Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-29
GENERAL HARR,soN,s wILl.
Bcaucsts Made in Testament of the
Former President

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requests Made in Testament of the
Former President.
The will of Gen. Benjamin Harrison
was filed ut indianapolis Tuesday. Col.
Russell b.. Harrison is practically disin-
herited, though his debts to his father
and these are said to aggregate a con-
siderable sum-are l%iquidated.
The value of the estate is estimated at
100000, and $4,000 of this, the In
dianapolis home and. six lots in Herki-
mer County, New York, are left to the
widow, formerly Mrs. Dimmick, Whose
marriage to the General caused a family
row which contributed to the feeling Of
ill-will existing for some time between
the General and his son.
1t is directed that the provisions made
for the widow are in lieu of all her in
terests in the estate as his widow. The
residuary estate is to be divided into as
many equal shares as there are surviv-
ing children, and one additional share
for the issue of any child that may have
died leaving issue. One such share is
given to the son, Russell, in trust for the
children of Russell, to be used for their
support and education. The second equal
share is given to a daughter, Mary Har-
rison Mckee, in fee simple. A third is
left i'll fee simple to the infant daughter,
Elizabeth.
The will was drawn up April 20, 1899,
and witnessed by w. HI. II. Miller, Har-
ny j. Milligan and Howard Gale. In the
original will 100000 is left to the
widow. but Il codicil written Feb. ID,
1901. increases the sum to $125,OOO.
OF the money left to Mrs. Harrison
$125,OOO is to be invested and the in
come paid to her. AT her death any
sum remaining shall become part OF his
residuary estate. To his daughter Eliza
beth is left $4,000, to be paid to the
widow as trustee. When the child be-
comes of age or marries she is to have
any uneNpended balance. If she dies
before receiving it, such unused balance
shall go to her mother. The sum of
$4,000 is to be invested by the Union
Trust Company, to accumulate until Il
grandson, Benjamin Harrison Mckee,
shall become of age, when the latter
shall have the principal and accumulated
interest. The trustee is authorized, how
ever, to use the interest in the support
of the grandson if necessary. III the
+ iNSO NleS UctOlC DcCOllIIlS VI aye tlC
fund shall become a part of the residu.
airy estate. 10 each of his grandchil-
dren, Mary Lodge Mckee, Martlena
Harrison and William Henry Harrison,
is left $500 in addition to other gifts.
Section 1G of the will reads as follows:
IF another child should be born to ME
of my present marriage l give and be-
qucath to such child the sum of $4,000.
Ii a boy shall be born to me, he shall
bear my name, and my sword and sash
shall be given to him instead of to my
son RUSSELL"
The document confirms to the widow
all the gifts she has received, all the ar
ticles in the house that were purchased
within six months before her marriage
with the General and all that nave been
purchased by either of them since that
time. The widow is not required to file
any inventory of property nor to give
any bond nor be liable for any loss. To
Col. Russell Harrison is given the por-
trait of the first Mrs. Harrison, some
other portraits and family relies. To
the daughter Mary Harrison Mckee is
left a portrait of her mother, some other
portraits and family relics. There are
other beneficiarics, the amounts ranging
from 500 to 5000.
The fact that Gen. Harrison should
have disinhcrited his son causes no sur
prise i'll Indianapolis. a dispatch says,
for such was expected. Soon after Gen.
Harrison was elected President the son
began giving on interviews in which he
professcd to express his fathers views
on matters of public policy. The General
was finally forced to make a public dis
ayowal of his sons u%ttcrances. Col. Har-
rison invaded the newspaper field in the
West, and engaged in the street-car bust
ness. In both ventures he lost money
and was a source of expense to his IA
Their. Then he engaged i'll the publica-
ton of Judge, the New York weekly.
The existing estrangcment was increased
when the General informed his children
that he intended to marry Mrs. Dim
mick. Col. Harrison and Mrs. Mckee
objected, he gave them nearly all his for
tune, married and built up a new estate.