New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-18
HER ESTATE LEFT TO CHARITY.
MRS BEDELL. AFTER DlSPOslNd Op HEN
PROPERTY. CLOSES HER WILL
WITH PRAYER


IN. w,l, ~ Mrs. Julia Bedell, OF this city. VINO
died last December. leaving large esia'e' was
filed for probate in the Surrogates once yeS'e'
dav The petition gives the value OF the personal
nronerty ms $500 but places no valuo on the reai
nronertv disposed OF. Frederick Do Peyste' Eos
ter and William Harmon Brown are haheu lis ca
ecutors. ,,
The greater portion OF her estate MIS- beoe"
,.aves 70 charities and church societies Among
the heouests are 81. 900 each to the American Church
Missionary Society. the Bishop White prayer booA
Society. Trinity Church Home, Cleveland onio'
the American Tract Society. the PROTESTANT Ep's
coma, Society for the Promotion OF EvangehCM
Knowledge and the Society for the Rehei Oh VIZ
ows and Children OF Protestant Episcopal 'Iersy
,uo, To the Protestant Episcopal Churcn OF tho
d,ocesa of Ohio Mrs. Bedell leaves 500 Tor 'he
Bishop $500 for the treasurer oil the E"uc".lo''ai
society 5000 for the Episcopal Fund ana $-V'VV
for the Missionary Committee. TO the fro'es'hh'
Eniscopal Seminary at Gambler ONO, she ieaNes
&, 200 to found a Bedell scholarship and szo"W 10
,hn DIvn,tv School and College. The income from
soo ono is beouoathed to Elizabeth ID. Brown. VINO
was formerly In Mrs. Bedell's employ. IN reeosli-
ton OF her great faithfulness.' on her oea'h tio
fund ia to be divided between the American niOie
Society and the Domestic and Foreign ooe'''' "a
the Protestant Episcopal Church
A number Of minor requests are made 10 various
relat,ve. and the residue OF the estate Is divided
between James H. Strong, Il. Woodruff suons'
Elizabeth ]. Lynch and Evelira Strong. The tes-
tator closes her Will with this prayer:
And thus O Lord. my Heavenly Father having
returned TO Thee hes, can the trust lhou haSi
Committed 10 my care. into Thy hands, commenl
NV apirit Utterly unworthy In myseIi OF any
mercy | hope for salvation only in the atoneinehl
~ NV Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by the
grace Of the Holy Ghost. | know in whom have
believed and | am persuaded that He r. able 10
keep that which | have committed TO fin For
| am persuaded that neither death nor me; nor
angels nor prncipaties nor powers. nor thlntS
things To come. nor heishl nor ussPtI1,
nor any creature shall be able TO separate us from
the love OF God.
FAIRS ESTATE SMALLER THAN EXPECTED.
San Francisco Jan. n.-"The Chronicle" says:
"a popular Illusion will be rudely dispelled to-day
when the appraisement and inventory OF the es-
tate OF the late Senator James G. Fair are filed
with the Superior Court Instead Of 100000. Mt
which II had been estimated. It's value Will be
shown by itemized figures to BE- N2 99S The fig
ures are the result Of eleven months OF cxamina-
r v Dey O. J.. Bresse and E A. Leigh all ac-
0ualnted with realty values. and more or less IA
miar with the many enterprises IN when senator
Fair was engaged at the tipo OF his demise.
G. S. CROKER'S HEIRS NON-RESTDENTs
petition FOR the probate Of the Will OF George
S Croker brother OF the Tammany leader. was
fled in the Surrogates Office yesterday No value
is placed on his estate by the document. AS
eral OF the heirs non-resdents order for the
publication of the citation to attend the probate
OF the Will asked for.