Two Electric Shock Survivors From Anti Execution Fight
New York report details two men who survived near-fatal electric shocks linked to proposed execution methods. Dell, a 26-year-old St Paul native and former telegraph lineman, recounts the moment his body connected with a live line and a guy wire, describing a tense, painless flash, delays in revival, and lasting health effects. The other survivor, Charles Young of Pittsburgh, suffers severe aftereffects, leaving him unable to move and under medical care at his Princeton home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Kemmler
W. J. Bell
Dell
St. Paul
Paul Dimrich
Sixth
Wabasha
Bell
Swetland
Tarox Sec
J. T. O'Connor
O'Conor
New York State
Charles Young
Ponte Ot Aes
Westinghouse
Pitteborg
Princeton
John Scott's Successor in Allegheny Valley Receivership
In the United States Circuit Court a motion was heard to appoint a successor to the late John Scott as one of the receivers of the Allegheny Valley Railroad. George Shiras argued for the motion. W H Barnes opposed, noting his long association with the railroad and seeking a co receiver less tied to the Pennsylvania Railroad. The court reserved decision. Pennsylvania Railroad counsel may participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
John Scott
Allegheny Valley Railroad
George Shiras
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
W. H. Barnes
Pennsylvania Railroad
John H. Hampton
Barnes
Scott
Wis Pfeil
Frank Stowickey
Howard Williams
Thomas Mackevink
Lizzie Nolan
William Baram
Clara Baram
James W.gittings
Gittings
Seven Sons
James G. Fairfield
Amos Sourbrine
Grant Miller
White
Miller
Sourbrine
L. Franz Becker
Katherine M. E. Becker
Common Pleas
McNeal Pipe and Foundry Company
Albert C. Weaver
George L. Drom
Henry Peachman
Caldwell
Tesq
M. Calef
Peetanes
James P. Lenihan
Ellen Lenanan
Criminal Court
Commonwealth
Dariay m
Thomas Kelly
Jessie Ha Gallin
Charles Donahue
John Mreek
J. G. Lehriner McClurg Donally
Steubenville Saloon Keeper Dies by Own Hand
William H. Coates of Steubenville committed suicide by ingesting rat poison after a domestic dispute with his wife. He suffered for hours before dying on his billiard table. A doctor was called but refused assistance. his wife was informed and traveled to Steubenville. She says others in his family also died by their own hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Coates
Steubenville
William H. Coates
North Fourth Street
Pittsburg
Coates
Third Avenue
Contes
Bargain Lots in Lace Curtains and Clothing at Jackson’s
Odd curtains and small lots of one to three pairs in various patterns offered cheap at Jackson’s. Also advertised are marked down suits and pants, hats, and other menswear at 4 Liberty Street corner Star, plus a selection of aged and imported spirits from W. J. Fripay at 633 Smithfield Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson's
Jacksons
Liberty Street
Star Corner
Unclear Classified Ad Fragments From 19th Century Notice
fragments of a faded classified ad urging saving money and tailoring. scattered phrases mention cleaning repairing summer clothes and a telephone number 1558. includes advertising lines for Lace Currarmss and several lots offered under value by Hueus Hacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hueus & Hacre
Hopeful Real Estate Pulse Amid Post Disaster Trade Talk
A Pittsburgh writer notes cautious optimism in housing and finance as clearings near two million dollars higher than last year. He cites mortgage activity, building permits, and a stalled Wilkinsburg water project while reportersspy on Neville Island deals and Edgewood surveys for new homes this summer.
