The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-30
FAIRS WILL.
THE ESTATE IS VALUED AT FORTY
MILLIONS.
The Son is Not Observation-Disclosures
Equally with His Sisters the In
come-Gifts to Public institutions
Small.

San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 29.-The
will Of James g., Fair, the noted 800
nanza" millionaire. and ex-Unfted
States senator from Nevada, whose
death occurred here last night, was
filed in. the superior court this morn
ing. The will disposes of an estate, the
value of which Is estimated at $4,000.
-000 Under the provisions OF the mil
lionaire's will the greater portion of
the estate falls to persons now living
outside of California. The biggest
slices will go to two daughters living
lin New York and other relatives resid-
Ing in Iowa. Though Senator Fair was
popularity supposed to have more ready
money than any other San Francisco
man he made very few. specific be-
quests of money. The only gifts Of a
public nature are three, aggregating
$125,0O0, to the orphan asylums Of San
Francisco Among four employees
$1,000 is to be divided. There are no
other requests save those To near reIa-
tlves. The Iowa relatives come In for
a generous share. TO Mr.. Fairs sis-
ter, Mary Anderson, and her husband
and children, who, live at Ida Grove.
Ia, S2o0,000 Is bequeathed, to be divided
equally among them. To the family of
William Fair, brother Of the deceased.
also residents of Ida Grove, Ia. $50 600
is bequeathed. The family of Edward
Fair, another brother residing in Ida
Grove, are willed $4,000. To Mary
Jane Lundy. daughter of the testator S
deceased brother, Thomas Fair. and
her children, who reside at Correction
vile, Ia, $4,000 is bequeathed. An
other $4,000 is willed to the family of
James H. Fair, of Ida Grove, who is a
son Of the deceased brother Thomas
Fair. The other requests Of money are
S250000 to the family of a sister, Mary
j. Crothers, of San Jose. CAL; $4,000
to the family of a brother, Andrew
Fair, Of San Jose. Cal. and $4,000 to
in-law of the deceased. The residue
of the vast estate is left in trust to
a board of executors consisting of Mr..
Fairs attorney, w. S. Goodfellow,
James S. Angus and Louis C. Breeze,
all of this city, and Thomas G. Cro-
theirs, a nephew residing in San Jose.
As trustees without bonds, they are
directed to hold in trust and mana ge
the estate, buying and selling and
making improvements as they may
deem fit during the lives of Mr.. Fair S
daughters, Mrs. Theresa Oelrichs, OF
New York, and Miss Virginia Fair,
also living in New York, and his son,
CnarleS Il. Far, oil this city. II is OIL
rected that the net monthly income of
the estate shall be equally divided
among these three heirs during their
lives. Not until the death of the three
children is the estate to be finally di-
vided. The bequest to the son, Charles
L. Fair, ends with his death and his
share of the income shall revert to his
sisters, or their children, or in case
either die without issue, to the chill
dren of the other daughter, and IN case
neither daughters leave a direct heir
to the descendants of the brothers and
sisters of the deceased.
| Upon the final distribution of the es-
! tate, subsequent to the death of the
three children, 1t Is willed that one
quarter of the estate shall be trans
ferred to the children or descendants
of each of the two daughters, and the
remaining one-half to the brothers and
sisters of the deceased or their de-
scendants. In case either daughter
leaves no issue the one-quarter interest
thus willed shall fall to the heirs ot
the other daughter, and in case neither
daughter leaves issue, to the descend
ants of the brothers and sisters here
tofore mentioned.
| Senator Fair in his will declares he
| is not married and has no children
other than those mentioned. To avoid
claims of alleged heirs, he leaves So
to any possible widow and $50 to any
other children that are decided by Law
| fo no his