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Show MILLIONAIRE'S WILL GDMESJTO LIBIT Disposes of Estate of $10,-000,000; $10,-000,000; Many Odd Bequests. CHICAGO, Nov. 9. From the vaults of the Wallworth county court at Elkhorn, ! Wis., was brought to light today the in- : teresting will of James Hobart Moore, ! multi-millionaire, who died July 17, at Lynn, Wis. The Instrument, suppressed : until today, it is said at the request of the widow, disposes of an estate of more than $10.000.00u. It was drawn in 190:. Among the more interesting bequests are several for $r0rt each. The recipients of these, named indiscriminately in the same paragraph, include Marshall Field. Sr., who died several years ngo, leaving un estate of $100,000,000: Henjamin L. Winchell; "John, the office boy in room 70S, Empire building. New York;" Mary, maid to Helen F. Fargo, who, when the will was drawn, was his prospective dauc liter-in -law, and three servants of ilia private car "Thants." Mr. Moore, with his brother, organized the Diamond Match company, and they were active in the formation of the United States Steel corporation. A codicil In Mr. Moore's handwriting, written writ-ten the same day that the will was drawn, is somewhat vague, reading: "I want my brother, William K. Moore, to act with the- balance. I love him and ask forgiveness for-giveness from him and all others." The largest outright bequest was to his late son, Nathaniel Ford Moore, for SI, 000,000. This son married Miss Fargo. His tragic death in 1910 is said to have embittered the last days of his father's life. The widow of the son is -now the wife of Lemuel Hastings Arnold, Jr., of California. A not her codicil provides a girt of $l'OO,00O to Mrs. Arnold, and a nimilnr sum to "My friend, Hildreth K. Bloorigood." Many relatives and friends were given S"00 bequests to purchase mementos of the testator. |