The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-28
G M, PULLMANS Will
The Bulk of His Estate Goes to His
Two Married Daughters.
HIS SONS ALMOST D1s1NHER1TED.

They Are to Receive Only an Annual
Income OF S3,OOO-Mrs. Pullman Is
Richly Provided For-To Establish a
Training school at Pullman.
Chicago, oct. 2s-The will Of the late
George M. Pullman was filed in pro-
bate court yesterday. Norman B.
Ream and Robert T. Lincoln are named
as executors. The bulk of the estate
goes to the two daughters, Mrs. Frank
o. Lowden, of Chicago. and Mrs. Frank
Carolan, of San Francisco, who re-
ceive 81, ,O00, 900 each and also the resldu-
AIRY estate, the amount of which Is now
unknown except to the executors. The
| homestead at the corner of Prairie ave-
nue. and Eighteenth street, the con-
struction of which cost 100000, the
furniture, pictures, ETC., is devised to
his wife for life, and she is also to re-
ceive $50 900 for the first year, and
thereafter during her life the income of
81 ,25O 900.
Castle Rest" on one of the Thou
sand Islands, is given to his daughter
Florence (Mrs. Lowden), with the
furniture, for life. She is requested to
keep Castle Rest" open from July 20
to Aug. IA for the accommodation of
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! parents, and is authorized to designate
| in her will who shall have the prop
erty after her death. A sum of $1OO, 900
is left in trust for its maintenance.
The sum of 81, 900 900 is left in trust for
the daughters until they are 50 years
old, when each is to receive $500, 900, to
become hers absolutely, the other ST.
OOO, 900 to be still held in trust, the in
come going to them If either daugh-
ter leave issue the sum held in trust
! is to become absolutely the property
of such issue.
In case of the death of either daugh-
ter, leaving no issue, but leaving a
husband, one-half of the property then
held in trust for such daughter is to
be absolutely the property of such hus-
band, the other half becoming a part
of the residuary estate.
The eighth provision Of the will de-
clares;
"Inasmuch as neither Of my sons has
developed such a sense of responsible
ity as in my judgment is requisite for
the wise use of large properties and
considerable sums of money, 1 am
painfully compelled as I have ex-
pllcitly stated to them, to limit my
testamentary provisions for their bene-
fit to trusts producing only such in
come as l deem reasonable for their
support"
Provision is then made which gives
them each an annual income of $4,000,
and should they die and leave legal
issue the income is to go to such Issue.
Otherwise 1t reverts to the estate.
Two brothers, Royal Henry Pullman
and John M. Pullman, and the sisters,
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man Fluhrer are bequeathed $50 900
apiece. The sisters are given equal
shares in the furniture, pictures, ETC.,
in the Belgravia apartment house in
the city of New York The wife of
his brother, Charles L. Pullman, is
given the income of $4,000, the sum
to go to her son, William Pullman.
upon her death.
Other bequests are: Florence Sanger,
$4,000; Stuart West $4,000; Bertha
West, $4,000; Helen Fluhrer, $4,000;
Lewis Pullman Fluhrer $4,000; Mrs.
Charles B. Smith, $5,OOO Mrs. Charles
H. Eaton, 100000; William A. Angel,
100000; Silas w. Bretzfeld, of New
York, 10000; Charles S. Sweet, $4,000;
Miss Maria Louise Orr, $4,000.
The following amounts are left to
faithful employees" Arthur Wells,
$1,000; William Wells, $4,000; William
r. Johnson, $4,000. The household SER
wants are to get $3.50 to $500 apiece.
Thirteen Chicago charitable institutions
are to receive $40, 900 each.
The testator states is was his pur-
pose to found, erect and endow at Pull
man, Ills, during his life, a free school
of manual training for the benefit of
the children of persons living ana en-
ployed at Pullman, and to expend at
least 100000 for lands, buildings and
apparatus, and to provide a fund Of
$1000,OO0 for the maintenance, man
agement and endowment of the school,
His executors are directed to set aside
$1,200000 for this purpose.
If the estate shall be more than suf-
ficient to satisfy all the devises, trusts
and legacies the testators are directed
to divide the excess into two equal
shares for the two daughters, who are
to receive all the property which be-
comes a part of the residuary estate.
=. The total value of the estate is shown
by the petition for letters testamentary
to be 81 1900 900. OF this amount Sc 5000,
900 is personal property and $500, ,00C
realty. Attorney Runnells, who pre-
pared the Will, said that these figures
are a conservative, but fair estimate of
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