The independent-reporter., 1910-05-26
A MILLIONAIRE
REQUESTS
Concerning The VIII of
Levi M. Stewart
Bulk OF Estate Goes TO Brother, David
d. Stewart OF 1t. Adams


Levi u. Stewart. the Minneapolis
millionaire who VAS born in CoFinna,
died worth about six millions. il is
estimated. and the larger part of this
great fortune he left 10 his brother.
D. D. Stewart. the we'll known St Al
bans lawyer though several large be-
quests were made 70 deserving ehari-
ties. The will in brief makes the fol-
lowing provisions:
Bulk OF estate goes to older brother,
David D. Stewart. millionaire lawyer,
ST Adams. Ne. with request that It
be given away by David D. Stewart.
$4,000 to Home for Children and
Aged Women. Minneapolis. $4,000
to Home for Aged Women of the Lit
tie Sisters of the Poor, Minneapolis.
$4,000 to Stewart Memorial Free Lii
brary, Corinna. Me. $4,000 to Miss
Lettie NJ. Crafts. Minneapolis, assist
ant librarian at the University of Min
nesota. $4,000 TO DR.. Leo NJ. Crafts,
Minneapolis. $4,000 to each of the
following: Elizabeth Winchester,
Corinna, Me, a sister; John H. Win
chester, Corinna Me-, a nephew, and
nephews: Olive W Winchester, Sid
ney Winchester, Jennette Win
chester, all of Corinna; Flo
renee H. Hanson. ST. Adams, Me-,
Densmore S. Hilliker, Aramenta H.
Soule, Dora Thurston Quimby. Corin-
ma. $4,000 each to Mrs. Emily o.
Curtis, Corinne Curtis and Nellie
Curtis of San Francisco. $4,000 to
Fidela D. Merrick, Massachusetts.
Concerning the Stewart will the
Minneapolis Journal has the follow
ing;
Levi NJ. Stewards millions will be
distributed by his older brother, David
d. Stewart of St. Adams, Maine. as
the brother may deem best.
After providing for bequests of
$490,000 including $4,000 TO the Home
for Children and Aged Women, Min
neapolis, $4,000 for the Home of the
Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor,
Minneapolis, and $4,000 to the Stew
art Memorial Free Library. Corinna,
Maine, Levi NJ. Stewards will. filed re-
Gently in the Hennepin county probate
court, gives the remainder of his es-
tate to his older brother millionaire
lawyer, with no restrictions, but with
the request that the brother give the
money away before his death or by
will TO such persons or institutions,
public or private. for charitable. hu-
name or other purposes as in his ludg-
will do tho pnn6
Lawyers say that the will creates
no legal obligation on the brother to
give the property away. but John Win
chester, a nephew. of Corinna, who is
in Minneapolis. says that Levi Stew
arts brother is himself millionaire
and that Levi Stewards millions will
eventually go to charity.
The will was a surprise to every
body in the courtroom who gathered
to hear ii read. Ii was rumored that
Mr. Stewart had provided in his will
| for an office building to be erected on
his homestead at Fourth street and
/ Nicollet avenue. that he had tied up
his down-twon property so that his
executors could not dispose of il. that
| his relatives were TO receive the bulk
of his fortune and that none of 1t
would go TO charity. and that the will
contained a criticism of the way he
himself had been treated in Mlinnea-
polls
/ Every rumor was incorrect. Levi VI.
Stewards friends. the men who knew
/ him best. sar his property will go as
Elder Stewart had always intended.
| TO charity. They say Levi Stewart had
talked the matter over with his older
brother, that the men were very close
and Mr.. Stewart had great admira-
tion for the ability of his LAWYER
brother; and that he believed his
brother could spent his millions for
humanitys advantage with better re-
suits than he himself. They say that
Levi NJ. Stewart. in his will as in his
life time, showed a disposition to avoid
ostentatious charity. but to do good
deeds, not heralded Aside from
$4,000, the brother will get every
cent of the money realized from the
immense estate. The value of the es-
tate is not below s6000,0OO. according
to those who know the Stewart hold
ings.