Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-02
THE MERCHANT
PRINCES WILL
Millions Are Disposed Of by the viii
Of the Late Marshall Field,
Of Chicago.
VAST SUM FOR FIELD MUSEUM
Nearly Eighteen Millions in Gifts to
His Friends-Fortune for His
Relatives.


late Marshal Field, filed yesterday in
the probate court. the city of Chicago
is made the beneficiary to the extent
of $8,0O0.000, which is to be used for
the endowment and maintenance of
the Field Columbian museum now
situated in Jackson park.
The entire beQuest for a museum,
however. is made upon the express
condition that within six years from
the date of the death of Mr.. Field
there shall be rpovided for the museum
without cost to it, lands which shall
be satisfactory to the trustees as the
site of the permanent home of the
museum. If within the six years the
site has not been provided, teh $8,0O0,.
900 is to revert to and be part of
the residuary estate.
$17,568, 900 to Friends.
In addition to the sum left for the
museum various requests aggregating
$17.568,O0O are made to relatives and
friends of the testator.
With these exceptions the entire
estate is to be kept intact until one
of the two sons of Marshall Field, Jr.,
deceased, grandsons of the testotar
shall have reached the age of so years
They are now nine and ~ years of age
respectively. Stipulated sums are to
be paid to the grandsons when they
reach the age of 25, 80, IS, 40 and A.
Merchants Loan & Trust Co., bank
in which Mr.. Field held great amour.
of stock; Chauncey Keep. an old
friend of Mr.. Field, and Arthur B
Jones, who has for many years been
Mr.. Fields secretary and cOnf1den
tial man.
The business of Marshall Field &
Co. is to be maintained as portion
OF the residuary estate.
Estate Not Estimated.
Because of the failure to file pc
tition for the appointment of admin
istrators. the value of the estate was
not furnished to the court and even
the executors themselves are not able
at this time to estimate it with &C
curacy. 1t will probably be severa'
weeks before the probate court is of
flcially informed of it's value.
Among the requests given by Mr.
Field are the following:
To the Merchants Loan & Trust
company, of Chicago, in trust for Mrs
David Beatty, of England, daughter
of Mr.. Field, $1.OOO.OOO.
To the United States Trust com
pany, of New York, in trust for Mrs
Beatty and her appointees, $4,000,
900.
To the Northern Trust company
Arthur B. Jones and Chauncey Keep
in trust for Mrs. Beatty and her ap
pointees, 100000.
Widow is Left Home.
To Mrs. Marshall Field, widow
In addition to the provision made fol
her rim marriage settlement dated
Sept. 5. 1905, $1,000000, together with
the Field family home at 1905 Prai
RE avenue, with all it's furnishings
and equipment of every kind for anG
during life. No mention is made ir
th2 will of the amount given to Mrs
Field at the time of her marriage
settlement.
To the Northern Trust company in
trust for Mrs. Laura F. Dibblee anG
two daughters, sister and nieces, $500,
0O0
To Mrs. Dibblee, $25O,O0O; to Der
tina Dibblee, niece, 100000.
To Frances Dibblee, niece, 800,
600.
To the Northern Trust company iI
Trust for Mrs. Helen F. James, sister
and three children, 100000.
To Howard James, nephew, $3.50, 900
To Phillip James, nephew, $3.50, 900
To Dwight James, nephew, $4,000
To the Merchants Loan & Trus
company, in trust for Miss Nora
Scott, sister of Mr.. Fields first wife
100000.
To Miss Nora Scott, absolutely
100000.
| In Trust for Descendants.
To the Illinois Trust & Saving.
bank, Chauncey Keep and Arthur B
Jones, in trust for Marshall Field
Jr.. and descendants, $5,OOO,O00.
| To Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., abso
lutely, and to the trust company il
trust for her, a sum sufficient to max,
with what she will receive from he
husbands estate, an aggregate of 81,
100000.
To the Merchants Loan & Trus
company in trust for Gwendolyi
Field, granddaughter, 100000.
To Grace ]. Gillette, niece. 100000
To Stanley Field. nephew, 100000
To the Merchants Loan & Trus
company in trust for Mrs. SOphi;
S. Earhart, of Denver, sister-in-law
| $4,000.
Frederick Skiff, director of Fielt
museum, $4,000.
| Arthur B. Jones. for many years
Mr.. Fields secretary and one of hi
executors. 100000.
Employees Remembered.
A number of employees of Marshal
| Field & Co.. and personal employe!
OF Mr.. Field are given sums either out
right or in trust, ranging from $1,000
to $4,000
Besides these requests. Robert NJ
Fair John G. Shedd and H. G. Sci
fridge, men prominent in the man
asement of the business of Marshal
Field & Co., are given in trust for dis
tribution among such employees o
Marshall Field eco, who shall hav
been in its employ for % years a