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Show Mr. Lana and them th ami hspp3 association. It nui in the perfect as aunuice ihnt these relations hud beet (ft-ihllKhtl and would be maintalnei Owl Mr. laim round one of the con solntlons of tlx- lust k In hit lire l'nul Dnna Is ns absolutely lit contro us wo hln father tth-n lie was B"rv Ing tin editor f tlx Hun and preside!, of. Ihe Hun cor pom I Ion. This Information here reported fiv tho flrnt time and bni-rd upon examl imtlon, Invest, (rations unil court record: that wniilil benr the teat of Judlcla Interpretation thrown suddenly a ncv Hunt utvm that part of the Hnn'i development which (luring Mr. Ibnin'i lit- was not exposed t.i public view It revenbi Mr. Ibitia as n man ns pre eminently sucee;.rul hi business "i"11 ncement nf his properly a he wns it tin- editorial direction of his news paper. CHARLES A. DANA'S PROPERTY. Me Leaves an Estate of Over a Million : J Dollars. . . fht New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Press after careful examination. ex-amination. Is ready tu vouch for the following: Stripped Of Its legal verbiage, ver-biage, the will leaves all of nls real and personal property, with a single exception, to his widow. The exception excep-tion Is the stock In the Sun corporation, corpora-tion, and i hut is held In trust for the widow's b ti.'tlt, I'aul Dana being the Mr. Dana' Interest In the Sun, while It was not a majority intercut, was large and upon that Interest there Is absolutely no encumbrance. Not a share uf the stuck In the Hun Is hypothecated; hypo-thecated; it all stands free and clear of any pecuniary obligation. The real and perso-ml pioperty owned by Mr. I-ann, Including bis beautiful place on tbe shore of Long Maud sound and his city house, are unincumbered. The free and ch-nr of any obligation and at a conservulive valuation of those authorised au-thorised t' r.-port upon the value the estate rerreseiils something over OUO.OOtl. Mi. I 'aim. then-fore, as a re. suit of tli- bnMn-HH direction of the Sun In th; thirty years that he wan president "f tb- corporation, he was able to tttvuimtlate a fortune of over S l.UOO.UOO, pomlHy nearly $l,:'i.0.0Hi). the greater ait uf whit li cam' In th" appreciation ap-preciation In 111- value of the "Fun's stock, and the accumulation of dividends. divi-dends. It l certainly an great a success suc-cess as thtt achieved hv any loiirnnt-lHt loiirnnt-lHt uf Mr. lMim'u generation. It should he burn i- mind that, In addition to this estati. Mr. Dnna had received In the thirty yarn of bin direction of the paper. In 'Hvidends and salary, porisi-bly porisi-bly $1.000.'nd mnro. Therefore, It Is taifo to nif.rl thiit tn his career as editor of the Htm. b- glnning In IMtH nnd endinc in 1 vT. Mr. Dana r.-celvcd us his share ..f the if.iflts and i. salary, sal-ary, not fi r from JiiH"),ooo. Only on dutiug Mr. bnna'n dlree- tton waaPtiie ni'trk'-t entcr. 'l'foV0!!1 b!t?n upon the Hun properly. Thnt loan was secured at four p.-r cent Inten-sl, the amount h now .1 b. ivr; a little over $100,1)00. Hut th- minutes preserved ; show that in- borrowing of this money : wan n me" ipi-Kib.n of tl'ianee. The , trustees of tin Sun hud dcHded to construct con-struct a D'llM'nv adjacent to the present pres-ent Klin tulHir.g. but In the roar-a bulldlnff S- c-nc.-itlcd that the public whs not '.vu f Its erection. It was to be built in. .!, new lines, and for the birge' pHTfedMig ' presses, for which there was n.. r-. m in the bnwement of the old Pun Landing, The bb-a, when lirst sugg st.,1, was regarded ns an UlldncloUS ate -. -ttiee It entailed the I's-tabllahmel.t I's-tabllahmel.t .f Kiant pr.-sses. one ubove-anoih. r. up..n the several stories stor-ies of the ii-w building. It was for the purpof- .f est;tblshing this plant that the n-r. y was borrowed. It In-lug In-lug deemed ' h -nper to borrow the money at per cent thnn to withhold with-hold dlvld'ii.ii for a yenr or so In order or-der to pay the ct of this new plant, That iS the hlltgle exception 111 nil Mr. nana-1 'nr. ,-r its president of the Pun corpO';;',,.i, m here tin obligation for n. larg. ..i h tint .if moiu-y was entered en-tered Into The exntnlttntlon shows that Mr. I'.iiu. at the lime of his last Illness, was ;,,!,-. to cf.nh-mptnte leaving leav-ing a vast in . p.'rty. created and developed devel-oped und.- ,-Ih .lir.ctlon. un-ncum. hered, wlf' .ot obllg.-i I l..n or an cm-barrassiTie cm-barrassiTie ' r aiiy k i tkl f'r his kuc- 'The con'; 1 of the patvr in todiiv With three h ti , iI.ta I'md Danti, us trust'1 "f h!" mother's Interest nn.l poHpepsor f l.'s own: Thomas Hitch-cock, Hitch-cock, Mr. !..,.- personal frbni.l iitul business i-nfeFfdonal nssoei,,,,. f. 30 years; titid Wllllnm F. Larrn. who has been r i:i y.-itrs pi '-llher nml manager if ihe paper. Th.y ciiiu. more than two-thtnls nf lh" m.M k. nnd tt ts ni-sola t.dv in their T'ofoension without en'ornbrance or f .bllpnttnn -.f nnv kind. There exists between th.'se three meni the most thorough im.,.v. ntnndlng ; 'id the most n-rf '.-t cenfl-donce cenfl-donce aa t mi's earlier u Is ted between |
