Sage Estate Appraisal Reveals Massive Wall Street Holdings
The appraisal of Russell Sage’s estate details cash loans collected after his death and a vast portfolio of stock and real estate. It lists holdings in Manhattan railroad groups, telegraph and steel firms, banks, and more across major firms like Pacific, Western Union, and United States Steel, with real estate at prime Manhattan addresses and Long Island properties. The report, dated from July 1996, shows extensive mortgages, trusts, and substantial deductions for funeral and administrative costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sage
Charlies P. Dillion
Berkett
Joane
Wall Street
Rages
Mané
Pacific
Chesapeake
New Orleans
Missoustt Pacific Railroad Company
Mas
Css Pee Cece
Tate
Western Union Telegraph Company
Eced Savages
Citizens’ Central National Bank
Mercantile Trust Company
Cedarhurst
Fifth Avenue Bank
West End Avenue
Brooklyn
West Loth Street
S6th Street
Troy
C. G. Gardner
128Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Elsie and Mary Gardner
Long Island
Fifth Avenue
Lawrence
Grace
Trial of Patrolmen Adourned in Mercer Street Case
The trial of Patrolmen William F. Waltman and Benjamin Cordes of the Mercer Street station on extortion charges was adjourned to Monday. Cordes, who pleaded guilty, testified that he and Waltman extorted $3 from two women on July 23 at 14th Street and Fourth Avenue. Counsel for Waltman and the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association alleged a conspiracy involving Acting Captain Henry, the District Attorney, Cordes, and Abraham Levy to oust Waltman. Levy denied any agreement for pleas of guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Waltman
Benjamin Cordes
Mercer Street
Melone
Court of General Sessions
Cordes
Waltman
14Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Bennett
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association
Henry
Abraham Levy
Cordes Bennett
Levy
Lamplighters Strike Widens Across City
The lamplighters union extended its strike to all areas of New York City after a mass meeting at Metropolitan Palace Hall. The order covers Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Long Island City, Staten Island, Rockaway and Jamaica as organizers push for union recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamplighters’ Union
Welsbach Lighiing Company
Upper West Side
Brooklyn
Metropolitan Palace Hall
East Ith Street
F. Yannicula
Manhattan
Bronx
Long Island City
Staten Island
Rockaway
Far Rockaway
Flushing
Jamaica
Chicago Board of Education Reverses Henry VIII History
The Chicago Board of Education ruled Henry VIII was validly married to Catharine of Aragon and that Pope Clement VII lacked divorce authority. The decision, after five months of debate over a school history by Professor Cheney, requires destroying the edition and printing a corrected version.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Henry VIII of
England
Catharine of Aragon
Clement VII
Cheney
University of Pennsylvania
Pope Clement
Guerin
Receiver Sought for A O Brown & Co as Judge H ol t Considers
Judge Holt of the U S Circuit Court in Woodstock Conn heard creditors request a temporary receiver for A O Brown & Co after an overnight chase for the judge's signature. Officials from House Grossman & Vorhaus and Edward Lauterbach represented the firm while asserting a public, thorough examination of the books is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Holt
United States Circuit Court
Woodstock
Conn
A. 0
Brown & Co
New Tonforth Wondstock
House
Grossman & Vorhave
Edward Lauterbach
A. O. Brown & Co
Fread Street
Lauterbach
Holt
ALO. Brown &'O
Reeceiver
Moses Hi. Grossman
House, Grossman & Vorhaus
Banking and Stock Exchange
A. ©. Brown & Co
Stock Exchange
Grossman
Thomas
The
F. Buchanan
Broad Street
A. Brown & Co
First Wife of Rich Silk Maker Brings Suit to Break Will
Noemie Givernaud of Lyons, France sues the estate of Etienne Givernaud a North Bergen silk manufacturer worth 3 million dollars seeking 1 million as widow’s thirds. She claims Barbara Hines was his true wife and that she is rightful widow. A second suit disputes the will alleging unsound mind bigamy and improper influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noemie Givernaud
Lyons
France
Etienne Givernaud
North Bergen
N. J
Mme
Eugénien Vialis
Givernaud
Mrs Long At Center Of Brooklyn Court House Drama
A crowd of about 200 gathered at Brooklyn county court as Mrs. Lottie Long, escorted by two nurses from the Long Island Hospital for the Insane Amityville, was returned to the asylum to await a three physician commission's decision on her sanity. Her husband, accused of abducting her, faced her sharp testimony while she denounced him amid calls of kidnapping from her mother and spectators. The commission, led by Drs Bates O Connell and York, will file a report on September 9 with expenses covered by a retired police sergeant relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Long
Brooklyn County Court House
10Th Street
Rockaway Park
Cors. Selig
Louis J. Pettit
Charles J. Dalieres
Asylum
Drs. Bates
Joseph J. O'Connell
P. J. York
Brooklyn
Charles Flay
Typhoid and Diphtheria Rise in City Health Report
The Health Department notes a peak in typhoid with 122 cases last week and 29 new cases in Manhattan's 12th Ward leading the city. Diphtheria totals reached 157 with rising trends, likely linked to fly transmission as an investigation continues.
