New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-21
BIG ESTATE DISPOSED OF.
Lc1i II. Letters Property Left En-
tirely to U'idO1C and Children.

washington June e0.-The will Of Levi z. Letter.
% Chicago. who died at BAR Harbor, Nc. last
week which vas fled here to-day, disDcses 90
larse estate :ae value Of which is not indicated.
The will IS dated June :. names Mary T Letter
and Joseph letter his widow and SON executors.
and tho together with his daughters, Nancy
Lattrop Carver Ld-or and Marguerite Hyde
Letter and scyrnou- Morris OF Chicago. arc desig-
fnted trustees.
orr third OF the estate outside OF specific reser-
vatioas of coal lands IN Illinois. is left TO the
widow and the rest is LETT for equal distribution.
per stripes among the children
After the death of the widow he- portion OF the
~st;re goes the general estate. which is dis
tr!lGted equally among the children per stripes.
oxoort 80 acres of coal lands in Illinois. which is
10 DO vested IN fee simple in Joseph Letter, the
thereon h. Mr.. Letter. Specific provision is made
20 guarantee Joseph Letter annual income Of at
least So5o3. under any circumstances, and to in
sure him an annual income Of $4,000 in any event
after The fulhlment OF the trust created for the
estate under the terms OF the will.
Mention is made OF the marriage settlement OF
10000 previously made OF the daughters,
Lady Curzon wife Of the Ticeroy OF India, in ad-
d!tion which the will bequeathes 100000 more
fund for her. the total of $1,000 TO be
charged against her as an advancement in the dis
tribution Ct tho estate. The will cites that in his
lifetime Mr.. Letter gave the following amounts in
advance:
TO Lady curzoE, $1,000 dncluding the s. 10000
in tho general estate: TO each Of the daughters.
Nancy and Marguerite. thousand shares OF
capitaI stock o. Chicago Railway Company, TO
bc valued SIS a share SAD one thousand shares
chicago to be valued at S1i5,epO making total
charge against each OF $4,000 10 be treated as
adVancements In the division OF the income and
principal OF the trust To Joseph Letter. the son.
adVancements partly shown by notes signed by
him. cancelled and not TO be taken into &C
count and partly by entries in books. amounting to
100000 the latter TO be charged advance
lnent. Each the children is 10 he charged with
per cent interest aGYancements beginning
the rusteeship and the total interest Is 10 be
added TO the two-thrds OF the net annual income
from the trrst estate and TO the whole of the net
the amount thereof is be divided equally among
The children their descendants. per stripes
Under the terms OF the will. the trustees 10
hold the intact by investing nearly
practicable one-half Of it in real property and one
s. pass 10 any OF the children absolutely. and the
ultimate conveyance away of the property Is for
biGden until the death OF the last surviving mem
Der of the testator's famy-that is, the widow and
the four children. Mrs. Letter is have all the
furnishings of the Letter house in this city
sl.~tts0 for Lady CurzoE. the viii that to the
trustees named for this purpose the executors arc
20 pay in trust. either IN money or in bonds.
stocks other forms Of purely personal property
belonging TO the Letter estate, TO invest and REIN
'esi good income yielding securities, the whole
OF The income TO be paid TO Lady Curzon. She is
prohibited from disposing Of IL IN the way OF
t!cDat;on and her death II is to go in trust
her husband. and II her death she leaves
child the amount is be divided equally between
one child. then one-thrd. least. is 20 be given
tie husband