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Show CHANGES HIS NAME TO OBTAIN ESTATE NEW YORK. Nov. 2. Dr Harvey Waterman Thayer, a member of the faculty of Princeton university Tuesday Tues-day changed his name and thereby became be-came sole residuary legatee of the late Professor Waterman T. Hewett, of Cornel' university, his uncle l ue vaiuc 01 mc caiaiu was, uui forth In the will, which contained this paragraph: "In caae my nephew Harvey Waterman Wa-terman Thayer, should elect to adopt permanently and legally th- name 'Hewett-Thayer' as his family namo, I Increase my bequest to him to Jin.OOU and make and constitute hi in tho resl-duar resl-duar legatee of my estate: ind give him nil royalties due me as author and editor, and tho rest of my property not otherwise disposed of in my will " Dr Thayer obtained permission to he known as Harvey Waterman Hewett- Thayer from Supreme Court Justice Robert F Wagner. |