Silent Smith fortune split shocks Chicago and New York
The estate of James Henry Smith, once called the silent millionaire, is revealed as reduced by marriages and legal settlements. His widow receives 15 million dollars, while two nephews share the residue and a trust fund totaling 6.3 million. Reports place the total estate near 37 million after taxes and a large bequest to reclaim a family “black sheep.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Smith
James Henry South
Chicago
Milwaukee
St Paul
Leroy
James Henry Smith
Tuxedo
Whitney
Fifth Avenue House
Imarc
Mir
Dison
Netherlands
Silent Smith
George Grant Mason
George Grant Mason, Jr
Margaret
May
Hia
William Rhinelander Stewart
Jack” Smith
Chile
New York
George Smith
Jack
Waukegan
Evanston
America
Stewart
Died notices from May 7 1907 directory page
Obituary notices list several individuals with death dates and funeral details. GARRET EH Hiulse widow of Charles E Hiulse dies aged 75 with funeral from 338 South Carolina Avenue May 10 at 2 PM private interment. Wm Johnson Jr notices typhoid fever at Naval Hospital Ports mouth with funeral to be announced. Alfred VeCarty son of late Wallace and Jimi VeMetafferty funeral from 423 H or northwest May 10 at 2 PM. Rosa Morsell widow of Capsichar Albert Morsell US RM cremation at St Pauls Catholic Church May 10 with private interment. Gertrude von Gruemer widow of Joseph von Gruemer funeral May 9 at Lees Chapel. Wright notices May 8 with funeral May 10 at St Johns Church and private interment at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Garret EH
Charles E Hiulse
South Carolina Avenue
William Johnson Jr
Naval Hospital
Portsma
Merapferty
Vecar- Terty
Wallison
Jimi Vmetafferty
Morsipll
Rosa
Capsichar
Albert Morsell
Renulem Flass
St Paul's Catholic Church
von Guemer
Gertride
Joseph von Gruemer
Lees Coapel
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Names and Contacts
A list of funeral directors and embalmers with addresses and phone numbers. Notables include Hindle and Bayliss, Thos R Nalley & Son, R F Harveys Sons, W R Speare, Adolph J Schippert, John M Mitchells Son, Thos S Sergeon, T A Costello and Brother, WM S Riley, Frank Geier's Sons, John R Wright Co, William Lee, WM H Sardo & Co, George P Zurhorst. Each entry shows location in Washington area and contact lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindle & Bayliss
Thos. R. Nalley & Son
F. Harvey’s Sons
Fueral
A.D Bembalmers
Fourteenth ST
Chapel
W. R. Speare
N. W
Adolph J. Schippert
Fuvernl
John M. Mitchell
Eleventh Street
Phone East
Phone East 376 — Eee Oe Restee Thos. S. Sergeon
Suceessor
T. A. Costello & Bro
Sa Connection
NIV
Norty
John R. Wright CO
Cipel
Jephone North
William Lee
Commodious
Ord Wesern
Pennsylvania
WM. H. Sardo & CO
George P. Zurhorst
Hnbalker Aj
East Capito
Auto Used to Foil Mob in Saloon Killing
Special to The Washington Post West Palm Beach Florida May Thomas W Troy of New York was hurried to Miami by automobile to prevent lynching after he killed George N Newcomb in a saloon. Troy claims self defense after a quarrel over drinks and says he and his brother Daniel W Troy of Wall Street are in the lumber business. Newcomb, a prominent citizen, had recently come from Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Flondian
Washington Post
West Palm Beach
Thomas W Troy
New York
Miami
George N. Newcomb
Troy
Cecilia
Newcomb
Martin
Daniel W Troy
Towa
Gates May Buy Again Noted In Market Return
Special to The Washington says John W Gates plans to stay away from stocks but has taken office space in a brokerage house in New York and will be present around September 1. He aims to shorten a European trip and stay near the ticker while Gates and his son Charles continue Texas business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Butt
New York
John W Gates
Gates
Charles G Gates & Co
Europe
Mr Gates
Charles Gates
Texas
Train Robbers Denied Captured Near Basin
The report of Montana bandits captured near Basin north of Butte was denied by Helena authorities. Inquiry at the Great Northern offices last night failed to confirm the capture.
