Surprises anticipated as Sage fortune nears probate
Multimillionaire Russell Sage left a fortune reported over 100 million dollars. Executors and legal counsel prepared for probate after the funeral at Far Rockaway. Sage died at 90 in Lawrence Long Island after a long illness, surrounded by family and friends.
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Mr. Sage
Mrs. Sage
Col
John P. Slocum
Schmuck
Janeway
Robert Leecht
First Presbyterian Church
Far Rockaway
John P. Munn
Glencove
Lawrence
Sage
Donald Sage Mackey
Collegiate Reformed Church
Fifth Avenue
Dr. Delavan
Financier Russell Sage’s Rise From Troy to Wall Street
A detailed account traces Russell Sage born August 4 1816 in Shenandoah Verona NY from a rural upbringing to shopkeeping and wholesale trade in Troy. It covers his partnerships and bold moves, railroad deals, Wall Street operations, ties with Jay Gould, and political activity including two marriages.
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New York
Russell Sage
Shenandoah
Verona
Connecticut
Mohawk Valley
Michigan
Elisha Sage
Durbanville
River Street
Troy
John W. Bates
Hudson River
Sage & Bates
Albany
Vermont
Sage
Rengselaer
Commercial Bank of Troy
Albany and Schenectady
Troy and Schenectady
City of
E. D. Morgan
New York City
New York Central
City Council of
Senator Morgan
Morgan
Western Corporation
Jay Gould
Mr. Gould
la Crosse Railroad
Road
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Wall Street
William Street
Chicago
Miwaukee
St. Paul
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Mr. Sage
Grant & Ward
Broadway
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Gould
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company
Western Union Company
Recorder Oliver
John A. Wool
Whig Party
Taylor
Maria Winne
Moses I. Winne
Margaret Olivia
Joseph Slocum
Syracuse
N. Y
Accidental Carbolic Acid Burn Injures Mrs Schuhler
Mrs Frank X Schuhler was badly burned when a carbolic acid bottle burst as she fell in her home at 331 East Washington boulevard Monday morning. Dr Sledd aided, and recovery is expected. Also, Mrs Henry Koch fractured her right forearm falling from a chair at 1309 Erie street. Dr Morse Harrod reduced the break.
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Frank X. Schuhler
East Washington Boulevard
Erie Street
Henry Koch
Morse Harrod
Project moves forward with new ice factory planned
Bash returned Saturday evening from Indianapolis where he was in conference with a prominent artificial ice manufacturer about installing a new factory in the Bash Packing buildings. Several ice machinery makers will visit soon to estimate the transformation and equipment. Mr Bush says plans to form a large stock company to manufacture ice are progressing and details will be settled in a few days.
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Bash
Indianapolis
Bash Packing Company
Bush
Creighton Williams Wins Sale of Siemon & Bro Stock
Judge Sol A. Wood granted the petition of Creighton H. Williams trustee to dispose of the book and stationery stock of Siemon & Bro. The sale will be held July 26.
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Sol A. Wood
Creighton H. Williams
Siemon&. ‘Bro
Demand for educated agricultural men outstrips supply
A correspondence highlights the shortage of suitably trained candidates for scientific assistant and farm management roles in the U S Department of Agriculture. It urges young men to pursue a full college course in agriculture, noting exams in June for Civil Service positions offering salaries from 1000 to 2500 dollars.
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Winona Agricultural Institute
the Gazette
G. W
Minnesota
Department of Agriculture
Office of Farm Management
Spillman
United States Department of Agriculture
James Wilson
Washington
Civil Service
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Russian Parliament Delegates Withdraw From Peace Conference
In London the fourteenth Interparliamentary Union opened amid cheers and a dramatic pause as Professor Kovalevsky announced Russia would withdraw its delegates after the dissolution of the Duma. Leaders praised peace efforts. the scene focused on Russia's sudden absence and ensuing protests. The session proceeded with calls for a world peace act via The Hague tribunal.
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London
Interparliamentary Union
Royal Gallery
Palace of Westminster
Europe
Western Hemisphere
Maxim Kovalevsky
Richard Bartholdt
William J. Bryan
Lord Weardale
Sir Philip Stanhope
Roosevelt
Campbell-Bannerman
King Edward
Nicholas
The
Hague
Hague Tribunal For the Universal Good of Humanity
Count Apponyi
Edward
England
Russia
Rail wreck kills twenty near Hamlet North Carolina
A collision between a freight and a regular mail train on the Seaboard Air Line near Hamlet, North Carolina, killed four trainmen and sixteen others and injured twenty four. The wreck, caused by a missed order at Rockingham, destroyed cars on both trains and left many bodies in Hamlet and Rockingham. Crew members named include Conductor Hunter, Engineer Bundy, Conductor Bowen, Engineer Lewis, Fireman Hill, Baggagemaster Byrd, and Porter Bogan. The injured were taken to Charlotte hospitals.
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Raleigh
N. C
Seabord Air Line
Hamlet
Rockingham
Charlotte
Monroe
Hunter
Bundy
Wilmington
John D. Bowen
J. J. Bowen
Southern Express Company
Coffins Sent From Here to Hamlet and Rockingham
Coffins were dispatched from this locality and other points to Hamlet and Rockingham to receive the bodies of the dead, as part of the arrangements following the wreck.
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Hamlet
Rockingham
Official Seaboard wreck statement lists fatalities and injuries
Norfolk July 23 officials released details of last night’s head on collision between passenger train No 44 from Rutherford to Wilmington and freight engine 683 west of Hamlet. Eight white and twelve colored killed, five white and nineteen colored injured, with more possibly among the missing.
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Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line
Hamlet
Rockingham
N. C
Rutherford
Charlotte
Wilmington
Monroe
Alfred Walter
Seaboard
Hahlet
Rockinham
Walter
H. S. Byrd
Frank Lewis
Hamet
Tom Hill
Tom Jones
J. D. Bowen
Raleigh
J. L. Lear
E. S. Birmingham
Rockingam
E. A. Carter
J. O. Bundy
German American Bank Wins Canal Bond Bid in Fort Wayne
German American National Bank, the sole Fort Wayne institution to bid, secured 130000 dollars of Panama canal bonds offered by the government at prices around 104 to 108.61. The bids totaled 225000 dollars with multiple 10000 dollar lots filled at varying discount and premium rates, reflecting strong local demand for the securities.
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The
German-American National Bank
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Bank
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Financier
J. J. Slo
Thomas
Robert G. Leitch
Oakland Cemetery
L. I
Bes Russell Sace
F. X. Schuler
Winona Lake, Indiana
Institute Building
Farmer's Institute
J. C. Breckenridge
Winona Lake, Ind
W. J. Spillman
Musecovites
Professor Kovalevsky
N.C
Panama
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