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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
ACQUITTED OF THE CHARGE.
Southslde Janitor Gets Ont of an Ugly
Scrape With Ease.

In the Criminal Court yesterday F. K Bank.
erd, janitor of the Twenty-sixth ward school,
was tried on the charge of felonious assault on
Tillie Schroeder. aged II years, and on Molhe
Bentler aged 10 years. The jury in the case
was out but short time, and rendered a ver-
dict of not guiltyin both cases. Jacob Dodd
pleaded guilty to the larceny of clock, table,
cloth. etc., from Orion Craig. He was sent
eneed three months to the workhouse. Hiram
Cochran pleaded guilty to keeping gambling
house and disorderly house in MeKeesport.
Frank Birmingham is on trial on the charge
are out in the cases of James Alexander and
Bridget Mccoy, tried for assault and battery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
Other Oil Markets.

BRADFORD. June l6.-Petroleum opened at
SO24ci lowest 9Osc; highest, 9l1So: closed, 9O1sc;
runs. l02 795 barrels; shipments I25 $50 barrels:
clearanees. 2l4.0 600 barrels.
NEW YORK, June l6-Petroleum opened
strong, with spot at 90c and July option Ole.
After the first sales the market sagged off Nc
anu tnen became dull and remained so until
the close. q Stock Exchange-Openinr 9Oc:
highest, e0c; lowest S91S: CLOSING. .Sg1Sc. Con,
solidated Exchange-Opeping bic; highest, Gle;
barrels. ''
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17

MANY q poor family that seeks the Western
wilds in the hope of winning a fortune is nre.
served from that insidious foe of the emIprant
and frontiersmaD-chills and fover-bv Hos.
tetters Stomach BitterS. So etfecuuaIiy does
that incompatible medicinal defense fortify
she system against the combined inluence Of
. malarIcus atmosphere, and miasma-Tainted
water, that protected by il the pioneer the
miner or the tourist provided with it NAV
safely encounter the d@.ra-.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
Closing Bond Quotations.

NEW YoRK-Clearings. s77.534,024; balances
S4,520.O6S
BosToN = Clearings. s1S,522. .3Ol; balances,
Sl,S56.6l6. Money 1906 per cent Exchange
on New York par to l2119c discount
PHILADELPHIA-Clearin Sll, l,4l3.2l1; bal
ances 81, IA, 403.
BALTIMoRE-Clearings, S2.446,7S3; balances,
S25SS72.
exchange 121aQ25c premium. Money remains
unchanged.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
Grain In Sialrt.

CHICAGO, June l6.-The visible supply of
grain as reported by the Board of Trade is as
follows; Wheat, q, SIS, 600 bushels: decrease.
2leOOO bushels. Corn. l6.2O4, 900 bushels: in.
crease, L9s0O 200 bushels. Oats, 3g7 600 bushels:
decrease. 765. 900 bushels. Rye. U94. .OUO bushels;
decrease, 5,OVo bushels. Barley, 529, 900 bush.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
A BAD FINISH.

Oil City Once More Breaks the Oil Market
Light Trading.
Oil opened yesterday fraction higher than
Saturdays close. the strength originating in
Pittsburg; but it soon softened under a raid by
the Oil City bears, and closed at the lowest
point of the day. Trading was very light,
amounting to, perhaps, 20. 600 The range was:
Opening. 9lH; highest, 91lz; lowest and clos
ing, BOY. Saturdays clearances were I20, 900
barrels.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
NEARLY A LYECHIEG.
COsl onicinls Prevent a Mob From Assuming
Extra Judicial FuHctioua.

Extra Judicial Functions.
oakdale is little village on the Panhandle
Railroad, and there was wild time there yes
terday morning. Thomas Jones, a miner. 80
years old, MAS caught III the act of assaulting a
lO-year-old girl A crowd gathered, and some
one suggested that the man be lynched. The
idea met with favor, a rope was soon procured
and thrown over telegraph pole and the moose
was about to be placed over the victims neck
when Squire James A While. of OakdaIe and
the constable of McDonalds station put in an
appearance. The two officers counseled peace
and after great deal of argument pursuaded
them.
Jones was immediately brought to this city
and placed in jail on a warrant signed bv SQUIRE
While.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17

Sales at first call were 40 Electric at 3S1l
Before call 130 Philadelphia Gas at BIZ. AT
second call 10 Philadelphia Gas brought 3lA
80 SlH 10 Electric SS1S and 20 3S5s.
The total sales of stocks at New York vester-
day were l0l, 600 shares, including: Atchison,
7,l25; Oregon Trapscontnental. 10 500; Reading
1909; Richmond and West Point S,240; st.
Paul 660O
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
HOME SECURITIES.

