The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-06-14

Included such namsS>ss Corot. Claude
koSFain. Bougersau. D>aacrolx and MI.
~ Many . public gallery might envy
0aoA . U.s.
- msanwhils IN the blg house things
wsrs hot going smoothly. Mr.. Ysrkss
~ saloon there. for business kspt him
either In chicago or IN LoaAoa. But
disquistng accounts Of feminine en-
tAnsasments into which hs had got him
seH reached New York, and even found
their way Into tn nswspaperA
NeeoNcILGo WITH WIZ ON MS
0GAThOEo.
Jtnaoy he estrangsmsnt bsewesn
hamss,e and his wife became complete,
And he took W his rssidsocs In the
waldorf-Astoria. He never saw the
pictures and bronses and the fades and
jewels that he had spent % many thou
sands and 20. many happy houss col.
lsoting n their destined place In his
gallery. For two years he and his wife.
whom he protested that he stu loved,
dSd lot msse. Il was not until he was
fAeang DEAN In the hotel bedroom II
Ohristmas week Of lSoS that she fnally
yielded to The sntrsatss Of her stspsou
and visited her husband. He recoG.
nised her. and few hours latsr he died.
The funeral took place from the Firth
avenue home. but only six carriages fol.
lowed the millionaire 70 his $4,000 tomb
and these contained the detectives e
wall n tha y,ouruArs Ana v~t this vrn~ -
had possessed unusual personal charm
and . passion for beautiful things ~
well ~ great financial ability. Even the
adnonition 10 speak no evil Of the dead
was forgotten. The pspsrs were Alled
WA stories about his women Drota0oss
end srsat New York minister preached
. sermon drawn from his aifs on the
themes Of success ana failure
WAsa ~ viii was read II was found
nat ~ AAA LETT . fortune of 0esray
W.ooAoo 70 M fNansiy end the city
WAleh taA feared but never loved him.
Thers Vsrs numerous small legacies 70
old frasnds. distant relatives and SER
vaats. but the bulk. Of the. property was
- revert IN the sn(. to the city In TIVE
crest Ysrhss requests. The will gave
>9oAoee saeh - the wife. her stsp-son
an1 her stsp-daughtsr. Mrs. Yerkss waa
also to receive during her lifetime the
Income. from half the estate after other
requests were satdshsd. The income
from the remaining half WAS divided
between The two children to be paid
until their youngest children should be
Of age.
CITY TO HAVE aALLgRY AND
HosPlrAI. .,r.-..
The hose end ~ contents was given
70 Nh. Ysr,ts fer hfs. BAT upon i,ss
dsetA Il was TO vsvert 20 the city - the
Ysrkss oaNsry. With an endowment ol
7s.ooo to support It The rest Of the
fortune was to 70 20 found . great
Yerises tres hospital On the Bronx.
The estate consisted Of controlling IN.
tsrssts In the Chicago Traction Com.
pany. the London Underground RailwGy
and various shares In New York cor.
porations. But scarcely had the viii
bean fled when trouble began. Only
about 100000 worth Of the property
could be found. and against this there
were outstanding debts Of D.ooo.ooo
Large amounts Of cash believed " nave
ceoH ~ sho wow AoTk hth kOuucn
ofacss mystsriously disappeared.
Under the advice of friends Mrs.
Ysrkss began . contest to break the
will and to obtain her, dover rights.
She aiso hrQught suit to remove the
executor. Louis $. owsley. who had
been for years Mr.. Yerkes's private sec.
rstary. The securities shrank rapidly II
value, although II had been known foi
soma time that the Yerkes Affairs were
In very tanglsd condition. Eighteen
months before hts death Mr.. Ysrkes
had been warned that he must give up
al business II he wished to stay the
course OF his maiady. Br!ght's disease
But he replied that his affairs demande
his attention t,
The city refused the bsquest Of II,
gallery, a. II did not wish to ESTABLISH
. precedent for maintaining small gal
lsriss scattered throughout the city
This clause Of the Ysrkes will had beer
copied from that Of sir Richn Wallace
OF London. which had secured to tina,
city the collection Of paintings bssuv
three generations before by the Marquil
LOT Hestfordshirs. But the fortune Of
the English donor did not consist o.
wstsysd stocks [-,ss
WIDOW MizNEN's DAioG WITHIN
"A MONTH. -,l.f.
eeQeooler . ueath -Ol0g ~ masuets'l