The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-26
MILLIONS FOR HOME
w. S. STATIONS WILL AIDS
SICK OF COLORADO.
Provides for a Memorial to Mining
Kings Father-Bulk of $14,-
100000 Fortune is Given
For the Purpose.

Colorado Springs Special Telegram.
The will of the late w. s. Stratton, filed
for probate this afternoon gives more
than $130O0,000 to found and maintain
home for unfortunate residents of Col
orado. requests to relatives in no case
exceed $4,000 and aggregate less than
$500 900.
The bequest of $4,000 to Isaac Harry
Stratton of Toulon, Stark County, ILL.,,
only child of the late multimillionaire.
may clause a contest OF the will. The son
is Frustrated over what he regards as an
injustice and Is in consultation with at
torneys. The bulk of the estate goes to
found the Myron 8. Stratton home. to
be located in this city
Carl s. Chamberlain Of Brooklyn, NJ
Y. D. H. Rice of this city and Tyson
s. Dynes are the executors. The will
bears date of August 5, 1902.
Gifts to Friends and Relatives.
This will leaves The family homestead,
Chamberlain of Brooklyn. including all
furniture. books and heirlooms, but ex-
GLIDING all personal property. 1t makes
the following additional requests:
Fifty thousand dollars to E. w. Ham
lin. son Of Mrs. Harriet T. Hamlin Of
Jacksonville, Ind.
Fifty thousand dollars to a nephew,
Harry B. Hamlin.
Fifty thousand dollars to Mrs. Jennie
Cobb Stratton of San Jose, Cal.
Fifty thousand dollars to Mary Cobb
Smith, a niece.
Fifty thousand dollars to Lillian S.
Cobb. now Mrs. Lillian Shelton of st.
Louis.
Fifty thousand dollars to Elma P.
Chamberlain. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Fifty thousand dollars to Mrs. Clair
Marie Baldack.
Fifty thousand dollars to C. S. Cham
berlain, Brooklyn.
Strange Bequest to His Son.
The will then reads.
To my son.A, Harry Stratton of Tu-
Ion. ILL.,, $4,000, in case he does not con-
test or cause to be contested this will.
The son has lived away from the father
ever since he was born. Concerning him
there has been much speculation, as w.
s. Stratton was divorced from his wife
mediately after tho birth of the boy.
The son visited the father but two or
three times in his liie and arrived in this
city only after the death of the multi
millionaire. He is still in the city.
The will further provides that $4,000 be
left to Byron c. Logan of indianapolis,
Ind. and to the trustees of the Colorado
School for the deaf and blind of this
city $4,000, to be expended in lettering the
condition of the present school buildings.
In case any provision of this will is de-
clared illegal and thereby annulled. Mr..
Stratton specifies that all such portions of
his estate so affected shall go to the
State of Colorado, such funds to be util-
lied in maintaining and keeping up the
present charitable institutions under State
control
Details Plans for the Home.
The main provision of the will is for
the establishment and erection of the
Myron S. Stratton home lin memory of
my father" To this home Mr.. Sratton
leaves all his vast estate and the trus-
tees areA instructed to dispose immedi-
ately of all his holdings, properties,
moneys, credits and other assets From
the money so realized $1,O00,0O0 is to be
expended in purchasing suitable site
for the home, after which the balance
is to be used in erecting suitable build
ingS.
1t is believed that another instrument
exists giving some plans for the home,
the specifications for building and the
management of the institution.
The objects of the Myron StrattOn
home are specified to be The erection of
the home for persons physically unable
to earn their livelihood, whether through
advanced ago, physical debility 9TH
erwse handicapped. The will expressly
shuts out all those who by reason of dis
ease, habits or insanity would imperl
the health and happiness of other in
mates. The inmates are to be selected by
the Board OF Trustees from residents OF
I'll Paso County, in which this city is sit
auted, after which residents of the State
may be received.
Not a Pauper Institution.
Speaking of the home the will says:
be clothed and fed not as paupers usu-
ally are at the public expense, but de-
Gently and comfortably, and that whole
some food and necessary food and medl-
cine be provided in order to protect the
health and comfort of the inmates"
1t is further specified that no inmate be
compelled to perform manual labor
against his will for any officer or attache
of the home.
The idea of the Myron Stratton home
was conceived by Mr.. Stratton three
years ago, when he was taken sick
abroad and confined in u hospital for
three months Upon his return to this
country he drafted rough plan of the
home idea, which he has since Ella borated.
The large number of consumptives who
come to this place for health is also be-
Heved to have moved him to create the
home.
Law for Inspecting Home.
The active management is left to a
board of trustees, and proper inspection
of the institute is to be made under the
law. The accounts of the home shall be
supervised by the district court or by a
board of inspectors to be provided for
in the laws of the Institution.
In order to insure the maintenance of
the Myron Stratton home, MIR. Stratton
instructs that the balance of the estate
not utilized in the establishment of the
interest bearing securities the income to
be used according to their discretion in
keeping up the home.