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Show A Comparison. New York, Dec 12j- will containing contain-ing 6,000 words nr.d disposing of $72-000,000 $72-000,000 vir.'.h of property was filed for probate iu Sutrcgite Rinsoui's eocirt to day by Jutl. Jjn F.Dillon. It vra that of Jay G-.isid. Judge Dillon slated that the oiUiri-il ,nci!;n?ut contained uotli'wig itfw to tit fa-Ms already published. pub-lished. Proti tie C! rk Tieruey at once issued citation:; to the' Iwirs ai;d next of kin for the proba'o of the will, which were made re'umablp the latter part of this mouth. The affidavit of the executors, execu-tors, George J. Gould, Helen XI. Gonld, Edwin and Eoward Gould, was filed w t!i Probate Clerk Tierney, and shows the value of real estate which Mr. Gould it-f: in the state to bs ?2,000,000, and the va'ne of personal propnrty in the state left by hiru to ba $70,000,000. Not a penny of his vast fortune was left for public improvement or charitable purposes. pur-poses. Chicago, D c. 12. Philip D. Armour, the millionaire packer, started to-night for Xew York on his way to Europe, leaviug behind his Christinas gift of over a million snl a half dollars to the city of Chici'-go. It was tbsolntely on-known on-known 1 1 tiie public that work has been going on f:r a jear pat tosrard the erectioa cf a magnificent building id Armonr avonue and it is now all bat ready for occupancy. It wiil be known as Ai ru mr institute and will be to Chi-engo Chi-engo a'.! that the Drexel institute is to Philadelphia, and Pratt institute to Brooklyn. The building i-3 but a small part of iho gift. Ia additio 1 to it, and for its snpp-irt, Mr. Armour gives 1,400,-0C0. 1,400,-0C0. All that money and brains- can do wiil be dono toward making it the greatest institute for manual training, science and art in tho country. Mr. Armonr conceived the plan years ago. |