The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
WAR FOR YERKtS
MILLIONS IS ON
WIDOW BRIDE IN CHICAGO 70
PROSECUTE FIGHT FOR
HIDDEN FUNDS
HUSBAND IS ADVISER
Fieht--She Tells Lawyers Of
Determlnation--Dod
Reporters.

| Chicago March Mrs Yerkes-
Miner, sprighriy as school girl and
ret cent as a diplomat. reached Chi
| cago today at noon. She spent two
hours IN secret conference with the
attorneys Of the Yerkes estate. She
passed four hours lodging and running
away from newspaper men and curl
Gus persons.
The only words ELECTED from her by
the work Of reporters all day were 20
the coachman. Drive on Iriye on"
and to the pres. No, no-go away
| Wilson Miner will leave for Chi
cago tomorrow She received the fol-
lowing telegram from him this aven-
| ing;
! New York March :. 1906
Mrs. Yerkes- Miner. 1901 Mich gan
avenue. Chicago:
In bed with bad cold VIII leave
tomorrow If better. WILSON"
Mrs Miners arrival was followed
quickly by indications of trouble over
the Yeskes estate, which may or may
nor be settled before the will appor
tioning $15.0l0,000 comes up for pro
bate on March To-
Bushes TO Conference
| The widow.bride. who has shown
temper and her will in onsting and
then taking back her yeIng husband,
rushed from the train straight to the
business conference with the lawyers
and there asserted herself without any
other aid than her secretary.
! Just four persons We're present at
the two-hour conference. They were
Mrs. Yerkes-Mizner, her secretary.
Miss Fitzpatrick, Louis s. 0wsley, co
executor of the win and former private
secretary Of Charles T. Yerkes. ana
Clarence A. Knight, attorney for the
Yerkes estate.
Owsley's request that Mrs. Miner
resign, and permit him TO be sole ex.
ecutor Of the s15.000.090 estate was
overruled by her, 1t is reported Mrs.
Miner will act as co-executor OF the
will and protect her own interests II
she decides to accept the terms OF the
Will though she may refuse the be.
quest of 100000 In cash and a life in
come from $7.5O0.0)o and bring suit
TO obtain her dover right of $4,000 600.
Pins Faith to Husband
The Young husband will decide II all
as Mrs. Miner now reposes entire con-
fidence in him, though the Yerkes fac
ton resents any intrusion by him. 1t
5 expected that Mrs. Miner will APP
t.,fnt hin, hDv ,,arcnua1 rau-ncauf affvp
as co-executor with Mr. Owsley on the
arrival Of the husband in Chicago, and
that this will precipitate bitter feel
ing and controversy over the dis'ribu-
ton of the estate.
Mrs Miner appeared more con
cerned about newspaper men then
about millions. She jumped off the
train before Il came TO full stop at
the Thirty-first street station OF the
Lake Shore Her face was concealed
by double mourning veil and when
she saw newspaper men, photog-
raphers and reporters waiting she held
her head down and almost ran to her
waiting carriage. holding her great
brown muff TO her face.
Finds Crowd Gathered.
Mrs Miner wore a shnvt sealskin
sacque. a skirt of cllnging black ma
terial. hoes with extremely high heels
and a black velvet toque decorated BY
green-w nged bird and a panel Of
scarlet. She was ACCOMPANIED by only
her secretary Miss Fitzpatrick, the
two women occupying a compartment.
In a closed carriage from the Owsley
stable Mrs. Miner and Miss Fitzpat-
rick were diyen two blocks 70 the
Yerke. brown-stOue mansion az SZ0i
Michigan avenue. The splendid resi-
dcnce. deserted most Of ths time for
nine years. had been filled with ser
wants ami prepared for the return Of
It's old-t'me mistress.
4 c-owd Of curious persons was
al the Nerkes home. bent on
getting a glimpse Of the famou. won
an. Mrs Miner drew The curtain
and seized the speakiug-tube when she
saw the crowd. ordering the coachman
To Drive on-drive on The women
we're then driven direct 10 Mr.
knights Office. room 1117 of the Mer-
chants Loan and Tmt Building lss
Adams street Nj KING summoned
vr. Owsley from the lattef's Office. On
he nngth floor below
Luncheon Brought 10 Her.
No person was allowed - eommun
ate with Mrs Miner during the two
.our conference in the Inner Office.
.r-.4hra~, ma he,.t~Nf into he r.air.n
n trays from a restaurant for Ms
timer.
At a moment when the waiting rs-
orters had adjourned ID the lobby be
,w. Mrs. Miner eleverly skipped 20
he elevator and descended to the sec
nd floor A marble staircase leads
rom the bank 10 the second floor