Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1913 — William Deering Left His Money to Near Relatives. [ARTICLE]

William Deering Left His Money to Near Relatives.

Chicago, December 18.—The entire estate of William Deering, the Harvester manufacturer, estimated at from $12,000,000 to $13,000,000, is left to his immediate family, according to the terms of the will, offered for probate today. None of the estate was left to charity. Mr. Deering stated in his will he thought he had done enough for charity during his lifetime.

The Deering fortune, the bulk of which consists of stock in the International Harvester Co. and in Chicago and Evanston real estate, will be divided in practically equal Shares among the following heirs: Mrs. William Deering, widow, Evanston; Charles Deering, New York, and James Deering, Chicago, sons; Charles Deering, Jr., Honolulu; Roger Deering, Florence, Italy; Marion Deering, Chicago and New York, and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson, daughter of Charles Deering, Chicago, grandchildren; and Deering Howe, son of Mrs. Richard F. Howe, who died in 1906. Northwestern university, at Evanston, was the* principal beneficiary of William Deering during his Lifetime, total gifts amounting to $1,000,000.