The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-22

Including $3.50. ooO for t3.e Found
ing OF "a Home for Needy and De-
serving Fcriaies-'To Be Contested.
BALTIMORE Aug 22.-Mrs Margaret
J. Bennett. widow OF Frank w Benefit.
former weT-known auctioneer, be-
queaths S3l6,GeO to charity by her viii,
with two eodieiIs annexed, which was
fled for probate in the Orphans Court
yesterday. Mrs. Benefits estate. II is
said. consists principally Of ground rents
and fee-sfmple property, and $1,000, 000 is
a conservative estimate of its value.
After paying the charitable and other
specific legactes it is estimated that there
Will remain between $500 600 and 100000
The principal charitable bequest is one
of $3.50 000 for the purpose OF founding the
Margaret ). Bennett Home of Baltimore
City for Homeless. Needy. and Deserving
Female Persons. The money is left in
trust for the purpose to Benjamin Z. Ben
nett. Charles f. Taylor. Richard W. Price
Edward B. Owens. EIgen Il L Gould.
Aubrey Pearre. Frank Woods, Charles J.
Taylor ogden A. Kirkland, Herman S.
Plat. Joshua lowering, and Roszel a.
Cathcart and their survivors. Within
twelve months from the date of probating
the will, they, or any five of them, are
TO form corporation for the shelter and
protection Of homeless. needy, and desery-
ing female persons, who are to be fur
nished with food. raiment and lodging,
! stint ulated in honest efforts to earn a live
/ Iihood. and instructed in moral and re-
| ligious truths.
The other charitable requests of Mrs
| Bennett are as follows;
S25, 600 to the Woman's College of Bal
timore for founding six scholarships to be
! known as the Margaret J. Bennett schol-
ersGips.
$25. Coo to the Hospital for the Women Of
Maryland, to be known as the Margaret J.
Bennett Endowment Fund and the income
| to be used in the discretion of the ulanaS-
/ ers Of the hospital
| So, Geo to the Home for the Aged of the
| Methodist Episcopal Church. TO be known
i as the Margaret ]. Bennett Endowment
! Fund and the income to be used for th2
/ hone IS the managers see fit.
S3J Coo 10 Mount Vernon Place Meth
/ odi<t Episcopal Church, 10 be used for pay
/ ing or redeeming the. ground rent Of $l-2G0
| on the church property northeast corner
! Charles Street and Mount Vernon Place.
| $25 coo to the Patterson Memorial As5o-
/ Ciaticn. formerly known as the Mount Yer
non Mission and Kindergarten Assoc -atiOn
{ of Baltimore
$1,000 to the Boys Home Society OF Bal
timcre
( $ GEO 10 the Young Women's Christian
/ Association Of Baltimore.
! s5,c50 TO the Young Mems Christian As
/ ISOLATION Of Baltimore.
/ SJ.CG0 TO the Free Summer Excursion So
I ciety OF Baltimore.
s. eco to the Nursery and Child's Hos
! DTtaI of Baltimore
3 O00 to the Kelso Home for Orphans OF
! Baltimore.
Sl.CfO to the Seamen's Union Bethel So
! ciety of Baltimore.
| $1.GC0 10 the Asylum and Training School
for the Feeble-MinGed of the State Of Ma
! ryland situated at OTings Mills, Baltimore
county.
| 81 coo to the Little Sisters Of the Poor,
| Preston and Valley Streets.
$I.ce0 to the Home for Incurables Of Bal
| timOre.
Other specific Iegacies are as follows
Thirty thousand dollars to Richard W.
Price IL trust for Augusta K. Bennett, Sa-
! Tah E Bennett. Sarah NJ Smi,t, HiIda
Bennett. Margaret Bennett. cHd Sarah B.
! Price gCaRGnieces CT Mrs. TaGnett's de-
ceased husband. Each legatee is to re-
ceive one-half cf her equal share Of the
I principal when she is invent y-one years old
and the other half when she is twenty five
| years old $1,000 TO Miss Mary 4. Wade;
/ $2,CG0 10 Miss Mary 4 Gray
| The following requests are also made to
Mrs Benefits servants provided they
were il her employ IL the time of her
death: Eight hundred dollars to Ellen
Weeks, cook; SSoG TO Elizabeth Warner,
maid; SSG0 10 Alfred Hopkins, waiter; $49O
10 Aaron Taylor, CGaChmaa-
The VIII states that all Mrs. Bennett
jeweIry, plate. and silyerware, china. and
glassware. including all her personal eff
+ fec5s, furniture. etc, contained in her
/ dwelling II Nest Burberry Street, were
! given By her during her lifetime to her
/ sister, Miss Mary Catherine Patterson.
/ Miss Patterson is bequeathed the Mulber-
/ ~ Street dwelling. with all Irs. Bennett
! horses carriages. harness, etc. She is
/ to have the residue of the estate for HE
! Mrs. Bennett states il the via that she
! has not left anything to the family CT her
/ late husband. he. by his viii. made
/ such provision for them as he in his judg-
| ment deemed proper.
The viii names Miss Patterson. sister
/ of Mrs. Bennett. as sole executrfx- with
/ out bond. It was executed August 10
/ 1885 and was Witnessed by Harry s
Reese. Joseph c. Mclaughlin. and Fred
eTick C. Heighe.
The first codicil was executed Novena-
| Der s. 1897 and was witnessed BY Dr.
| David NJ. f. CUlbreth and Howard Ornt
/ Price II increases q NUMBER OF the Char-
/ liable requests in the will and contains
some additional ones including the one OF
| S150 0G0 for the Bennett Home. Besides
| this. it changes the will by leaving the
! residue Of the estate to Miss Patterson
| fer life only. instead Of giving it to heT
| absolutely.
The second codicil was executed May 25
| 1898, and was witnessed by Harry S
| Reese and Howard Orne Price It states
| that since the first codicil was executed
| the name of the Mount Vernon Mission
and kindergarten Association was changed
to the Patterson Memorial Association in
| remembrance Of Mrs. Benefits father
the lat John Patterson. The $25. COO left
| to the Mount Vernon Association is there
| fore given to the Patterson Memorial AS
| sociati0n.
Thomas r. Clendfnen gave notice that
| he would contest the will as attorney fol-
| certain heirs. He was given by the court
| until next Wednesday to file the papers
1t s said that the nearest relatives oil
Mrs BenDett after her sister, who was
| amply provided for, are second cousins.
Mrs. Bennett died suddenly of hear
! failure On August 16 She inherited mos
of the estate from her husband.
Looking for an Heir.
ALLENTOWN. Pa. Aug. 22.-The Le-
high county authorities are looking for al
heir 10 the estate Of John Fisher, and Tn
less claimants appear soon, his savings