New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-31
CATES'S MANY REQUESTS
Will To Be Probated in This City
on October 2 Next.
ENTIRE ESTATE $4,000, 900
A Million Goes to Distant Rela-
tives and Friends, the Rest
to Widow and Son.

Aurora. H.. Aug 30.-John ". Gates did
not leave his millions to he held in trust
lie did not fear. as reported, that his SON
Charles G. Gates, might imperil Others
who had invested on his John ". Gates s.
advice. This was the information made
public by relatives to-day. on the con-
trary, just before he breathed his last, he
declared that he had every faith In his
son.
Charley - all right" he is said by rela-
tives 10 have declared on his deathbed
Il know him better than any one else. lie
can handle money all right. II won't 20 To
his head"
Gates's will Is 10 be probated In New
York on October ?. according to relatives
I'm ST. Charles. III. BY its terms Gates s
entire wealth. s3s,OO0,000. except a number
Of minor legacies TO valued friends and dis
tant relatives. goes 20 the widow and "a
Charles g. Gates The son ami the wido"
will divide tho great fortune Gates made
during his career in the commercial world
Gates, however. left a million dollars to
friends and distant relatives. He made
numerous requests. and his valet, his but
Tor and the wife Of his stenogrspher are
among the many 10 whom he left legacles'
Henry Baker. twenty years old, Of 81.
Charles. nephew Of Gates by marriage
will have a quarter million dollars II he
goes through college. He gets $4,000 az
once 70 paw for his education. In the lit
tie village Of st. Charles more than hair a
million dollars 90 10 relatives Of Mrs.
Cafes Gates's affection FOR his wife was
deep and he delighted in showing favors
TO her kin n his lifetime. Those in ST
Charles he remembered are:
Henry Baker twenty years old, nephew
OF mis- wife. S25ooOo, on completing a course
IN college.
Edward J. Baker. brother Of Mrs. Gates
so. coo cash and a $4,000 farm.
Mrs. z. J. Baker. s25,00o.J
Mrs. Laverne Baker Angel blind sister Of
Mrs Gates 100000.
Dolores Angel. ten-year-old daughter Of
Mrs. Laverne Angel. 100000, in trust.
William Kruder. Gates valet, New York.
10000
George Bennett New York Gatess but
Ter $4,000.
John J. Mitchell. banker, Chicago. $4,000.
Dimmitt Hutchins. lawyer Chicago
SIC, 600
". II. Cullinane. Houston. Tex, presi-
dent Of the Texas oil Company, $4,000.
Sherburn Gates, Durand. Mich, the tesla
tors uncle, $4,000 farm.
William Gates. son OF sherburn Gates.
81 600
Three daughters Of sherburn Gates. 5000
each
Mrs. Harry Evans. New York. widow OF
Gatos's stenographer. $4,000.
At Port Arthur. Tex. among important
requests. is one Of $4,000 TO the Mary
Gates Memorial Hospital named for the
dead mother OF Mr.. Gates. Another be-
quest. estimated by relatives to-day AT
about $4,000. IS made I'm the name OF Mary
Gates to the Methodist Episcopal Mission
airy Society.
Young Baker the twenty-year-old lad
who is TO go through college 10 get the
s2500oo declaEes he will win the fortune
He is reported 70 be engaged 70 Miss Nina
Carlson. the seventeen-year-old daughter
Of 81. Charles piano maker.
L don't intend 70 20 70 school down
East" said Young Baker. in discussing his
plans. There is too much OF that nobility
racket down there 70 suit me. 1 intend 10
20 n the University Of Chicago or the
University Of Wisconsin
Mrs Gates. the widow, will not leave New
York CITY. She likes New York. and will
make It her home. according 70 relatives.
Mr. Gates did not want 70 he brought
hack 10 Illinois 10 he buried. Before he
died he talked over with HIS wife the mat
tor of his burial. and decided that he would
"rest easier If he were near the scene OF
hattie" He meant Wall Street.