The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-03
THE WILL OF YERKES
MANY RzQUEsTs BY THE DEAD
 MILLIONAIRE.
New York Home, After Death of Wife, VIII be Used as Art Gallery Hospital Endowed and Money
 For ObservatOry.

Hospital Endowed and Money For Observatory.
 New Tork. Jan. 2.--In his will read
 today by Clarence A. Knight. his at- torney. the late Charles T. Yerkes
 makes many public bequests. including $100.0 .000 in trust, the incor'e to be | paid to the University of Chicago for l the maintenance of the Yerkos observd- ! tory at Lake Geneva, Wis. Provisions are made for the disposal of his New | York home after the death of his wife | to a corporation organized for the
 maintenance of his art gallery. the sum of $750,000 to be given this project up
 on Mrs. Yerkes's death. Mir. Yerkes also provides for hospital to be erected n New York. His widow, son and others are provided for. The will was read to
 the members of his family today and they expressed entire satisfaction with
 It's provisions. An epitome rnllows: $15,00o to Greenwood cemeteryi s200,- l 900 to Mary Adelaide Yerkea. his wife; to his wife the homestead at the corner | of 6Sth street and Fifth avenue. to
 gether with all the paintings and works of art. statuary bronzes, tapes tries and bric-a-brac therein contain ed, and all other paintings, works of
 art. statuary, bronzes. tapestries and bric-a-brac that may be located elsc- where which are to be placed in the
 house and galleries.
 Upon the death Of his wife, The prem-
 tses. works of art etc., to go to a cor poration to be organized under the
 laws of the State of New York for the
 mafnt ,nance and preservation of an
 art gallery on the premises which is
 given to said corporation. Tive trus-
 tees are to be appointed to control what shall be known as the Yerkss galleries.
 one to be the Mayor of New York and
 the other four to be designated by the
 Metropolitan Museum of Art.
 Upon the death of his w!fc tie trus-
 tees are to pay over to the directors
 of the Yerlxes galleries out 7f the one-
 half Of the estate set aside tor his
 wife, the sum of ST50,00n in cash for
 the maintenance Of his wife: $75a000
 for his son Charles; $200,000 to Bessie L. Bondinella. daughter, provided Bes-
 sic L. Brondinella is given the right to dispose Of by will $500, ,o00 of the es-
 tate; $100.000 In trust for Ethel Link
 Yerkes, daughter of his nephew, .-Iar- ence Yerkes, the income to te pail to Ethel Link Yerkes; upon her death said SlOO,OO0 to become part of the residu- ary estate, if she leaves no children: Louis S. owsley. Of Chicago, $50,0O0.
 The income of sums from S2O. 900 to SoOb0O to various relatives. s1o0o0O in trust, the income 10 be. paid to the University of Chicago for tha care and n.aintenance of the Yerkes Observatory at Lake Geneva, Wis
 The remainder of the estat ssto be in- vested and divided into four equal shares, the income from two of the shares to be paid to Mrs. Yerkes dur
 ing her life time and the income from one share to be paid to his ion. Charles E. Yerkes, during his life time and the income from the remaining share to pc paid to his daughter. Bessie L. Bon- dinella, during her lifetime.
 On the death of Mrs. -Yerikes, the srus tees are to incorporate under the Jaws Of the State of New York a corpora- ton Tor the purpose of conducting a hospital to be known as the Ycrkes Hospital and out of the principal of one-half set aside for his wife of his estate. less the $750,00O to go to the ferkes galleries, to be used for pur- cha sing a plot of ground fin the borough of The Bronx in the city of New York. and proper buildings for the erection of hospital thereon, the aggregate cost of the ground and buildings not to ex- ceed the sum of SS0O.G GOO
 The trustees then to pay over to the persons designated as trustees of the YerkeS Hospital the remaining portion oS the one-half of the estate set asid for his wife as well as any accrued h.- come thereon remaining to be invested by the trustees to maintain the hospi- tai.
 Ho directs that the hospital shall be open for the public without regard to creed, race or color, and any patient means are not such as 10 entltle the patient to pay for the necessary treat ment, shall be treated free.
 In the event of the death Of his son, Charles E. Yerkcs, leaving lawful issue, the income arising from the one-Quar- Ns Charles E. Yerkes during his life, shall be paid to his wife ana child, or chill dren,vuntil the youngest of said children shall arrive a the age of 21 years. When the children shall arrive at the age of 21 years. or in case of the death of his son without leaving lawful Issue surviving then the one-Quarter of the estate set aside for Charles l.. Yerkos shall be paid to the trustees of the Yerkes Hospital It Is provided on the death of his son, Charles, before that of his wife leaving nc issue, that the hospital is to be established out of the nne-ouarter of the estate, tho income of which is left to ChaTfes, less the $S0O,- O0O. which he Is authorized to devise bv will. The trustees small freely con- shit with his wife in aIf matters con corning the hospital and the Yerkcs galleries. z In case his wife should notify the trustees that SHc ucSIIou 10 feilnQulSh her right to use the premises at Sixty eighth Street and Fifth Avenue as a home, then the trustees are directed to pay to the Yerkes galleries S20, 1000 per annum out of the income set aside for the wife and children under the hf- teenth paragraph of his will.
 It Is his intention to dispose of all his estate and If any bequest shall fan. then all should go to hls resIduary es- tot. IT is nroVided thag yne nrovisions herein before made to his wife are in lieu of dover.
 He appoints as trustees uncer his will, Central Trust Company of New York. In ease that 1t reruses to ac- cept. then the Illinois Trust and Saw ings Bank of Illinois Is made trustees. 1 He appoints his wife, Mary Adelaide l Yerkes, Louis Owsley and the Illinois | Trust and Savings Bank as executors, 1 and declares that his homo is in the State of Illinois