Will James Estate Wealth Tied to Rail and Mining Stocks
John F. Farrell filed a transfer tax report showing Daniel Willis James died Sept 18 at Mount Washington Hotel Bretton Woods New Hampshire with gross assets of 26.97 million and net estate 24.84 million after debt. Bequests total 1.195 million to charities and residuary shares go to widow Ellen S. James and son Arthur Curtis James. Securities list includes large holdings in Great Northern Railway Northern Pacific Rail Western Copper Mining and other firms. James born in Liverpool and age 75 at death.
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John F. Farrell
Daniel Willis James
Mount Washington
Bretton Woods
N. H
Surrogates’ Office
James
Phelps, ‘Dodge & Co
John Street
Ellen S. James
Arthur Curtis James
Farrell
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Rail
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Securities Co
Southwestern Investment Co
United States
Trust Co
Ceces
Queen Consolidated Mining Co
Montezuma Copper Co
Sccosce
Old Dominn Co
North “Star
Mines
Coe Eve Cceevenseries
Sean Lepian
Phelps, Dodge & Co
Eerie Water
Cagiada Bank Ecapeaceee
Eseceeereces
Casbon En
Phelps
Dodge Co
Ot ‘Phelps
Doage & Co
Scien
Liverpool
England
Will of Dr John Ordronaux Bequeaths Large Charitable Gifts
Probate in Mineola New York confirms Dr John Ordronaux who died January 20 1908 left an estate near 1 million dollars. Major bequests go to Dartmouth College Mary Hitchcock Hospital Trust funds for Long Island Church Charity Foundation and several New York institutions plus a significant gift to the Home for Children in Mineola and to the New Amsterdam Eye and Ear Hospital. Recipient details include Dartmouth 50000 for a Good Samaritan fund and other gifts to hospitals and religious bodies.
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Mineola
IL. L
John Ordronaux
Glen Head
L. I
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Good Samaritan
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Long Island
Church Charity Foundation of
Brooklyn
New Amsterdam Eye and Ear Hospital
New York City
Little Sisters of the
Taft Far in the Lead in Delegates Contest
Special to The New York Times reports the Republican National Convention race in Chicago sees Taft leading in delegate counts. Illinois and Virginia show Taft and Cannon support among uninstructed delegates, while Oklahoma and Tennessee districts stage contested selections affecting local power but not the Chicago outcome. The weekend table lists Taft 162, Cannon 24, Fairbanks 26, contested 28, uninstructed 14.
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Washington
Chicago
South
New England
Caignon
Taft
Cannon
Virginia
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Mississippi
Republican National Committee
Fairbanks
Bequests Total Large Sums To Hospitals And Individuals
The will allocates substantial amounts to multiple hospitals including Poor New York Nassau Hospital Min eola Flushing Jamaica Ty Jamaica and others with sums from 3 000 to 6 000 plus a 5 000 gift to the Society for the Relief of the Destitut Blind and 5 000 to George Washington University 5 000 to Trinity College 10 000 to University of Vermont and 310 000 to an unnamed estate. The testator's sister Florine J Bringues of Baltimore receives income from 10 000 for life. Other beneficiaries include Louis A Servatius Clara Selignac May Melan six nephews at 5 000 each and nieces Laura Heile of France and two others with varying lifetime incomes and 8 000 to another niece. many smaller bequests follow.
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Poor
New York
Norton Hospital
Taunton
Mass
Nassau Hospital
Mineola
Flushing Hospital
Flushing
Jamaica Hospital
Jamaica
Society For the Relief of the Destitut
George Washington University
Washington
D. C
Trinity College
Hartford
Laura Heile
France
ASK McCarren to Quit as Kings County Leader
Brooklyn district leaders reportedly voted at Astor House Friday to urge Senator McCarren to resign from Kings County Democratic leadership. The meeting drew few executive members, and resolutions were passed unanimously. Attendees listed include P Lynch James Sinnott John Naumer Thomas Byrne Thomas Farrell William Doyle John Morresey Gray James Regan and William Melody.