A Bad Wind-Up At Market Slump Yields Little Light
The piece notes La Noria dominates yesterday’s rock call, supplying 500 of 15 shares sold, with brokers speculating heavy holds to onload and possible gains if the mill pans out. Other stocks like Chartiers Gas and Westinghouse Airbrake show no change while Electric softens and tractions barely steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Noria
Rock Call
Chartiers Gas
Westinghouse
Bank Gtochs
Bint National Bank
Paquesne National Bank
National Bank
Western and Electric Stock Prices on Market Day
Stocks in Western Insurance, gas, electric light, and rail facilities traded in New York. Major listings include Atchison, Erie, Louisville and Nashville, Missouri Pacific, Northwestern, Northern Pacific, St Paul, Pacific, Western Union and Westinghouse. Local Pittsburgh property transfers and lot sales also noted with several mortgage arrangements and auctions postponed to next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Minin
la Norta Mining Bliverton Mining Co
Allegheny
Cates Eeteeeseesens Aestte Westinghou
Ee Saeitives
Jon Switch and Signal Co
Westinghouse
Inga
New York
Atchison
Erie
Loulaville and
Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Northwestern
Northern Pacific Aera Lages Rg
St. Paul
On Pacific
Western Union
Financial Market Gales Persist Despite Steady Purchases
The money market remained firm with no rate changes and healthier discounts. Checking rose and deposits surpassed recent levels while clearings exceeded last year by about £2,000,000, indicating cautious but improving trade despite broader disruptions.
Oil market ends flat after bullish start at opening
The oil market opened bullish but traded lightly all day with no outside speculation. Pinkerton emerged as the heaviest buyer while clearings reached 870,000 barrels. no rumors of tampering and the Standard’s grip on prices remained a key factor. Field news noted several gas and oil wells active in Brush Creek, Turkey Foot, and Bakerstown with varied daily rates, while a few wells were dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkerton
Abroker
Sproul & Lawrence
Brush Creek
Hite & Brennan
United Oland Gas Company
Turkey Foot
Bakerstown
Montgomery
National transit certificates show varied openings across cities
June reports from multiple cities indicate certificates opened at different highs and lows with dates in June. Titusville and New York markets show openings and closes with marginal movements and small totals, while petroleum trading remains dull with minimal price action and a single trade recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crry
Brapronn
National Tificaten
Bose
Titusville
New York
Real Estate Transfers Marked by Stubborn Facts
FPACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS. They show a series of property sales including Healy heading headway with Alles and Batley at 164 Fourth Avenue selling No. 42 Center Avenue brick dwelling five rooms for 2700 to George H. Kuhn. D. Beben & Son sold to John W. Wiley for 1650 a five room frame dwelling on Penn Avenue near Winebiddle Street. Reed B. Coyle & Co sold a Dillett Street Brushton station frame dwelling five rooms and attic for 2400 with terms of no interest. Black & Baird at 0 Fourth Avenue completed a sale to..."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobn D. Davis
Eng
Lloyd Circle
Dithridge Street
Ellsworth Avenues
W. W. McNeffl & Bro
Fourth Avenue
Devilliers Street
Eleventh Ward
Mra. Amalia I
Mra. Amalia I. Newlin
Samuel W. Co
S. L. Boggs
John G. Brown
Esterday
Ed and
J. Poland
Bea
Vanna Avenue
John Baxter
Smithfield Street
Bank of Commerce
Bennett Street
A. Laubheim
George S. Martin
Liberty Street
Maplewood
James C.ton
A. . Rickard
Liz
W. M. Edwards
Mellon
Turtle Creek
Pittsburg and
Southwest Land Company
Ig Acres
Fairmount Avenue
B. A. Negley
Healy
Alles & Batley
George H. Kuhn
Center Avenue
D. Beben & Son
John W. Wiley
Michael and
Mary Gannon
Penn Avenue
Winebiddle Street
Reed B. Coyle & Co
J. A. Graver
Enlarging the City Sees Broad Permits for Homes
Building activity surges with permits totaling 72 022 dollars. The list includes B Reinger on Pearl street, G Walls on Smallman street, William Dogonhal on Soho street, Felix Higway on Webster avenue, and many others across wards. Names and addresses span Pearl through Lincoln avenues, Park street, and Elm era streets, highlighting a booming mid urban expansion.
