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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1891
Page
5
Notices request all organizations under this heading to mail communications to the DrsPaTcHu no later than Saturday morning. Reasonable space will be freely given to eligible organizations.
Deputies await discharge while Grand Commander Erker recovers and officers are urged to attend the First Regiment field officers election at Central Hotel. Spartan Legion No 1 installation at Bible Hall Arch Street Allegheny with Patterson presiding includes Meade No 19 and Humboldt No 1. Humboldt Lodge No 17 installs officers led by Heinrichs and Pannier. entertainment planned for Thursday with Kitty Hamm and others. free tickets via Colonel Lewis.
Pennsylvania and Kankat are near equal with about 16000 members as the Relief Board met in Detroit to relieve jurisdictions. Welcome Lodge No 6 Wheeling and Bethel No 40 Pittsburgh show strong recruitment while Uniontown plans new lodges and a list of promising candidates grows.
A large Arm strong county delegation will join the parade. Sons of Liberty Council proposed 18 members. Acme Council donated 25 dollars to the monument fund. Grand Central Mink hosts a fair with proceeds for monument land. Eureka Council debates admitting colored members. James Madison Council to hold a trial for John G. E described as a horse thief with Charles P. Lang as prosecuting attorney.
The piece notes Brother John A. Koch to occupy the bench and invites other councils to attend. Arrangements for a February 2 parade route across Sandusky Street to Washington Monument are listed. State Councilors Collins and Slifer led a tour of Western councils to renew interest in the organization’s work.
West End Conclave announces Sve applications underway and upcoming events in February. J K Morehead Conclave plans its next anniversary February 4 while Leetonia and Friendship Conclaves host installations in January and February respectively.
The P H C reports no new members in December while Danver Circle of Sharpsburg holds mem ber meetings and announces a public meeting next month. Pittsburg Circle 48 at Solon Hall plans installation Saturday. H C Hall opens an office at Emper building Fifth avenue Wood street room 45 for member visits. Allegheny to host first German Circle next month the order translating ritual for an all German circle. Eclipse Circle 61 celebrated second anniversary with banquet and addresses. public installation planned January 23 at Vaughn's Ball. Triumph Circle 101 initiated two candidates and received nine applications. officers installed by W S Bailey include Gould Smith Bas sett Hess Mendal McCune Oliver Deer Gardner Stevenson Wolfe and Davis. The circle meets second and fourth Wednesdays at G A K Post 162 Allegheny.
Lorena Castle No 1S grows with new members as Sir Knight Joseph Miller moves from Warwick to Pittsburgh and deposits his card. An open session at Castile Hall Allegheny on Tuesday January 27 features Hon Charles F McKenna on Walks and Talks in Europe with views, Colonel W D Moore addresses, and music by Prof Charles Stinson and others. Many officers and titles listed for Independent Castle No 208 Braddock and Kiskimintas Castle No 223 Salta for six months.
East End Council No 276 paid $5,000 death benefit to Nora Ida Kennedy widow of Joseph Kennedy engineer killed by a car on Thirty third street. The council moved to Central Masonic Hall and installed officers for the new term. Membership stands at 516 with 7 losses. $7,005.42 paid to widows and orphans fund. $4,000 withdrawn to pay benefits for John McCall and James Wilson. 18 sick members relieved. library appropriation near $100. The council claims largest in the county and second in the state by strength.
The article notes January February intake for a tribal group with a $4 popular price, and after March 1 admission fees rise. It estimates up to $1,000 needed to outfit the wigwam, fountain, costumes, and related items. New tribes form at Wilkins, Homestead, Allenby and other places.
Mt Washington Lodge No 382 K of P was instituted January 6 in Mt Washington hall at Bergs avenue and Wyoming street. Three ranks were conferred on 16 candidates and 63 charter applicants joined. Officers elected and installed included P A George Johnson C C Robert Crawford V C T C Cook Prelate J H Moyer M at A W B Schild L David Davis. Meetings set for Tuesdays at 7 pm.
