In re Estate of King

James C. King, a resident of Chicago, who had accumulated a great fortune in the lumber and commission business, died testate November 1, 1905, at the age of about seventy-five years. July 6, 1901, he executed a will, making certain specific bequests to various persons and charities amounting to the sum of approximately $700,000, and bequeathing to the Northern Trust Company of Chicago, as trustee, the residue of his estate, amounting to about $3,000,000, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a home for old men unable to procure homes of their own, the home to be known as the James C.…