The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-05
Amount TO More Than 4
Million Dollars
THE OFFER TO GLOVER
stirs Concord People to wonder-Mrs
Eddy Has Less Than 100000
Says General
Streeter.

Concord, N. IT,, March 5--Mrs. Eddys
statement in reply To her sons petition
for receivership, as given out Sunday
night, created tremendous excitement in
Concord, where il was read in the morn
ling papers.
What seems to create che most aston.
ishment was the allegation that her In
come was far below what it was popu.
larly supposed to be.
II she Is not possessed Of large wealth,
as General Streetcr has said, then the
mystery here is what has become of the
vast sums Of money that have found
their way into the treasury Of the Chris
tian Science church.
While Mrs. eddy has given freely to
the church here 1t has not been publicly
known that her acts Of charity and phi.
tlanthropy have been anything remark
able.
General Streeter, IN an interview, gave
the impression that Mrs. Eddy's for
tune was below 100000
"'fhat estimate il ridiculous" was as
serted by former mayor OF Concord Ma
tbaniel +. Martin, OF local counsel for
Mrs. Eddy's son, 4 w. Glover and his
fellow petitioners.
Counsel say they know Mrs. Eddy has
at least $1,000,000 on deposit in a Com
cord bank and that her property in Con-
cord alone is worth between $4,000 and
$4,000.
George W. Glover has, according to re.
port, by bringing suit for an account,
ing Of his mothers financial affairs, prob
ably forfeited his share ia trust fund
Of between $4,000 and 100000 that
had been created for him. The income
OF this fund, il is said. was TO "a to
Mr., Glover after Mrs. Eddy's DEATH on
the condition that he did not attack any
o. the requests in her win OF the do
nations which she chose To make in her
Lifetime.
1t is said that an hour after the news
visers at Pleasant View eounselled the
creation of this trust fund in order to
prevent ii possible the litigation which
they foresaw would otherwise follow on
Mrs. Eddy's death
II is said that an hour after teh news
had been received at Pleasant View OF
Mr.. Glover's suit In equity, the Rev.
Irving G. Tomlinson. formerly the first
rector OF the Christian Science church
here, and at one time a member of the
pleasant View cabinet was despatched
as messenger to sfr. Glover ana was
instructed To tell him Of the trust fund
and give him 20 understand that ii be
pressed his suit the trust fund propo-
sition would be withdrawn.
The news Of Mr.. Glover's suit, how
ever, became public property before the
Rev Mr. Tomhnson had got further than
Boston, and he was accordingly sum
moned to return
According to the terms of the agree.
ment, the trust fund is to be- admins
tered in tile interest Of MIR Glover ANA
his wife during their lives. and afterward
IN the interest OF their children.
Legal opinion Is that the trust fund
established by Mrs. Eddy in favor Of
her son and his family is absolutely ir-
revocable, notwithstanding the fart that
none Of the benefcia,ies have yet had
an opportunity to accept
Acceptance, it is said, i implied in
the law under such circumstances.
The Christian Science leaders are now
using ever effort to secure an the let
ters which Mrs. Eddy wrote to her fela
tiyes and friends during the past 30
years. For some reason they show an
extraordinary anxiety to get possession
of these epistlcs
But all to no avail
The letters are still In tile possession
of Mrs. Eddy's son. Just what these
letters contain that is worrying tie
Christian Scientists is not fully known
but they are said 70 reveal a gradual
impairment of Mrs. Eddy's mental faeul-
ties during the past IS years.