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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
AGAINST BOOTH & FLINN.
Judge Ewing Decides That the Craig Stree
Paving Contract Was Illegally Let
Where the Distinction Lies.

Judge Ewing Decides That the Craig Street
Paving Contract Was Illegally Let
Where the Distinction Lies.
An opinion was handed down yesterday
by Judge Ewing in the equity case of Will
lam Mazet against the city of Pittsburg ana
the Board Of Awards, to prevent the execu-
tion of the contract with Booth g Finn for
the paving of Craig street. The contract is de-
clared null and void, for the reason that such a
contract was beyond the power of city authorl-
ties to make
As to the point made by the defendants that
the plaintiff was in collusion with the Warren
Scharf Asphalt Paving Company, which was
an unsuccessful bidder, and that the suit was
for its use, Judge Ewing held that the plaintiff
had a clear legal right to maintain his suit
and his motives are immaterial. The contract
he stated, was awarded for kind of pavement
that was not advertised for. In the advertise
ment it was stated that the plans and specitca-
tions we're on file in the Office. In the answer
it was averred that there were specifications
on file for three kinds of stone pavement, and
no specifications for an asphalt pavement, and
in connection with this it was an exclusion for
proposals for an asphalt pavement Contlnu-
ing, Judge Ewing said:
"How the contract for an asphalt pavement
could be let under these circumstances in con-
formity with the act of Assembly, we are un-
able to see. How there could be an honest
bidder with nothing to bid on, is past our un-
case been advertised for and let on plans and
specifications on which there was an oppor-
tunity for competitive bids, we would have sus-
tanned the contract"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

No. Sc. in Boggs plan. for $3.50; also for 7. 8.
Maple new brick dwelling Of five rooms and all
improvements, lot 18x100 feet, on Sullivan
street. adjoining Belrzhoover borough. to q. M.
Wilson, for s., 100 cash 500, balance SO per
month. They have % similar houses for sale
In same plan on like terms.
Ewing & Byers No. 107 Federal street, sold
for John Harper lot 30xl55, on O'Hern street.
second ward, Allegheny, near Buena Vista
street, for $500. The above firm also placed
mortgage of 81. $50 on property at West Belle
Vue. for three years at per cent.
John F. Baxter sold to VIM. n. Robinson lot
No. 40. Bank of Commerce addition extended,
Brushton station, frontage of so feet on Baxter
street, $50 to 20-foot alley. for $50.
A syndicate has made a bid of STA 900 for the
Fourth avenue property belonging to the estate
of the late General ]. Bowman Sweitzer. being
6OxlD feet, opposite the Citizens Insurance
Company building.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
Mondays Audit List.
siftinRs From .Lustice.

BENJAMIN F. CRoNE yesterday made vol
| untary assignment of air his property to James
Balph for the benefit of his creditors
ROBERT s. MONTGOMERY, one of the Butler
County counterfeiters was surrendered to
United States Commissioner McCandless by
his bondsman yesterday.
In Criminal Court yesterday Judge Magee
sentenced James Lyons to the Huntington Re-
formatory for entering building with feloni-
GUS intent. Paul R. Shepardson, embezzle-
ment, was given four months to Jail
THE Castle Shannon Railroad Company,
yesterday filed with the Recorder, mortgage
for 900 to secure bonds for that amount.
The proceeds from the sale of the bonds will be
used to redeem outstanding bonds and for the
construction of the proposed incline plane.
A DECREE was made in Common Pleas Court
No i, yesterday, setting aside the lunacy pro-
ceedings against August Bilharz, who was de-
clared lunatic in 1882 Bilharz filed a petit
ton asking for this degree, stating that he had
become of sound mind again, and the Court,
after hearing the case, granted his plea.
APPLICATION was made yesterday by Frank
A. Lewis, an inmate of Dixmont Insane
Asylum, for writ of habeas corpus to bring
him into court. The petition states that Lewis
is unJustly detained in the asylum; that,
though he is sane, the authorities refuse to dis
charge him. A writ was issued ordering the
hospital authorities to bring Lewis into court
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
THE appeal of Elmer Bryan, who was ar
rested and fined IS and costs by Mayor Pearson
for disorderly conduct, was argued before
Judge Magee yesterday. The appeal was dis
missed. Bryan is the man who created trouble
by distributing tracts in front of the First
Presbyterian Church, Allegheny. George
Elphenstone, Esq, represented the church au-
thorities and Colonel Moore the defendant
]. D. WATSON. ESQ, yesterday filed a notice
to issue summons in the case of s. NJ. Decker,
the umpire, against the National League of Pro.
fessional Baseball Players, in accordance with
the amendment to the suit, which was allowed
by court. In the amendment, all the directors
of the League, together with the clubs COM
prising the League and their Presidents, were
added as defendants in addition to the officers
of the League.
THE Law Students Association held a ses-
sion of the moot court in the Orphans Court
room yesterday, ]. c. Shoemaker, Esq. act
ing as Judge. The case was McKirdy VS. Sill
vey for damages. The defendant claimed
while on his way to see Silvey's daughter one
dark night he fell into ditch and fractured
his leg. One of the witnesses claimed the ditch
was two feet wide; he was certain of that, be-
cause he had both his feet in the ditch. Where
upon the defendants attorney admitted that.
the ditch must have been an unusually wide
one. Messrs. McKenna and Wright appeared
for the plaintiff and Mr.. Went for the defense.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
TEACHING BOYS TRUTH.
On the Instruction Of Youth and the Iguor-
ance of Pedagogues.

