The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-07
Disposss Of Property Said 10 be Worth
Eight Million Dollars.
MAKES MANY CHARITABLE REQUESTS
Relatives Get Most or the Estntc, Hut
iinny Friends Remembered with
Nice Snns-GcncrnI Loo Has nd
Statement TO Mnkc-Lnmb Nepub-
Ilcnns In II SubiIant Stnte OF Mind.
Especial Dispatch TO The virginian.)

Richmond. Va, Oct. 6. 1897.
The will OF Major Lewis Ginter was
iilGd for prrDa'tc in IcnIico Circuit
Court to-day. Messrs. Gg0rgc Arents,
nephew OF the deceased ana secretary
and treasurer OF the American Tobacco
company, and Mr.. Thomas Il. Jac--
rcsg. secretary ana treasurer cf ,.ic
Allen and G!nter branch of the same
company, qualified as executors Inry
gave bond in the sum of Si.O1),O 900 cai-
with security. Tax was paid on uiiy
$2OVo,0OO. 'ihiS, Of course Goes ~.
represent the value of MajO" GirStsr $
estate. which is supposed - be ,
$S,tOO.OoO. Tho will was made in
June. ana five codiclls are aatIc' . a
jor Gimtcr remember; ali cf :, .r.e II
moro of charitable inst l.t.:.3is n G',.
mond, giving to them SUMS rs g:ig
from $4,000 down to Si.0G0. !i2ny W.
sonol friends are lsft sums CT :icH,
$4,000 to $1,000. He gives to each -.
Rev. Drs. NJ. D. IIogc, Hartley Ca
michael and Preston Nash So ODc. 1is
bulk Of the estate gees to his -! ~. D.
who are numerous. His niece hs
Misses ArcWts, get the fine t''t iu
street mansion, and his r.s IS
Young Wcsthrook, his eleSar. c3i. !,
home. Bloomingdalc stock farm Is J.
queahed to Mr.. George ArcIl.g
mention Is made OF his holdings in ,:te
American Tobacco company J.; is pro-
vided THAT the executors shall keep ur
and carry to completion all Improve
mcnts and enterprises Ma 'ar G.nter ha
started. The Jefferson Il .sel 3 not az
fected. 1t is conducted ~ a seek G om
pany, Mr.. Gintcr being ;ac largeat
holder Of stock. III liz regarded as n
mgiel will. Every scrvE ut Is l2f, sums
ranging from $50 to sis9) EiClm 5ni
charities receive over SiOr 900.
General irhH Lee has NJ. w!th most
cordial reception here. Wherever he
appears friends ccnsrora . ABOUT him
He appears to be as u 1uInr aS eyer.
The General will not tai aHou. the re-
call of Captain General 'vaylcr further
iihan to say he does NO th.nk the re-
call will affcc: affairs in Cuba ona way
or the other. Ills Relate \ > with WCy-
Ter, he states, have always 'Eeen pls.
ant. The Genera! Is not / eldy to make
any auth rizcd sta;cmcrJ; regarding his
candidacy nJr the Senate, Elrt Intima:a j.:
that he may make politics In Virginia
interesting when he returns from Cuba
after sever!ng his re!a.lo.s with the
Government Of tho United :itarcs Since
General Lee has been here scores Of
friends have called Cn him TO urge him
to run for the Senate.
The Lamb Republicans are much
pleased with the result of the Lynch
burg convention. They :hink they have
PUT UP n stronG ticket ard that the
Votes ut will receive viii be surprising
10 the Waddll-Brady faction. Colonel
w. + Wickham, who succeeds Colonel
Lamb as chairman. Is q son OF the late
General William G. Wickha1n. He Is 4
lawyer, and has his Office In the Shaffer
building, next door to Judge Wadlilrs
Office. where the big conferences c~'trng
the anti-Lamb people are held. C'c.pr
WIckham Is popular with both facSians.
and If a compromise can he patched uu,
he would be the best inan TO engineer
ii.
Colonel James Lyons, the nominee for
Attorney General. comes Of n family OF
distinguished lawyers. He is a son-in-
Last fail he went over ito THE Repub-
licans. having previously been Demn-
crat Coionel Lyons has served in the
House of Delegates, and was unler
Clcvelands first administration Sssisr-
ant district attorney. He gets his itstie
by having served on Governor OFT
rails staff.
Mr.. N. J. Smith, one Of the deputy
collectors Of internal revenue, late
chairman Of the CITY Republican Com
mattce, and Formerly commander of the
Virginia and North Carolina depart
ment of fthc G.. a. r., and Miss Frances
burgess, of Manchester, were married
at Meade Memorial church, in that city,
this afternoon. There was q. big crowd
present, including most OF the leading
politicians Of THE Republican party. Mr..
Smith is much older than his brida
Grace Street Baptist church tonight
called a pastor-Rev. Jere Witherspoon,
to succeed Rev. DR.. J. Y. Fair.