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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1891

Page

7

State of Foreign Metal Markets

New York traders report mixed iron and steel activity with foundry pig demand improving in the North and variable prices for No 1 and No 2 grades. Ferro manganese and pig iron futures show uneven orders, while steel billets and rails trade slowly. a few large orders are scarce and price levels remain cautious across several sectors.

Dietatch New York Farniece Tidewater Sancani Furnsee Arenta Leurs Southern Nool Foundry Wrani Solepeleien Aml Ferro Manganese Sted Cardipart Pennsylvania Wattedewater Tveline Ioc Lear Derk Shell Dteitio New York Central Railroad Walmet Lawl Lille Wroud

Foreign Metal Markets Show Little Change Despite Activity

London reports only modest shifts in pig iron warrants with cautious speculative interest. Prices hold firm with providers delaying fuller selling. several Scottish furnaces prepare to start, while copper remains steady but firmer as demand rises. Tin plate activity quiet as American demand softens. stocks abundant but holders eager to sell keeping prices weak.

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Coke Shipments Down Amid Market Dismal Outlook

A telegram report from February 4 describes a bleak coke market with shipments dropping sharply. Idle ovens exceed 16,700 in the Eastern region as demand remains weak and producers stockpile. Prices and freight rates show little recovery, with noted declines in shipments to Pittsburgh and surrounding points.

Frick Company Chicago Te Pointe Wett Pitts

Rivers Recede After Floods in Week’s Aftermath

The rivers continued to fall a week after peak levels with marks showing a further drop from thirty to ten feet. G W Hatchelor sailed for Cincinnati yesterday while Matt W Allen arrived from and departed to Parkersburg. Loom port saw Bedford arrive as well. Stilob’s Cure advertised by Doss Fleming & Sun.

G W. Hatchelor Cincinnati Ste Matt W. Allen Parkersburg Bedford

Local Live Stock Market Report and Shipments

Market activity at Fast Liberty Stock Yard shows cattle and hog shipments to New York and Philadelphia. Receipts total around 2,850 cattle and 2,500 hogs with mixed prices for Yorkers, mediums, and fair stock while sheep shipments run about 600 with limited sales.

Nia New York Philadelphias

Cattle Receipts and Market Variation Across Cities

Telegraph reports mixed cattle and hog trading across Omaha Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Buffalo Indianapolis and City markets. Receipts range from hundreds to thousands with varying movements from steady to higher then softer. hogs show strength in some cities and softness in others. lambs and sheep show activity with price shifts. Clinical notes include steers 1,200 to 1,470 pounds and hogs around 4.00 to 5.00 per hundredweight in several markets.

Omaha Snl Stromeer Chicago The Evening Journal Cincinnati New York Sieeves TygPe Lie Hoge Cantienen ST. Louis Cattie Stearly Indianapolis Canmane

Drygoods Trade Dims in Bad Weather Market

Trade in drygoods was moderated by bad weather in New York with jobbers doing better under the circumstances. Orders to agents showed naval demand and the volume of such business expanded fairly in some quarters.

New York

Inspector General Moves to Dissolve Chicago Insurance Company

The Attorney General filed a petition in Circuit Court to dissolve the Consolidated Sirtual Fire Insurance Company of Chicago after an November audit found capital impairment and irregular books. The company ceased operations January 31 1891 and made a pretended assignment to George H. Richey. An injunction restrains asset disposition pending the hearing.

ChicaGo Hunt Consolidated Sirtual Fire Insurance Company of Tne Illinois Jonrge H. Richey Colling

National Association of Retail Implement Dealers Formed

The Retail Vehicle and Implement Dealers finish their labors in St. Louis as a convention adopts a new constitution and by-laws. The organization will be The National Association of Retail Implement Dealers, aiming to unite and promote the interests of retail implement and vehicle dealers.

St. Louis Tn Sesso National Association of Retail Implement Dealers Tae Disratcu Hussey Fifth Avenue Messie J. R. Heuricks & Co Messrs. G. B. Barrett & (.C Barrett Enrichs & Co Dr. Hussey Messrs. J. R. Henricks

Late news in brief from the era

Reports from Deadwood South Dakota note a two coach wreck with one passenger failing and two others injured. Linboden the Texas forger is convicted and faces three years in the penitentiary with forged sums around 50000 dollars. A letter from Mrs General Logan urges Republicans to stand firm against surrendering principles. Minneapolis endures a million dollar fire damaging several buildings. Chilean rebels capture Iquique and attack homes with casualties reported among women and children. British warships Arthur and Royal Sovereign launched at Portsmouth amid royal attention and rumours of a quarrel over etiquette. White Caps raid New Indysis breaking in, abducting John McConnell and his wife, whipping them and discarding them on a shanty boat in the Ohio river. a legislative probe reveals a 500 dollar bribe in a senatorial campaign.

Deadwood S. Lak Linboden Texas Springfield John A. Logan Minneapolis Clare-Speaker Palot Works H2story Lumber Exchange Hobinson Russall Sol Smith Hussell Seior Iquique Arthur Royal Sovereign Portsmouth England Wales John McConnell New Ind Ohio River Legislative Committee Charces Bri Washington Harry A Metcalfe

Building outlook says activity rises despite start delay

City builders express hopeful forecasts for the season as work shifts to smaller houses while large projects may lag. developers note possible settlement of labor issues, and cite new warehouses car barns and residences underway.