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Montana
Butte
Bent
May
Great Northern
Helena
Basin
Here
Licensed to Marry in Baltimore and Virginia Listings
A list of marriage licenses showing pairs with ages and residences, including Adams E Dryer 32 and Sarah C Blandford 20 of Baltimore, Rev John F Egan and Mary O Connor 40, Rev Joseph J McGuire and Ada M Crowther 80 of Baltimore, among others from Baltimore and Virginia towns, with multiple clergymen named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams E Dryer
Sarah C Blandford
John F Egan
Michael Dore
Mary O’connor
Joseph J McGuire Edward Johnson
Ada M Crowther
Baltimore
W Rtetsom
Thomas Jenkins
Agnes Reilden
Thomas S Harlin Willam F_ Twilley
Margaret Hetyon
CG Hawk Carey Pattergan
Ruther Gien
Abf Castner
Health Office Record Deaths Reported to May Seventh
Health office record lists multiple deaths with ages and addresses including Mary B McNally 41, Annie B Seidel 72, Gertrude Von Gluemer 49, John Weywoda child, Letley Dunlop 3, Loyd W Emmart 78, Jeremiah D Burns 48, John A Massey years, William H Douglass 75, Arthur H Harris 12, Hilda S Herbert 4 months, Francis Nan Happlng 1 day, Mary Smith 54, James ith 82, Mary Campbell 42, Peer B Young 2, John Lewis 42, Sam Ross 48, Bertie F Carroll 27 in DC area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B McNally
Petow
Annie B Seidel
The
Peart B Young
Logan Place Nw
John Lewis
Jackson Et Ne
Sam Ross
Pierce Et Nw
Bertie F Carroll
Burrvilll
Riot at Italian Quarter as 660 clash with police in Williamsburg
In Williamsburg near Metropolitan avenue a violent clash between about 660 Italians and Poles and police left three officers seriously injured and around 35 rioters hospitalized. Rioters seized four trolley cars as ambulances and reserves fought to restore order amid a chaotic scene of flying clubs stones and guns. A man mistaken for strike breaker James Farley was mobbed and beaten before being saved by police. the suspect is Carl Bartsaed of 269 West Seventeenth Street.
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New York
Brooklyn
Metropolitan Avenue
Williamsburg
James Farley
Farley
Charles Street
Carl Bartsaed
West Seventeenth Street
Frisco Police Stop Riot During Street Car Strike
San Francisco police provided protection for two United Railroads street cars amid a strike siege. Twenty one strike-breakers rode six miles of track without shots fired. Four injured as missiles struck nonunion workers and a teen, with a mob of over a thousand trailing the cars through Western Addition and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United Railroads
Electrical Workers Union
Thornwell Mullally
Supt Chapman
Addiion
Richmond
John Buchanan
Albert C Palm
Nathan Letiser
Two Unions Striking Over Dispute At Senate Building
Contractors cite conflict between the Stonecutters Union and the Masons and Bricklayers Union as the cause of a walkout by four workers on the Senate office building project in Philadelphia. A Hoishury Company spokesman said only four men were currently employed from those unions and that the stoppage stems from inter-union discord, not contractor relations. Settlement is hoped within days amid unconfirmed rumors of an agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Building
Stonecuters’ Union
Masons' and Bricklayers Union
Senate
Hoishury Company
Philadelphia
New
Union Station
Thread chokes a girl in New York shop accident
Special to The Washington Fort New York reports seventeen year old Tessie Sena of 39 Hudson Avenue was in a tailoring shop when she chewed a silk thread end. The thread bound her throat, she coughed, and the surgeon pulled out yard after yard of silk from her throat after physicians were summoned.
