MIGHT MILLIONS. Contest Over the Immense Estate of “Spite House” Rieliardson. TWO WILLS BROUGHT FORTH The. Earlier One Disinherits the \Vidow and Leaves the \Vhole o! the 830,- 000,000 to the Two Children—A Great Legal Battle. New York, June 14.—The $30,000,000 estate of Joseph Richardson, the eccen- tric. millionaire whose funeral tool: place on Friday, will be divided only after a contest. This promises to be one of the mOSt notable. fights over an es- tate on record in the American coarts. No formal not-ice of contest has been filed, but the two children of the mil- lionaire, through their lawyers, have of- fered for probate a will made by Joseph Richardson on Oct. 29, 1894. Another will, bearing date of April 24, 1897, was read in the presence of the beneficiaries Friday evening at the “Spite House,” in which Richardson died. The latter will is to be offered for probate tomor— row by Mayo XV. Hazeltine and Thom- as Darlington, attorneys for Mrs. Rich- ardson. In the 15:94 will Richardson made no provision for his wife. His son, George Richardson of Bridgeport, Conn, and his daughter, Miss Della Richardson, are given the entire estate. By the last will each of the children is given one— third of the estate after two small be— quests to the Rev. Henry M. XVarren and the Central Park Baptist church are paid, while the widow is given the other third. A legacy of $10,000,000 each from their father seems to have proved disap- pointing to George and Della Richard- son, and they will endeavor through the courts to obtain $5,000,000 more each. They have retained Miller, Peck— ham & Dixon, and \Vheeler H. Peck- ham will drr's'Ote himself personally to the fight. The result can only be a will contest compared with which nearly every other contest in the history of American courts will seem insignifi- cant. Like Mrs. Betty Green. Miss Della Grace Richardson is said to resemble in many ways Mrs. Hetty Green, both in strength of mind and love for money. While her mother lived . they had as a friend a Mrs. McLeay, the widow of a thrifty Scotchman who had left .her property which is said to have been worth between $100,000 and $200,000. The site where the “Spite House” stands was a part of her prop— erty. When Mr. Richatdson announced that he was going to marry Mrs. Mc- Leay, the son did not seem aggrieved, but Miss Della, then 30 years old or more, became very angry, and she nev- er lived in her father’s house afterward. She took up her residence at 110 East Houston street, and she lives there to- day. With her as companions she has a maiden cousin and another maiden lady named Betsy Richardson, who is no relation to her. The three maiden ladies keep house in the upper stories of the old building, and their front door is marked by a very brightly polished brass knob and the absence of either bell or knocker. W'hoever wishes to see them must announce his desire by rap- ping with his knuckles on the door. Two little stores occupy the ground floor, and the storekeepers are Miss Richardson’s tenants. Miss Richardson ' is now about 50 years old, and her brother is five years younger. He lives in Bridgeport and has a wife and one child, a girl. His relations with his stepmother are said to have been pleasant, and his father and she visited him at times. He is the superintendent of the Bridgeport waterworks, of which his father was the builder and the main stockholder. Besides his children and widow Mr. Richardson leaves nearly a dozen half brothers and sisters, the result of his father‘s second marriage. Many of these live in or about Albany, and few or none of them, it is said, have ever benefited in any way by Mr. Richard- son’s wealth. Some of them are very poor. His Change of Heart. The change in Mr. Richardson’s in- tentions regarding the disposition of his property is believed to have been brought about largely through his at- tendance in the last year or two at the~ Central Park church, or “the little church around the corner,” as he called it. He was originally a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. The first piece of real property which he acquired in this city is said to have been the house at 110 East Houston street, opposite the Episcopal chapel there, and he attended that chapel when he lived in this house. Once every Sunday hewent to church, and for a number of years he was an attendant at the Church of the Re- former while Dr. Shackleford was its rector. Then he went to Dr. Hughes’ church in Seventy-fourth street, but this was too far away to walk, and so he began going to the Central Park church. When young Mr. Warren be- came the pastor of this church, Mr. 3tichardson was much interested in him, and it is believed that Mr. War- ren may have had something to dowith pointing out to the millionaire that it would not be right for him to ignore his wife in his will. If a contest is made, the