A new Canton of the Patriarchs Militant forms in Alleheny City with Chief Charles E. Means of Pittsburg Lodge No. 555 as bustier. Canton Pittsburg No. 18 will visit Os No. 856 to see its degree staff perform the third degree on four candidates. Canton Pittsburg No. 1s P. M. will visit Birmingham Encampment No. 107 at Odd Fellows Hall with Chevaliers in full uniform under Captain W. A. Murphy.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch column argues for relocating produce dealers to a Point-area colony with new auction board support. It cites a Colored man's wealth from rentals and outlines forthcoming rent lists from major brokers including Baxter Thompson Co and Somers Co. It notes current strong market activity, 58 weekly transactions, and several building permits as proof real estate is alive.
Heavy snowstorms sweep France while Cincinnati detains two Louisiana lottery agents. Reports mention Irish politics in flux, a Rus sian Hebrew petition, Sioux City law action on prohibition, and a Marshalltown attack indictment. Also noted are a Wisconsin suicide, a Lehigh child tragedy, a Mass dyehouse fire, and various arrests, trials, and political moves across the era.
Real estate transfers list multiple properties in wards and streets including Liberty street Wyandotte Hodge Gloster and Winthrop streets along with Chartiers Valley Railway parcels. Transactions include Baxter Thompson Co sold to William Gwynne two-lot frontage on Hodge street, and Willam Petty Co sold a six-room brick dwelling on Gloster street Hazelwood for 2500. Continuous transfers involve Hurd Glesenkamp 27 Locust street Allecony city, Coleman to Ad, and parcels on Elizabeth Gloster Rippey Euclid for amounts from 350 to 3200.
The Westinghouse group drew focus as several companies faced financial embarrassment and weak activity. The week ended with overall declines for Wheeling Gas Central Traction Luster and Switch signals Citizens' Traction, while New York and Cleveland Coal rose to 58. Trading showed 146,356 New York shares with notable totals for Lackawanna Louisville and Nashville and others.
The New York market closed steady with gains mostly fractional. Sugar Refineries rose about 4.81, Paul Chicago Gas and Colorado Coal up 1 percent each, while Railroad bonds remained quiet. Lead Trust led early strength but sugar weakened, with several rail stocks slipping late as buying dried up.
The week saw rising bank clearings and easier money markets. New York loans held at 3 percent with firm exchange activity. weekly clearings rose notably, led by New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago, signaling improving business conditions.
New York oil trading was quiet with activity only in February option while Pennsylvania oil opened steady and edged higher on small purchases. Buckeye and other sales volumes are noted alongside barrels shipped and held, reflecting a subdued market with minor price movement.
Watson & Gibson telegraph to Oakley & Co notes a bearish start amid Rock Island-Union Pacific contract repudiation and no clear Union Pacific stance. Western stocks lack confidence with Granger group prospects uncertain. Lead Trust and Richmond gain late, inflation damage evident, silver prices stagnant, and beliefs favor Richmond and Lead Trust as buys while Burlington, Rock Island, and Atchison remain sells. Northern Pacific optimism appears overdone.
The report lists bids and quotes for grains and seeds as corrected by John M. Oakley, noting unchanged prices for stear, oats, barley, and flaxseed. Butter prices on the Produce Exchange remained quiet with eyes at firm 21 cents.
Local snippet from Pittsburg Dispatch dated Saturday January 17 shows cryptic reference to yards and a fragmented report. The readable portion mentions no clear events, names, places, or outcomes beyond the day and section label.
Philadelphia stock listing notes Whitney brokers at No 3 Sone Avenue. It mentions Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Stock Exchange connections with incomplete OCR details for date and location.
Oil trading remained largely stagnant last week with no sales on four days and minimal activity on two, bids at Antwerp rose modestly while overall prices stayed flat. Declining runs and scarce buyers characterized the market as McGrew Wilson & Co. reported firm puts and calls, with 650000 barrels sold and shipments totaling about 68 thousand barrels.
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