The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-29
ITCOyTES7 THEWILL
,.,I;,v of a Controversy Over
P'''''p Pullman requests.
,uL SHARE LEFT THE WIDOW

ALL
r.. the Twin Sons Who Were
Dp' "rsd in the VIII and Left an Annn-
5000 Year which Is Practical
",.,oheritance Value of tn"
.ao,s I'D $1,000, OOO-Fund for
naming school
oct. 29.-Two significant
ni'"s orrection with the will OF the
raorge NJ. Pullman are being dis
roryvhere. The one is that the
not given all that, as a widow,
wv lid claim, and the other Is the
.oo, dlsinheritance of the twin
IA the direct public attack upon
- tho words of the will. Close
ss Of the family say Mrs. Pullman
D hefore the will was made that
mid not contest it because she is
S.oueathed her full~re-third of the
~ since her hus,vAd's death. too,
sos EXPRESSED herself as satisfied.
sons cav reluctantly that they are
a'.sed with the provisions of the Will
tho whole, ii is limited that one
,ho nossibilltes is a great legal battle
Wv tbe proposition to break the last
lament of the deceased millionaire.
Gets Only $4,000.
Rv the provisions Of the Will Mrs.
ayiman is given only $4,000 in cash,
income for life from $1,250.000, and
| h,mestead in Prairie avenue. How
sr she Is given nothing outright, ex-
M tbe $4,000, the homestead, anc the
some from the $1,250,000 reverting to
T. daughters at her death. Before his
o,b Mr.. Pullman gave to his wife his
miner home at Elberon, n. Y. With
h she may do as she pleases. One i'm
crtant thing in the will is that Mrs.
nlman is given no opportunity to pro-
No literally fer her practically disin-
Isrted sons. Everything bequeathed to
Isr reyerts to her daughters at her
hath and al she can do for George M.
nd Walter Sanger is to share with
hem her income during her life. This
home it is said, will be nearly all used
n in maintaining the Prairie avenue
omestead and the summer home at Ell
eron
sympathy with the Sons.
One of the things most talked about
! that section of the will which referred
| the twin sons. This section has rath-
enlisted sympathy in favor of the
|ons. 1t begins: "Inasmuch as neither
n nv sons has developed such a sense
n responsibility as in my judgment is
Ieousite for the wise use of large prop
/ rites and considerable sums of money,
! am painfully compelled, as / have ex-
kHcltly stated to them, to limit my tes-
|amentary provisions for their benefit
% trusts producing only such income as
! deem reasonable for their support
)hat is, $1,000 a year.
HE might have left out that pream-
Bic" is the general sentiment.
The two daughters of Mr.. Pullman
bach receive 81 900, 900 and also the ST.
100000 upon the death Of Mrs. Pullman.
Total of $7,6OO,OOO.
The value of the estate, as fixed by
)he cursory and preliminary estimate by
(he executors, Norman Il. Ream and
Robert T. Lincoln, is $4,000, 600 in per-
fonal property and 100000 in real es-
|ate, a total of $1,000, 900. 1t had been
popularity supposed that Mr.. Pullman
|Eas worth at least $1O,0O0,OOO, and pos
fbly as much as $25, 00O,O 900. 1t has beer
finted that the value Of the estate was
placed at a lower figure on account OF
fhe operations Of the inheritance tax
Es no schedule of property has beer
Piled, the truth CT falsity of this as
Ferton can not be proven. The estate
Is the largest ever probated in Cook
Bounty. BY the operation of the inherit
Fnce tax the state will receive $150,00(
Prom the several heirs. The fees fol
frobating alone were $1,000
Manual Training school.
The fund for the endowment of a free
manual training school in the town OF
pullman, provided for by Mr.. Pullman
Z said to be the largest which any sim
par school now operating or building
Fan boast. Professor Gabriel Bamberg'
Fr OF the Jewish Manual Training
Echool' says the $l,25O.0OO bequeathed by
EMr' Pullman will be sufficient to estab
|lsn and maintain a school with which
Lny Two in the world can be compared
'one OF these is the school in Essen, Ger
|nahy' founded by Gunmaker Krupp
phu the other one for the children Of tn,
employees of Sir William Mather. tn,
D m. merchant, near Birmingham, Eng
inls school, however, is to be located
~ fullman and is to be free only to thu
Tnployes and children Of employees o.
ullhans Palace Car company.