Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-28
7 r3IDEYT. N AINLEY'S
WILL TODt PROBATED
. THE ESTATE SETTLED Up By
SECY. CoRTELHoU AND
JUDGE DAY.
sPoSITION OF ESTATE
IN IS ESTIMATED TO BE
WORTH BETWEEN S225,-
900 AND s25O.OO0.

NTON. O.. September 27.-Seere-
-ortelyou came here to-day to as
Mrs. Mckinley in disposiHg Of
connected with the late Presi~
estate. He arrived this morn
md was at once driven to the Nc
~ home. After meeting Mrs. Nc
r the question of filing the will
AIKEN up.
trying task Of reading it to her
naertaken by the faithful seere-
Mrs. Mckinley MADE a heroic
70 bear mp and succeeded in do
D.. although the ordeal was dif-
for her. She IS resting well to-
.egal formalities necessary for
. 10 subscribe TO were disposed OF.
4 O'Clock this afternoon Judge Day
secretary Cortelyou went to the
of the probate judge and offered
will Of President Mckinley for pro-
They carried with them the
. wing:
Ida S. Mckinley, widow of Will
Mckinley. deceased. hereby de-
The administration of his estate,
commend the appointment OF
ana K. Day and George 3. Cor.el-
administrators with the will an
recommendation bears the date
q s.uem5er p, 1901,
owing Is the text OF President Me
ry VIII:
j eutEe Mansion, Washington. D. c.
publish the following as my latest
= md testament, HEREBY revok!ng ali
er wills:
10 my beloved wife Ida S McKin
/ b=queath all my real estate,
81 ever situated, and the income of
personal property of which | may
pOssel at death. during her nat
j. life | make the following charge
d all of my property both real and
+ 0nai: 10 ray my mother during
lie $1,000 a year and at her death
sum - be paid TO my sister. Helen
smiley If the income from prop
be insufficient to keep my wife in
{ At comfort and pay the annity above
ded. then | direct that such of my
serty be sold so as to make sum
q Iuate for both purposes. What
property remains at the death of
wife | give to my brother and SIS
share ard share alike. My chief
IN is that my wife. from my es-
shall have all she requires for her
.oIJ and pleasure and that my
IGr shall be provided with what
money she requires to make her
age comfortable and hppy.
Witness my hand and seal, this 22d
of October. 1885, to my last will
d., testament, made at the city of
W hngton, District of Columbia.
iSignedJ WILLIAM M KINLEY.
5ea11
The foregoing will was witnessed by
us ths 22d day of October, 1897, at the
} Iest of the testator of his name
+ ned hereto in our presence and our
E nature hereto in his presence.
G. b. CORTELYOU.
CHARLES LOEFFLER.
- III Oul OH duluOIily JHdt the
NInley estate will total s225,000 to
: 1900, including life insurance of
S..oo0. Aside from this insurance the
t ,ate consists of real estate here and
oatiguous to Canton, and of deposits
Washington banks. Monday morn
) has been fixed by the probate court
Ia" hearing prior to probating the
v Then it is expected Secretary
(aUeIyou and Judge Day will be final
j appointed administrators of the es-
tte with will annexed and will give
b 0.
-ecretary Cortelyou made the neces-
s affidavit to-day as to the genuA
i1@aess of the signature of the Presi-
r and of his own. Mr.. Loeffler will
n here tomorrow and make aft
as to his signature and to having
s the President attach his name to
document. The will is in the
sdent's own handwriting and is on
LNFcutiVp Mansion letter DaDar