Show I I I TION ASKED FOR DURKEE ESTATE Application by representatives of the heirs of of Charles Durkee Durke territorial territorial terri tern tonal governor of Utah under President Pres- Pres President President Pres Pres- ident Abraham Lincoln I to have the Wisconsin courts appoint administrators administrators adminis adminis- for the estate re reported reported reported re- re ported to have been left by him has caused much local interest The fortune is claimed to be in possession of the secretary of the United States treasury where it was deposited by byI Governor Durkee soon after his ap ap- ap The estate consists it Js s said of stocks and bonds the accrued dividends dividends divi divi- of which together with the in increased increased increased in- in creased value Is said to have reached a vast sum The litigation ion over the estate has been fought through the courts for nearly half a century There was never an official record of the sto stocks ks and bonds being deposited deposited de de deposited posited in hi the treasury and for this reason it has been exceedingly difficult difficult difficult cult for the heirs heirs to the estate to fo o prove t their claims |