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Day
4
Month
February
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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The New York Tribune of Jauuary is bas the foliowing dispar. -h from ChJcago, whicli cm account of its interest to Ann Arbor readers we reprint in fu'.l: ■■Mrs. .T. M. Farleigh, Of thia city, and Mrs. Mary Miller, of Dexter, Midi., slaricd last night tor Helena, Xlont, to estatolish their claim to ra estáte of $1,000.000 lrft by their 1 : i --;-. .Tohn ]. AJlport, who died 1 Butte, Mout., November 2t, 1895. In order n prove their title Mrs. FarIfiirli and Mrs. Miller wiü have to testíify ipunst their sister, Mis. Ca Kelly, wlio Is to appear before the eounty court of Boulder, Mout., on Wednesday. A't t'he time oí Allport's death, it is saíd, Mrs. Kelly eaused lierseM t be appointed adimnistratrix ly swearlng that she v:is bis only living hoir. and, upon appearauee ; year later oí Mrs. Farloiirh and Jíis. Mí 11er asolahnants, tha Montana prosecutlng aiithoíl'Ues caused Mrs. Kcll.v's arrest. secotwJ and not lcss üitcicsi ng object of tilia trip by tiie woinea, t is said, is 'to prosecate .M;-s. Kelly ipon fbe chflige oí signing thelr u-other's natne to :i wil] wliicii made ler hls sole boneflelary. This vi:i 'ui not appeaT i:i the contest uver the VUporl [wjperty muil is mouthá ifir AEpoft's doath, and aiter proceeUngs ha 1 been begun tu take tte adDinlatratlon uut ol' the bands of Mis. v-lly. Mrs. Millrr spent hi-.irly tWO nouths in Montana looklng for the wo wltnesses lu the wiil and studynji the ötrcumstaaces uncler whicb ':!' Lccument ;is sald to have bea lost lor over 11 year. The trial avíiU-ü is o determüne the authenticity of tinu ill wil! begin Tliursday. "Mrs. "arleigh in an interview sald: We did not know that Jak was dnl ïntil January last year. My brother was the owner of town lots in Deer Lodge, Butte, Helena and Basin, JIoiitana, 'aad also owned one-foufth int( rest in 'tho Miunie Healy mines Despite nis riches, he lived the last year of his life in his cabln at Basin, lus only companion being his .-ook.' "

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