Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-25
$|7,568,ooo Bsqusathsd
TO Relatives and Friends.
100000 for Field CoIum.
bian Museum at Chicago.
Balance Of Estate in Trust UntiI 6randsons
Reach SO Years.

a Chicago. Jan. 24-By the will of Mar
shall Field, filed today in the probate
court, the city of Chicago is made ben
eliciary Of S8,000000 for the endowment
and maintenance of the Field Columbi-
an Mesuem now situated in jackson
Park.
requests aggregating ST., $685. 900 are
made to relatives and friends of the
toStatOr.
With these exceptions the entire eS-
tate is to be kept intact until one of
the two sons of Marshall Field, Jr.,
Srandsons Of the testatOr, shall have
reached the age of so years. The grand
sons are now and II years old. Mar
shall Field, Jr., died on Nov. q. 1905,
of a bullet wound accidentally inflicted
while handling a revolver
The executors of the will are the Mer-
chants Loan & Trust Co, Chauncey
Keep, an old friend of Mr.. Fields, and
Arthur 3. Jones, for many years Mr..
Fields secretary.
The business of Marshall Field &. Co.
is to be maintained as portion of the
residuary estate.
Because of failure to file petition for
the appointment of administrators. the
total value of the estate was not fur
nished to the court.
The will of Mr.. Field is an extensive
document, covering 80 typewriter
pages and making. with two codicjls,
- 900 words. The document is drawn
with the utmost care and it is difficult
to imagine any contingency that has
not been foreseen by Mr.. Field.
he nj. h1y Af,.
Field are:
The Merchants Loan & Trust Co. Of
Chicago, in trust for Mrs. David Beat
ty of England. daughter of Mr.. Field.
81. O0O60
To the United States Trust Co. of
New York in trust for Mrs. Beatty and
her appointees, s3,OOO,0O0.
To the Northern Trust Co., of Chica-
go. Arthur D. Jones and Chauncey
Keep, in trust for Mrs. Beatty and her
Apprentices, 100000.
To Mrs Marshall Field, widow, in
addition to the provision made for her
in a marriage settlement dated Sept.
: zoos. Sl.000,O00 together with the Field
family home at 1905 Prairie avenue.
Chicago, with all it's furnishings and
equipment during her life.
To the Northern Trust Co., in trust
for Mrs. Laura F. Dibblee, Mr.. Fields
sister, and her two daughters, $780,
900.
To Mrs. Dibblee, testator's sister,
s250,OOO.
To Bertha and Frances Dibblee,
nieces, 100000 each.
To the Northern Trust Co.. in trust
for Mrs. Helen S. James, sister, and
her three children. 100000.
To Howard and Phillip James,
nephews. $25O.00O each.
To Dwight James. nephew, $4,000.
To the Illinois Trust & Savings
Bank, Chauncey Keep and Arthur B.
jones. in trust for Marshall Field. Jr..
and descendants. 100000.
TO Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr., abso-
lutely and to the Northern Trust Co.
in trust for her, sum sufficient to
make with what she will receive from
her husbands estate an aggregate of
$1.00O,OO0
To the Merchants Loan & Trust Co..
in trust, for Gwendolyn Field, a grand
daughter. s1,00O,OO0.
To the selectmen of Conway, Mass.
for care of cemetery lot in which Mr..
Fields parents are buried, $4,000.
In trust for distribution among en-
rloyes of Marshall Field & Co. who
have been in its employment for IS
years. 100000.
To each of Mr.. Fields family SER
wants not specifically named in the
will and who, at the time of his death
lad been in his employment for five
years. each $4,000. To others who
have been in his employment for one
year, each $1,000.