New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
FURLONG WILL FILED.
MANY GIFTS TO CHARITY.
Ne1C York City Institutions Get
Host of s2OO,O0O Estate.

The mystery surrounding the disposition OF the
estate of General Charles z. Furlong the long
time guest of the Fifth Avenue Hotel who died at
Portland, Me, (on September 25. cleared up
yesterday, when the will filed In the Surro-
gates office. and it found that personal prop
erty TO the value Of nearly $4,000 was bequeathed
principally to New York City charities To the
Furlongs OF Kleline House. Newcastle West
County of Limerick Ireland. the left $4,000
though he did not refer to them relatives 1t
OF the eccentric old generals claims that
he had no kin.
Luba Shestakow the daughter OF NJ and Nine.
Shestakow, nee Princess Olga Gagarime OF
Odessa Russia. who is referred to in the will as a
godchild receives the of $4,000 These are the
largest individual bequests. No mention made in
the will of the children of the Princess Cantacu-
zene, the daughter OF General Frederick Dent
Grant. to whom General Furlong godfather.
of the children of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris.
to whom at time the general greatly at
tached. Neither does the will make any bequest
to Captain D. NJ. HILL OF Dublin. late of the 18th
Hussars who attended the generals funeral and
said that he would claim share in the estate as a
third cousin on the maternal side Rounds &
Schurman, counsel for the captain. said last night
however. that there would in all probability be no
contest.
The will makes fewer than thirty individual
bequests Of 5000 each TO religious educational and
charitable organizations, all except seven Of which
in this city The testator did not forget those
who had served him faithfully during his twenty
nine years at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Frederick
Dittmar. his barber. who had shaved him regularly
for score of years. received .000 and like
amount went to Patrick Condor. who waited on
me for several years at of the dining tables at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel" Eliza Murray and Jennie
Mclaughlin. two chambermaids employed at the
hotel get $1,000 each So does Donald Campbell. OF
Vicksburg. Miss. old soldier who served under
General Furong when the latter was sheriff and
collector OF Warren County Ore.
Estele Erdeman. the daughter OF Bessie Erde-
man. who. the will says. employed during the
summer of 1887 and some time previous by Joseph
Eager at the Montrest Hotel. Middletown Springs.
Vt, and who resides at present at Skeninge.
Switzerland. is remembered to the extent OF 5000
At the end OF the Civil War the general was sta
toned at Vicksburg 10 restore order, and in his
will he has remembered Christ Church and the
Convent of Mercy with 5000 each. He gives 5000
TO the University of Mississippi and like amount
to Alcorn University. The asylums at Jackson.
Miss, for the deaf and dumb, blind and insane
each receive $500.
Twenty-three individual beQuests OF 5000 each
are made TO charitable organizations In this city
and the list includes nearly every we'll known in
sttution the relief OF poor friendless aged
destitute and sick. The list follows:
Five Points Of Industry ............. $1,000
Nursery and Childs Hospital. No. 671 Lexington ooo
Shelter for al Respectable Girls. No sos west
r:@ d rs4 STREET a;asi; isf women and csif:a 5000 5000
fsr T:si Ss ss & : to children sS99
mais ''' U' u '1''', 5000
INDECENT Females No 22s EasS Sath street. 5000
West i4th str stree ol. 5000
Sheltering Arms No sos West I29th 5000
New York Society for Improving the Condition .,o
Babies shelter and Day Nursery. Sisters Of
the Holy Communion. Protestant Episcopal -
Church. No. 24S West 22d street. ..---...-.. 5000
so4 Mulberry Street 5000
Guardian ts s0ole %o 81 East so5h 5000
OF St Mary. No 4s7 Hudson street -. 5000
Third svenGe 5000
avenue n9e' .o, D.s. 5000
Old C;entIeman.s Unsectarfan Home and Asylum
Mott avenue 5000
males. Madison avenue and seth street..... 5000
Newsboys' Lodging Home, No Duane street. 5000
Church Of Transdguration. East Goth street. 5000
The will was executed May IS. 1889. IN this
city II appoints executors George A. Sullivan.
of Sullivan & Cromwell the generals lawyers;
Hiram Hitchcock. of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, who
is dead and Douglas Greene, broker. whom Mr.
Sullivan said last night he had not for years
Mr. Sullivan filed the will and started the probate
proceedings. The will found In the generals
safe deposit vault at tho Mercantile Safe Deposit
Company
Mr. Sullivan said last night that the value OF the
he thought. would pay all the bequests In full.
many OF the legatees were doubtless dead. The
generals property all IN New York City bonds
when he died