effort to ‘ break the later will would naturally be upon the lines of showing either undue influence or that Mr. Richardson was not mentally capal.le of executing a will on April 24 last. Almost up to his last moments, it is said, he~ was able to sit up, and the dining room of his five-foot house on the ground floor, which he occupied as a bedroom during his illness. was thronged daily with men who had business tO'transact with him. His doctor protested against his occupying himself with business af- fairs, but in vain. There was practi- cally no privacy in the little house, and as soon as men were admitted at the front door they could see Mr. Richard- son sitting on a sofa in his room, and he insiSLed upon seeing them. , An Austrian Protest. London, June 14.—The Austrian gov- ernment has presented through the for- eign office Ila-ye a protest against the new Canadian tariff in thatit discrimi- nates in favor of Great Britain, with vhich country Austria has a treaty -(--.»ntainlnz the "most favored nation" clause. THE EVE'NING‘GAZETTE THE BOAT RACES. littlest That Will Govern River Craft at the University Contests. New York, June ILL—Collector Kil; breth has received the rules formulated by the treasury department which will govern the boat races at Poughkeepsie between the various university teams. They are 5.5 follows: ' Under the provisions of the act of congress approved May 19, 1896, the fol- lowing rules will govern the races be- tween the Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Yale and Pennsylvania universities on June 23, 25 and 30 and July 2, respec- tively, at Poughkeepsie, on the Hudson river, and are published for the infor- mation and guidance of all concerned: First—All vessels and craft of every description must be anchored for at least two hours before the time set for the races upon the days set apart therefor and remain anchored during the progress of the same. Second—No excursion steamer, yacht or craft of any description shall be per- mitted to follow on the line of the po- lice boat following the referee’s boat. Third—No vessel or craft of any de- scription shall be allowed inside or west of the police line adopted by the com- mittees. . The above rules will be strictly en- forced by the revenue cutters Manhat- tan and Hudson. Oelrichs May Not Referee. New York, June 14.-—A' reporter called at the residence of Mr. Herman Oel- richs yesterday to ascertain if he would accept. the invitation of the colleges to referee the triangular boat races at Poughkeepsie this month. Mr. Oelrichs is in San Francisco, and Mrs. Oelrichs received a telegram from him saying he did not expect to be able to return until the first week in July. CAPTAIN WI NN KILLED. The St. Louis Surgeon a Victim of “'ey- ler’s Spanish Guerrillas. Havana, via Key West, June 14.— Captain Foster R. Winn, M. D., of St. Louis, a volunteer surgeon with the Cuban insurgent hospital corps in the field, is reported to have been killed in an attack by government troops upon an insurgent hospital near Quivican, province of Havana. Upon .his body were found among other papers of importance letters from Colonel Delgado, Brigadier General Castillo and General Alexander Rodri- guez authorizing him to proceed to the United States as a special delegate of the Cuban army hospital corps, with a view of interesting the American Red Cross society in the sufferings of the Cuban insurgents. Dr. Winn had been for months with the insurgent forces, acting as chief in- spector of hospitals for the Havana di— vision. then attacked, although taken by surprise and having only a handful of poorly armed men at his command, Dr. Winn is reported to have made a most resolute defense of the hospital. His resistance was not entirely inef- fectual, for he held the Spanish troops at bay until a majority of the ill and wounded had been borne away in ham— mocks to places of safety. Then he fell. His coat and shoes were stripped Off by the Spanish guerrillas, whose com- mander brought them to Havana as trophies of the raid and placed them upon exhibition at the palace heati- quarters of Captain General Weyler’s general staff. The Glass Strike Threatened. Anderson, Ind., June 14.—The win- dow glass workers’ strike in the An- derson Glass company factories has been declared off, and work will begin at once. The company agrees to see that the cutters shall not discriminate against blowers and gatherers, and if they do so seven days’ notice will be given and the factories close again. It is believed that the factories will now be able to run until the end of the present wage scale term, June 30. Blowers and gatherers are to have a national meeting at Cleveland on July 6. Aldrich Sent Home. TVashington, June 14.