Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-28
RussELL sAeE's WILL FILEp
Aside from Beaucst- % Relatives, All
Property is Left TO
widow.

NEW YORK. July T.-The will Of Rus
sell Sage. which was filed for probate to-
day, beaueaths all Of his estate to his
widow. Margaret OLIVIA Sage, after the
payment Of $4,000 TO each of Mr.. Sages
nephews and nieces and $4,000 to his sis
ter, Mrs. Fanny Chaplin Of Oneida n. Y.
Mrs Chaplin died since the will was made
The will also provides that in case of any
of its benehciaries contested the probate
of II they shall be cut or 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 February H. 1901, and was
sworn TO by Edward Townsend and r. w.
Freedman as witnesses. 1t consists of
about 800 words. There are eleven sec
tions.
The first section provides for the pay
ment Of Mr. Sage's debts and funeral eN-
penses. BY the second section Mr.. Sage
bequeaths $4,000 to Irs. Fanny Chaplin,
wife Of Samuel Chaplin of Oneida, n. Y,
his sister. BY the third section he gave
S25,O0O to each of his nephews and nieces
and provides that in case any OF them died
before him their allotment shall be dis
tributed among their aeirs.
The fourth section provides: All the
rest, residue ana remainder Of my estate, l
|
Margaret Olivia Sage, to have and to hold
the same TO her. absolutely and forever,
The firth section provided that this
| provision for Mrs. Sage is to be in lieu
Of all right OF DOVE in the estate. BY
| the sixth section Mr. Sage empowered his
/ executors to sell all hts real estate. In
the seventh section he provided that in
| case of his bequests 10 his sister, nephews
| and nieces lapse or fail, the amounts sc
| bequea thed shall revert to Mrs. Sage.
BY the eighth section Margaret Olivia
Sage, DR.. John P. Mum and Charles w
/ Osborne, long my confidential and trusted
! assistant" were appointed executrix and
| executors OF the will. and it was provided
that in case Mr.. Osborne refused or wa,
unable to serve as executor, Edward c
! Osborne should fill the vacancy. 1t pro
vides also that none Of these person,
| should be requested e. give bonds
Under the ninth section the executors
were authorized to rent an office t
transact the business of Mr.. Sage's estate
The tenth section rcvokes all former o.
other wills or testamsntary dispositions a
any time heretofore made.
The eleventh section read as follows:
Should any of the benefciaries unde
| this Will other than my said wife objec
| to the probate thereof, or in any wise, di
rectly or indirectly, contest or aid in con
! testing the same or any of the provision
thereof, or the distribution Of my estat
hereunder, then and in that event
annul any bequest herein made to sucl
beneficiary, and II is my will that sucl
beneficiary shall be absolutely barred AM
cut off from any share ia my estate
While there was nothing in the will Z
show the value OF Mr.. Sages estate. at
torneys for Mr. Sage estimate It at be
tween S7O.0OO.OOO and $sO0OO.0O0, of whicl
amount about $SoOoo,cOo Is outstanding
In the petition for tAelprobate Of the Sag
will the value Of Mr4 sags's real estate wa
given as more than 81 ,oeao00 and the valu
of his personal property as more tina
$4,000 a%F ~