Will of Millionaire James Henry Smith Reveals Heirships
The late James Henry Smith known as Silent Smith left an estate exceeding 25 million dollars. His Nephews George Grant Mason and William Smith Mason receive two thirds and one third of the residue. The will, dated 1908, names executors and details legacies to wife Anita Armstrong and numerous relatives. Provisions include large gifts to St Luke's Hospital and the Orthopaedic Hospital of New York and a bequest to Harry Payne Whitney. The will was offered for probate in Goshen, Orange County, N.Y., after his funeral in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Henry Smith
William Smith Mason
George Grant Mason
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Japan
Winchester
Laronet
Willa Smith Mason
Evaneton
George Istant Mason
Aberdeen
Ceorge Simpson Baldy
Margaret Eaddy
Chicago
Lrey Mason Vose
William Farr
Trenosha
James
Keith
Vaucouyver
C. E. Downe
John Pigrott
Tebn Kehoe
Willam Davis
St. Luke's Hospital
Sioo
Orthopaedic Hospital of
Buc
Harry Payne Whitney
Fire Destroys New Canaan Summer Home In May Blaze
The Gerrish summer residence in New Canaan, valued between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars, burned to the ground. Police investigated an attempted arson a week earlier, finding a bundle of figs burned at one end of the mansion with no crew located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrinah
Howme
New Canaan
Cott
John BR. Gerrish
New York
Gerrish
Europe
New Cancun
Native force suffers losses in attempted resistance
Report from Southwest Africa states 13,000 Eterero tribesmen fled toward Lake Neami to form a settlement but only 4,000 reached the destination after severe hardships and widespread starvation, leaving 9,000 dead and the German troops in control.
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Wapetown
Gesi
Africa
Wittel
Lake Neami
West Philadelphia robbery attempt ends in police chase and teen suicide
A report describes a failed robbery plot in West Philadelphia aided by a companion two trolley conductors. During the incident a 16 year old, Harold Jones, fatally shot himself as officers closed in, while a policeman was feared to have been killed in the escape attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fey
Willis Seng
Whilaudelpila
May
Philadelphia
W.escape
Harold 4. Jones
Princeton Commencement Holds Forty Four Fellows and Prizes
Princeton New Jersey May 8 The ninety fifth annual commencement at the Princeton biological seminary featured a class of forty four graduates. Twenty five entered church work nationwide, five secured fellowships, fourteen undecided. Fellowships and prizes totaled twenty eight awards including the Alumni fellowship in New Testament literature the Archibald Robertson scholarship and the Willam Henry Craig fellowship in Biblical theology with recipients Martin J Stormland William M Clark Theron Lee Samuel J Moore Compton Howell D Davies Oscar Armstrong John Finney Wesley L Hemphill and others. First Carter prize went to Martin J Stormzynd the Benjamin Stenten prize to Oscar Armstrong the Scribner prize to John Finney and the Maitland prize to Wesley Hemphill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Princeton Biological Seminary
Miller Chanel
Ethalbert D. Wartions
Lafayette Calles
Archibald Robertson
Martin J. Stormland
Grand Rapids
Mich
Willam Henry
Gelston-Winthrop
Samuel J. Moore Compton
Lame
Ireland
Howell D. Davies
Oshkosh
Wik
Carter
Martin J. Stormzynd
Benjamin Stenten
Oscar ¥. Armstrong
Beverly, W
John (. Finney
Charehyine, Md
Wesley L. Hemphill
Riverton
A.d
Millionaire Banker Builds World’s Most Expensive Chicken Farm
R. B. Melion, a Pittsburgh financier, plans a costly chicken farm to supply fresh eggs and poultry. The facility will sit on Witth fun Rhady avenues in the upscale Squirrel Hill area of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsborg
Mary
R. B. Melion
Witth Fun Rhady Avenues
Squirrel Hill
Taft Plans South Dakota Visit with Senator Kittredge
Secretary Taft will spend the week of June 15 to 22 in South Dakota visiting Sioux Falls as a guest of Senator Kittredge. The trip emphasizes regional engagement during the season and includes meetings with local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigua City
Taft
South Dakota
Kittredge
Sioux Falls
Vala Ill Health Report From La Prata Farm
Havana dispatch cites a letter from ex president Palmarine claiming illness after an abortive attack. mentions his farm at Le Punts near Bayaweo.
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Vala
la Prata
Havana
Mar
Palmarine
le Punts
Bayaweo
Closing Stock Quotations and Market Highlights
Financial and commercial notes list closing stock quotations and market prices. The report includes prices for Copper and a range of railroads, utilities, and industrials with figures such as Texas Pacific, Illinois Central, Chicago and Ohio, and U S Steel.