Electric and Philadelphia Gns the Oniv
Things Showing Signs of Life.
Everything relating to or having bearing
upon local securities was as expresSionless yes
terday as the countenance of a man just
elected to Congress when approached by sup
porter for a favor. There were said to be a
few orders in the market, but not enough to
lift business out of the rut, where it promises
to founder all summer
Electric and Philadelphia Gas were the only
active things on the list. The former was
stronger and the latter weaker. There were
no material changes in any of the other special.
ties. The fractions closed at the best figures OF
the day. Sales were 275 shares.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
To.Day's Audit Hist.
In the Divorce mill.

Divorces we're granted yesterday in the cases
of Mary j. Sleek against Alex Sleek, for cru
city, and Matthias Barbus against Maggie Bar
bus; NJ. ]. Niblock against S. j. Niblock;
Heisey against Dora P. Heisley, all for de-
sertion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
To.DnY'a Trinl List.

Criminal Court-Commonwealth vs. ]. Nc
Donough. Robert Agnew R. Anderson, Bertha
Sauermilch, George Sauermilch. Robert
george, Celia Murray, W. b. Rodgers. Frank
f6odgers ~, James Brown, Fl. Campbell,
1eorge l. Day, Dora Myer, Harry Moore.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
DryCoods.

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE demand for dry
goods was moderate. It does not appear that
buyers are holding off particularly but they
have taken great many goods, and the mar
ket is pretty well cleaned up and sold ahead
for the next two morths
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17

NEW YoRK-Pig iron quiet. Copper quiet
and strong; lake. sl6 Lead, dull and nm
changed: domestic. 81 30. Tin, dun and heavy
closing steadier; STRAITS, S2l 90.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
Wool Market.

ST. Is-Wool-Receipts, 36S. 900 pounds.
Market easy and choice lots of bright medium
are 1<e of at 24zc Other grades not quotably
changed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
'Ex-dividend.
PhiIadelphia Stocks,

Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks. fur
nished bv Whitney & Stephenson, brokers. No. 81
Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17

PLATTS Chlorides the best disinfectanr for
household uses. odosless. prompt cheap.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
Movements In Real Estate.

Yestlr
day, as well In sales as inquiries. 1t is the
opinion Of brokers. almost without exception
that trade will be brisk all summer. There i:
nothing in sight or prospect upon which to base
contrary opinion. Values are steady, bui
evince no disposition TO 60 much higher
Transactions put through follow:
Hamnett Meredith sold a farm near Lego
nier, of 100 acres to ]. II. Beighley, for IS 900.
Baxter. Thompson & Co. sold for w. E.
Mooney a two-story frame dwelling on Center
avenue. near Highland East End. for 81. 900.
They also sold to 81. s. A. Stewart for ]. Will
Jams, lot on the east side of Negley avenue.
near Stanton, 5Oxll0 to Portland street. for
S.. 500 cash.
Charles somers & Co. sold for F. A. Hancock
to ]. K. Holland, vacant lot near Fairmoun,
avenue, Nineteenth ward, in size SOx62 feet, for
500 cash; also sold for Charles Somers to Am.
brose Woods lot No. 70, in Benton place. front.
ing "a Feet on 40-foot street, and in depth llO
feet, to an alley for $500 They also sold a
mortgage of $1,000 on residence property in the
Eleventh ward, city, and one of s., 500 on busi-
ness property in the Tenth ward. ALLEGHENY
each bearing per cent interest, running three
years.
Black Baird sold to D. L. Gillespie lot No.
81 on Thomas street, Boulevard place. 54x2O0
feet; for So, $50, or SO per foot front.
Allies q Bailey placed mortgage of 81. 200 in
two equal payments of per cent on pronertv
in the Tenth ward, Allegheny City.
Brown d Saint sold to Mrs. Rubie II. Elliott
lot No. 81 IN Villa Park plan, fronting so feet
on the noftn Hne OIL Baxter street and extend
ing back northerly $50 feet, for $3.50
Ewing Byers sold for M. W. Prescott to the
Park Homestead. Loan and Trust Company
two-story frame house of six rooms and hall.
with LOT 20xl00 on Carroll straa+ Sooo.l mn rd
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17
Feature. Of Yesterday. OIL Mar,,s,

