The Holly chieftain., 1902-09-26
STATIONS WEALTH
WILL AID THE HELPLess POOR.
After Providing Comfortably for Near
Relatives, ". S. stratton Be-
queaths All His Vast Wealth to the
Myron stratton Home to Be Estab-
lished at csiora DO Springs.

Hsneo at Oo&oFa1 30 springs.
Colorado Spring Colo, Sept. 21.-
The last will and ,,SIament of the late
Winfield Scott StT.tton. was read at
his late Tesidence At 10. o'clock yester-
day morning before the assembled
heirs, and was fil,l for probate In the
County court at $50 o'clock in the af-
ternoon.
The will as prin'eL in small type in
the daily newspa pers occupies more
than two columns nd the following is
comprehensive synopsis of its pro-
visions:
One million dolls for the purchase
OF ground in Ell Iaso county and the
erection Of the N ron Stratton home,
named in honor u Mr.. Stratton's
father.
After the pa! nent of legacies,
amounting to $4s ooo the entire resi-
due of the estate generally estimated
as amounting to 5 100000 of $1,000
600, shall form Il endowment of the
home.
The trustees of he estate shall form
4 corporation viii h shall carry on this
benevolent purpos. and shall transfer
the property to 1t. The home shall be
for Poor person who are without
means Of suppor and who are prin-
cipally unable, b reason of old age,
youth, sickness r other intirmity,
to earn livelihoo and who are not by
reason of disease, Insanity, gross indie
cency or Immoral -y, unfit to associate
with worthy per rs of the condition
Of life above nanod."
The executors Cf the estate are CaH
S. Chamberlin of BROOKLYN, New York,
nephew OF Mr. Syratton; DIR. d. III.
Rice of Colorado springs, and Tyson
S. Dimes, attorne! of Denver. The e1-
ecutors are directed to sell all the real
and personal estate as soon as they
conveniently can md within the period
fixed by law
The executors are required to pay he
following bequests:
To Carl S. Chamberlin, nephew, the
house and furnishings in Colorado
Springs and $4,000 in money.
To EaN w. Haulin, son of Mr.. STRAIT
toms deceased sister, Mrs. Harriet n.
Hamlin, of ,Jeffersonville, Indiana,
$4,000 in money.
To Harry B. Hamlin, son of Mrs.
Harriet Hamlin. $4,000.
To Mrs. Jennie Stratton Cobb STRAIT
toms sister, of San Jose, California,
$4,000.
To Mrs. Mary Cobb Smith, daughter
Of Mrs. Jennie Stratton Cobb, $4,000.
To Lillian CoUD. daughter of Mrs.
Jennie Stratton Cobb, $4,000.
To Elmo Pearl Chamberlin. 315 East
Sixteenth street, Brooklyn, New York,
daughter of Strattons deceased sister,
Mrs. Anna Chamberlin, $4,000.
To Mr.. Stratton son, l. Harry STRAIT
ton, of Tulon. Stark county. Illinois,
$4,000: provided that If he contests
the will, directly or indirectly, he shall
get nothing.
To Byron C. Logan of Indianapolis,
Indiana, friend, $4,000.
To the State Institute for the Mute
and Blind, $1,000; the interest on
which shall he given annually to the
pupils as reward for excellence in
scholarship or demeanor. or both.
After the payment Of the above lega-
cies to individuals the executors shall
turn over all the remainder. of the es-
tate 10 DR.. b. n. Rice. Judge Moses
Hallett Of Denver, and Tyson S. Dimes
of Denver, TO be Invested by them in
trust in sound. interest-bearing securi- :
ties. Those three trustees then shall
turn over all the property to corpora
tion to be formed by them to own and
conduct the Afyron Stratton home. The
trustees shall be paid for their ser
vices in the discharge of the trust such
sum as shall be fixed by the District
Court of FL PasO county.
Should the clauses of the will Great
ing the Myron Stratton- home be de-
clared void or invalid for any reason
by the courts. the will provides that
the whole estate, after the payment of
the $4S5,O0O OF personal legacies, shall
be paid over to the statesof Colorado to
be applied in such manner as the Leg
islature may direct to the support OF
tutiOns as now exist and are supported
by the state of Colorado.
Residents of Ell Paso county are CIV
en- first preference for admission to the
proposed home, and then residents of
other counties Of Colorado.
In regard to the conduct Of the home
the will says:
at Is my especial desire and COM
mand that the inmates of the said
home shall not be clothed and fed as
paupers usually are at public expense.
but that they shall be decently and
comfortably clothed and amply provid-
ed with good and wholesome medical
attendance, care and nursing to protect
their health and insure their comfort.
"And that no inmate of said home
shall be constrained against his or her
will to perform any manual service for
any inmate OF said home not related to
him or her by blood or marriage, nor
for any officer or emplOye of said