The morning call., 1890-09-28
MRS. ATHERTON'S WILL.
A 100000 Estate Bequeathed
to Relatives.

Tie will of DOMINICA Conf de Ather-
ton, who died on the 10th inst, has
been filed for probate. The estate is val
ned at $500, 900, and comprises property in
Alameda, San Mateo. Santa Cruz, Monterey
and this city. The deceased was the
mother-in-law of Gertrude AthertOn, the
authoress. The beneficiares are as follows:
Unmarried nieces in Chile. $1,000 each;
susanna Ferrari and Guadalupe Goni. sisters,
$1,000 each; Rafaela Araga and Mathflde
Simpson de GOni, SSters-ln-law, $1,000 each;
Eulojia Isabel, daughter, wife of Enrique
Edwards, now in Valparaiso, Chile, $4,000,
concerning which bequest the will states:
1t is made with the object OF carrying out, as
well as can In justice TO The rest OF my chldreu;
a promise made long ago TO her by letter, that
could some day give her the CarDelo ranch In
Monterey, which, about that time. was worth
about that sum. / leave her this sum OF SAT, OOU
Instead OF the ranch which promised her, aud
In recognition OF the fact that her duties TO her
family have for many years separated her from
me.
Florence A. Anterior. daughter, all the
furniture, pictures, ornaments and silver
ware in this city which belonged TO the tes-
tatrix, excepting those pieces OF silver re-
ceved from her grandmother, which she d.
rected her trustees to divide equally among
her daughters Maria, Alexandra. Elena,
Amanda, Eulojia Isabel and Florence Alicia,
FaxOn ID. Atherton and Charles Page $4,000
in trust for Francisco Anacleto Atherion
during his life, with the following condI-
tiOns:
discretionary and not obligatory on said trustees.
so that they may pay or apply said income I'D
whole or in part, or withhold the same ait9getner
as In their discretion they may decide. enJoln
upon my said trustees 10 be specially cafeIul
that no part OF said income be allowed TO be alb
sorbed by gambling debts or loans made by or 10
my son.
If the son shall die leaving widow or
children, they are to have the whole OF the
principal. Ii the trustees determine the
sons marriage was an unit one, tney are 10
divide the money among the grandcmiareh
of deceased.
Arthur Page, godfather of her grand
daughter Muriel Florence Anterior, daugl-
ter of her son George and Gertrude
Anterior, the authoress, will receive s5ooo
in trust, to invest the same ana 10 Apply tne
income to the support and education OF his
godchld during her life. Another clause LII
the will reads as follows:
hereby give and bequeath TO my daughter-n-
law. Gertrude, widow Of my son George, ;, d re-
unmarried. the sum of $4,000; provided, now
ever, that she shall transfer TO her daughter, be-
may have as heir-a tlaw Of my son, George, in
| the house built at VALPARAISO Park by my said
| son. 1t at he time OF my death she snail nave
been married. tile Dequesl ABOVE naneu Shall pe
void
The trustees are instructed to also pay
| $1,000 to each OF the children of her daughter
| Elena, wife of Percival w. Selby, and Of her
| son, Faxon Anterior, and to each of her
| grandchildren when they attain their ma
| jority. The residue of the estate is be-
| queathed in equal proportions to her daught-
ers, Maria Alexandra wife of j. l.. Rath-
bone, Elena Selby, Eulojia Isabel. wife Of
| Enrique Edwards, Florence A. Anterior and
| her son, FaxOn ID. Anterior.
The will was executed on March T. 1888,
but by codicil added in April last the testa-
tor bequeathed $4,000 to her daughter
| Euloiia in addition to the bequest in the
will She declared in the codicil that she
! had loaned $4,000 to her son Faxon, out of
| funds due her from MacoDdray d Co., for
the purpose of enabling him to become a
| partner in the firm. The loan was made
| with the understanding that he would pay
| her $500 month, and that at the termina-
| ton OF the partnership he would pay her
one.half the profits, and that in the event OF
| her death he would pay the money to her es-
| tate for one year and then the payment
| shall cease. ,,
Faxon ID. Atherton, son OF the deceased,
and Charles Page are named as executors
and trustees under the will without bonds.