ance of Pedngogues.
Melbourne (Aus.) Review.l
Our respect for the human boy equals
Chadband's, and we want him to get the
Herewith. History leads him to biography.
Then we want jhim to know the present,
even better than the past. He is to under
stand what is meant by the words England,
the United States. Canada, India, Austria
liza, and, indeed, to look on the whole map
of the world as quivering with life. We
will teach him OF the grand engineering
works, the railways, steamers, bridges, har-
bors; give superabundance of the tangible
and phenomena, instead of having his mind
work uselessly on itself, like the sharp
knives of a chafi-cutter, whIzzing without
any hay stuffed in-
We don't want Byronic boys. Here you
will have youngsters grubbing up all about
wars of 1000 or 5000 years ago, and quite
ignorant of the great struggles in their own
time. But the pedagogue is ignorant too.
He goes round and round like puddle
horse working sludge mill. Indeed, the
schoolmaster, of the average, is very far in
ferior to what he ought to be. The profes-
sion is not held in honor. If youth has a
taste for the classics, crafty it to the full.
1t he takes to his soul the Odyssey, or Thu
cydides, or the Eneid, or Cesar, he has a
grand soul. But then he has to get his
living.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
STOCKS DEPRESSED.
An Active buE Feverish Market With q
Downward Tendency - The Buying
and Selling Very Scattering
Bonds Without Special


Bonds Without Special
Feature.
New York. April l3-The stock market was
fairly active, but feverish and irregular to-day,
with a general Downward tendency, and most
of the active shares are fractionally lower than
last evening. There was very little feature to
the dealings, and fluctuations in all, except a
few stocks, were made within the narrowesr
limits. and seemed to have no significance
whatever. The opening prices were but slight
ly changed from those of last evening, and
while London had some buying orders, and
that temper of the room was rather bullish.
the buying was generally scattering, and what
selling there was seemed to come from West
ern sources, though the Chicago people were
doing nothing.
Under the circumstances the professional
and trading element developed a position to
sell the active shares. and the market soon
took on a weak tone, although except in Atchi-
son the movements were confined to the small
est fractions. That stock, however, with the
Sugar Trusts in the unlisted department, be-
came decidedly weak, the former losing / per
cent and the latter dropping from CSC to 954c.
The other industrial shares were weak also,
and oil lost nearly point and Brunswick de-
clined from &c to 2l19c. The movement was
not extensive and prices rallied toward the dnd
of the first hour, when most stocks were
brought up to and in some cases above the
opening figures. but Short Line dropped a
point and northern racine preferred VIII
some of the specialties afterward joined in a
downward movement which carried prices to
lowest of the day. Cameron coal opened down
1s4@3015c, but rapidly recovered to 33e;
Hooking Valley and Manitoba displayed con-
siderable weakness.
The market made but little movement in the
last few minutes and finally closed quiet and
steady at close to first prices in most OF the
list. The only final changes Of importance
were losses of ~ in Colorado Coal and l per
cent each in Atchison and Manhattan.
The railroad bond market was quite active,
but like the share list, it was rather irregular,
though a firm tone prevailed throughout most
of the session. Erie seconds came to the front
once more and contributed $4,000 out of the
total business of S9O2 900, but among the active
issues there was little if any feature, and
changes in quotations we're confined to frac-
tional amounts only. There were a few i'm
portant advances and declines. however, and
Atchison, Colorado and Pacific lists lost at 90
The sales of the bonds for the week were
S9 125, 900, against 81, 600, 900 for last week.
The following table SHOWS the prices of active
stocks on the New York Stock Exchange.
Corrected daily for THE DISPATCH by Whit
ney & stephenson, members of New York
Stock Exchange, 81 Fourth avenue:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
TreaSurerShip, $4,000.
ap9T-MwFsu
IRON AND STEEL CHICAGO.

