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Show VERKES MAKES HUNHEIjlltSTS rroitp WpII for WidW, Son. PauL'litpr ami Other Relttires. H08PI1 il 1 Tru,T IMPE( UNI0U8 PREE Ifonip lo Betone Public Art Bal-Ion Bal-Ion After lfath of Mra. erkes. N'ETn' YORK. Jan. :. In his will, read I tewjay by t'larcnre A Kntfht. his attorney, at-torney, the l.tto t harlea T Verkca makes many public hcpiesta. Including $J0O.r"r m trurt. the Iticoni. to b paid to th t'nl-verslty t'nl-verslty of Chicago for the maintenance of tho Yrke ohT-atnr' " LbJbi Genevfu, Wis Provision tire made for the disposal of hi. Nw York home, aftr Hie death of hh wife, to a corporation organized for the malif-os no of his art gallery, the t,Um of JTVi vi to he given this project on Mra. Ycrkea h death Mr. Yf-rkcs also provides for hoapltu.1 to be erected In New York HI widow, son nnd others ore provided for. The will was read to the members f his family today and they exprraoj entire satisfaction satisfac-tion with Its provisions An epitome follows. fol-lows. Epitome of Bequests. To Greenwood cemetery, WbMO; rt Mary Adelaide Yerk. his wife. 2fin,0O(), the homestead ?t the corner of Sixty-eighth street nnd Fifth avenue, togethir with all the paintings and works of art. statuary, bronaSB, tapestry and hrli -a-brac tbete nnd elaewherc. On the death of his wife, the premises, worka Of art, etc.. to go 10 n corporation to be organized under the laws ..f the St.ite of N w York for the maintenance and preservation of nn art gallery on the premien which la given to said corporation. Control of Galleries. Five trustees are to be appointed to control what shnll be known as the Y rke ajtllorioa, one to he the Mayor of New York and the othr four to he deal ana tod tn the MetropoUUtn Museum Of Art. I'pon the death oi bis wife the trustees are to pay over to the directors of the Yerkrs BjaUlorloa out of the one-half one-half of the estate set aside for his wife the sum of flKMO In cosh for the mulu- tanancc of racn gniieriee. To fhnrlea K. Yerkes. son. IJOO.COO; nlso provldof) that the son Charles can dispose dis-pose by will of $300,000 of the estate. To Itesslo I. Rondlnella. daughter, tXO.ny). also provided thnt Bessie I, Rondlnella enn Ulnposc by will of $3f.-frf $3f.-frf of the estate For Kilo I 1 Ink ferkea, daughter o( his nephew. CUtrenco Yerkes, JlfO.OnO In trust. To Louis 8. Owsley of Chicago. IVI.OOO. H,.- iiuotne ..f sums fr..ni ovi (,, t o -000 tO various rclutlves. The Income from 1100,000 In trust to be pold to the (Jnivoralty of Chicago, for care and maintenance of the Yerkes observatory, ob-servatory, located nt Lake Gonevn wis. In Four Fxjual Shares. Tho remainder of the Batata to be Invested In-vested nnd divide.) Into four equal sluues. the income from two of the. sharrs to be pOd to Mrs Y. ikes during ber lifetime. Ills son. Chariot K Yerkes, nnd his datiahtor, Bessie Rondlnella, during th lr lifetime, receive the Income of the other I two ehnres ! On the death of Mm. Yerkes the will providaa for a hospital In New York City to be known us the Yerkes hospital the aggregute est of the grounds and buildings build-ings not to exceed $00.000. Hospital Free to Poor. He directs that the hospital shall be open for the public without tegard lo creed, race or odor and any patient re-cclved re-cclved .,r admitted whose Ilnanclnl means ar- n..t such ni- t entitle the patient to nay for the necessary treatment shall be treated free Provisions are made for the maintenance of the Yerkes hospital f'um (he remainder of the portion of the state Kulng to Mrs. Yerkes and from the part going to bis son. Charles K. Yerkes. the latters share going to the hospital If he dies without Isaue, and at any rate after the children have .ached I the age of '.1. less the $).0O which Charles K Yerkes Is authorized lo devlso by will. May Relinquish Home. In case his wife should notify the trusters that she desired to relinquish her right tO use the premises at Slxly-elghth Slxly-elghth street and Fifth avenue aa a home, then the trustees are directed to i pay to the Yorkea galleries $20,000 per ! annum out of the income ret aside for wife and children under the fifteenth , paragraph of his will AppVilnts as trustee under his will the j Central Trust company of New York In I case that It refuses to accept, then the Illinois Trust & Savings bank of Illinois Is rnu.le trustee Appoints hi wife. Mnry Adelaide Yerkes. Iuls S Owsley and the Illinois Trust & Savings bank as executors, and declares that his home Is In the State ..f Illinois. |
