Wealthy financier Sage dies at Cedar Croft estate
Lawrence Long Island July 24 funeral plans for Russell Sage the multimillionaire known as the father of prudent finance and Wall Street icon. Sage died at Cedar Croft his country home and his death sent ripples through markets as speculation about market impact swirled. Sage born Oneida County New York August 4 1816 rose from a Troy grocery worker to railroad financier and stock market titan directing lines including Milwaukee and St Paul and Missouri Pacific. He married twice and survived by Marguerite Oliva Slocum, with wealth estimates ranging from 25 to 106 million. Known for frugality never smoking and only light whiskey he favored fast roadsters and maintained a restrained personal life in New York City Christian area.
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New York
Haseell Sage
Cedarcroft
Lawrence
Long Laland
York City
Thorn
America
America, Nase Sage
Dod Cally
Oneida County
Henry Sage
Laberer
Noobie
Russell
Troy
Ernest
May Anna Carman
Sage
Congress
Mount Vernon
Weath Verlirns
Railreid
Thurlow Weed
Hadson & Mohawk Mailroad
Albany
Sebenectady
Wall Street
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Gould
Wabish
St. Louie and Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
St. Louis
San Francisco
American Cable Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Manhattan Consolidated System of Railroads
New York City
Ilao
Marguerite Oliva Slocum
Saad
Elia
Love
Central Park
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Fiaiet
Old Home
Collapse of a Three Story Brick Building Disaster
A three story brick and concrete building on Concord street near the Kendall hotel in South Farmington Massachusetts collapsed in late afternoon. Between 34 and 40 people were buried. 11 bodies recovered and five injured sent to hospitals. Amaden, owner, was rescued unharmed. Contractor Jensen sustained minor injuries. The structure was nearly complete at the time of the accident.
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Farmington
Mawes
Concord Street
Kendall
Amaden
Jensen
Thaw refuses to speak as papers print rumors
In New York Mrs. William Thaw Evelyn and George Carnegie visited Harry Thaw. The wife left with papers after a long conference while his mother and sister met Olcott. Thaw declined to comment, saying the papers print what they want and are fooling themselves. Chicago markets opened with mixed grain movement and slight declines in wheat corn and oats.
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New York
William Thaw
Evelyn
George Carnegie
Harry Thaw
Haortridge
Olcott
Flour Exports Signal Busy Byers Mill Year
Forty thousand sacks of flour, the last export of old wheat, are shipped today from the Byers mill to Tacoma, thence to Mong Kong and Yokohama. The shipment caps a booming year with vigorous demand in China and Japan, boosting Byers flour in Asian markets via Hong Kong and Yokohama merchants.
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Byora Rollin
Tacoma
Mong Kong
Yotahoma
Byers
Orient
China
Japan
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Peasant Uprising and Attacks Hit Russian Provinces
A late July dispatch reports peasants in Orel and Vernexh rising, soldiers firing on rebels with improvised weapons. Singer Sewing Machine factories were blown up in the provinces, ten wounded. Riots and arrests sweep sparsely across the empire as authorities suppress dissidents and imprisoned members of the Douma face trial.
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Petersburg
Orel
Vernexh
St. Petersburg
Singer
Washington Grain Rates Under Review by Rail Commission
The Washington State Railroad Commission prepares to seek a grain rate cut from 22½ to about 17½ cents. The plan targets 100 percent of grain under the maximum rate, with Seattle at 39 cents and Bellingham and Grays Harbor higher by 2½ cents. Officials push the issue as a campaign element, noting political impact and the Colfax and Walla Walla hearings.
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Washington Natlroad Commission
Wally Walla
State Railroad Commission of
Warhington
Walla Walla
Washington
Seattle
Bellingham
Gray
Palouse
Spokane
Commission
Seven killed in Great Northern wreck in Spokane
The Spokane disaster report states seven fatalities including a fireman and an engineer from one accident night. Three bodies from another wreck were recovered. The engineer lost control on a curve. Ivy plants pull moisture from brick or stone, not dampness.
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Spokane
Concert Fund Favored for Street Band Performances
A committee weighing Fourth of July funds prefers using the remaining about 200 to hire the Eagles' band for five weekly street concerts. Donors and banks largely support the idea, with few opponents, and most interviewees favor applying the money to concerts rather than issuing rebates.
