The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

4 New York May THE will of James
Henry Smith (Silent Smith was read to-
day, Immediately after the funeral He
leaves his widow 100000 IN lieu Of
dover The estate is worth $50 000o50
The viii is dated New York. September
Is, 1865, and was executed IN Scotland. II
lapp0inled the deceased's brother-in-law.
Sir George Cooper. of Hursley Park. Win
leicester. baronet; his nephews, William
Smith Mason. Of Evanston. III; George
Grant Mason. of Aberdeen. S. Oak. and
George Simpson Eddy, Of New York. and
Herman S. Leroy. of New York. executors
and trustees. Among the legacles are the
following:
To his wife. Anne Armstrong smith. in
lieu OF dover, the sum of 100000. to be
taken by her either in cash or in securi-
ties.
To her daughter. Anita Stewart. a life
Interest ir. 800 Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railway Company 4 per cent bonds
Of $1,000 each!
To his sister Nay. Lady Cooper, wife
cf Sir George, life interest In 1909 Chi
esgo. Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway
Company per cent bonds of 8, 900, the
same 10 go to her children at her death.
To his sister, Mrs. Victor Roosbach,
$4,000
To his sister, Mrs John Mills. s950,000.
In trust for the son OF his brother.
George Alexander Smith, of Evanston,
H.. S500,O00.
TO Mrs. William Piekrell, cousin, of
/ Phenix.' 'Ariz.. &59.000
To George Simpson Eddy and Thomas
. I "a
cousin. OF Chicago. 100000 each.
Niece Gets s25O.OOO.
To his niece, Mrs. Lucy Mason Vose,
sz5OOOo.
To Mrs wlHam Farr, of Kenosha,
Wis. a cousin. s5o,0o0.
To his cousin, James c. Keith, Of Van
ceuver, $4,000.
All of the deceased six servants are
remembered in the will The sums be
queathed TO them range from d sum
equal to one years wages to $1,000 Two
New York hospitals get Sloo,eo0 each
All legacles are 70 Re paid free Of any
legacy duty or other tax.
All his residuary estate and real estate
IS TO be converted into cash. The ex-
ecut0rs are directed to hold all the ris-
iduary as trustees in trust for such chill
dren. who being sons or a son. attain the
/ age Of twenty-one, or being daughters
or a daughter attain that age or marry
and il no child lives 10 attain a vested
/ interest in said resduary estate. tho
testat0r gives One-third thereof to his
neHheW William Smith Mason. and two
thirds 10 another nephew. George Grant
/ Mason. absolutely.
In ease any child Of the testatOr Ewes
to attain a vested interest in the res
2 I bs
/ Smith Mason and $4,000 TO George Grant
Mason.
Mrs. smith Not at Burial.
] Frustrated by grief and the fatigue re-
, sultng from her I2o00-mile trip. Mrs
Smith was unable to attend her husband's
burial in Woodlawn to-day.
. Neither the widow. her daughter. Miss
2 Anita Stewart, nor her son. William
Rhinelander Stewart went 10 the Gene
terry though all attended the funeral
Z services at St. Bartholomew Church
Forty-fourth street and Madison avenue
Crowds stood on the sidewalks be-
tween Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth
p streets, on Fifth avenue, long before the
! funeral party left 81, which is the house
Mr.. Smith bought last fall for his bride
r On the way 10 the church a grocery
wagon grazed the carriage in which the
( widow and her daughter sat, and so vio-
j lent was the impact that the vehicle was
| nearly upset.
The service at st. Bartholomew was
p conducted by Rev Leighton Parks
I Masses Of floral offerings covered the
coffin and We're banked behind It, a
surplice choir of 100 voices sang hymns
but there was no eulogy from the pulpit
The pallbeareFs were the Duke of Man
. / chester. Oliver II. Hartman, Benjamin
j Nicoll, T. Suffern Taylor. Edmund T. Bay.
q lies, Charles T. Barney, James T. Wood.
q ward, and Theodore Frelinghuysen