Corrected daily by John NJ. Oakley & Co.. 40
Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-17

Rehned New YORK. 7..0c.
Refined, London, 5ssd
Refined, Antwerp I7Hf
Refined, Liverpool. 5 ll-l6d.
Refined, Bremen. G. 7Om.
A. b McGrew quotes: Puts, sssS@SylS;
calls, 9lA. N'/sSo'/2'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
EVERY DAY SCIENCE.
The Electric Lights Effect on Pilfer-
ing on Sugar Estates.
HEADACHE FROM EYE TROUBLES.
Plaster Houses Are Likely to Become Cheap
and Popular Soon.
AN ARTIFICIAL IVORY AND MUSK
rpRErARnp ron THE D1srAroH.I


The electric light is being introduced into
the "boiling houses" of Demerara and West
Indian sugar estates. The value Of this in
novation can hardly be conceived by those
unacquainted with the conditions which
exist on cane-sugar plantations. On some
properties it has at times been the practice
to make an appreciable reduction from the
estimated yield of sugar in conseq uence of
the quantity Of cane. canejuice and sugar
stolen by the negroes during "crop time"
The night is the time when "Master
Quashie" gets in his fine work, and right
smart thief he is.
The ''overseer," who has charge of the
sugar in the boiling and curing houses,
has to be always on the alert, but still the
negro is too much for him. Many of the
boiling houses are very badly lighted, and,
after days OF work and nights of watching,
the drowsiness of the tagged overseer is in
creased by the dim light of the oil lamp,
and while he slumbers the plunder is
going on. With well-lighted boiler house,
however, the chances of theft are minimized.
The overseer is more cheerful and less likely
to be overcome by sleep, and everything
that the "hands" do is distinctly seen. The
negro is not likely to appreciate the aesthetic
beauty of the electric light; he will rather
gaze on it sadly, e1claiming: "Buckra
(white man) know too much" and think of
the days, or rather the nights, when in few
minutes he could purloin enough to pay his
family expenses for week. The introduc-
tion of the electric light will be the death
blow of petty larceny of "produce" in
sugar plantation boiling houses
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Waste of Food In America.

In the use Of food the Americans are Law
ish, and even wasteful. In calling atten-
tion to this fact, j. R. Dodge states that
Great Britain consumes an average meat
ration not over two-thirds as large as the
American, France scarcely half as large,
and Germany, Austria and Italy still less.
The average consumption of meat in the
United States is probably not less than
IT'S pounds per annum. OF other civilized
nations, only Great Britain exceeds 100,
and many scarcely average 30 pounds. The
consumption of the cereals in this country,
by man and beast, Is three times as much in
proportion to population as in Europe. For
the past ten years the average has been 45
bushels for each unit of population, while
the usual European consumption does not
greatly vary from 16 bushels per annum.
While all this is not used as food for man,
no small part of it contributes to the meat
supply. In the consumption of fruits the
difference between this and other countries
is marked. Small fruits, orchard fruits Of
all kinds and tropsical fruits, as we'll as
melons of many varieties are in profuse and
universal daily use in cities and towns, and
in the country the kinds locally cultivated
are still cheaper and more abundant. The
consumption of vegetables is not excessive.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
AFTER A LIQUOR MAN.
School Directors Ask Court to Be
woke a Wholesale License.
DUQUESNE WANTS TOBEA EABOROUGH
A ConVict's Wife Asks for Severance h
Her Marriage Ties.
ONE DAYS WORK In THECoUNTY COURTS

Judge Magee yesterday issued rule On
James Tuitle. wholesale liquor dealer at
the corner of Smallman and Thirty-frst
streets, to show cause why his license should
not be revoked. The rule was granted on
the petition of the members of the School
Board of the Springfield sub-district.
Twelfth ward. In their petition they stated
that they wished to call the attention Of
the Court to matter which, in their
opinion, demands the immediate attention
of the Court. Tuitle's place, they said, is
one-story, two-roomed house at the corner of
Smallman and Thirty-frst streets, and the
Court granted him wholesale license dur
ing the present year.
From their personal observation and from
reliable information received they have
reason to believe that liquor is sold and
consumed on the premises, which they be-
lieve is against the provisions of the law.
This has the effect of causing considerable
drunkenness and rowdyism in the immediate
neighborhood and is detrimental to the
morals of the children attending school. As
the school yard Immediately adjoins this
saloon, therefore they, in the interest of the
school children and the neighboring citizens,
asked for relief by such action as the Court
could bestow.
The petition was signed by R. B. Elliott,
j. c. Boas, Louis Baker, c. P. Sheers,
David Henderson and DR.. j. A. McCready,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
sensitive Scale.