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B. Reinger
Pearl Street
Laurel Avenue
Sixteenth Ward
G. Walls
Smallman Street
Fifteenth Ward
William Dogonhal
Soho Street
Thirteenth Ward
Felix Higway
Webster Avenue
Hues
Eleanor Street
T. Sankey
McClurg Street
Twenty
A. Mauk
Thompson Street
P. Hower
Park Street
Jos, Little
Perry Street
Mrs. Hromm
Edwin Streat
Henry Walling
Benhall Street
Benhall Street, Twenty-seventh Ward
Mary King
Leon Harding
Thirty-third Ridge
Charles Rushton
Syracuse Street
Eighteenth Ward
John W. Brand
Hornan Helin
Ellsworth Avenue
Twentieth Ward
Jacob Yost
Keystone Street
Fifty-second
Rs. O. Duncan
Second Avenue
P. M. Cushing
Main Street
Seventeenth Ward
Wm. Cette
Gross Street
Liberty Avenue
Wick Twomary
aSne Street
Poar
Nmn
Mohawk Street
Fourteenth Ward
John Leech
Lemminngton Avenue
Twenty-first
Albert Geschefski
Fish Street
Davison
Geneva Streets
Chas. P. Naser
Fisk Street
Geneva Street
Myles McMiff
Russet Street
Frank Shiavowski
Brereton Street
Henry Brandan
Republic Street
Y Fifth Ward
M. Diebold
Oak Street
Huron Avenue
John Barry
Plummer Street
Forty-fifth
Forty-sixth Streets
George Hess
Walnut Street
Copeland Street
Henry Stoke
Merriman's Alley
P. Henne
Sweetbriar Street
Robert N. Porter
Belonda Street
Charles Bailey
Tronclad
Thirty-sixth Street
Freitz
Poem Avenue
Berg Avenue
Coal Street
Twenty Seventh Ward
L. Schodowski
Preble Avenue
Thirteenth Wa
John Rynerwosky
Jacob Nurbach
Lincoln Avenue
Twenty-first Ward
Market Closes Quiet Yet Firm After Broad Advances
Stocks showed a improved tone with a modest rally as Western rate troubles eased and several issues moved upward. Atchison Arlington New England St Paul Northwestern Missouri Pacific Lake Shore and Toledo led gains while New England later weakened and Chicago Gas dropped. Bonds were steady with Oregon Short Line steady as volume hovered around modest totals, reflecting a cautious but firmer close on the New York Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yonex
Atchison and
Arlington
New England
St. Paul
Northwestern
Missouri Pacific
Lake Shore
Oregon
Toledo
Ann Arbor
North Mi
Chicago
Hocking Valleys
New York Stock Exchange
Whitney & Eisphenson
Fourth Avenue
Markets by Wire Favorable Pulse Drives Wheat Edges Higher
Market notes show generally favorable sentiment with active Chicago wheat trading. June, July futures rose modestly amid verbose price fluctuations while deferreds gained. corn and oats strengthened. lard remained dull. Foreign markets firmer as harvests progress. reports cite mixed crop conditions across the Northwest and West plus rain benefits in some areas and no rain in others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Dakota
Aes
Sud
Timothy Boy
Drogas
Joe Doe
Live Stock Market Report East Lisglen June Sale
Cattle receipts total 260 head with 20 head shipped. market dull with no cattle shipped to New York. Hogs receipts 300 head. shipments 400 head. market slow but steady with prices tentatively flat across grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrice Aasenee DisPaTer
East Lisgentr
Consignmiente
New York
Secret Societies Heptasophs Aid Johnstown Conclave
The Ally county district conventions will be held July 3 with about 900 members expected. Archon seeks a supreme organizer in chief. Relief Corps praised for timely aid to distressed brethren at Johnstown, and the Twenty third Supreme Representative District Delegate Convention met at Youngstown on the 11th. James S. Beans and Charles A. Parsons were elected district officials. resolutions and an automatic work plan were adopted. Supreme Provost I A Justice spoke at a Tod House reception for delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ally County
Oe Een
Eee Archon
Supreme Archon
Relief Corps
Johnstown
Twenty-third
Supreme Representative
Youngstown
Iith
James 8. Beans
Acme
Election of officers for new branch set next Friday