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Health Department
Manhattan
Queens
Receivers Testimony Questions Public Service Commission Power
Adrian H. Joline and other Metropolitan Street Railway receivers testified before the Public Service Commission about whether the state law grants the commission power to set joint rates and require transfers between carriers. Joline maintained the commission lacks that authority, while noting their objections were based on legal advice and duty to preserve the property. The hearing covered valuation, operating costs, and potential line changes including the Central Park and Crosstown lines, with Commissioners pressing for public welfare considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian H. Joline
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
George S. Coleman
Joline
Public Service Commissions
Robinson
Mr. Joline
Oren Root
Metropolitan System
Albert G Milbank
Masten & Nichols
Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company
A. H. Vanderpoel
President Winter
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Morton Trust Company
Thomas F. Ryan
Douglas Robinson
Central Crosstown Railroad Company
Eustis
Central Park
Central Crosstown
Central Park Company
Malthie
Maltbie
Fustis
Marble
Subway changes raise cost for City Hall Brooklyn loop
Public Service Commission approved plan tweaks raise outlay by 40000 dollars for City Hall station of the Brooklyn loop. A mezzanine saves 85000 dollars but removal of a sewer adds 125000 dollars while escalators are replaced by stairs and tracks sit eight feet lower, with four tracks instead of six under the Municipal Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Brooklyn Loop
Public Service Commission
14Th Street
Astor Place
Commission
Brooklyn Bridge
Municipal
Note Broker Arrested In Grand Larceny Case
Mining engineer William B. Low accuses Frank C. Helm a note broker of stealing four $1,000 Barnsdale notes after a December sale of stock. Low says Helm promised to discount the notes for a wealthy client George M. Martin of the Astor House and sought $800, but Low never received the notes or funds. Detective Nelson of the Central Office arrested Helm at Sixth Avenue and 4th Street on the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Low
West 3Éth Street
Nelson
Central Office
Frank C. Helm
Marbridge
Sixth Avenue
4Th Street
Low
Helm
Theodore M. Barnsdale
George M. Martin
Astor House
Four Held on Betting Charge in Varick Street Saloon
Four men arrested August 21 in a Varick Street saloon on charges of acting in concert in taking recording and paying bets on horses were held yesterday in 31 bail each for the grand jury action by Magistrate Barlow at the Jefferson Market police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varick Street
Barlow
Jefferson Market
Wage Increases Since 1893 Across Indiana Trades
Indiana statistics chief Mary Stubbs reports wages across twelve trades are higher now than in the Cleveland era. The August compilation notes careful collection of Indiana specific data tracking wage advances since 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Mary Stubbs
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Budget Show Exposes New York City Budget Methods
A planned two week budget exhibition in the City Investing Building will feature photographs charts and diagrams to illustrate budget growth and extravagances. A joint committee of the Greater New York Taxpayers Conference and the Bureau of Municipal Research will run the event inviting officials and taxpayers to discuss where to cut and where to spend. Local organizations including the New York Milk Committee tuberculosis tenement house and hospital groups will provide exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
New York
Greater New York Taxpayers’ Conference
Bureau of Municipal Research
New York Milk Committee
The
City Club
Hospital Conference
Merchants’ Association
Ex Senator Hill Arrives in Europe After Baltic Voyage
Ex Senator David B Hill returns from Europe aboard the White Star liner Baltic. He met Richard Croker abroad, noting Croker’s contentment on his Irish estates and no plan to return or engage in city politics. Actress Miss Rose Stahl and Miss Maude Terry also sail on the Baltic with Paris and London sojourns mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Hill
Europe
Baltic
Richard Croker
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Russell Sages Loans
Toledo and Wabash Elevator Company
Produce Exchange Company
Ocean Causeway
Minnesota Central Railway
Compan Central
Belleville and
Eldorado Company
Lawrence Company
M. O. Sage
Sherman Flint
Hl. L. Slocum
Marcy Place
Ten Park Avenue
Wis
Lexington Avenue
Broadway
Madison Avenue
TEE
Iswees
Russell Sage
Forest Brothers
Thursdales
Beckett
Tillioen
Tenwar
Moore & Benney
Dewichet
E. B. Havens
Stout & Co
D. Chapin & Oo Sauojo
B. Morse & Co Tawiean
Co Amramb
Randolph Dal
Pepruary Dominick & Deminaime
C Randolph
Byrne & McDonald Ney
Webr & Prall
E. Meyer, Jr. & Co
Sharp & Montgemem Tydus
Werden & Co
A. Loeb & Eiane
A. Hausman & To
Sheartron
Hamoaill
Enburs
Thalmann
Haligarten
Thalmann & Gs
Ann Max Jesup
Lamont
Mar Flower & Co
Sannway Flower & Co
Sinn & F
Antec van Schaick & R.wm
Eee Grote & Kiee
van Schaick & Co
Kineberz
Gross & Bleebers
Iman & Co
A. Loeb & Co
Zink. Loeb & Co
A Loeb
Deremur
Flower _& Co
Sneer i & Io Ooo Bao
Best & Flasc Sasas
Fr. M. Lockwood & Co
BD. & Co As
Oid & McCajon
Aes
van Emburgh & Atterbury Co
Cesees Aes
St. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern
Missouri Pacific Railroad
New York Central
Henry VIII
Mr. Taft
William Garrott Brown
Feening
Browns
Brooklyn Loop Line
W.l.douglas
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
L. Douglas
Ees
Cate W. L
Greater
Sixth Ave
N.Y
Jersey City
Newark Avenue
Newark
Broad St
Paterson
Market St
Oowe Nee Plasterer
Ima
Senator Hill
Germany
Grinfeld’s. Linen Store
Leipziger Street
Berlin
Cwo Mills
Lardeshut, Silesia
LL & C
lewis & @onseRr
West
Murphy
Headquarters “Legal Bureau
Saloom
Morrow’s Magazine of
Roy Norton
Mrs. Selwyn
Alan Braghampton
Miranda
Martha L. Bensley
Edward Peple
Boyhood
John Hubert Greusel
Mark Twain
Catskill Mountains
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