Carnegie Will Files Estate Between Twenty Five and Thirty Million
New York August 28 Andrew Carnegie died leaving an estate estimated between 25 000 000 and 30 000 000 in his will filed for probate. He bequeaths 960 000 to public and charitable institutions and annuities about 300 000 to friends and relatives including 10 000 to former President Taft and Lloyd George and 5 000 to Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs Thomas J Preston. Household servants receive 600 to 2 000 each. The will provides legacies to sister in law Stella and brother in law Harry Whitfield and special sums for Skibo estate workers and crofters. Daughter Margaret and wife are provided for during his lifetime. Annuities and bequests are conditional on not engaging in legal challenges to the will.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Hrawil
Taft
Lloyd George
England
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas J Preston
Carnege
Margaret
Mra Roswell Miller
Robert A Franks
Carnegie
Llewellyn Park
Orange NJ
George Irvine
Walter Damrosch
Henry Strichett
Thomas Burt
John Wilson
John Morley
London
John Burns
I. H Church
Pittsburgh
Douglas Stewart
Beatty
Carnegie Museum
Wilmot
Hero Fund
J A Stewart
Woodward
Carnegie Foundation
Stella
Harry Whitfield
Skibo
Scotland
Carnegie Will Beneficiaries Named In Pittsburgh
Aug 28 report lists Carnegie Estate beneficiaries in Pittsburgh led by male heirs involved in supporting the educational drive. Mrs D A Stewart is noted as widow of a former steel partner. Douglass Stewart serves as assistant director of the Carnegie Museum. John W Beatty and Dr W J Holland are key Carnegie Institute figures, with Samuel H Church as board president and F M Wilmot heading the Hero Fund Commission which funds heroism and education.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie
America
Samuel H Church
Pennsylvania Lines West
Carnegie Institute
F M Wilmot
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Social notes detail Washington society and visitors
The article records a flurry of society movements in Washington and nearby towns. It notes the President and Mrs Wilson golfing, Miss Margaret Wilson returning to New York, Secretary Lansing's Boston trip for a Bar Association address, and Mrs Manning visiting Hot Springs. It lists receptions at Washington barracks for War Department officials, Belgian and Boone family visits, Queen Elizabeth honors for Jane Gregory, and various motor journeys and social gatherings surrounding diplomats, senators, and notable families.
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Wilson
Grayson
Margaret Wilsom
White House
New York
Secretary of State
Lansing
Washington
Boston
Henderson Harbor
Langing
Paris
Harris May Ahern
Ross
War Department
Olive Ross
9 Woodell
JS M Milne
J Aruth
Zurbagh
R M Hillyard
C M Fell
M Ie Din
V Gochenour
A Roeke
L Beck
F Tuberman
F Bundy
Francis E. Warren
Warren
Sisan Morgan
Pittsfield
Mass
Jane Gregory
Prince of Wales greeted by 60 000 in Ottawa
Sixty thousand people gathered on Parliament Hill to welcome the Prince of Wales arriving by special train from Toronto. An official address from Premier Bordin and Secretary of State Burrell praised the royal visit and the bond between Canada and the British crown. The prince thanked the crowd and acknowledged the warm reception in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Parliament Hill
Prince of Wales
Toronto
Bordin
Burrell
Prineve
Dominica
Binghamton
Wilson
Windsor
J. M Foote
USA
New York
Missionary Mowry Wins Supreme Court Appeal
The Rev Eli Milter Mowry of Mansfield Ohio Presbyterian missionary has won a supreme court appeal. The court quashed his previous judgment and ordered a new trial before the court of appeals after his April conviction for sheltering Korean agitators. He previously received six months hard labor, later four months with suspended judgment for two years. At Central High School a series of prize dances will be held Wednesdays under the Community Center. Rudolph Johnson and Helen Russell won first prize last Wednesday.
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Seoul
Korea
Associated Press
Eli Milter Mowry
Mansfield
Ohio
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Mowry
Central High School
Community Center
Isabelle G Smith
Rudolph Johnson
Helen Russell
Social notes from various families vacationing across states
The column lists Miss Mann Blodgett at Mackinac Island summer home with her mother, Dr Bolling Lee from New York visiting his mother Mrs William H Fitzhugh Lee in Washington at White Sulphur Springs. Mrs N Faucett spent August in Cooperstown New York with Mr Faucett and plan city return after Labor Day. Mrs Herry V Bouie spends the month in Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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A W Church
Port Chester
New York
Miss Mann Blodgett
Mackinac Island
Bolling Lee
William H Fitzhugh Lee
Washington
White Sulphur Springs
N .S Faucett
Cooperstown
Faucett
Atlantic
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Batiste
Mindow
Tait
Lloyd, George
Thomas J. Preston
Mr Carnegie
New York City
Lamares
Onorio Ruotolo
Ryotolto
Alwy
Ruotolo
Galsworthy
Yelen Heller
Daniel Manning
Secretary of the Treasury
Shoreham
Robert Livingston Fryer
Buffalo
Hot Springs
Baron de Cartier de Marchienne
Belgium
Baroness de Cartier de Marchienne
United States
Robert Patterson
Caplrey~ Plaza
White Mountains
Canada
Denmark
Maurice Francisgan
Elmer Murphy
Wiite Oaks
Mountainlake Park
Mra
Fred T . Duboers
Idaho
Philadelphia
Elizabeth
Lieut
Cassin Young
Miss McParland
Charles R Collins
Collina
City
K Street
W Shedd Horton
R Whitford
Wilmington
H A Faust
Mr Hotton
Faust
Bridgfon J
B Holton
Holton
Whitford
Francis D LaRue
Thomas JT Magill
Everett M Ellison
Tennessee
Mra W PY Hall
Kentucky
Therese Hall
Cape May
Miss Hall
Missy Drake
Gen Drake
Conte di Cavour
Boston Harbor
George von L Mever
Italy
Rome
Hamilton
Mme Giuseppe Brambilla
Mrcs
Julia Meyer
John Hays Hammond
Ralph Gallinger
New Hampshire
Stoneleigh Court
Mias. Spiers
Kang i
Thomas F Logan
Mr Logan
James Kenney
William Jennings Bryan
Hawkeye
Thermos
Prince
Bann SovsCo
Penna.ave
Axminster
Kann
Derwillo
People's Drug Stores
Kay
F Street Ad
Oining Columbia Theater
Horlick
Herry
Rbouie
National School of Social Research
Lawn W' Rapeer
Massachusetts
Cleveland
J. Waramp
Droop’s
Steinawes
Geo. Plitt Co. Inc
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