The text notes an election of officers for the new branch to occur next Friday evening and mentions visits to Oonnatiavilla and McKoesport. It also records an Advisory Council meeting and a decision on holding a reunion. Supreme Chancellor H W Deare of Detroit will preside at Branch 49 meeting at Mi schoolhouse Southside at 130 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inaaaae
Deare
Oonnatiavilla
McKoesport
Advisory Council
H. W. Deare
Detroit
Southside
James Es Rooney
James A. Burns
H. Ner, Jr
Samoan treaty provisions advance before ratification
Several provisions of the Samoan treaty will be enforced before formal ratification. Consuls at Apia will invite Samoa to adhere to the treaty. War Department reports no fear of a government outbreak and describes current difficulties as personal in nature. News notes include a Mersey collision, a fatal shooting, and local court actions impacting train wrecks and baptist church reorganizing in Pittsburgh.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Apia
Samoa
War Department
Merced
Saenen Ee
Goldiers
Kansas
Mersey
Heaton
Lestris
Cauison
Adler Hutchings
Paul Marquant
I Troop
Third Cavalry
Seovives
Hutchings
Marquant
Lehigh V
Buffalo
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Wabash
New Order
Barry
Knights of Labor
Cnsual Cunrene
Armagh
ceGrath
Parkinson
Moorehead
Elliot
McGrath
J. A. Newcome
Clearwater
Kan
Newcome
Tillinghast
Local man Huffman praises Copeland Swana treatment
Mr. Robert W. Huffman of 168 Jackson street Allegheny testifies to a long illness relief after treatment by Dr Copeland and Swana. He describes choking nasal discharge chest pains palpitations and improved health with sleep appetite and weight restoration. His statement can be verified at Allegheny Market McBride's restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Huffman
Robert W. Huffman
Jackson Street
Allegheny
Copeland
Swana
Deamiten
Han
Dra. Copeland
Huffman Les
McBride
Laurant
Containing Truth With Which Everyone Should Become Familiar
A concise exhortation urging readers to study a defining truth that should be understood by all. The piece emphasizes clarity, relevance, and the value of informed public awareness for civic life.
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Beecham
Peaus
Imperial Amoroga
Imperial Aventilindo
Pemartin Reserve
Sieenercee
Huovus & Hacks
oFanha
Fifth Ave
Edward Groetzinger
Peon Avenue
Oacon
Guckenheimer Lubling
Guckenheimer
J. Fripay
Wrsu
Amontillado
Beenaxe
Neville Island
Chaplin
Growlers
Department of Trade
Union
oRroe
East End
Lafterward
Union Station
Edgewood
McKelry
River
Wilkinsburg
North Braddock
ExrLonex
Western Insurance Co
Cade ii
Eas
Mantactural Gas Co
Nlon Gas Io
Scane
Eran Eeling Co
Pittaburg Traction
Kelly
Manchester
Aihara
Wee Pitt
Tts
Nesseu
Go Western K. R
Pitts Western RB. R
N.Y. &C, Gas Coal Co
Ceeseerereee & A Bridge Stocka, Co
Eter
Las
Gute
Ku- OP
South America
North Ife
West Shore
Philadelphia
Orly
Dawk
John M. Darney & Co
Bixth Street
Pittsburg Petroleum
London
Bradford Gat
Pittsburgs Te Preaitins
Other of
Marketa
Canada South
Ae v
St. St Ps
Otee C
Northwastern
OC &L
Essen
Col
Hocking
EL T
Erie & West
Cote
K.Y
Acer Bae
Norfolk Estern
Northern Pacific
Able & Oon
Insconee
Ryay . & Evans
Anae & Aoe
Richmona
Pi F
Lead Trust
Boston
Atch
Gertie
Cotun
A & Neto Fonan
Wan Muim
Aenee Rg
Huron Ee
Pere
Bell Telephone
Ta KC. Ltd
East Liberty
Castoria
ape-Tawren
New Baptist Church
Old Messiah Baptist Church
Forty-third
Butler Streets
Seventh Baptist Church of
A. L. Hannah
J. T. Lavely
Harrison Griffith
D. Bools
W. T. White
William
Wolff
Wolff& Randolph
Sehokers—Financial
ERS
Bno Salislls
E. E
Wy Binet Aeierienson
Isaac
Messrs. Drexel
Uco
Commission
Chisholm
Groadeway, NM
Mili Litiz- AE
John M. Oakley & CO
Bankers and Brokers
Chicago Board of Trade and Pittsburg Petroleum Exchange
Sixth ST
Rialto Building
Robert W. Huffmann
Fiery
Theia Senate
Ieee
Sixth Avenue
L A. A
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