The record-union., 1892-02-10
THE LATE MOSES HOPKINS.
HIS WILL FILED IN COURT IN
SAN NTATEO COUNTY.
Liberal requests by the Deceased
Millionaire to Relatives
and Friends.
snscial 10 the REcopn-rrN1or

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.-The will OF
Moses Hopkins was filed in the Superior
Court Of San Mateo County this morning.
The dead millionaire remembered all his
friends, and the document, which was
drawn by John r. Jarboe is as follows
81 give and bequeath to my friend,
Timothy Hopkins, of the County of San
Mateo, State of California, the SUM of
100000. and TO Mary x. Hopkins, the
wife Of said Timothy Hopkins, the sum
of Sl00,000, and to Lydia X. Hopkins, the
daughter Of said Timothy and Mary r.,
$4,000.
ITO my nephew. Z. w. Hopkins Of
San Francisco, l bequeath $4,000 in trust,
however, and he is allowed to have and
hold the same upon trust as follows, that
is to say: Upon trust to invest the said
sum of $4,000 upon good and solvent Sc
curities, and to keep the same so invested
until Frances Hopkins, daughter Of my
nephew, w. S. Hopkins, arrives at the
age of Is years or dies before arriving at
said age, and upon trust to pay over the
income arising out of or from said invest
ment to the three children of my said
nephew, said w. S. Hopkins, to wit ::
Maud Hopkins. Sherwood Hopkins and
Frances Hopkins, or such OF them as
shall survive me, share and share alike,
until the said Frances shall attain the age
of lS, or die before attaining that age; and
upon trust to pay over said sum of $50 900
when Frances shall attain the age of Is,
or die before attaining that age, to such of
said three children OF w. S. Hopkins as
shall then be living, share and share
alike.
FOURTH give, devise and bequeath
to my nephew, e. w. Hopkins of San
Francisco, 500, 600: to Georgiana Smith
Hopkins, wife of h. W. Hopkins, $780,
600; to Helen Hopkins. daughter of E. w.
Hopkins and Georgiana Smith Hopkins.
$4,000; to Edna Hopkins, daughter, of E..
w. Hopkins and Georgiana Smith Hop
kins, $4,000; to Georgiana Hopkins, Jr,
another daughter, $4,000; to Samuel Hop
kins, son of e. w. Hopkins, Sl0,0 600: to
Florence Hopkins, another daughter,
$4,000.
Griffith give and bequeath to my
nephew, Mark Hopkins of st. Clair,
Mich, S200,0 900.
"Sixth-To e. w. Hopkins, to be held
in trust for the two children Of my late
nephew. Orrin Hopkins, formerly of Oak
land, $4,000, to be divided equally.
Observation-Disclosures, my friend Charles
A. Grow is now and has been my conf
dental Secretary, it is my wish that he
should receive the sum of 81, 900 for each
and every year during which he shall. at
the time of my death, have been with me
and in my employment as such private
and confidential Secretary, including the
seven years of such employment which
have now expired, in addition to the
salary which he has received. I bequeath
to him sum of money which shall at my
death edual the sum of $1,000, multiplied
by the number Of years he has been in
my service.
''Eighth-I bequeath the sum of 1000
to my friend, Henry Black of Contra
Costa County.
NINTH bequeath to Emily B. Hop
kins the sum of Sl0,000 in trust. to invest
and pay over the proceeds to my friend,
Mrs. Alma Park. during her lifetime, and
at her death the money shall revert to my
wife.
TENTH bequeath to my wife all and
singular the residue of my estate.
Eleventh. appoint my wife execu-
triX, and my nephews, T.. W. Hopkins
and Charles A. Grow, executors of my
will without bonds. | hereby empower
them to dispose of my property as shall
seem most advantageous to them, with
cut obtaining any order of court"
1t viii come up for probate in the Su-
perior Court of San Mateo County on
March Sd. The estate is valued at be-
tween So, 100000 and S4,000,00O.