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Washington Fort New York
Mar
Tessie Sena
Hudson Avenue
L & C Weiss
Front Street
Tessie
Bowles Pleads Guilty To Harvard Forgery Charges
George P Bowles, ex Harvard student, pleaded guilty in the Superior Criminal Court to eight counts of forgery alleged to total over $11,000. Barnard Dennett, a Harvard money lender, was the main complainant. Court sessions revealed Bowles holds about $200,000 in trust yielding $4,000 yearly, though an alienist found him sane. Chevy Chase subdivision opening announced by Fisher & Co. Inc for May 2–3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
George P Bowles
Harvard
New York
van Treservea
Bowles
Barnard Dennett
Tragedy at Fort Caswell Ends in Double Killing
Private Henry Hamilton shot his wife three times at Fort Caswell in Southport North Carolina after a domestic quarrel. Corporal Watson was wounded as Hamilton shot his wife again before Commissary Sergeant Aberwald killed him with a shotgun. Mrs Hamilton is reported dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southport
United States Army
Fort Caswell
Hen4ry Hamilton
Nineteenth Company
Coast Artillery
Watson
Thirty-first
Aberwald
Hamilton
Uberwald
Corporal Watson
Ming Hint
Corp Watgon
Pogt
Columbus
Inquest Set Monday for Marvin Case in Dover
Coroner Joseph Calloway arranged details for Horace H. Marvin Jr’s inquest to begin Monday at 10 a.m. Frank Pleasanton Oliver Pleasanton and others maintain prior searches missed the body and argue a hidden mud pocket near the marsh held the remains, while heavy rain may have shifted it to the discovery site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dover
Dei
Joseph Calloway
Horace H. Marvin, Jr
Robin
Frank
Pleasanton
Oliver Pleasanton
Pleasantons
Mal
Senators Back Hughes Support for Public Utilities Bill
In Albany May 8 Republican senators, after a lengthy conference, expressed unity with Gov. Hughes. They adopted a resolution urging support for the public utilities bill number 1566 in substantially its printed form. They called for the bill to be reported to the senate as soon as possible and mandated that any amendments be shown to a Republican caucus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Senate
Cleveland Mayor summoned to bedside in New York
Mrs. Tom L. Johnson, wife of Cleveland's mayor, is seriously ill in New York. Mayor Johnson was telegraphed and is en route to her bedside.
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Cleveland
New York
Washington
Ohio
Tom L.johnson
Johnson
Fireman Killed Leaning From Locomotive Window
George B. Hart, 25, of Philadelphia, was killed when his head struck a bridge while leaning out of a cab window of a Pennsylvania Railroad freight locomotive. He died instantly as the train passed beneath the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
May
Pennsylvania Railroad
George B. Hart
Mnotive
Mrs Mackain Injured in Auto Crash Near Cassano Spinola
A Philadelphia resident, Mrs Mac Bain, was injured when an automobile family member collided with her vehicle today near Cassano Spinola. She was thrown into a twenty foot ditch and sustained serious injuries. A broken leg was reported among the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacBain
Philadelphia
Hare. Mackain
Mackey ET
Eloped Rector and Ward in Jersey City Mystery
Special to the Wilkington Post: Jere Cooke, rector of St. George's Hempstead, and his former seventeen year old ward Floretta Whaley, allegedly eloped and are in Jersey City. Investigators note Whaley resembles a missing heiress and have tracked her boarding-house visits near Pavonid Avenue. Mrs Cooke, deposed rector's wife, left Hempstead with relatives after packing, boarding a train to Hartford. Investigation continues with no reward offered for Cooke's whereabouts.
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Miss Whaley
Hempstead
Mr Cooke
Jersey City
Pavonid* Avenue
Sit
Hemstead
L. 1
Hartford
Knode Cooke
St George’s Church
Recetory
Mr. Cooke
Cooke
No Enthusiasm Over Bill but Some Backing Urged
Dublin reports mixed reaction to Mr Birrell's Irish bill in Parliament. Nationalist papers show cautious acceptance as a step in a broader policy, praising administrative reform while warning of limited gains. Unionist outlets condemn the bill as inadequate and divisive, predicting further political stalemate and loyal minority marginalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dublin
May
Birrell
House of Commons
Freeman's Journal
Irish Independent
Irish Times
Flames Arosh From Sea Near Groix and Hele Isle
Trawlers off Groix and Hele Isle report an extraordinary sea phenomenon presumed submarine eruption. Fire and smoke rose from the sea forty four miles southwest of Groix and sixty miles west of Hele Isle. Kernevel approached to help but found no burning vessel, and flames persisted through the night with increasing intensity.
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Lorient
France
Groix
Hele Isle
Talon
Griffith Bonner Weds Mrs Helen Edwards in Church Ceremony
Special to The Washington Post New York May 3 Griffith Bonner son of Mr and Mrs Robert E Bonner and grandson of the late Robert Bonner surprised his parents by marrying Mrs Helen O Edwards two weeks earlier The ceremony took place at the Church of the Holy Communion on Thursday April 26 conducted by Rev R W Woodroofe Edwards daughter of the late Cornelius Williams of Richmond Virginia lived there with her mother She is a widow.