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Brooklyn
McCarren
Kings County
Astor House
P. ¥. Lynch
James A. Sinnott
John Naumer
Thomas F. Byrnes
Thomas F. Farrell
William A. Doyle
John Morresey Gray
James 8. Regan
William F. Melody
McCarren Fight Dominates Brooklyn Primary Scene
In Brooklyn the lone Republican contest features Congressman George E. Waldo versus F J H Kracke for control of the Fifth District through the McCarren split. Kings County Democracy divides into McCarren and anti McCarren camps as Coler Flahe rty and Shevlin factions back the Senator against McCarren. The Bryan issue won not sway the race.
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Brooklyn
George E. Waldo
F. J. H. Kracke
Eighteenth
Kings County
McCarren
Coler
Flaherty
Shevlin
Bryan
Rough Times Loom as Odell Parsons Clash Roils Primaries
A New York City spring primary preview notes a bitter Odell versus Parsons fight over Hughes endorsements. Odell supporters accuse Parsons of disloyalty while Parsons backers insist he will carry out the party line. Races in Manhattan, the Bronx, and other districts test loyalty and influence ahead of state and national convention delegates. Ex-Gov Odell at Fifth Avenue Hotel declines comment as campaigns mobilize to sway Tuesday votes.
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Tammany District
Odell
Parsons
New York County
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
McCarren
Kings County
Richmond
Queens
Bermel
Cassidy
Gov. Hughes
White House
Gov
H Hughes
Taft
Hughes
Odellites
Roosevelt
Odell-Parsons
Parsons-Odell
Fifth Avenue
Woodruff
Wayside Workers Annual Sale and Theatre Event
The Wayside Workers stage their annual sale and entertainments at the Waldorf on Tuesday with a 3 30 matinée and an 8 15 evening performance of Brander Mathews Frank Wilde. The cast includes Evert Jansen Wendell Howard Gould Mrs William Rowland Amory and Miss Katherine Waring directed by W M Dennett. Miss Flippers's Holiday features Mrs Charles H Smith Miss Adelaide Chamberlain and Mrs Meredith Underhill.
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the Waldorf
Brander Mathews
Frank Wilde
Evert Jansen Wendell
Howard Gould
William Rowland Amory
Katherine Waring
W. M. Dennett
Adelaide Chamberlain
Meredith Underhill
Black Hand Threat Targets Mr. Parsons in Jersey Letter
Congressman Herbert Parsons, Republican County Committee chair, received a black hand threat from a letter postmarked in Jersey. The note accused him of harming a starving family and warned of violence if he pursues supporters of an election guerrilla. Parsons kept the letter and did not notify police.
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Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Jersey
Mr. Parsons
Republican Comite
Gorilla Hand
Willi
Ithaca Indorses Hughes for Presidency
Several Cornell professors who knew Gov. Hughes when he taught at the university joined delegates at the Republican County Convention in Ithaca New York who unanimously instructed their delegates to back the Governor for the Presidency at the State Convention.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Gov. Hughes
Onondaga Society Dinner Featured Onondaga Chief Guests
The newly formed Onondaga Society held its first dinner at the Manhattan Hotel with 140 tribesmen present. Ex Justice Charles Andrews and others attended as guests while a full-blooded Onondaga Chief led the pipe ceremony and tribal dishes were sampled.
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Society of the Onondagas
Manhattan
Collin Armstrong
Organization For
ign-Onondagas
Cenas
Justice Andrews
Micharl Driscoll
James T. Quackenbush
Charles R. Sherlock
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Amritsar
A. A. Vantine
Broadway
18Th Street
Paris
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Paulette Et Berthe
Scott Place
Sheffield
Lillian Valenciennes
Main Flor
Ced
Garavan
Sarapi
Kermanshah
6Th Avenue
Greenhut and Company
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Ithaca Indorses Hughes
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