Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-30
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WASHINGTON, November 29th.-Senator
Stanford will be here early in the week.
with his wife and niece. His agent is in
the city, preparing fer the Senator's arrival.
1t seems that Mr.. Stanford's gift to the
University he has founded in memory of
his deceased son amounts to $4,000, 600,
instead of S3,O00000. as was announced.
and it is the largest sum ever given for a
benevolent purpose. There have been
some very large bequests to educational in
stitutions, but none have ever approached
this. Johns Hopkins gave S3,o00,00 to the
University in Baltimore which bears his
name, and Asa Packer gave the same
amount to the Lehigh University. Stephen
Girard gave $1,000 600 to Girard Col
lege. Ezra Cornell gave 81, 500, 900 to
found Cornell University. Commo-
dore Vanderbilt gave Sl.00o,000 to
the University which bears his name
in Tennessee, and his sons have added
S25, 600 to the endowment. The Peabody
fund amounted to 8, 800 600, and the Slater
fund to 100000. J. G. Green gave
81, 800 900 TO Princeton. and Isaac Rich
81, 750 000 to a Boston institution. Leonard
Case, of Cleveland, left 81 100000 to found
school of applied sciences in that city, and
Amasa Stone gave 5000 900 to the Western
Reserve College. George ]. Siney gave
S500000 TO the Wesleyan University. B.
1OISdle gave SJNbtUbO 10 tle MaulSOD u III
versity, Matthew Vassar left $500. 900 to
found college for the higher education of
women, and Cyrus H. Mccormick gave
$750000 TO the Northwestern Theological
| Seminary. Mr.. Wells founded a female
college at Aurora, n. y, with a fund of
100000, and E. D. Morgan left 81 800. 900
to various educational institutions. But
Senator Stanford's gift is unprecedented in
its amount.
Senator Miller's Condition, as Reported
from Washington.
WASHINGTON, November 29th-A friend
of Senator John F. Miller arrived here
from California yesterday, and says it IS
extremely doubtful if he ever comes to
Washington again. His condition is alarm
ing. as his constitution seems 10 be giving
way entirely from the effect of wounds re-
ceiYed during the war, and all his vigor has
gone.
Views of the Commissioner OF Agricult-
WASHINGTON, November 29th.-Commis-
sioner Coleman's annual report Is made
public to-day. 1t says one great need of
the agricultural interests of the United
States is better understanding and more
intimate relations between the several
agricultural and experiment stations and a
| more practical cooperation between these
institutions anu the Department OF Agri-
culture. These colleagues, endowed by
| Congress, are separately carrying on expert
ments without any central head, through
which to report and compare results. lie
submits that the Department should have
| full authority, and ample means to avail
| Itself of the advantages offered by these in
| s;itutions. He favors law authorizing
the Department to slaughter animals af-
| fected by pleuro-pneumonia, and strongly
advocates the institution of " arbor days y
in all the States
| Sad Fate of Woman.
| DENVER Coli, November 29th.-A Rob-
inson special to the Neps says Mrs. Rat
zak started on Thursday afternoon to cross
Fletcher mountain. to visit her husband,