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Show FORTY-ONE HEIRS AFTER ESTATE Wife of New England Pioneer Leaves $7,000,000 On Which Relatives Lay Claim Los Angeles, Cr.1., Jan. 17. For'y ono New England heirs of Abel Steam a pioneer who died In tho early seven-lies, seven-lies, were detente! here today in their contest for tho $7,000,000 estata of Mrs. Arcadia do Baker, formerly tho widow of Stearns, and who at her death wo3 the richest woman In southern sou-thern California. Tho Stenrns heirs, who wera represented rep-resented by William Stearns Sin-inons Sin-inons of Boston, based their claims on tho fact that beforo his death, Abel Stenrns settled upon his wlfo property proper-ty which formed tho nucleus of her fortune Mrs. Stearns after tho death of her husband, married Colonei It. S. Baker. She died In 1012 Instnto. Judgo Hlvers of tho probato depart ment of tho superior court ruled today to-day that upon her second mnrrlago Mrs. Baker ceased to bo tho widow of Stearns, nnd theroforo sustained tho demurrer Interposed by tho tinker tin-ker heirs to the claim of the Stonrus heirs. |