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Ike Willing
Alexander
Mall
C. E. Roosevelt
Lee Teutsch
Charles Bond
Mo A. Roder
J. V. Tallman
Eagles
Howe
Savings
W. J. Furnish
G. M. Hice
First National Bank
C. C. Sharp
Wonder of the Eagles
Jewelry trunks robbed of 15000 at Gilroy store
Sample s trunks of A Blaenbers & Co of San Francisco were left at Harry Frulte’s Jewelry in Gilroy and broken into overnight. Diamonds and jewelry valued at 15000 taken after two hours and trunks were pried open. Eisenberg and a firm member escorted goods to Frulle before the theft. A well dressed man seen outside the shop is suspected.
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San Jose
Cal
A. Blaenbers &Co
San Francisco
Harry Frultie
Gilroy
Eisenberg
Girey
Frulle
Eleenbersie
Pan American Congress in Rio Prepares for Work
Rio de Janeiro July 24 The third Pan American congress closes preliminaries and plans to end by September 1, adopts a five minute rule for debates and seven minute openings. Charles Townes is expected, and Secretary Root with family will stay 12 days with many social and state functions arranged in his honor.
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Rio de Janeiro
Delccntes
United States
Charleston
Root
Canal work to begin on Cold Springs irrigation project
The Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co of Seattle won the contract to build 25 miles of main canals from the Umatilla river to the reservoir site for the Cold Springs project at a bid around 4.69 million dollars. Echo and Hermiston crews may face labor shortages as harvest ends, possibly delaying progress despite contract initiation.
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Seemma! Centre
Cold Springs
Hermiston
Eeho
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company
Seattle
Unotilla
Echo and Hermiston
Hiy, Beef
Vverétables
Erain
Umatista
Newport Land & Construction Company
Echo
Talle
Newport Company
Aftr Hervest
Russian plan for czar's removal sparks talks in St Petersburg
July 24 dispatches report Trepoff Stolypin and others in conference with the czar seeking a dictator to replace weak leadership. Grand Duke Nicholas eyed, Trepoff allegedly more favorable to a different course. Russian securities fall in London as unrest spreads. In Odessa anti-Jewish violence begins with massacres and property destruction. six Jews killed as mobs plunder the Jewish quarter.
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St. Petersburg
Ollaphieff
Russia
Toletol
Morrison Davis
Kisian
Londo
Odessa
Comaicks
Idle Men Would Come West for Oregon Rail Work
E P McCroskey manager of the Canadian Employment bureau in Portland went east to recruit 1000 men for Oregon railroads lumber camps and reclamation jobs. After weeks in Chicago Kansas City Omaha Milwaukee Detroit and other midwest cities he returned with only 70 men. He cites railroad wage refusals of 10.25 from Chicago to Portland as the main reason for the failure. He says thousands in midwest cities want work and would go west if wages were offered.
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Portland
E. P. McCroskey
Canadian Employment Bureau
Oregon
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Milwaukee
Detroit
McCroskey
Middle West
Pacific Room
Gold Coin Mining Company Loses Case
In Bulem July 24, A P Brown appeals against Gold Coin Mining Company from Faker county with Judge Samuel White presiding. Judge Moore reverses the ruling. Brown sues to stop pollution of Shirt Tall Creek and water interference by the quartz mill. Court orders permanent injunction restraining mill until provision is made to protect Brown irrigation ditches and water use. Plaintiff to recover costs and disbursements in both courts.
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Shirt Tall Creek
Bulem
A. P. Brown
Gold Coin Mining Company
Faker County
Samuel White
Moore
Brown
Stromboliseime Business Palermo Report July 24
Stromboli becomes active again after a period of comparative quietness. The brief dispatch notes renewed activity in Stromboli and references ongoing conditions observed by local sources.
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Palermo
New Wheat Tests 62 and 69 Points Per Bushel
Reports from Pendleton mills note H C Dunn on McKay Creek delivered red chaffin weighing 32 pounds per bushel at Byers mill and still undamaged by heat while C B McLellan shipped a ton of turkey red testing 69 points per bushel. The grain, praised as a fine specimen, is grown near Billy Jones' place and expected to yield well this season.
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Nto
Pendleton Mills
H.C. Dunn
McKay Creek
Byers
McLellan
Billy Jones
Ted
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Imperial Yachta
Stolypit
Win Callin
Omer
Riess
Germany
Maine
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Celebration Fund
W. Sy Thompson
Commercial National Tribe
East Oregonian
Biual
Bert Huffman
Selene
Charles Gray
Gray Bros.' Grocery
Houres Eee
Taylor Hardware Company
Demott & Co
Koeppen Bros
Goodman-Thompson Company
Ro BL Tarbert
Wilton & Hansen
Max Baer
Mark Patton
Wold
C. W. Trwin
Delta
W. A. Brown
Pendleton
Jewel Norbery
Pan-American Congress
Rio Janeiro
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Czar
Polstol
London
Sollion
London Exchange
Trepol
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