Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-03
W B. BENTLEY's WILL.
Former Kesiden,,s Wealth Divided
Among Family and Charitable ln-


stftutions.
The Des Moines Capital Of recent
date gives the following concerning the
will OF theslate w. B. Bentley. former
business man of this city:
sixteen thousand dollars to local and
national religious and charitable insti-
buttons form the requests of the will of
the late w. 3. Bentley. The local Y. NJ.
q. "A. comes in for s.. 900; Congregation
alisin in Iowa receives $1,000; foreign
missions are richer by IS. 600 today than
they were yesterday and American mis-
sions receive $1,000 from the fortune of
the man who was such an ardent work
er and contributor to them while alive.
The will of the late w. B. Bentley
was opened, publicly read and admitteu
of record today in the district court. The
bulk of the estate and fortune of the de-
ceasect3is willed to his wife and children,
share and share alike; but there are a
half dozen requests aggregatfng in val
ue $4,000. All these requests are to be
settled in full! within three years, by the
terms of the instrument
Mr.. Bentley's possessions are divided.
as follows:
ITO the American board Of foreign
missions. incorporated in Massachusetts
in 1912. $4,000.
TO the American Missionary Society
incorporated by an act of the legislature
Of the state of New York, 5000.
To the Iowa Congregational Home
Missionary Society. $1,000
ITO the Des Moines Young Mems
Christian Association, $4,000.
..'Tohis sisters. Belle Bentley and Nell
,lia I2oNfleS- n00 I. ar
ITO his sister Mrs. j. G. Olms ted, ST.
600.
..Toh mother, the income from SIS
600 invested in safe. interest bearing
bonds and mortgages. the PRINCIPAL to
revert at her death to the testator's
lchildren.
ITO his uncle. T. N. Bray. all the notes
now owed to testator.
THE remainder of the tate and for
tune TO his wife and children, TO be di-
l5vided equally among them.
The instrument was drawn up and
signed on July 5th, 1894. with j. G.. Ohm
issted and D. NJ. Douglass as witnesses.
1t names. u CT. Olmsted, Belief. Bentley
and Mrs. w. y. Bentley as executors"
lCLIMATEs AND RAILWAY LOCA-
TON IN EAST AFRICA.
| DR. Emil Houb. the African explorer
and scientist, in discussing the proposed
route with8the Morning Post interview
ser last year, said it appeared to him
THAT MIR. Rhodes did not take the condi-
Itions of climate sufficiently into consid-
I,eration. The Marotse country should be
avoided. The Marotses We're a fierce,
warlike people and might give trouble.
The natives died like flies of malaria in
this country, whereas by edging further
Ito the east where the country was COM
lparatively healthy, that would not be
the case. On the other hand. the many
drivers and the mountainous nature of
1.-the land had, no doubt, determined MIR.
Rhodes. owing to the great difficulties of
Engineering, to abandon any attempt SO
4 far to the east. Still, he thought that
in the end it would prove the surest and
most economical route to pursue. DR..
Holub added that neither the Beira rail-
way from the east nor the Congo rail
way from the west could ever compete
with Mr.. Rhodes great line, which mus,
be in the future the great carrying route
for Africa. Trade would always by
preference go to the Nile; the Nile was
the great waterway to civilization. 81
H. knight in the Engineering Magazine
for April.