The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-28
LAST WILL OF
MCKINLBY'S

Canton, Ohio. Sept. p7.-The will Of
President Mckinley was fled this after.
noon by Judge william r. Day who was
Secretary OF State under Mckinley and
Secretary Cortslyeu. Together they went
to the probate Judges Offices this after
noon shortly after O'Clock and prssents
ed the legal document to Judge Aungst.
All the property ts left In trust to Mrs.
Mckinley but an annuity OF $1,000 IL
| given to Miss Helen Mckinley sister Of
the President. The will III full Is as fol.
lows:
Executive Mansion, Washington.
II publish the following as my latest
will and testamenti hereby revokiug all
former Wills. 10 my beloved wife Ida. S.
Mckinley bequeath oil my real estate
wherever situated and the income Of any
personal property OF which I may he
possessed at death during her natural
life. make the folio wing charge upon
all of my property both real and personal
10 pay my mother during her life $1,000 a
year and at her death such sum to be
paid to my sister Miss Helsu Mckinley.
II tho income from property beinsuf1ici
ent to keep my wife in great comfort and
pay the annuity above provided then l
direct that such OF my property be sold
SO as to make q sum adequate for both
purposes. Whatever property remains at
the deated Of my wife give to my broth
ors and sisters share and share alike. My
chief concern is that my wife from my
estate snail have all she requires for her
comfort and pleasure and tha. my mother
shall be provided with whatever money
she requires to make her old age comfort
able and happy.
"Witness nv hand and seal this 2sd
day Of October 1897 to my last will and
testament mado at this city Of Washing
ton District Of Columbia.
(Seal.) William Mckinley.
60 "Ths foregoing will was Witnessed by
us this a2d day ofOctober 1897 at tho re
quest of the testator and his name signed
hereto in his pre!ence.
GEORGE 3. CORTELYOU.
---- "CHARLES LOEFFLER."
The text of the will shows that no be
quests are made outside Of the near rela
tlve.. President Mckinley was as the
term goos poor man aud his chief con
cern was to leave enough property to care
for his widow and aged mother as his
mother was alive when the will was
drawn. His mother however died about
month and half after tho last will OF
Presiden, Mckinley was made bat he
did not make new will Ur detach u
cCdlcil.
The document Is drawn In the Pres!d
ent's own handwriting on Executive Man
sion note paper and Is written with
pen
Secretary Cortelyou made affidavit nt
the time OF fling the will to the genuine
ness OF the signature Of the President
and his own sigma ure. He also made
affidavit In tho customary manner that
the tcstator voluntarily and without re
stralnt made the will and signed 1t In
his presence.
Mr., Loetfer is to arrive hcre today to
dents signature and his own. Accompany
ing the will was the following: Il Ida S.
Mckinley does hereby decline the ad
minlsratlon OF his estate and recommend
the appoin tment OF William II. Day and
George b. Cortelyou as administrators
with the will amazed" This recommen-
dation bears the date Of September 81
1901. The hour 81 for hearing preparatory
to probaiing the will Is 9 O'Clock Monday
morning. At that time without doubt
Judge Day and Secretary Cortelyou viii!
be made administrators with tho will
annexed Of the Mckinley estate. They
will then Ae their bonds and the work
will bo done preparatory to closing the
matters pertaining to the estate
Consent has been given by M-s. Dun
can and Miss Helen Mckinley sisters Of
the President to the appointment Of Score
tary Cortelyou and Judge Day. Ohsr near
relatives Of decedent are Abnsr Mckinley
brother, OF New York; James Mckinley
and Mrs Morse, nephew and niece. San
Fr aucisco; Grace Mckinley. Liece. Clev
land -
Ills thoughtiIere there will be no objeo
ton to the Will or to the proposed appoint
monts by any OF the relatives Judge Days
home being here he will naturally give
his close personal attention to the estate
after Secretary Cortelyou has returned to
WashiD gton but Junge Day will take no
action without first cons sulting Mr. Cort
elyou and first obtaining bis full accord.
Secretary Cortelyou will remain here
until tho fore part Of next week. He will
devote his time to looking over private
papers Of Mr.. Mckinley. 1t Is given out
that the estate will roach from $685. 900 to
$3.50 900. OF this sS7, 1000 is life insurance.
The remainder consists OF bank deposits
In Washington and Of real estate here
and elsewhere. A schedule Of the estate
will probably be filed Monday by the ad.
ministors after they qualify.
The day was trying one for Mrs. Nc
Kinloy. Her friends suspected that the
coming Of Secretary Cortelyou would |
cause her to recall all OF the sad scenes
through which 'she had recently passed.
Aud 1t did. Mrs. Mckinley could not
control herself and gave way to her emo.
tions. Prompt assistance Of attendants |
and friend', however. caused her TO bear
up under the ordeal.