The Elbert County tribune., 1906-02-01
MARSHALL FIELD
WILL OF THE GREAT MERCHANT
READ IN CHICAGO.
MUSEUM WELL CARED FOR

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Two orandsons Get Bulk Of Fortune
Large Bequests to Relatives and
Friends-Fred skiff, Former Dem
YER Man, Remembered-charity Be-
quests.
Chicago.-By the will Of the late
Marshall Field, filed Wednesday in the
Probate Court, the city of Chicago Is
made the beneficiary to the extent of
SIS, 900, 900 which is to be used for the
endowment and maintenance of the
Filed Columbian Museum, now stu
ated In Jackson park.
The entire bequest for a museum.
however, is made upon the express con-
dition that within six years from the
date of the death OF Mr.. Field there
shall be provided for the museum,
without cost to 1t, lands which shall be
satisfactory to the trustees as the site
for the permanent home of the mu-
scum. If within the six years the site
has not been provided the $8,000,000 is
to revert to and become part of the
residuary estate.
In addition to the sum left for the
museum various bequests aggregating
SIT ,56S,000 are made to relatives and
friends of the testator.
With these exceptions the entire es-
tate is to be kept intact until one of
the two sons of Marshall Field. Jr..
grandsons of the testator, shall have
reached the age of fifty years. they
are now nine and twelve years of age,
respectively. Marshall Field. Jr., died
November 27, 1905, of bull
let wound while handling a
revolver. Stipulated sums are to be
paid to the two grandchildren when
they reach the ages of twenty-five,
thirty-five and forty-five.
The business Of Marshall Field & Co.
is to be maintained as portion of the
residuary estate.
Because of the failure to file a petit
tion for the appointment of administra-
tors, the value of the estate was not
furnished to the court, and even the ex-
ecutors themselves are not able to at
this time estimate 1t with accuracy.
The failure to file the petition with
the will is because of the great extent
OF the property held by Mr.. Field and
because much time will be required for
it's appraisement. 1t will probably be
several weeks before the Probate
Court is officially informed of its
value.
Among the bequests are the follow
ing:
To the Merchants Loan & Trust
Company of Chicago, in trust for Mrs.
David Beatty of England. daughter of
Mr.. Field, $1,000,000.
To the United States Trust Com
fx. f<,- =,
appointees, s3,000,000.
To the Northern Trust Company, Ar
thur d. Jones and Chauncey Keep, in
trust for Mrs. Beatty and her ap-
pointees, 100000.
To Mrs. Marshall Field, widow, in
addition to the provision made for her
in a marriage settlement dated Sep
tember 5. 1905, s1,000,O00, together
with the Field family home, with all
its furnishings and equipment of ev-
cry kind for and during her life. No
mention is made in the will of the
amount given to Mrs. Field at the time
of the marriage settlement.
To the Northern Trust Company in
trust for Mrs. Laura f. Dibblee and
two daughters, sisters and nieces, $500,
900.
To Mrs. Dibblee. $25O,OO0; to Bertha
Dibblee. niece, 100000.
To Francis Dibblee, niece, $1,000
To the Northern Trust Company in
trust for Mrs. Helen f. James, sister
and three children, 100000.
To Howard James, nephew, $3.50 900.
To Philip James, nephew, $250.000.
To Dwight James, nephew, $4,000.
To the Merchants Loan and Trust
Company, in trust for Miss Nora Scott,
sister of Mr.. Fields first wife, 5000, 900
To Miss Nora Scott, absolutely, $780,
| 900.
To the Illinois Trust and Savings
| Bank, Chauncey Keep and Arthur B.
Jones, in trust for Marshall Field, Jr.,
and descendants. s5,0OO,O0O.
| To Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr.. abso-
lutely and to the Northern Trust Com
! pany in trust for her, sum sufficient
to make with what she will receive
| from her husbands estate, an aggre-
gate of s1,000,00O.
To the Merchants Loan and Trust
Company, in trust for Gwendolyn Field,
granddaughter, $1,O00.OO0.
] To Grace J. Gillette, niece S1OO 900.
To Stanley Filed. nephew, s1O0 900.
To the Merchants Loan and Trust
] Company, in trust for Mrs. Sophia S.
Earhart Of Denver, sister-in-law, $685.
000
Frederick ]. Skiff. director of Field
museum, $4,000.
Arthur B. Jones, for many years Mr..
Fields secretary, and one of mis- exc
cutors, 100000.
A number of employees of Marshall
Filed & Co. and personal employees of
Mr.. Field are given sums either out
| right or In trust, ranging from $4,000
to $4,000.
Besides these bequests, Robert NJ
Fair, John G. Shedd and r. G. Sell
fridge, men prominent in the manage
ment of the business of Marshall Field