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Show A FORTUNE TO CHARITY. Report Concerning Estate of the Late Patrick Phelan. There is much speculation concerning the contents of the will made by the late Patrick Phelan nearly six years ago and deposited in the hands of j Judge W. C. Hall, who is now holding j it pending a meeting and action by the executors named to act with him in carrying out tne wishes of the deceased. de-ceased. It ia estimated that Mr. Phelan Phe-lan hpJL acquired a fortune of something some-thing Jlke J100;000. The fact that he had left a will came as a surprise to his closest friends, none of whom was in any way familiar with his business affairs. Now comes the assertion from those with whom he spent his declining years that the Catholic church, or charities associated with the church, will be remembered in the disposition of the estate with generous liberality. In support of thi3 Is the fact that the only Known living relative of the deceased is a nephew in California, who was not high in Mr. Phelan's favor, and also the circum-, circum-, stance that he named Bishop Scanlan j as one of the executors to act with Judge Hall in executing his last wishes. The third executor is Stephen Hays, his former business partner. Since the death of Mr. Phelan it has leaked out that he was deeply interested inter-ested in local philanthroplcal work. While his rigid economy and thrift was a byword, it was not generally known that through his unostentatious giving many a poor family in Salt Lake was furnished with fuel in winter and food In summer. These acts of benevolence benev-olence were conducted through the agency of Bishon Scanlan or father Kiely, more frequently the latter. The recipients of his bounty never knew the identity of the donor. "I don ot know the contents of the-will," the-will," said the bishop Wednesday. "J newer talked with Mr. Phelan of his temporal affairs. He was a good, kindly man, and not unlikely to remember the church and philanthropic work. He was clean, honorable and frugal. The world knew this, but he never noised about any good acts that he was author of. I hope that the report that the church is handsomely remembered is true, but it is hardly the thing to do to seek Information on the subject before be-fore our dead friend is buried. Therefore There-fore I shall probably know nothing of the matter until the will 13 formally ODened." "It would not be a departure for Mr. Phelan to engage in philanthroplcal work," said Father Kiely. "He never allowed it to be known, but his liberality liber-ality has made life pleasanter for many an unfortunate. When I would encounter en-counter vases of destitution or families in want I would call the subject to hid attention, and he was always responsive. respon-sive. He wanted to attract no attention atten-tion and shrank from discussing hi. affairs with anyone. That is why no one knows concerning his estate, sa-ve the lawyer who drew his will for him." The latter. Judge Hall, refused to discuss the will last night, pending a meeting of the other executors or .ui-thority .ui-thority from them to take such action. He said the document might not become be-come public for a week or more. |