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Show $100,000 DROPS TO WAGON DRIVER Will Start ChicKen and Squab Ranch Instead of Blowing in His New-Found New-Found Riches in Travel. DESVEB, Oct. 29. When John K. Htr-ker Htr-ker o 48 West Maple sheet awoke yetterday marninf he wat the drirer of a laundry wag-on; when he awoke toit morn ins be was the possessor of 1100,000. The sadden wealth came at a result of the divition of hie fether-in-law't will, which ocenrrsd in Chicago. Five yeers ago Ernest Uhlich of Chicago died. He wat a millionaire. The reading of hit will disclosed a novel proposition, that hit fortune should not be divided among hit eight children until five rears from the day of bit death. Last month Mrs. Htrker of Denver Den-ver went to Chicago ti be present when the settlement of the estate wat mad, and this morning her part of the money wat turned oer to her. With a fortune at their command, the Harkert do not antislpate travelinp, luxury or any of the expensi ve pleasures that won Id be indulged in by a majority of the people in their position. Instead, they will purchase ten acret of land near Denver and ttart a squab and chicken ranch. Here, if the venture ven-ture proves a success, they expect to spend the rest of their days. |