Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-01-26
MARSHALL FIELDS
WILL IS FILED
MANY REQUESTS TO FRIENDS
AND RELATIVES
Eight Million Dollars Given the City Of
Chicago condltionaIly for Estabs
lishment Of the Columbian
Museum
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.--By the will OF
| the late Marshall Field, filed yesterday
in the probate court the city OF Chicago
| is made the beneficiary to the extent
of $S.000OOO, which is to be used fol
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 con-
dition that within six years from the
date of the death of Mr.. Field there
shall be provided for the museum with
out cost to it. lands which shall be sat-
isfa Glory to the trustees as the site for
the permanent home of the museum If
within the six years the site has not
been provided the $S.000,000 is to revert
to and become part of the residuary
estate.
In addition to the sum left for the
museum various requests aggregating
$17, SOS 900 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 80 years. They are
now 9 and IL years of age respectively.
Marshall Field, jr., died on November
%, 1905. of bullet wound accidentally
inflicted while handling a revolver.
Stipulated sums are to be paid to the
two grandsons when they reach the
age of 25. &c. 3d. 40 and As.
The executors Of the will are the
Merchants Loan & Trust company a
bank in which Mr.. Field held a great
amount of stock; Chauncey Keep, an
~ fr.ia nf " in1 Arth him,
b. Jones, who for many years has
been Mr.. Fields secretary and conf
Dental man.
The business of Marshall Field &
Co. is to be maintained as a portion of
the residuary estate.
Value of Estate Not Known
Because Of the failure to file pc
tition for the appointment of admins
traitors, 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 accuracy.
The failure to file the petition with
the bill 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 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, s1OOO,OO0.
To the United States Trust company
OF New York, in trust for Mrs. Beatty
and her appointees, $3,000,000
To the Northern Trust company, Ar
thur D. Jones and Chauncey Keep in
| trust for Mrs. Beatty and her ap-
| appointees, $2,00O00O.
To Mrs. Marshall Field, widow, in
addition to the provision made for her
in marriage settlement dated Sep
TENDER 5, 1905, 100000, together with
the Field family home at 1906 Prairie
avenue with all it's furnishings and
equipment of every 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, sister and nieces,
$4,000
To Mrs Dibblee, $780, OO
To Bertha Dibblee, niece, 100000.
To Frances Dibblee, niece, 100000.
To the Northern Trust company, in
trust for Mrs. Helen F. James, sister,
and three children, 100000.
To Howard James, nephew. $500
To Philip James. nephew, $250,O0O.
| To Dwight James, nephew, $4,000.
To the Merchants Loan &c Trust
company, in trust for Miss Nora Scott
sister OF Mr.. Fields first wife, 100000.
To Miss Nora Scott absolutely
100000
To the Illinois Trust & Savings bank
Chauncey Keep and Arthur B. Jones
in trust for Marshall Field, jr., and de.
scendants, 100000.
For Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr.
To Mrs. Marshall Field, jr., abso.
| lutely and to the trust company If
trust for her, a sum sufficient to make
with what she will receive from hel
husbands estate, an aggregate o.
$1,0000OO.
To the Merchants Loan & Trus
company, in trust for GwendolyI
Field, granddaughter, $1,000,0O0.
To Grace ]. Gillette, niece, 100000.
To Stanley Field, nephew, 100000.
TO the Merchants Loan G. Trust
company, in trust for Mrs. Sophie
Errhart Of Denver sister-in-law, $4,000
To Frederick Skiff, director of The
Field museum, $4,000.
Arthur B. Jones, for many years Mr.
Fields secretary and one of his ex
ecutors. 100000.
A number Of employees of Marshal
Field & Co. and personal employees o
Mr.. Field are given sums either out
right or in trust, ranging from $4,000 Il
$4,000
Beside these requests, Robert NJ
| Fair, John G.. Shedd and H. G. Self
ridge, men prominent in the manage
ment of the business of Marshall FielC
& Co., there is given in trust for dis
tribution among such employees o
Marshall Field & Co., who shall hav,
been in its employ for 25 years, as ma!
, be selected by the trustees, 100000,
Field Columbian museum, for en-
dowment and building fund.- one-hal
for each, $4,000 900.
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