A great many ingenious devices owe their
origin to taking some old familiar appli-
ance and making it serve new purpose.
Hardly any invention is commoner than
pendulum clock, and yet from one of its
parts an American inventor has developed
a scale much more sensitive than the best
knife-edge balance. If the wire rod by
which pendulum rod hangs is examined,
the upper end, where tits fastened to the
clock frame. will be found fattened into
the form Of a spring. AS spring the
metal sways to and fro with the minimum
of friction. Suspending the horizontal rod
of his balance from just such spring, the
inventor has been able not only to construct
an exquisitely sensitive scale, measuring
one part in 1850, 900, but also to build
testing machine, in which steel bars are
drawn out and broken as easily as il they
were glass, and in which the force at work
is indicated with the utmost accuracy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Cement Mortar Under Wafer.

The use under water of sacks of cement
mortar is in certain cases Of the greatest SER
vice. It is probable that no other process
will permit work under water which will
secure SO perfect a contact with old ma
sonry. A notable example of this may be
cited in the viaduct which is now being
built across the Loire for the railroad from
Bourges to Glen, France, which has the
foundations of its piers in pits dug through
a water bearing sand to the marly limestone
which forms the subsoil of the valley. In
some of these excavations the bottom is dis
turbed by violent currents of water coming
either from the water-bearing sand into the
pit, or from cracks which are frequently
met with in the limestone, and the waters
of which spout out in the bottom Of the ex-
cavation. This water could not be carried
away by masonry channels or drains since
the mortar would be at once washed out.
The use of cement in sacks allows the en-
gineerS to obtain pavement or foundation
for the bottom of the pit almost solid, and
fitting itself perfectly to all the irregulari-
ties of the bottom, thus allowing the con-
crete to be set with perfect security.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
PhotoRraphinR CIonds.

A good suggestion has been thrown out
for the benefit of those who have not had
much experience in making cloud negatives:
If the sun is to be included in the picture,
films of ground-glass backed plates should
be used. ANY lens which will take good
landscape can be used, and its smallest stop
should be employed. As rule, the ex-
posure will be about one second on a slow
plate, but in the case of red sunrises and
sunsets, this may often be increased TO as
much as eight or even ten seconds, unless
isochromatic plates are available. The de-
velopment must be very carefully watched,
and not carried too far.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Steam Lifeboat,

The tests of the steam lifeboat which has
just been brought out in England have
proved remarkably satisfactory, the maneuv-
ering powers of the boat being admirable.
Going at full speed. she made with the rud-
der. half circle in 35 seconds, and the full
one in 30 seconds. Going slowly, with rud.
der and turbine, the full circle was made in
40 seconds, and with turbine alone IN 50
seconds. By working the levers on deck the
boat was brought from full speed to a dead
stop in 80 seconds, and from dead stop to full
speed in seconds. These tests show how
entirely the boat is under control of the Off
GER on deck, no communication whatever,
being necessary with the engine room, as the
machinery always runs in one direction.
The consumption OF coal under forced
draught is said to be little more than two
hundred weight per hour, and the supply
will last for 80 hours. The steam lifeboat is
likely to come into general use on dangerous
parts of the English coast.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
HIgh speed ON che Ocean.


It has been said that when the danger OF
collision arises, if vessel is slowed down she
will have time to get out of the way. This,
as matter of fact, is a fallacy. The faster
q ship steams the more fully is she under
command of her helm, and this is especially
true in the present day Of steam steering
gear when the quartermaster has unlimited
power at his command to put the helm over
quickly. Ocean liners will never go slowly
enough to enable them to stop and go astern
in the event of meeting in fog. Captains
will always depend on the maneuvering
properties OF their ships, and, as already
stated, the faster they go the more quickly
will the rudder act, so that speed, which
from one point of view is an element of
danger, has its counterbalancing advan-
tages. The opinion of our best shippers in
clines toward the greater safety for their
ships being obtained at high speeds. in the
matter of danger from collision in case of
meeting other steamers in fog.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Plaster Houses.

