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Show TOO MANY BABJES RETARD SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE ST I.OFJS, 7"el. 0. -Babies are riving so fast in. the homos of heirs of the lntc William A. llargadine. one of the millionaire fouudcrs of the TIar-gndine-McKittiek Dry Goods company, that lawyers and the courts are wondering wonder-ing whefher the citato over will be settled. set-tled. Several hundred thousand dollars" worth of rehl estate is bciug held iu trust lo bo turned into cash for Ihe beneficiaries. But babies have persistently per-sistently interposed logal obstacles. These cherubs not only have defied the courts and lawyers by Iheir advent, but they have thwarted tho plans of j.ho.ir trustee, who has boon' striving for three years to get a court sotting. Each time n petition' has been tiled, however, the announcement nf a birth iu the family hns called all legal process proc-ess to a halt, for, under the law, no estate can be settled without entering the appearance of every heir. |