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Boney
Mercantile
Slam Ner
Anna
N.Y. Central
Atchison
North & West
WY Penn
Brooklyn R.T
Reading
St. L
Rock Igland
Ohio
Pankey
Polley South
Yj Gen. Electric
Texas Parific
Lackewanns
Tinian Pacific
Louis. & Nash
Steel
Manhattan
TI. S. Steel Pf
Union
Miscount Pac
Titi
Market Notes From New Forks and Dairy Prices
Reported prices show flour steady but slow with winter patents around 32.65 and 33 for winter straights. Cheese and butter quotations highlighted, with state dairy values from September through October and various grades from fancy to good to prime. Poultry and eggs remain steady while potatoes show firm to higher values in Pennsylvania and nearby regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Ata Opty
Uberal
Bui
Intel
SORC
OOL
Fala
Sopoe
Saat & A
Iaisee Bune
Per Bow
Teike
Mercantila Schenke
Fiege Fireta
Sane
Gkitar
Pennsylvania
Live Stock Markets Report Headlines
Live stock markets show active prime and heavy categories with firmer bid. Prices for cows and vealers range around 6.78 to 6.85 while sheep and lambs remain slower with light demand and prices near 2.50 for common stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cholca
Not For Home Rule Reserves Final Judgment on Irish Bill
London May 8 Indignation and disappointment mark Irish Nationalists as Birrell introduces a bill for an administrative council in Ireland. The plan creates 82 elected and 22 nominated council members with control over local departments while imperial authorities retain key powers. Redmond says the proposal is neither home rule nor substitute, insisting on an elected Irish Parliament with an executive responsible to it.
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London
House of Commons
Ireland
Birrell
Dublin
Pew
Irish Council
Local Government Board
Department of Agriculture
Board of Commissioners of Public Works and
National Education
Reformatory
Ud Industrial
Ne Supreme Court Judicature
Royal Irish Constaubulary
Dubdtio Metropolitan Police
The
Land Commission
Prisone’ Board
John E. Redmond
Btil
Mexico demands Lima surrender over Guatemalan murder case
Mexico asserts Guatemalan question unchanged and protests. Foreign Minister Mariscal denies broken relations and says Mexico has sent a stronger note demanding General Jose Lima be delivered and Colonel Orefra Bone sent as a witness in the Barrillas murder case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Lima
State Department
Mariscal
Guatemala
Jose Lima
Manuel Barrillas
Orefra Bone
Barrilas
New York University Wins Intercollegiate Debate at Tufts
New York University won the annual intercollegiate debate against Tufts at Medford Massachusetts. The visiting team argued for noninterference in other nations affairs to collect public debts owed to citizens. The winning members were John Brodsky Arthur Linouze and Charles Ton sar.
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New York
Medford
Mass
March
New York University
Afth
Tufts
John ©. Brodsky
Arthur ET. Linouze
Charles A. Tonsar
Oregon children aid Peary expedition fund drive
Commander Hubert B. Peary authorized a fundraising telegram in Portland Oregon for Oregon schoolchildren to raise sixty thousand dollars to start another north pole expedition. May 2 will be designated Deary day and each pupil will contribute ten to eleven cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childdren
Peary
Portland
Ore
Hubert B. Peary
Oregon
North Pole
Dakota in Total Loss After Tokyo Shoreline Incident
An agent of the Liverpool Balrage association reports from Japan that refloating the Great Northern steamship Dakota, ashore in Tokyo Bay on March 3, is hopeless. The vessel is said to represent a loss of about 8.75 million dollars to the Tondognander criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Brivervool
Liverpool Balrage Association
Japan
Great Northern
Bay of
Tokyo
Opinion Reflects on Cardinal Gibbons and Theodore Roosevelt
John L. Sullivan expresses that Cardinal Gibbons and Theodore Roosevelt would have made good blacksmiths and could have succeeded in any field they pursued, including prize fighting, in a Washington May opinion piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Washington, May
Cardinal Gibbons
Theodore Roosevelt
Buch
John L. Swillvan
San Francisco Carpenter Went Amuck Killing Six at Home
Walter Charley Davis a 1 carpenter from Warmersville near Visalia California shot and killed six residents at 414 Pierres Street in San Francisco. He used a double barreled shotgun after rising at 4 AM and killed two roommates before targeting others in the house. Davis was overpowered while attempting to reload and later detained at the hospital detention ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rony
Walter Charley ‘Davis
Pierres Street
Orson’ BR. Bush
W. S. Bank
St. Louis
Denver
Zintop
New York
Lillian D. Caruthers
Vorat
Doris Pointed Iis
Gushter
Davis
Bugh
Penning
Warmersville
Visalia
Young Bush
Ard
Tod Tornad
Train held up near Butte in 1900s North Coast Limited robbery
The North Coast Limited was stopped at Welch spur east of Butte by two or three bandits who shot and killed engineer Frank Clow and wounded the fireman. One robber was captured at Woodville near Butte. The robbers aimed to seize currency from Seattle Portland and Spokane consignments, the fourth eastbound hold up in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Welchspur
Butte Mountain
Frank Clow
Woodville
Clow
Bonaparte Denies Cabinet Exit Amid Illness Rumors
Attorney General Bonaparte dismisses rumors of leaving the cabinet. He notes an illness described as a grip that kept him from work for a week and jokes that if it lasted two weeks, others would claim he was dead. He says the charge that he let trust prosecutions stagnate is unfounded.