We are authorized to offer the Treasurer
ship. at a salary of $500. to an acceptable
party, Of one of the most solidly established
and prosperous manufacturing concerns Of
Chicago. 1t Is in the iron and steel line, an IN
dividual concern free of any combinations, and
with nearly half million dollars already in
vested to remain in. We do no wish unneces-
sarily to name the concern.
Active assistance in the management is the
chief consideration. Party must, however,
identify himself with the business by taking
come of its dividend paying capital stock,
either as collateral for loan for 10 months on
abundant security and guarantee Of per cent
per annum interest, or as an investment.
Before entering into the. connection, party
will be first thoroughly satisfied as to the solid
stantial and inviting character Of the circum-
stances and associations pertaining to this offer
] and the abundance of his security for loan or
desirableness of the stock for an investment.
If loan, he will be given a first lien upon
everything in the business, and a debenture or
note with warrant of attorney payable at lb
months. At the expiration Of year, having
had q complete insight into the business, he
may elect to convert his loan into preferred
stock Of the company or to withdraw it at ma
rurity. If he elects to enter the business his
loan will be retired by stock at par, having
preference as to assets in case of liquidation
and as to dividends. This stock to receive 8
per cent before the remaining stock receives
anything, then the remaining or common stock
to receive per cent. Thereafter each share Of
the preferred stock to receive in proportion OF
four to three to each share of the common
stock.
This opportunity is in every way as desirable
a proposition for 6rst-elass business connec-
tion as we ever had to offer.
Replies should give references and state the
amount of capital which the person answering
is prepared to put in, and whether probably az
a probationary loan contemplating investment
or as an investment at the outset. If reply 10
satisfactory, We will at once put him into com
munication with the concern referred to.
r. Q. ALDEN & CO.,
ap14-108 Pullman Building, Chicago. Ill.
nIsEASEs OF MEN-RADICAL, INFAI-
IL LIBLE, English cure, compounded from
prescription of eminent specialist and recon-
mended by physicians of Europe. Now offered
for the first time in the United States Send
statement of case, and one dollar (S1 00l TO
LONDON MEDICAL SPECIALITY CO., 81
and SO Water St., New York City. ap14l0
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
sEx-dividend.
Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO - The wheat market was
quiet to-day, and ruled steadier than for some
days. July is attracting the most attention,
prices of which huctuated between &c range,
and closed about go higher than yesterday.
May fuctuated within 1Hc range, and closed
the same as yesterday.
A fair trade was reported in corn early, but
as the session advanced the market became
quiet and inactive. The feeling developed was
easier and transactions were at lower range
Of prices, closing nc lower than yesterday.
Oats were weak, unsettled and lower on free
realizing, closing 1z@ssc lower than yesterday
Hog products were moderately active, but
irregular, growing weak toward the close and
closing quiet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
FLAT AS A FLOUNDER.

A Conspicuously Featureless Day on the
Local Oil Exchange.
The oil market yesterday was repetition of
that of the day before-only little duller, if
possible. 1t was one of those markets that in
timidate holders of short oil and incline the
longs to hope, almost against hope, for better
things to come. with danger of knocking them
both out. The opening price was 9O1sc, the
9016c. Trading was light all along the line,
outside interest being conspicuous for its
absence. Carrying was fiat. A few who failed
to borrow oil Friday evening were compelled to
pay 25 cents premium for it at the opening. 1t
was the opinion of several brokers that
radical change of some kind could not be much
longer delayed.
The following table, correcIed Dy DE Witt Dill
worth, broker in petroleum. etc., corner Fifth
avenue and Wood street, PiItsburg, shows the
order of fluctuations, etc.:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
Opened. 0OHc; aighest. sO5sc; lowest. SOC;
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Sale of Another Piece of Diamond Street
Property-AIIegheny Deals.