An innovation in building has been sug-
gested, which. although it can hardly yet be
said to have been fairly tested, seems to pos
sess excellent points. The framework of a
house is erected in the ordinary way. and for
large buildings iron or steel may be used.
On the studdlng of this framework metal
lathing is nailed, which covers everything
excepting the doors and windows. The
mesnes OF the lath are diamond-shaped, and
the surfaces are turned at an angle. The
lath is first coated with mixture of mortar
and cement, aiterward is added an inch Of
cement, which is finished and lined in imi-
tation OF any kind of stone. The cost is
said to be but little in excess Of that of the
ordinary methods
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Tho American Citizen.

The American citizen is not content to
exist as a mere animal. Physical we'll
being does not limit his desire or aspiration.
he is especially solicitous for the welfare
and advancement of his children, and freely
depletes limited income in their education
and training for career in life, often upon
other than ancestral lines. This tendency
may become excessive, and is already, to
some extent, creating a distaste for useful
industry, and desire for conspicuous posi-
tion, for accumulation without labor, and
speculative rather than productive Occupa-
tion. Thus the average American lives
npon high plane, exciting the envy and
emulation of people of other countries, and
inducing extraordinary immigration.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Mondays Trial Lists.

Criminal ourt-Commonwealth vs Valentine
HEM. Ida Keegan, Joseph Unshuld, Gus Kirk
ross, Thomas Francis, William McCutcheon,
Samuel Hicks (2), Mary Brawdy. Henry
Greiner, Elizabeth Deer (3). II. F. Harrison,
Henry Griffith. Hartle Crow, Mary Miligan,
Frank Connors.
Common Pleas No. 2-Dalllnger vs. Hunt d
Clapp ct ux: COursin VS. SHREDDER: Taylor ys
Excelsior Express and Standard Cab Company;
Barndollar ct ux vs. Wiley; Latham vs. Breketti
Lohnes ct al VS. Binder Fishing Club; Forest
City Stove Company VS. Boyd Beatty; Polk q
Co. VS. Letzkus Construction Company.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

an he dug under the rock an found heap
O. bones an sich; an he lowed hit war an
Injun-somethin' er nuther, he called hit
place whar they sackerfced to ther gods, he
Flowed 4"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

an 'twuz jest gittin' sorter white; an time
I looked back they warn't soul-nary
souli The rock wuz jest er 'twux fore them
ghos'es come, an they warn't nary thing
stirrin'.
1T dassen't to leave till sun up, an I
never did 90 on that there nob-no time
agin. wouldn't 60 there Nv a night, not
fer hoss an gunl Hits jest as late as
want to see hit, right nowl
''There wuz fellar-No'thern feller he
wuz-staid t. our house last spring spell;
he wuz all time projeckin round amongst
the woods an rocks. He found heap O.
arrer heads an spear heads up an roun thar;
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Flon ting SawmjlI,

A floating sawmill is found to be use
full adjunct to the business of lumberman.
The craft usually employed for this purpose
is about 40 feet by 80 feet. and draws about
Is inches of water. All the hands con-
nected with the numbering work live
aboard, and the boat travels up the river,
stopping whenever a good lot OF timber is
sighted near the banks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Prof. Shaler,s ODlniou.

Prot Shaler is of the opinion that what is
popularly termed natural gas is destined to
speedy exhaustion, but he thinks its effects
on the economic methods of our civilization
are certain to be enduring; and that the
superior cleanliness and convenience of gas
as fuel will bring the world to the use of
manufactured gas for fuel purposes when
the supply of natural gas has given out, and
in those localities where the geological
formation is such that the discovery of
natural gas can not be hoped for.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Eye.straIn and Headache,

A New York physician, who has for sew
eral years been studying the relation of eye
strain to headache, etc., in children, has
published the results of his labors. He
finds that cases of short sight, far sight. and
irregular sight, often 60 unrecognized until
the continued eye strain results in chronic
headache and lassitude. or even more serious
nervous disorders. The most approved mod
ern treatment in certain cases of headache
is to order the use of spectacles.