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Show GIVES HIS RICHES ALL TO CHARITY Poughkeepsic, Sept 2 1, The will of Henry Beekman Armstrong, an eccentric ec-centric member of tho Astor family, who died at Red Hook a short time ago, disposes of an estate valued at a cjuarter of a million dollars. All of thc property will go to charily There aro a few specific bequcstB to local philanthropic institutions and the residuary res-iduary estate, valued at $200,000 is lort to his brother, James S. Armstrong Arm-strong with Instructions that "thc whole sum is to be used for philanthropic philan-thropic purposes ' Armstrong lived as a recluse for many years A blasted romance of his oarly youth causpd his retirement from society and ho Bpont the remainder re-mainder of his life alone on his littlo farm. |