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Bonaparte
Washington
Baltimore
Roosevelt
General Kuroki warmly welcomes in La Crosse Wisconsin
General Kuroki, en route from Japan to the Jamestown exposition, arrived in La Crosse to a large crowd. An interpreter noted his pleasure with the friendly reception shown by Americans in every city he has visited since arriving in the United States. He expressed keen anticipation for his trips to Washington and Jamestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuroki
Lacrosse
Wis
Japan
Jamestown Exposition
Washington
Jamestown
Becker Unable to End His Life in Wa_to Incident
Morrite Becker, promoter ofWa to, Long Island, was arrested in Irvington after stating he planned to die by his own hand and failing to buy carbolic acid. He was released at the Irvington police station and handed to relatives in the city who agreed to care for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becker
Mewark
N. 3
Morrié Becker
Wato
Long Island
Irvington
Tivington
Society Girl Award Wins Record 835000 Against Railroad
New York May S A verdict of 835000 the largest on record for an injury was given to Miss Margaret Noakes a society girl here against the New York Central. She sued for 50000 damages for the loss of her left leg after a Central locomotive ran down the automobile in which she rode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
May S
Margaret Noakes
New York Central
Rouad
Supreme Court
Democratic Mayor For Baltimore Elected Over Republican Opponent
Baltimore voters chose Mayor J. Barry Ma hool, Democratic candidate, over B. Chiyo Limanus of the Republican party. Ma hool pledges an honest progressive administration following three years under Timanus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
J. Barry Mahool
Democratic Organization
B. Chiyo Limanus
Vicumhenut
Timanus
Thaw Mortgage Placed to Cover Trial Expenses
Mrs Willian Thaw is forced to place a 100000 dollar mortgage on Lyndhurst in Pittsburg to defray expenses from Harry Thaw’s recent trial. The action follows financial strain from the court proceedings at Lyndhurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
May
Willian Thaw
Lyndhurst
the Palatin
Soo Harry
Terrific street riot in San Francisco ends in deaths
A massive clash during a strike in San Francisco left four dead and many wounded as streetcar workers fought with strike breakers and a mob. Police failed to stop the violence as cars were wrecked and shots fired from streetcar inspectors' uniforms.
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Ban Francisco
Moba
Turk
Fillmore Streets
Juera
A. F. Drohman
Drohma
Drohman
J. B. O. Cumming
Cummings
Jones
Drinking on Trains Declared Crime in Delaware
Wilmington May 8 Two Chester Pennsylvania men named Windy Bogush and Charles Yellows were arrested on a train for drinking liquor on railcars. They were arraigned before Magistrate Shorts and fined 25 dollars plus costs under a new Delaware law.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Chester
Windy Bogush
Charles Yellows
Parker Vanamee to Walk World Venture Starts Soon
Middletown news reports Parker Vanamee, age 300? of William Va Hamed, a local lawyer, plans a walking voyage beginning Saturday after leaving formal study with his father. He will sail from New York as an able seaman, then trek through the British Isles, Europe, Asia and across America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Parker Vanamee
William Va- Hamed
Parker Will
New York
Liverport
British Isles
Europe
Asia
America
Dutch Parliament Votes 40000 For Peace Conference
The Hague May 8 The tower house of the Netherlands Parliament voted 40000 for the reception of delegates to the second peace conference. The government announced it would urge Dutch delegates to discuss shortening military training duration at the conference as requested by Deputy Thomson Liberal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tague
Netherlands
Goverment
Thomson
Will of 100 year old maker yields Goshen fund
The probate court in Northampton on May 8 hears the will of John James of Goshen, made 100 years ago. It stipulates that at the end of 100 years the sum of $100 plus accumulated interest be paid to Goshen and its Congregational church parish, now totaling $19,481.72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Maks
John James
Goshen
Congregational Church
Chinese and Russians In Mutinous Sea Clash Aboard Maori King
The British steamer Maori King hove to at Mazatlan after distress signals from Vladivostok and Shanghai passengers bound for Guaymas and Mazatlan. Twenty one Chinese steerage passengers and 212 Russian steerage passengers are aboard amid a mutinous atmosphere. the vessel sits under quarantine guard.