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Mra Smith
Evanston
New York
Chicago
Mr. Smith
William Rhinelander Stewart
North Dakota
Anita Stewart
William Rhinelander Stewart, Jr
Smith
Griffth Bonner
Robert E Bonner
Robert Bonner
Helen O Edwards
Church of the Holy Communion
R. W. Woodroofe
Edwards
Cornelius Willams
Richmond
Decree Granted in Harris Divorce Case
Justice Truax today granted an absolute divorce to Lilian Harris from Samuel H. Harris theatrical manager. Co respondent described as an unknown woman. The judge approved Harris’s stipulation to pay ten thousand dollars in lieu of alimony and divorce costs.
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Washington
New York, May
Truax
Lilian Harris
Samuel H. Harris
Harris
Allqmony
Dovyer
Women Slashed to Death in East Side Home
New York May 8 Maria Vito and her mother Mrs Maria Brignoli were slain in their East Side apartment. Husband Giovanni Vito is under arrest charged with the crime, claiming two intruders killed both women after a quarrel over money. His three year old daughter testifies, police dispute the account. Brignoli cried for help from the fire escape but died from wounds. Cosano, neighbor, alerted authorities.
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New York
Wfrs
Maria Vito
Maria Brignoli
East Side
Giovanni Vito
Vito
S. Brignoll
Mrs Brignoll
Martin Cosano
Vitos
Brignoli
Cosano
Douglass to Plead Guilty in Grand Larceny Indictments
Three indictments for grand larceny in the first degree were filed by the grand jury today against William O Douglass, assistant loan clerk of the Trust Company of America. Witnesses included Oakleigh name, Archibald Mostrum, and Walter Lyon. Securities alleged stolen were hy pothecated with Dick Bros & Co at 30 Broad Street.
Imperial Conference Adopts Australian Preference Policy
The British Imperial Conference in London today adopted the Australian resolution to grant preference to British goods carried in British ships. The United Kingdom government dissenting. Other measures on trade statistics uniformity company laws trademarks and patents were approved. King Edward hosted a banquet at Buckingham Palace for the visiting premiers tonight.
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London
Imperial Conference
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Wight
WILES 750000 TO COLLEGE FOR IRELAND PRESBYTERIANS
Belfast dispatch reports Basil McCrea left seven hundred ninety thousand dollars to Magee Presbyterian College in Londonderry. The foundation honors the late Mrs. Magee of Bubie and supports training Presbyterian ministers for Ireland. Also noted is Minister Knowles presenting credentials in Bucharest on May 3.
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Belfast
Presbyterian
Dire, Magee
Washington Post
Basil McCrea
Magee Presbyterian College
Londonderry
Magee
Bubie
Presbyterian mi
Ireland
Knowles
Bucharest
Horece
T Ropmenta
Fatrontet Alee
Haywood murder trial opens with jury selection set
Defense argues against bill of particulars while Boise prepares for a lengthy jury process. Haywood Moyer and Pettibone await trial on murder charges after the Caldwell assassination. Legal teams include Wilbon and Hawley as proceedings focus on selecting twelve jurors amid a calm Boise atmosphere.
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Geo. Cooper
Herman
James Kenry Smith
Willam S Mason
Mr Leroy
James Henry Smithwin
George A Ceople
George Cooper
Algin Wl
James Henry
Geo. C. Shaffer
Florist
Agae Wfwt
Health Office Record
Kalon
Frisco
Chevy Chase
Mac Hay
Zihos J. Fisher
Rho
Deas
Doh Watson
Isa Maclaren
Marvin Inquest
Hughes
Tom L. Johnson III
Lew
Floretta Whaley
Cempantiti
Jere Knode Gooke
Goode
Rone
Bill
Griffith Bonner
Robert E. Bonner
Williams
Mrs. Harris
Aturyon's
Ty Watt
Massachusetts Avenue
Douglass
Wiles
Haywood
Lim Foi
Hodgin
Caldwell
Ada County
Boiss
Boise
Coeur d’ Alenes
Ad& County
Boise Ia
Gooding
Gay Gooding
Idanha Hote
Harvonl
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Niblip
Moyer
Pettibone
Court House
Opposine Counsel
Edger L. Wilson
Ansistant
Wilbon
Fremont Wood
BH F Richardson
Denver
Clarence Sparrow
Frederick Mills
Spokane
John F . Vgent
John Murphy
Western Federation of Miners
James H Hawley
Dole
West
United States
W E Borah
Baise
O M van Duyn
George Stone
Canyon County
Ecree
Havana
Meg
Magoon
Victor H Olmated
United States Department of Agriculture
Cuba
Oliver
Oliver Trading Company
Savannah
Jacksonville
Fla
Sceubbh & Co.Ltd
Gresnwich Steest
Bea
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