The New York herald., 1870-08-01
were unanimously ordered to be engrossed upon the
minutes, published and transmitted to the family

were unanimously ordered to be engrossed upon the
minutes, published and transmitted to the family
mysterious murder with whose tragic details probably
everybody .hronsh.u. this broad land familiar has
friend who for has been President OF
the Mount Sinai Hospital. -.
death we feel how inadequate and seem any word. Of
remains 20 our deyatea associate friend and President to
the without frs. doing more Justice to the hospital
through this SINCERE action Of SURVIVING 0Gsrs .ns
essay to initiate q hs nnvaryns Courtesy hs de-
a Of hsh estate. manifold and anS: q.
sssSSs pSss
his perfect honesty his msGnete
s a his S
nents and that which signaed his dying hour
Eataan their fellow Citizen but our little band perhaps
s s a pe. ne voice n sh. II o. ne those
Citizens uers around his bier And now paraphrsss the
S s sS s1as e ss Mount Sinai
ale has gone from his sphere Of toll and trial, where the
but his h ana his zeal reyerenty reasrsd viii rear
a pSed
dim eface It, His absence makes void In the hearts OF
must an IL 81. bright Example In the
ne O.
His throne for the salvation Of the friends
sAgyo ynsA hEwss IaS ss IssS HSporary Secretary
and Aaronson, are absent from the cy-Mr. May in
Canada, Mr. Sommerich at Saratoga, sick, and Mr..
scnce at the meeting. The directors room IS deco
rated In the sable garb OF mourning. The late presi-
a Taair Is saca r w h crpe ncn a
the various tablets. Under large marble slab
framed and hung IN the centre OF the chamber, on
which are engraved the names OF BENJAMIN Nathan
and Joseph Fatman-an everlasting mement0 to
their generosity for having donated The munidcent
sum OF $4,000 each to the permanent fund OF the
Observation-Disclosures bottom
late Mr.. Nathan, and this Is also covered with the
deep weeds of grief and sorrow
The board of directors and donating members OF
the Mount Sinai Hospital VIII attend the funeral OF
the deceased In Il body.
The Late Mr.. Nathan and an American Rail.
road King.
1t has already been stated that the late Mr.. Ben
jamin Nathan took very great interest in all chari
table movements among his co-religionsts This
interest exerted itself not only by pr1ncey contr
buttons Of money to societies and institutions de-
voted to such purposes, but he gave up TO 1t much
OF his time and personal labor In order to enable
them to increase their operations ana enlarge the
scope OF their bene6cent influence. The hebrew Bene
VIOLENT and Orphan Asylum Society was one of these,
and he was reckOned not only one of its founders
but one of its active and efficient promoters.
But perhaps his greatest share OF activity he be.
slowed upon Mount Sinai Hospital, OF which inst-
tuition he president for many years, which Is
largely has achieved And the very many of
those who, though not Of the Hebrew faith,
ceiyed at the hospital account Of accidental in
jury or other bodily i'll which befel them, and were
treated and cured gratultously, should in their
thanks never omit Mr.. Nathan, who always IN
sisted tnat In succoring the unfortunate iberal
distinction ought to be made on account OF religious
CONVICTIONS.
Lately he was most active in the hur-
rymg on OF the building OF the new hOspl-
tai on Lexington avenue and Seventys ixth street,
and acted as chairman oil the Finance Committee
and did all In his power TO procure subscriptions 70
the building fund. Last winter, one Sunday after
noon ihis finance committee held meeting IN the
vestry room OF the Temple Emanuel, on Fifth ave-
nue. and Forty-thrd street, at which Mr.. Nathan
presided. He ana Mr.. Emanuel b. Hart mad been
acIing as a subcommittee to receive donations to
the hospital fund. HERALD representative was
present, and TO HIM Mr.. Nathan related the follow.
ing experience he had had with a well known rail-
road king OF New York, on whom tins sub-cOmmit-
tee had called a few days before that. As near as
possible Mr. Nathan's own words are given IN this
.'Mr Hart and myself called on the gentleman"
said Mr.. Nathan and stated the object Of our com.
ing told him that in the course Of about two
nearly forty persons, more or less seriously
injured along the line Of his railroad within the CITY,
there treated without the expense Of cent either
the railroad or TO the injured partes that with the
increase OF the population IN that part of the city
an increase also IN The number OF such accidents
may be looked Tor, and that the enlarged
hospital could give more liberal 's ASSISTANCE ss
to such as may be so unfortunate as
be injured Oh the road. For this reason we
hoped that he would feel inclined, by a donation to
our fund, TO help US along 10 do as we had done
heretofore and would do again. This was the sub
stance of our statement, to which the gentleman
piled that he would give us $1,000 II we could
prove that he ever contributed one cent to charity
Receiving this answer, we left. Next day he sent
us, through his treasurer, check for $500, which
we declined TO accept, and Immediately returned 10
him.
Such was substantially the narrative of the late
Mr.. Nathan TO the HERALD representative made
at the meeting mentioned above IL Is not known
whether since then the New York railroad millionaire
has changed his mind and consented to contribute
to "a charity.n