Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-22
business man and his books were accu-

business man and his books were accu-
what disposition was made of the prop
1T was divided as the will directed" re-
piled the executor. Mrs McCallum his
adopted daughter, received four or five hum
dred thousand dollars and the chief re.
manning heirs mentioned IN the Will
about 100000 each"
WHO were the chief heirs outside Mrs.
McCallum?''
There were FIVE all nephews of John
Sherman, and evidently selected by him
with the idea of keeping alive the Sherman
name. First there was Charles w. Sher-
man, who was, think, the son OF his
brother. James Sherman, who died years
ago. Charles w. Sherman was the chlef
assayer of the mint at San Francisco and
was probably receiving four or five thou
sand dollars year at the time or senator
Sherman's death. Another heir was Henry
Sherman, the son of his brother Charles,
and a third was P. Tecumseh Sherman, the
second son of Gen. William 7. Sherman.
He was practicing law in New York at the
time the senator died. Hoyt Sherman,
fourth heir, member of the Utah
state senate and a resident of Salt Lake
City, while another heir was Charles M.
Sherman the son of Senator Sherman's
brother Hoyt, who was well known as a
banker. Charles NJ. Sherman died last
year"
How about Mrs. Miles and Senator Sher-
mans other nieces?'
Mrs. Miles received $1,000 The other
nieces received very little. In addition to
these heirs. there were number of others
who received small amounts
How the Will Was Made.
Senator Sherman's mind was not strong
during his last four or five years, Mr.
Kerr" said /. WAS his will made when
he was in the full possession of his facul-
tes?'
There is no doubt about that" was the
reply 1.-THE will by which the estate was
disposed of was written by him with his
own hand ten years before his death 1t
was made in 1890 while he was still a live
factor in American politics and a presi-
dental possibility. He then led his party in
the Senate and he in his Intellectual
| prime. The will. penned then, was substan-
| TALLY that which was executed. only few
! minor changes having been made
What were those Changes?' l asked.
We'll in the first will Mrs. Sherman was
| made one of the, executors and large part
| of the estate was to have gone to her.
| Along in the latter part of Shermans life
! he saw that Mrs. Sherman's condition was
such that she could not survive him and
| the will was changed accordingly. At one
| time myself and Senator Sherrnan's pri-
! vate secretary. BaEcock, We're made the eX-
| ecutorS. Later Col. Myron Parker of
| Washington was put in Babcoci's place.
! The reason ,for this change was that Col.
| Parker was well posted on Washington real
estate and the senator thought he could
| handle that part of his estate better than
any one else.
| What became OF the senator's Washing
| ton property" i asked.
| He gave his two houses on X street the
| one in which he lived SO long and that
which he built during his latter years, to
| Mrs. McCallum before he died. Some of
| the remaining real estate was sod by the
| executors and the balance was turned over
| to the Sherman Real Estate Company,
which is still handling it. Senator Sher-
man owned large number of small houses
| in Washington. We gave about $4,000
| worth of these to Mrs. McCallum She had
| about 100000 cash coming to her at one
| time ard she preferred to take part OF
| that in these houses.
SherInan's Break Down.
The conversation here turned to the last
| days of Senator Sherman. and l asked Mr..
Kerr whether he thought that his failure
, to be nominated as a presidential candidate
| had anything to do with 1t. He replied
Il think not. His breaking down was it
| seems to me, occasioned by old age added
| to the extraordinary work he did whne
| writing his "reminiscences. He had had
| some lapses of memory in the Senate be-
| fore that, but they were slight. When he
| began TO write his recollectons he became
| so interested that he worked at it day and
| night. He was particular as to much of
| the manuscript and wrote it with his own
| hand. He was, you know. accustomed to
| pecally hard. His recollections COM
prised two large volumes. containing alto
gether about 100000 words. Senator Sher-
man wrote those two volumes in five