Provo Daily Enquirer | 1893-01-12 | Page 4 | Mr. Yerkes and His Mausoleum

mr berkes and ills his mausoleum it will be hard work to convince the patient people who ride or try to ride on the north side chicago cable cars that mr charles T yerkes is a philanthropist yet he sometimes finds very laudable uses for his money mr yerkes has set apart for an observatory and telescope for the use of the university of chicago his order was pari ticul arly Chicago esque go ahead and construct the biggest and most powerful telescope in the world I 1 will be responsible for the cash but mr yerkes does not put all his money in telescopes he lives well wall furnishes his house lavishly andaas an eye to paintings far beyond the ordinary purse moreover mr yerkes has consideration for his future residence and is not to be outdone by choops or Mau solos solus or any other extravagant ancient so he has put intha into a tomb that will some day welcome him to its hospitable embrace this provision sheds quite a luster on mr yerkes forethought and ana shows how easy it is to spend money molley when one has the money and the accompanying compa nying brilliant ideas now new york world