H. ©. Deeds Edgewood C. A. Ralph Pirst Avenue Grant Street Pittsburg and Hirmingham Traction Company Thirtiieth Carson Streets Duquesne Traction Colny Craig and Neville Streets Howard & Seyfang Second Avenue Ross and Try Streets Thomas D. Todd Eisner & Phillips Trent Street Thirteenth Ward Ralph Masonic Block Fifth Avenue Charles Andrews

Electric and Gas Stocks Rise then Fall in Mixed Trading

The market showed dull trading with some gains for Philadelphia Gas and Pipe Line and Electric shares. Prices fluctuated through the day as bearish news from the East weighed on Electric, while Pacific Mail and Sugar stocks led advances before later reversals.

Day People’s National Bank Lilac Street Eni First Avenue Smithfield Grant Ursuline Convent Ursuline Land Company Philadelphia Gas Pittsburg Noa Manchester Traction John M.chaplis Clearing House Neville Island Philadelphia Wall Street Westinhouse Boston Pipeane Priert Luster Citizens’ Traction

Money Market Reflects Easy Credit and Labor Pressure

Money was easy with discounts around 6.7 percent and active deposits. Clearing House exchanges totaled about 92 million with large balances, while bankers express caution due to labor agitation affecting expansion prospects. Money on call in New York ranged 2 4 to 4 percent, with prime mercantile paper and bond quotes listed across major cities.

New York Atzky Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange

Oil market report shows limited trading and slight decline

The opening oil bid held near unchanged with a half cent gain late session but closed weaker. Refined products eased slightly in Antwerp while other points held steady. Trading remained very light with March options and Pennsylvania oil showing limited activity.

Alge Antwerp McGrew, Wilson & Co Fourth Avenue

New York Stocks Show Distinct Improvement Amid Mixed Signals

New York trading on February 26 displayed clearer market sentiment and broader activity though gains were limited to a few leading shares. Inside support from Gould stocks and St Paul helped buoy prices while bearish views on corn and profit taking in specialties sparked some selling that was quickly absorbed.

Pacific Mail Union Pacific Burlington Atchison H. B. Claflin Jersey Central Reading New Sugar National Cordage Susquehanna and Estern Mobile and Ohio 4S Richmond West Point New York Stock Exchange Whitley & Stephengos Pittsburg Fourth Avenue New York Deaijnes Alamont Gould St. Paul St Paul

Philadelphia Stock Market Closing Fragments

Fragmentary 19th century stock table listing brokers and lines such as Pennsylvania Railroad Lehigh Navigation Northern Pacific and Philadelphia Buffalo New York and Philadelphia rail outlets. The text hints at closing prices and broker identifiers but is garbled and incomplete.

Philadelphia Aeene Eat Fourth Avenue New York Ponosylvania Railroad Buffalo Lenigh Vastler Lehigh Navigation Northern Pacific

Mining Stock Quotations From New York Feb 24

Alice 140 Adams Consolidated 165 Aspen 650 Bodie 100 Consolidated California and Virginia 576 Euraxa Consolidated 300 Gould and Cary 200 Hale and Norcross 200 Homestake 50 Horn Silver 30 Mexican 2M Ontario 350 Ophir 350 Plymouth 150 Savage 210 Sierra Nevada Standard 120 Union Consolidated 200 Yellow Jacket 200

New York Alice Adams Consolidated Aspen Bodie Consolidated California

Coffee Options Steady as Market Closes In Quiet Session

New York trading ends with coffee options steady to unchanged near 40 point lows. Small lot activity noted with 2,000 bags involved and mixed bids across March to December futures.

New York Lido

St Louis Wool Market Reports Mixed by Grade

Market for St Louis wool shows firm tone with slight gains for some grades. Price ranges include 20 to 25 cents for bright medium, 12 to 17 cents for low sandy, 17 to 24 cents for fine light, 11 to 19 cents for fine heavy, and 29 to 33 cents for inferior tub washed. Total receipts 19 800 pounds.

St. Louis

Market Quill: New York Pigiron Steady Amid Quiet Trade

New York markets show pigiron steady and quiet with copper neglected and nominal. Lead and steady while tin remains dull and heavy, with prices around 85.

New York

Price of Bar Silver

IRPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATON: London report on silver bars shows New York price per ounce at 48 7/8 with bullion dealers quoting similar in markets.

London

Castoria Recalled In Repeated Family Ad Phrase

A nostalgic advertising rhyme praises Castoria across generations from babyhood to motherhood. The verse notes a sick child and later a child’s cries for Castoria, continuing through adulthood and motherhood as a lifelong remedy.

Domestic Markets Show Groceries Active but Canned Goods Lower

Market notes indicate groceries moving more freely with stronger egg and butter prices amid ample potatoes and apples. Prices for canned fruits and noon staples weaken as high water disrupts supply while maple syrup and coffee show mixed signals and regional shifts in Philadelphia New York and Chicago demand.

Pittsburg Cincinnati St. Louis Baltimore New York Chicago Bkutrter—Creamery Elgin Ohio

Grain Exchange sale reports mixed corn oats and cereals

A single grain sale on call at the Grain Exchange included 5 cars of mixed corn and oats with receipts totaling 20 cars, distributed among Pittsborg and Lake Erie Railway and other lines. Market news notes upward cereal trends, light demand, and potential future price increases with on track prices listed for wheat and corn varieties.

Grain Exchange Pittsborg and Lake Erie Railway Pittspurg Ft. Wayne Chicago Pittburg Cincinnati St. Louis Carioad

Markets By Wire. May wheat rise on French crop damage reports

Chicago May wheat closed higher amid sensational French crop damage reports and cold weather. Prices fluctuated, with brief spikes and steadying moves as traders weighed French losses against U S conditions, while corn and oats showed firm to mixed action and hog receipts remained large.

Chicago Sige Di¢e Coro Cincinnati John M. Oakley & Co Sixth Street Chicago Board of Trade Baltimore Xy Cohen Harley Toledo

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