Property-Alicgheny Deals.
Black & Baird, No. 05 Fourth avenue. sold for
Samuel W. Black the property on the west side
of Diamond street below Wood street, known
as No. IS Diamond street, with lot l7xs0 feet,
for $1,000
W. w. McNeill & Bro, No. los Fourth
avenue, sold for William B. Rogers to James
Nesbit piece of ground 6Sx9S feet, at corner
of Morrison avenue and B street, Second ward,
Allegheny. for $l,050 The purchaser will i'm
mediately build four houses. This firm also
sold for James Nesbit to William McKelvey, of
the Allegheny police service. alot 2Ox9S feet, on
the north side of Morrison avenue. Allegheny,
for $500, and placed two mortgages on Second
ward. Allegheny property, one of $500 and one
of s40O both for four years at 6 per cent. They
report good demand for mortgages.
Allies & Bailey, 164 Fourth avenue, sold lot
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
Mondays Trial Lists.

Common Pleas No. 1-Smith VS. Walton; Slo-
cum VS. Dowlin; Caughey ct al VS. Marshall ct
al; Simpson VS. Hoefer; Hill VS. Marshall; Whit
field VS. Moss; Clemanger VS. Baden Gas Com
pany; Wallace VS. Chambers; Honfroy vs. Hon
troy; Winter VS. Hlppley ct al; Bailey ct al vs.
Relghard; Hickman VS. Groetzinger; Stein
drummer VS. Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Company.
Common Pleas No. 2-Sutton vs. Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company; Hum & Son VS.
Brown; Johnston vs. Webb.
Criminal Court-Commonwealth vs. Oliver
Force, Valentine Guckert, Michael McGrann.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
SECRET SOCIETIES.
British American Associatiou

Branches No. and No. Is will hold select
entertainment and reception at Imperial
Hall, New Grant street, on Tuesday evening
April g. in commemoration of st, Georges
Day. Addresses will be delivered By Hon,
Alfred Marland, Colonel W. D. Moore and ]
S. Lambie, Esq, upon the duties of every Briton
taking out his naturalization papers. The
British American Band will render a choice
selection of music. The association numbers
nearly 500 members and, as this is its first re-
success
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
ILLINOIS GREATEST ORATOR.
Thomas Jefferson Dedham Has One Devoted
Admirer in Chicago.

Thomas Jefferson Dedham Has One Devoted
Admirer in Chicago.
Chicago Tribune.l
1t is too good to keep any longer.
A Tribune reporter, detailed to write mn
the Roche mass meeting of business men at
Central Music Hall, reached the place some
10 minutes before the doors opened. He
leaned against the elevator and began to
wonder how the speaking would pan out.
AS if to interpret his thought tall man
with forid completion and reddish hair
crossed the vestihule, leaned against the
elevator, and asked:
'Come to hear the speaking?"
''Yes. Awas just wondering if it would
be worth listening to-
speakers on the bill. I've come around in
the hope of being agreeably disappointed.
Oratory is my hobby. I'll 90 any distance
to hear good speech, and I'll take q des-
perate chance to hear one, as nv coming
this evening shows. I've heard them all
Spurgeon, Wendell Phillips, Ingersoll, W,
C. P. Breckenridge, and the rest
"Have we any really good speakers in
Illinois?"
"Not more than half dozen, and only
two or three OF Nlese can be called orators -
''Who is the best among the latter?''
He thought moment and answered:
'sMr. Dedham."
"Dedham?"
''Yes."
s'I never heard of him."
"He isn't well known. But Thomas JEFF
ferson Dedham is an sorator if there ever
was one He has the knack of getting hold
of an audience like Spurgeoh, of keeping
his hold like Phillips, and in the meantime
playing upon it with all the stagic liveliness
and grace of gesture of Ingersoll, and all
the resonance of voice of Breckenridge. 1
can listen to him by the hour. transfxed
in my seat, my only desire that he may go
on"
"You surprise me. It's strange I've
never heard of him."
The conversation stopped here. The re-
porter began to watch the faces of a group
of politicians who were forecasting the
probable extent of the attendance of busi-
men at the meeting.
Presently the tall stranger, as if heated
by his eulogy of the unknown orator. un-
buttoned his coat and ran his hands in his
pantaloons pockets. A gold medal on the
left side of his vest attracted the reporters
eye.
"Pardon my curiosity" said the reporter.
as he leaned over to read the inscription.
When the reporter, with guilty feeling,
had jerked his head back the tall stranger
had disappeared. The inscription on the
medal read:
..'''.-'''..'..''''''''''. '''''.....ss..............
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

