshman Class At Fayette
Special to The Sun from Fayet te Ind Sept 3 Purdue University will open Wednesday with a freshman class larger than ever and total enrollment above 1800. President Wo Ke Itone returns from vacation to prepare for the opening and several students have already arrived for tests. New faculty fill shifts in civil and electrical engineering history and economics biology mathematics and English with W Latta and J H Skinner taking on agriculture and farmers institute work for the coming year.
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Cafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Clarence H. Waldo
Emma Mont Mc- Rite
Wo. Latta
Farmers” Institute
John H. Skinner
Buffalo Dedicates McKinley Obelisk Amid Ceremonies
Buffalo New York observes a formal dedication of a white marble obelisk in Niagara Square by Governor Hughes to memorialize President William McKinley. Canadian regiments parade as England and America flags mingle, with city officials and veterans groups delivering remarks and the monument officially presented to the state.
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William McKinley
Gov. Hughes
Niagara
Ohio
England
America
William B. Walker
James N. Adam
C. R. Miller
Cleveland
State Department
Harlan J. Swift
Grand Army
Donald McLean
Daughters of the American Revolution
Truman G. Avery
FE. H. Butler
Monument Commission
City Births and Deaths in MoCo and Beyond
City birth notices list many newborns with parents and addresses across multiple locales including MoCo and New York. Also recorded are numerous hospital cases detailing illnesses and causes such as typhoid fever tuberculosis and meningitis, plus a list of recent marriages among local residents.
Body found in Garfield park lagoon near Chicago
The body of a man, believed to be L. A. Henderson of Toronto, was recovered from the Garfield park lagoon in Chicago. Police think he died by his own hand over a love affair but the case remains mystery.
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Chicago
L. A. Henderson
Toronto
Ont
Garfield Park Lagoon
Property listings and appraisals from city dwellings
O P Abdan dwelling corner Hoy and Nelson 2300. E M Campbell remodeling corner Thirteenth and Delaware 2450. F Marland dwelling corner Palmer and Bartholomew 2000. Joseph Shares dwelling Coest 1000. G H Secrist dwelling Talbott Ave 4500. Peter Lieb dwelling Fulton St 2339. Atlas Engine Works repairs Nine teenth and Martindale 7000. S Schuck dwelling 2615 W Michigan 5000.
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O. P. Abdan
Hoy
Nelson
E. M. Campbell
Thirteenth
Delaware
F. Marland
Palmer and Bartholomew
Joseph Shares
Coest
G. H. Secrist
Talbott Ave
Peter Lieb
Fulton St
Atlas Engine Works
Price of coal in Indianapolis to rise with limited supply
Coal dealers warn prices will jump as winter demand rises and rail embargoes bite. Indianapolis stands near the front of the queue for coal from Cincinnati shipments, with import prices already higher and delivery costs up.
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Indianapolis
Loval Coat Company
Althowgh
Snake Bite Threatens 14YearOld Girl
Hopkinsville Kentucky September 3 A ratlesnake bite endangers Hazel Schepperd a 14 year old girl who was bitten on the arm when the snake sprang from a hay bundle she intended for the cattle yard Her condition is serious and a danger to life is feared
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Hopkinsville
Hazel Schepperd
Colored couple wed at Simpson's chapel in a morning ceremony
Miss Martha Louise Hagond and William FR Hill, son of the notable colored lawyer James T. V. Hill, married Wednesday at Simpson's chapel at 3 AM. A reception for the couple followed at the bride’s parents’ home. The pair departed for Chicago to begin their life together.
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Martha Louise Hagond
William FR. Hill
James T. V. Hill
Simpson's Chapel
Ll. M. Hagond
Mrs. Hill
Chicago
Incorporations Filed at State Office This Thursday
Articles of incorporation listed include Elkhart Industrial Association with no capital stock. Directors named M. M. Mitchell, J. C. C. McBride, Thomas Nugent, M. E. Oliphant and Co. M. Vance for Merchants' Baking Company Washington with capital stock $1600. Akron Commercial Club with no capital stock names W. C. Hosman, B. N. Sheiler, W. C. Meiler, P. P. Care and E. O. Strong.
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Secretary of State
Merchants’ Baking Companys
Washington
Capital Stock
M. M. Mitchell
J. CC. McBride
Thomas Nugent
M. E. Oliphant and
Co. M. Vance
Akron Commercial Club
W. C. Hosman
8. N. Sheiler
W. C. Meiler
P. P. Care
E. O. Strong
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J. O W. Walker
J. M. Ward
E. A. Schell
DePauw University
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South Bend
American Life
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American Central Life
Bankers’ Reserve Life
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Citizens’ Life
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Security Life Insurance Company of America
Intermediate Life
Evansville
Southern States Life
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Lamar Mutual Life
Jackson
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Michigan State Life
Detroit
Western Mutual Council
Rockefeller’s Company
Tne Sun
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Buffalo
M’kinley
Martar
Canadian Regiment
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moCo
J. A Zimmerman
Sai ‘Temple
A. Oal
Abbott
Hamilton
Robert
Joe Ammerman
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Nora Scholl
Millie Jarvis
Carter
George and
Catherine Dippel
Meridian
Elizabeth Whitesides
Miller
Oliver and
Mary Suits
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J. A
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Brookside
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Northwestern
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Marlowe
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Anna Wnonnlein
Downey
Margaret McAllister
W. S. West
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E. Market
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N. Capital
Patrick
May Maloney
Mulberree St
Kay
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Katherine Hooker
Ol N. Ritter
William Warrison Lynch
State College Hospital
Alabama St.t
Frank Ro Woite
Ats FE
St. Clairst
Mary McKenzie
Ohio-st
John Szoba
Haugh-st
Milton Hassie
Locke-st
William Phillip Innes
St. Vincents’ Hospital
Tacoma-st
Francis Marion Roberts
Viarry Boise Culver
University Ave
Hinges
Hmma Banfil Herd
Meridian-st
Helesy Todd Downes
Emimerson-ave
Bright
James Darling
Indiana Ave
Helen C. Roche
McKinnare
Samuel Quinn
Sarah B. Lee
Frederick J. Robert
Christina Wagener
Otto €. Wolfke
Elenora L. Rasbach
Samuel Brantlinger
Elizabeth A. Wolf
Elmer
Ginn
Mabel E. Campbell
William H. Baker
Mary F. Drake
Eathen
A. Davis
MM. Haugh
Albert Ff
George
Clara L. Ploch
Flenry J. Visch
Frieda Heger
Ardell Cross
Nannie Steward
Philip Pitton
Catherine Richter
John S. Self
Ada Washburn
Lake
Nati Shippers
Booker Frre
Famiar
NS B
Lake Trafic
Tadianaspalis
Fae
Indianapois
Elkhart Industrial Association
W. F. Stanton
Herman Borneman
Conrad Ziersel
C. F. Frank
J. W. Fieldhouse
A. T. Beardsley
J. M. Eisenbeiss
TF. Ty Snell
Wilson Rouse
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