Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-21
Naval Prepara,ory school.

AN INSTRUCTION ENDOWED BY ADMIRAL PowRILs
VILLA PROPOSED ADDITION TO THE COLUMBIAN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO RELATIVES
The will OF the late Rear Admiral Levin VI.
Powell, which was filed in the Probate Court yes
terday, makes provision for the establishment Of
naval school for the free education and prepare
ton OF young men In certain branches to prepare
them TO enter the Naval Academy at Annapolis or
to become masters and mates in the merchant ma
fine service OF the United States
To tuiS end tue viii endOWS the Columbian UNI
vers ), and the endowment Is TO be known as 'sIhe
ADMIRAL Powell Endowment IL consists Of lot
'C ard parts OF sub lots /. 20 Ind 30 OF square
l26. with all their Improvements The income from
this properly l. To DC used III educating young men
for the Naval Academy, or qualify ing them 20 be-
come masters mates IN the merchant marine
service OF the United States, such prepar TO De
confined In the case OF each young man embracing
the advantages OF the endowment 10 one year, and
TO Include principally The studies Of arithmetic,
geometry, tr1gonoMetry and astronomy, with the
use ~ arithmetricai instruments, the Instructions
or charts and the application Of the knowledge to
photographed surrey by latitude and Longitude,
and, II possible, such studies as VIII give such
young men a knowledge OF scientific voyages of
discovery and other matters relating TO war
and commerce on the high seas. The endow-
tees having filled their times in the great
steam manufacturing establishments OF the coun-
try. VINO may apply for appointment from civil life
20 prepare To enter into the steam engineering de-
partnIent of the United STATES navy III 1t should
lie Impossible for the Columbian university to carry
this project into execution, then the endowment Is
To be placed with the Johns Hopkins university, OF
Baltimore, Md.
The bequest consists OF ground fronting thirty
five feet on the nor side OF street, just west OF
9th street, which improved by brick house, the
assessed value OF which Is i15OOO The trustees Of
the Columbian university have not yet been
officially informed OF this bequest, but 1t Is proba-
Die that IL Will form the nucleus OF fund Tor the
maintenance OF very important department., and
WIZ elicit the cooperation OF the generous patrons
or the university.
Other requests are made as follows: g 900 to
Jeannette +. Manning; $500 each to Mrs. ChaS b.
IhGr5ton, VIM. q. Moore, VIM. s. Mitchell and
Bedford Calweil, OF White sulphur Springs. Va;
1903 each to Mrs ChaS. Il. ThUrStOn In trust for
her unmarried daug and son Charles, TO
Alfred H. Thurston. and to w. y. Webb In trust for
Mrs Brand, OK Louisville. TO 20 the Garfield hos
pital at her DEATH 81 goo 10 Alfred b. Thurston in
Trust for Mrs. Jeanette I. RAIDER and her children
5000 10 Julia Thornoc 81 00O TO be divided equally
10 q. s. Powell, OF Alexandria: 81 90 each Dr. r. c.
Powell, OF Alexandria, Cuthbert L. Powell, Of Dam
vi.ie Va. Virginia Taylor, OF Alexandria,; Daniel B.
Conrad. late OF the U. :. navy; Mrs. Lucy L. Powell
DIR. Alfred H. Powell, OF Baltimore: Maria Powell
and Archibald AchisOu, OF Baltimore: $500 to
Chris s. Powell, III trust for Rev. c. S. and Levin
Powell; $4,000 TO Harriet c. Stewart. He declares
Teri tied the bequeot TO any one who linderS the
settlement o! his estate He leaves PealeS picture
OF Washington 10 Gates p. Thornton, and all his
portraits OF the Powell family TO DIR. Robert c.
Powell, OF Alexandria He gives PICTURES to w. B.
NebD. Jos H. Bradley, Ms. j. Thornton RAIDER
and To Mrs. W. ID. Davidge. for Maria Bradley. He
gives his official correspondence 10 Judge c. b.
Drake. He directs the residue OF his estate to be
apportiOne1 amo-g certain relatives, among whom
ArS j. Randolph Tucker. Mrs Surgeon General
are named The executors named In the viii are
Vim. u. Webb and CuaS. ID. Drake.