NEW YoRK-Clearings to-day, s12e s93, 923; bal
ances, S6537, ,403 For the week-Clearings,
$698, l55, ,S93; balances, SS7, ,197, ,765.
BosToN-Clearings to-day. SIG, 6,414 915; bal
ances, 81, ,901, ,068. For the week-Clearings, S10-
125 657; balances 81, ,SS9, 158. For the cores
ponding week in 1SSS-Clearings, SSS, 026,971;
balances, So, ,5O4, liz.
PHnADELPHIA-Clear to-day, s1l, ,4SS 37s;
balances, ST. 503, 800. For the week-Clearings,
So, ,3S7, ,377; balances, s., 8,S42, ,9l0.
BA1T1MoRE-Clearings, s2O34,140; balances,
$751; 198.
CH1cAGo-Money unchanged. Bank clear
ings, ST., 10000.
ST. LoU1s-Clearings, s2,559,167; balances,
$685. 743.
LoNDoN-The amount of bullion gone into
the Bank of England on balance to-day is
100000.
PARIs-Rentes, S6f SOC for the account.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
A BIG GAIN.
Clearing House Figures Far Ahead of Same
Time Last Year.

While fair amount Of business was trans
acted at the local banks yesterday, it was not
up to the expectations formed earlier in the
season. The applications for discount showed
some improvement, but not enough to over
balance the deposits, and was considerably be-
low the current maturities of paper. Hence
an easy feeling prevailed. Acceptable paper
was taken at 5@6. These rates were somewhat
shaded in the open market. It was stated
that large amounts of money were being with
drawn from the speculative markets, which
have ceased to be profitable and deposited in
bank. While this increases the amount of idle
capital it improves the prospects of an expan-
sion of legitimate business by putting the own
ers in a position to promptly take hold of any
good thing that may turn up A man with
ready cash can generally find some use for it
if he be observing and enterprising. The
Clearing House statement shows gain of g.
225.000 over the same week last year, and gain
for the year to date over 1889 of S15 733 674 SO.
This does not look as if business were very
badly in the dumps The report follows.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
]Ex-div,

The sales were so shares of Philadelphia Gas
at 3Ssa 100 at 1884, 100 Electric at 561 and so La
Noria az 2
Robinson Bros. sold $4,000 McKeesport and
Bellevernon frsts at 500 and interest.
The total sales of stocks at New York yes
terday were l36.9l6 shares, including: Atch-
ison, 30065; Delaware, Lackawanna and West
Point 450; Hooking Valley, 1885; Lake Shore,
Pacific, 1850; Northwestern, $500; Northern
Pacific preferred, 6902; Oregon Transconti-
mental, $500; Reading, 35,74O; ST. Paul, 6050;
Union Pacific, 3,625; Western Union, $500.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
TIME FOR A NEW DEAL.
Stocks Dull and stcady-Brokers Waiting
for a Change.


The stock market yesterday was dull and gen.
orally steady, there being no material declines
and no prominent advances. Philadelphia AMI
Peoples Natural Gas were ex-dividend. The
market was not in a condition to encourage a
heavy buying movement in view of the ten
dency toward lower, prices. WHILE on the other
hand, sellers preferred to wait and take the
chances Of an advance. The result of this an
tagonism was very little trading, only three
stocks being dealt in, and only 800 shares
changing hands. Bids, offers and sales are
given below:
Bid. Asked.
Pittsburg Pet. Stock and Metal Ex.....5OO ....
BANK STOCKS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
Kni4bts of ftb,. GoIden EogI..

-Messrs R. Crawford, NJ s. M. Ter, M.D.L.
Heastings, Charles Slack R. h. Lddell and
William Wendt have addressed letter to the
members of Venus Castle asking that the
castle adopt resolutions against taking part in
any anniversary entertainment at which
LIQUORS are sold or given away.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
Odd FeIloKa.

p. D. D. G. NJ. William b. McEwen, one of
the Oldest Odd Fellows in Allegheny county.
died on Saturday at $50 A. M, at his residence
No. IA Ridge avenue, Allegheny, at the age of
IS years. He was an old and honored member
of Allegheny Lodge No. 49, also of Pittsburg
Encampment No. 2 and was highly respected.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
Daughters of ST. George,

Ida May Lodge No. a Daughters of Re-
bekah, will hold box social in their hall on
Wednesday evening" April IL.
Pride of Allegheny City Lodge No. IA will
celebrate their first anniversary by holding a
social in their lodge room on Thursday, April
Is. Sister lodges are cordially invited.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
q G. M. R. A..

Branch No. 5e will be instituted next
Wednesday evening at St Joseph's school hall,
Sixteenth ward.
-A,meeting was held at Mansfield last Sun
day. Forty-two names were signed to an an.
plication for charter. The list closes to-day,