—Senator A1- drich, by order of his physician, has been confined to his room at the Ar- lington almost all the time since the first week of the tariff debate with an aggravated attack of indigestion and dysentery. He was able to be present at the first caucus on the sugar sched— ule and was taken with a relapse after- ward. As he did not improve his phy.— sician directed that he should go where he would have absolute rest. That Baseball Deal. Indianapolis, June 14.—It is under- stood that the baseball deal in which Dickson and Talbot are interested is likely to go through, that they will soon own the Indianapolis and Cleve- land clubs, and Indianapolis will have National league ball within a few weeks. It is not known what disposition will be made of the Indianapolis Western league team. Don’t \Vant the G. A. R. lIIen. Augusta, Ga., June 14.—-The Confeder- ate survivors in this city adopted reso- lutions last night declaring against the invitation of Grand Army men to the Confederate reunion at Nashville next month. Southern history-has engender- ed much bitterness against that organ- ization through the southern states. Charged With Murder. Norfolk, June 14,—The United States warship Yantic has arrived, having on board in double irons Paul Blanchard, alias Blanchart, who is charged with murdering John Christiansen on the American bark Justin H. Ingersoll of New York while she was at sea on Dec. 28 last near Bermuda. President Boulwort Dead. Richmond, June 14.——Austin L. Boul- wort, president of the First National bank, is dead. Mg. Boulwort was 54 years of age, was a lawyer by profes- sion‘ and served gallantly in the Con- federate army as a. lieutenant of cav- alry. , The Merrimac Rising. Amesbury, Mass, June 14.——The Mer- rimac river has risen here about four feet and is still rising. A big log drive is floating down the river, and consid- erable damage to yachts and small craft is reported from various points. Colonel Forsyth Retired. Via hington. June 14. —Lieutenant Colonel Lewis C. Forsyth, deputy quar- tet-master general, has been retired. I A BIG BOOM BREAKS. Iaiillions 01‘ Feet of Logs Threaten Bridges Over the Connecticut River. Springfield; Mass, June 12.—A large part of a drive of logs in the Connecti- cut river, containing 28,000,000 feet, is on the way to the sound, the boom at Holyoke, which was relied upon to stop them, having broken at 6 a. m. A tem- porary boom has been constructed at 'Springdale, just below Holyoke, and many logs will be caught there, but the great-er part. has already passed. The water is still rising. & One of the. abutments and part of the bridge over the Connecticut river at' Sunderland have been carried away, and other bridges are threatened. One Hundred and Fifty-seven Postmasters. VJashington, June 12.—The postoffice department made a, new record in fourth class postmasters, 157 offices be- ing filled. Among the offices filled are: Connecticut—Reuben Rockwell, Cole- srook. . Maryland—Cyrus Keefer, Buena Vista Springs; W. E. Loose, Clear Springs. Massachusetts—R. N. Hayden, Coo- Zeyville; C. B. Paine, Dudley; George Abbott, East Douglass; C. W. Daugher- ty, Huntington; F. M. Thompson, Line; M. L. Holmes, South Egremont; Alice ‘Whitc, West Hawley. New "Jersey—L. M. Hess, Belle Plain. New York—A. P. Simmons, Busti; Hiram Kells, Harford Mills; E. D. True, Moffitsville; T. G. Betts, Mossy Glen; H. C. Flagg, Stockton; S. Hoag, Tom- hannock; D. J. Smith, West Nyack; Isaac Decker, Williamson. Pennsylvania—J. W. Hall, Aliquippa; Finley Furman, Austinville; J. L. Reiff, Bechtelsville; M. J. Darlington, Dil- worthtown; M. B. Melot, Fleetwood; W. S. Allen, Glenora; V. L. Stevens, Good— will Hill; Simon Rittenhouse, Mountain Grove; J. H. Donaldson, Spring Creek; M. S. Betz, Walker; E. H. Brown, Wells; M. J. Horlacher, Wescosville; Nathaniel Sorber, West Nanticoke. Cyclone Killed ‘One Man. Lyle, Minn., June 12.—-Henry Hanson was the only man killed by the tornado. There are ten injured, some of them so badly that further deaths are possible. Stocks’ Great Bicycle Ride. London, June 12.———J. W. Stocks rode 321,4 miles in an hour on a bicycle at the Crystal Palace. :- ' I that There’s nothing like it-its peculiar, rich, de- licious flavor gives solid enjoyment with every thirst quenching. Drink as much as you please and when you want it—it’s beneficial, not harmful. This pop- ular summer drink is easily and cheaply made at home from a. bottle of extract—Be sure to get WILLIAMS & CARLETON CO., PROPS. HARTFORD. CONN. Ask Your Druggist NENE’S YUUII UNANUE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave. nue. If you intend _to build, look at this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. W. H. BYINGTON, Real Estate and Insurance Room I. Gazette B’l’d. - J- U. JENNINGS, UNI] I‘RTAKER! No. 7, MAIN STREET. EIGHT BELL AT OFFICE. THE MUTUAL ,, LIFE. INSURANCE lo. RICHARD A. MCGURDY, President. " Statement for the Year Ending December 3Isi, I39. According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. INCOME,‘ .3” . ' - S 39,593,4l4 20 IU,I09,28I 'U'I Received for Premiums - - - From all Other Sources - - - . . _ DISBURSEMENTS, To Policy-holders for Illahns by‘llealh To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, eIc. - '- For'all IlIher Accounts - - ASSETS. United Slates Bonds and other Securities - - - - First lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage A - , - Loans on Stocks and Bonds - - . - . Real EsIaIe - , - - - - . _ cash in Banks and Trust I.lompanies - - - . . Accrued Interest, NeI Deferred Premiums, eIc- - - S' |2,5’95,I|3 39 l2,842,456 II [THEME $35,213,515 u S I I (”25,082 I4 'Il,543,929 64 II,09I,525 00 22,161,666 60 I2,680.390 00 6,535,555 06 $231,714.13sz Reserve for Policies and olher Liabilities - - - -- '- 205,0I0._6_3_3_'I_2 Surplus . - - __ S 9I8.698.338 45 Insurance and Annuilies in force - - ~ - - v liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. From theSurpluS a dividend will be apportioned as usual Report of the Examining Committee Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF . ' ‘ THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by yourrhonorable body on the twenty- third day of December, I896, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company, and to verify the same, reSpectfully REPORT That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates between the date of the said reference and the date of this Report attend: d at the office of the Company, and have been waited on by the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Auditor and and the Cashier, together With the the respective asmstants or such ofiicers, and have care- fully gone over all the items contained 1n the said Statement, and have found the same to be correct. They have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared the price, at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations and find the same not exceeding such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Company, and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuations of the Company’s holdings of real estate and have verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and have counted the cash on hand held by the C hier. - - . . . . as tify that all the books, papers. documents and ev1den‘ces of t1tle of every description necessary in And the Committee cer . . . . - such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the sald officers and their aSSIStants, and that the same are accurate, in good order and well kept. ' . And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the system and methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation All of which is respectfully submitted ROBERT OLYPHANT J. HOBART HERRICK . JAMES N. JARVIE CHARLES D. DICKEY. JB. NEW YORK. JANUARY 25, 1897. JAMES C. HOLDEN CHARLES R. HENDERSON The company has issued an order whereby women can be insured without the extra charge heretofore required. More definite information on the subject will be furnished by the local agent, .Mr. A H. Camp. - Board of Trustees GEORGE G. HAVEN ADRIAN ISELIN JR: GEORGE S. BCWDOIN Two. A. HAVEMEYER WILLIAM C. WHITNEY WILLIAM ROCKEEELLER JAMES N. JARVIE CHAS D. DICKEY JR. ELBRIDGE T. GERRI HENRY H. ROGERS JNo. W AUCHINCLOSS THEODORE MORFORD WILLIAM BABCCCK STUYVESANT FISH AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD CHARLES E. MILLER WALTER R GILLETTE H. WALTER WEBB FREDERIC CROMWELI. JULIEN T. DAVIES ROBERT SEWELL S, .V. R. CRUGER CHARLES R. HENDERSON RUFUS W. PECKHAM J. HOBART-HERRICK WM P DIXON ROBERT A. GRANNISS ROBERT A GRAN N 183 Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. . ' ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. HENRY E. DUNCAN, JR, Corresponding Secretary WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assmtant Secretary. FBEDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. 4 ' JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer JAMES TIMI’SON. 2d Assistant Treasurer. 'WILLIAM P, SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier. EMORY MCCLINTOCK, Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary. , CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, ASsistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller. ' JOHN C. ELLIO'I‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. ' ‘ , EDWARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor. b MEDICAL DIRECTORS: GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M. D. ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D' GRANVILLE,M.§WHITE, M I), JOHN w. NICHOLS “'";::.'.‘:.'::.:::::...;. SAMUEL D, BABCOCK RICHARD A. MCCURDY JAMES C. HOLDEN HERMANN C. VON POST LEWIS MAY OLIVER HARRIMAN ROBERT OLYPHANT GEORGE E. BAKER DUDLEY OLCOTT Local Anni. A. at. , CAME. I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct x ALA. 4| ‘w i
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