Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1893 — MUSEUM FOR CHICAGO. [ARTICLE]

MUSEUM FOR CHICAGO.

Marshall Field Will Give *1.000,000 and George VI. Pullman *IOO,OOO. One million dollars cold money will be given by Marshall Field to the museum which is to be the outcome of the World’s Fair. Mr. Field names conditions which will jbe easily complied with. They are simply that $503,030 more be subscribed and that the stockholders of the World’s Exposition subscribe tfleir holdings, which represent an investment of $5,000,000 but are worth much less. The biggest stockholders never expected to realize anything on their investment, and they have already expressed a willingness to turn over all the stock they have. The trustees of the museum have no doubt that a majority of the $5,000,000 of the World’s Fair stock will be turned over to them. As to the $500,030 to be raised before Mr. Field’s munificent offer is secured, $100,003 has been unconditionally subscribed by George M. Pullman. Tho balance, it is said, will be raised in a few days.