The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-02
MRS. srEwAnr's WILL.
How She Has Disposed OF Her Vast Wealtl
Special BeIusstS.

-SpeClhl peuuohA'
NRw YoRE, Nov. 1.-The will of Mrs,
Cornella NJ. Stewart, the vile Of the mil
llonaire dry goods merchant, was filed for
probate to-day by ex-Judge Horace Rus
sell, Mr.. Henry Hilton's son'In-law, Clta-
tations were Immediately issued to the
heirs and next Of kin, made rstuEnable on
November -. In the instrument Mrs,
Stewart bequesths $4,000 per year during
life to her brother, Charles P. OlinCh TO
each Of the sisters, Anna, Emma and Julia
OlinCh, she leaves an annuity Of $40 900 q
year; 10 her niece, Sarah N, Smith, she
leaves $25O,0O0; to CoInslia s. Butler she
leaves 100000, and to each Of her child.
dren, Lawrence and Charles s. Butler,
$4,000; to Kate A, Smith 100000; to
each nj the remaining children OF Sarah
N. Smith, namely, Louisa, Ella, Bessie and
James, SlO0 600; 10 each OF the children
OF her deceased sister Louise formerly
the wife Of Charles =, Butler), namely,
RosalIe, Helen, Virginia, Lillian, Maxwell
and Prescott, $50 900,
All the rest OF the estate, real and per-
sonAl, she beQueaths TO Chsrles j, ClinGh,
now Of Paris, and Henry Hilton, Of this
city, None Of the legaCiss are to be pay
able until three years from the final pre-
bate OF the will, nor any Of the annultles
until six months after such probate The
executors to the will are Ohas. j. OlinCh
aud Henry Hilton, and the witnesses to
the insctnent, Henry Il. Davies, James
Henry Work and Edward 3, Hilton.
The above constitutes the original will,
which was made July s. lS17, lu CO.
dici dated May q, 1878, Mrs, Stewart
orders her executors to dispose Of her es-
tate In various ways. She revokts the
bequsst to Henry Hilton and gives to him
one.half part oi the remainder OF her Is.
tate to be used in completing the Stewart
Memorial Cathedral at Garden City; to
endow 1t forever; 10 build two semtnaries
to be attached TO the Cathedral and trans.
fer them 10 the Protestant Episcopal
church Of Long Island. II any heir, next
oil kin, or legltee, Institutes an action, or
becomes party TO any action to sst aside
this will, 1t will make null the bsquests to
them,
Au additional codiCil was made July Cd
1878. In this instrument ahe orders, II
Juuge Hilton's bequeSt bs more than snf
lcienl to pay for tue various things sho
orders done, he 10 to divide the residue
among the legatees in such proportions as
In his judgement seems best. lie may at
any timO appoint or substitute trustee
or trustees to act in his stead for such
time ss he deems expedisnt, and may At
any time revoke such appointment. Sac
further gives her niece, Sarah n. Smith
and her heirs one equal halfpars CT her
property devised anu bequeathsd TO Ohas.
J. ClinCa and to this end annuls the gift
to Charles j. OlinCh. To Lawrence But
lsr, child OF Prescott ard CornsliR Butler,
shs gives an additional S5O,0D. To her
executors each she gives S995 600 to be die
tributed 10 her servants Her executors
are also empowered to endow aud furnish
seminary Of learning for women, near
the Garden City Cathedral.
The last CodiCil is dated November 20,
1885, and was signed in the presence Of
Henry Il. Rice, Edwin Deuilg and Her.
bert Anstey.