Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-03-06
MANY RICH REQUESTS,
FAYERWEATHER'S Millions
CREOlTABLY DISPERSED.
educational Institutions Are Very Hand
some'y Remembercd-Oiher Property
Matters OF WIN and Opinion.

Educational Institutions Are Very Hand.
sOme'y msmbercd-O,hor Prouertv
Matters OF VIII and Opinion,
New YORK, Feb. 27.-The most i'm
portant feature in the contest over the
millions OF the philanthropc leather
merchant, Daniel Is. Fayerweather, was
developed during the hearing before
surrogate Ransom. The fact was
brought out that Tuesday Executors
huxley. Ritch and Vaughan executed a
decd OF gift" disposing of the rcsiduary
estate--valued at over 50. 900, ,OOO-- which
was left to them absolutely under the
last codicil and which has been the great
bone of contention. They give this vast
,resIduary estate to hospitals and col
lcges, some OF which are legatees under
the VIII and others are not, and also in
crease large number Of the bequests
named in tho will. Although the execu-
tors don't say so in SO many words, this
Is evidently carrying out the wishes
which Mr.. Fayerweather had expressed
to them prior to his death
Another step taken was the with
drawal OF the objections to the probate
OF the will executed Oct 9, 1854, and a
decree was signed admitting it to pro-
bate providing that letters tcstamentary
may be issued to the executors. The
contest now proceeds over the four codi-
ellis, but in reality only over the first and
fourth, which make the executors the
residuary legatces. So much has been
said about the injustice Of these execu-
tors getting this vast residuary estate
that the Importance of this ''deed of
gift" made by them, is readily under
stood. Prompted by determination
not to retian any part of the residuary
estate and by a desire to make such dis
position OF it as will best honor Mr.
Fayerweather's memory they dispose Of
what shall remain after paying all law
full fees, expenses. and charges, which
will be small fortune, as follows:
They reserve the pove, to make and to
assent to any enlargement of the $4,000 "A
year lufC TO Mrs. FayerWe tthur under the
will. To Mrs. Lucy j. Beardsley, wife OF
Morris B. Beardslay, sl0J coo is given. Then
follows Il nuniie of small apnttiss to
various people. A bequest OF Sl0o.oJC is
mace to the Northwestern Inivcrs,t ,ty at
Evanston. III Eight or ten hospitals and
dispcnsarits in New York and Brooklyn are
remembered with amounts varying from
SIC, ,oQ0 to S50,0r0. Thea follows this clause
in the deed OF gift:
After payment in fun as above We give
10 Uni IN college, Schenectady. 500, 600;
Havei ford collegA, Montgomery county. Pa,
$4,000; the University of the city of New
York. 100000; the University OF Fennsyl-
yania, $50, C00 B!own university, Provi-
dence. $50. 0o0 Harvard college, Cambridge,
Mass, Sl00, 900; Wesleyan university, Mid
dictown, Conn. S5 coo in addition to The
500, 900 given by the will, Prince!o on college,
100000; Rutgers cotic.C. New Brunswick
y. j.. 500, 600; Wells college. Aurora so,
600; Elmira Female college. S5O, ,9a1: st.
Bernard School for Women in tho City of
New York, 100000; the CJop.r union.
for the advancement of science and
art. as a permanent fInd, the income
to be used so far az necessary for the sap
port of the Wcmcns Art schuoi, S,0a, Gt0:
ST. Luke school, Faribault, Nina, SIS, 900;
Lafayette college, Easton, Pa. $4,000, IN
addition to The $4,000 given by the will
Maryvilie college. $50, 900 In addition to tho
Sio0,CCo given by the will; Trinity college
Hartford. Conn, $4,000; Wabash college
u $50 in addition to the $50 GOO given by
tho will; Marietta college. 100000 in addi'
tipn to the $50 900 given by the will.
To Yale college. At New Haven, sl50,0)'
Is given, without interes', In addition to tht
$50 600 given by the will - be used in th'
erection of a Fayerwea,her building, or. /
that +. mpractcahle. tie fHnd to be uset
| for the general purpose cf the college,