Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-27
SAGE MADE A
FEW REQUESTS
Each of His NephewS and NieCes
Is Left twenty-five Thou
Sand Dollars.
WIDOW GETS BULK OF ESTATE
Nothing Is Given to Charity-imount
or Ills Fortune + Not
Indicated.

New York, July 27.-The win Of Rus
sell SageF which WAS filed for probate
today bequeathes all Of his estate TO
his widow Margaret Olivia Sage, after
the payment Of $4,000 to each OF Nh
sage's nephews and nieces. and &c.,
O0O to his sister, Mrs. Fanny Chaplin
Of Oneida. n. Y. Mrs. Chaplin died
since the viii was made. The will also
provides that In case OF any Of its
benefciaries contesting the probate Of
It, they shall be cut of from any SHARE
IN the estate.
There was nothing In the will to
show the value OF Mr. Sage's estate.
The will was dated Feb. IL. 1901. aud
was sworn to by Edward Townsend
and K. w. Freedman as witnesses.
1t consists OF about 500 words. There
are II sections,
The first section provides for the
payment Of Mr.. Sages debts and fu-
neral expenses by the second, Mr..
Sage bequeathes $4,000 TO Mrs. Fanny
Chaplin, wife OF Samuel Chaplin. OF
Oneida, y. Y, his sister. BY the third,
he gave s25, 600 To each OF his nephews
and nieces, and provided that In case
any Of them died before him, their
allotment shall be distributed among
their issue.
The fourth section provides:
IAN the rest. residue and remainder
Of my estate. / give, devise and be-
queath TO my wife, Margaret Olivia
Sage, to have and TO hold the same TO
ner absolutely and forever
The hfth section provides that this
provision for Mrs. Sage is in lieu Of all
right OF dover in the estate
BY the sixth section Mr. Sage en-
powered his executors TO sell all this
real estate. In the seventh section he
provided that In case his requests TO
his hister. nephews and nieces should
lapse or fail, the amounts so bequeath-
ca shall revert 10 Mrs. Sage.
BY the eighth section. Margaret OF
via Sage. Or. John P. Mum. Almon
Goodwin and Charles w. Osborne,
long my confidential and trusted as
sistant." were appointed eXecutriX and
executors Of the viii, and IL was provid-
ed that in case Mr.. Osborne refused or
was unable 10 serve as executor Ed
ward G. Osborne should III the va
oancy, II provided also that none Of
these persons should be requested 70
give bonds.
Under the ninth section, the executors
were authorized 70 rent an Office 10
transact the business 0f Mr., Sage's
estate
The tenth section reyokes all former
or other Wills or testameutary disposi-
tions at any time heretofore made.
The eleventh section read as follows;
should any Of the benehciaries under
the will other than my said wife, Oh.
ject 10 the probate thereof or IN any
wise directly or indirectly contest or aid
~ contesting the same or any OF the
provisions thereof, or the distribution
OF my estate hereunder. theh and In
that event / annul any bequest herein
made 10 such beneficiary. and IL Is my
will that such beneficiary shall be alb
s0lutelY barred and cut of from any
share IN my estate
While there was nothing On the will
TO show the value Of Mr. sage's estate.
attorneys for Mr. Sage estimate Il be-
tween $1,000. 600 and $50. 900 600. Of which
amount about So 100000 is outstanding IN
loahs.