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Bandingo
Cal
Mny
Vladivostok
Arid
Shanghai
Mazatlan
Guaymas
Lere
Brewster Rail Wreck Traced to Bad Track Spot
New York May 8 The state railroad commission reports the Brewster wreck was caused by a bad track spot that should have been reported. Twenty four lives were lost in the disaster according to the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State’ Railroad ‘Commission
Brewster
Wrack
The
Dene Teats Arlene
Kings County Handicap at Jamaica Track
In heavy Jamaican rains the Kings County handicap produced mud soaked paths and tight finishes. Buttling won as favorite ahead of Philander by a length and a half with Rye fading to third. Colonel White took the second race in a 60 to 1 upset. Other race results list Thoras Caltoun and Zethus among top finishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buttling
Philander
Rye
White
Bimceit
Yace
Thoras Caltoun
Benny Williams
Astoria
Sager Mata at Frisco Long Shots Highlight Oakland Meet
In Frisco on May 8, the Oakland track scene featured long shots as Sugar Maid, the favorite, faded to Houalight while Wee took blinds. The fragmentary report mentions the lieing Squadron and a notable failing to secure a top position.
Muriel Nelson Ends Life in New York Hotel
Actress Muriel Nelson once seen with William Faversham in The Squaw Man died by suicide in her hotel room at 142 East Twenty-seventh Street. Despondency over a forceful divorce and separation from her current husband were cited. a court case scheduled for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Nelson
New. York
Muriel
William Faversham
Ben- Tington
East ‘Sewenty-seventh Street
Miss Nelson
Ten Thousand Semiicera Stand Pass
May 8 reports 10 600 longshoremen idle and on strike along river fronts in New York Jersey Hoboken with only one small disturbance. Strikers hold out for higher pay while awaiting steamship companies to concede freight and business losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Fork
Jersey
Guy and
Hoboken
Divorce case touches art circle amid Italy trip
The Thompson divorce suit involves Miss Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lee Thompson, described as wealthy. Days before the case, she and her mother traveled to Italy, while the article notes her connection to Julian Btony tat 2 Weaeee and the ETOLE cantatrice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian
Thompson
Philadelphia
Btory
George Lee Thompson
Hames-Btory
Italy
Rogers Granted Divorce In Newark Court Case
Judge recommends decree of divorce for Ernest P. Rogers from wife Lillian S Rogers after conclusive evidence of the defendant's intimacy with John M. Sweeney. Custody of the children reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wurnest
P. Rogers
Newark
J. Mar
Penché
Ernest
Lillian Sf
Rogers
John M. ‘Sweeney
Deutschland Passenger Tragedy Aboard Plymouth Steamer
A German passenger on the Plymouth steamer Deutschland died by suicide while at sea in April. The body was recovered and brought to port. Mr. Pord Wagill, who boarded the ship, was aboard at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Ord
York
Boand
Wagill
Unclear fragment hints at Albany teens and Democrats
Fragmentary text references Albany and Albany Democrats with stray phrases about teens and a bill. No coherent event or outcome can be established from the readable material.
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Millionaire Smith
Cady Cooper
Holyoke
Alase
Financial and Commercial
Bill
Commons
Joan Redmond
Northern Pacific Engineer and Fireation
Frisco
Cary
Golden Gate
Bunting
Jamaica
Stagk Wes Sae EK
Gaksew Ork
Hroéklya
Rew
Rok
Errore
Brooklyn
Bathertea
Bell
Butler
ATES
Bresnahan
Wladembis
Hkee
Pilladsigh Ia
Boston
Philadelpia
Younes and Brownries
Carridonm
Pdrcentages
Louisteen
Trague
Chigaso
Cleveland
a'Fitte
Sheades
Gianite
Sullivan
Uis
Detroit
Louis
Wares
St Louis
Irra
Lewiz
Steves
Kod Payne
Jacobson Aunt Cat
Buick
Aitadelphi
Albany
Albans
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