Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-07-15 | Page 4 | The Cleveland Estate

THE CLEVELAND ESTATE. ShortU after the death of President leveland there was a suggestion that he died a poor mail, with his family unprovided for; and that therefore it was appropriate to get up some sort of testimonial in recognition of Cleveland's sturdy character and unfaltering official record. The Tribune opposed this, claim ing that Mr. Cleveland was undoubtedly undoubted-ly a rich man, and that he left his family fam-ily fully provided for. We find in a recent note in the Springfield Spring-field (Mass.) Republican an item to the effect that tho will of Mr. Cleveland, filed with the surrogate of Mercer County. Coun-ty. New Jersey, was about to be probated. pro-bated. The amount of the estate was not stated at the timo of the riling, but the item says: "It was stated that it was larger than hitherto supposed, and would provide comfortably for Mrs. Cleveland and the children.' Else where the amount of the estate has been stated at. half a million dollars. Mr. Cleveland drew the will himself, and arranged that the bulk of his property should go to his widow and for tho rearing rear-ing of their children. The Tribune was satisfied all aloDg that President leveland was a rich man. and that there was no need whatever what-ever for anybody to worry about a provision pro-vision for his family. The country will be glad to be assured that the attempted scare about Cleveland dying poor, with his family unprovided for, was a per-version per-version of fact, and that his widow and children are left in comfortable cir cumstances.