Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-19
AIDS LOCAL CHARITIES
REQUESTS MADE IN WILL OF
THEODORE J. MAYER.

Unconditional requests of $4,000 to local
charitable institutions are contained in the
will of Theodore j. Mayer, dated February
Is last and offered for probate late yester-
day afternoon. AS benevolence appeared to
DE the guiding star of Mr.. Mayors life, 50
does 1t figure most prominently in his last
testament Besides the direct charitable
requests the will provides that in the event
his son, Theodore Albert Mayer. should die
before attaining the age of forty-eight
years, without issue, the bulk of the estate
shall revert to charity.
The specific charities to be benefited are:
Aid Association for the Blind, $4,000: East
ern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital. for
the benefit Of poor patients. $1,000; Swiss
Association. called the "Gruetln Verein."
Of this city. $20o0: Swiss Benevolent Asso-
citation. $1,000 the interest Of which is to be
distributed annually among poor Swiss:
Children's Hospital 5000; National Home
opathic Hospital 5000; Washington City
Orphan Asylum. 5000; German Orphan
Asylum. 5000; Washington Hospital for
Foundlings. 5000: Garfield Memorial Hos
pital. 5000: Home for Incurables $4,000:
Emergency Hospital. $1,000; Rupert Home
for Aged People. $4,000.
Other requests mentioned in the viii In
clude the following: Three thousand dollars
to each Of the children Of his bEother-in.
Conrad Graf the children Of his deceased
sister, Christina Graf of Rebsteln, Switzer-
land. is devised 5000 each: to the two
Mayer of Leuchingen. Switzerland. $4,000
each; to the children Of his youngest sister
Anna Catherine Schachtler. widow Of
Jacob Schachtler. Upland. Neb.. $1,000
each, and to his cousin. Katie Edemann Of
Jersey City Heights. N. j.. $1.00O; Mrs.
Mary J. Stephens. $4,000
Bequests to Son.
His son. Theodore Albert Mayer, Is given
the family residence at PA B street south
east. with it's contents: also horses. car
riages. automobiles and personal effects.
The sum of $4,000 in cash is belueathed to
| him. as well as ten shares each of the stock
of the Central National Bank. Union Trust
Company and Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company.
The remainder Of the estate is devised to
the American Security and Trust Company,
| to be held in trust to pay to Theodore Al
bert Mayer, the son of the deceased, $500 a
| month until he is thirty-three years old,
when he is to receive S1J,GO0 cash. At the
age of thirty-six he is to receive another
$4,000; at thirty-nine 100000 Is to be paid
him: similar amount at his forty-second
year; another like sum when she shall have
attained the age of forty-five. and at his
arrival at the age of forty-eight he is to re-
ceive the ba lance of the fund.
To Charity in Certain Event.
In the event of the death of the son before
reaching the geof forty eight years. without
ISSUE the will instructs the trust company
to pay the following amounts to the institu
lions named Children's Hospital. $4,000;
National Homeopathic Hospital $40 600;
Washington City Orphan Asylum. $4,000:
George Washington Hospital, $4,000; Gar
field Memorial Hospital, $4,000: German
Orphan Asylum. $40. 900: Washington Home
for Incurables. $4,000; Washington Home
for Foundlings. $50. 900: Aid Association for
the Blind. $4,000; Emergency Hospital,
$4,000: Eastern Dspensary and Casually
Hospital. $10,OOO; Rupert Home for Aged
People. $4,000.
After the payments of the above requests.
the will Stipulates. should the specified con-
tngency arise. that $4,000 shall be given
to the brothers and sisters of the late Theo-
dore J. Mayer. and the balance Of the
tate distributed among the institutions men,
toned.
The American Security and Trust Com
pany is named executor.