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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
10
Reports from Indianapolis, Chicago, and New York show varied farm auctions and stock activity. Cattle and hog receipts differ by venue with mild gains noted in some regions and steadier prices in others. Demand remains uneven and market tone cautious amid broader financial tension.
On the local stock exchange yesterday only one sale occurred, a $1,000 Union Traction bond at 99 percent. Other bonds were offered at 9 percent. A broker advertised New Telephone first fives at 9. Union Traction common was bid 51. In Philadelphia bids rose to 4 but stock held six points higher, offered locally at 55 with fifty shares for sale.
Commercial paper rates in Indianapolis and New York show firm activity. Reports from Chicago Boston Philadelphia St. Louis Baltimore Cincinnati reflect firm money, clearings and balances. London Paris Berlin quote exchange, discounts, and bullion prices.
Washington on Wednesday releases a general fund balance statement excluding the 150 million gold reserve in the division of redemption. Available cash balances total 203,990,240 dollars, gold holdings amount to 114,896,788 dollars.
Receipts at the Union Stockyards show heavy business in the past year with October totals of 153,426 hogs 15.7 percent more cattle 6 656 sheep and 2 731 horses. For the eleven months ending December 1 192 up to date totals include 1 844 756 hogs 192 630 cattle 91 411 sheep and 33 800 horses.
Wheat finished weak after an earlier higher start on the Chicago Board of Trade. May closed fractionally lower as the December-May spread narrowed and heavy Realizing pushed prices down. Corn and oats slipped modestly while provisions rose on lighter hog receipts and firmer yard prices. Local and Minneapolis receipts provided mixed signals amid weak wire service news.
In New York the grain markets show a quieter tone with a shade easier overall. Wheat and corn futures swung on cables and weather prospects, with reports of large Russian clearances and weaker export demand weighing on near months. oats and other commodities also soften amid thin spot demand.
Trade notes from St. Louis Baltimore and Kansas City show flour and grain price shifts with steady to higher bids on wheat corn oats and rye. Reported receipts and shipments detail volumes for flour wheat corn and oats across multiple markets and price ranges across the sesera days.
A整理ed entry lists firms including Lathrop and Haueisen Union Traction Company New Telephone Company Indianapolis street rail lines Marion Trust Co Home Brewing Co New L D Telephone Co Indianapolis Fire Insurance Co T B Laycock Manufacturing Co detailing a roster of enterprises and financials in Indiana.
Through multiple regional markets on December 3, butter and eggs show mixed receipts and steady to firm prices. New York reports butter 28-29c, creamery and full creams up to 184c, eggs 20-28c with Western, near-by and Southern offerings, while Philadelphia notes lower near-by prices for fresh stocks and continued cheese firmness. Other cities report firm butter in Baltimore and Chicago, with diverse poultry and oil city notes across St. Louis Louisville Cincinnati Boston Savannah Wilmington and New Orleans markets, including rosin and turpentine prices and crude oil balances.
New York reports a dull dry goods market with ordinary mail order activity. Prices unchanged for staples and fancy cotton. Men's wear woolens and worsteds steady but in moderate demand amid otherwise weak wool and worsted goods. Separate notes from St. Louis and Louisville mention weak metals, easier lead, and dull spelter at 4.70.
Names listed include Henry C. Austin of Jeffersonville with 12 dollars, John B. Wheeler of Mount Vernon with 10 tied to the war with Spain, Robert A. Gilbert of Vevay with war reissue notes, Henry Griffey at Marion Military Home with 12, plus scattered fragments of other names and places such as Osborn and James Doe.
A fragment from the New York Tribune quotes a purported facsimile or copy addressing an officer and a claim of exact duplication. The readable text is cryptic, offering little verifiable detail about person, place, or event.
Union Traction Co of Indiana publishes a May 23 1902 timetable listing Magnolia Block Capitol and adjacent stations. The fragment notes station at Magnolia Block and Capitol with no accompanying schedule details present.
Indianapolis and Eastern Railway Company timetable fragment lists passenger and freight car departures for Greenfield and intermediate points. Notes streetcar routes on Georgia Meridian streets, First and Last car times, theater car, connections to Shelbyville and Greenwood, and accompanying pickup points at local stores and hotels.
Fragmentary notice outlines departure times from Mooresville and Kentucky Avenue toward Indianapolis and other points, with several garbled times and station references. It mentions a 6 a m and 6 39 time, Sunday phrasing, and a possible link to Union Station Indianapolis.
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