New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-26

Cornell University i, not entitled TO your we cen
money Every penny of it belongs to You ana can ran
ti r S". inst dncs II will show that every dol.
lar Of Mrs Fiske's fortune !, Your, VIII {qH c
NE, - * rmnH That was in 1855. On June 20 OK
that year Professor FisSe. on the campus OF 'ornen
m, tn b"d brcn endowed by his wife. and Mr.
Justice Toardman with quit claim receipt IN ms
noSscssiou smiled complacently as he Vie%eI VIC ,n
pSs c.rIi,, romnletion OF his scheme on July ~,
HT later he almost lost his breath when no
was served with paper e,c Io'''i i'm thn '' Sur
rocato's Office by Daniel Willard Fi,hc aesGasS
IL. to had been deceived ana b't"Nci
~, h'' hi synpoS@d friend. Mr. Justice Boardman dc
ordnc Nat the account Of the executor Of his WE
etae be opened and asserting ' d1IaT Of ~ The
nctiton was signed in the CITY Han IN New, YORK, on
The very morning on wich hc !, st residing. but
for Florence. Italy. Whe.e ne Is '''' '''''"7' "'
whence he will return next month";
Tins If was that the rlslc will contest had its
hogim"inr 81 that time about 100000 Of the Nc,
Cr.w money had been paid 70 Corner tnNeroiN' anu
the remainder was in the hand. OF tl' eNouioF' IN
iinction wa AZ once obtained restraining the latter
fr3u partinr with any more of the estate and a
nrones ~as served upon the university officials
tben, MOT - spend the part OF the Request
mat had been paid them. For seven wears tiic COZ,
test has RACED with oteine.S ,dnns, srienH th
IDOL Of Ithaca was publicly denounced not only upon
the streets but even in the columns 0 M vou
az rohicr Of his wisc's grave: in fact no term W2S
considered too vile to apply to MN, hac9n. ,he
,,ri,a scboar of the great university. was socially
1stracscd Ladies' who had smiled upon nm WIZ
friendly favor cut him dead. But thc sun went on
ard succecded in attracting so mlch a't,ntoh Una,
since lis beginning nearly every college III hc c3uhlH
ard MANY charitable Institutions nave ehahEch tncT
chortcrs i'm order that they may not lose bFIuesi,
1',, Grs nhaec of the contest IN thc Surrpgdp
CONT and thers the Cornell people won th'lf olN
,irtorv An appeal was taken 70 me 'chcrai lcTh'
~, i,,e,ice poarlm1n was the presiding Judge OF the
I'm ~ niitJct Not only was he the executor Of
the will I'm DISPUTE but the petition Openly 'har
him with fraud and conspiracy, all"ElhS no Sr!1Hn
Interest against him. but accusing MN o '!
Iii INTEGRITY f. he shadOwcd nv 700 i'rNiu n'l'
l., Corne T'uivPrSitv II" consequently lcil inc hcH'
when thc case reached a hearing. ana ms TWO ypl
leagues after having called III an outsider, w, %
thn case unanimously I'm favor OF professor tl>.'
+, wa nc,.t taken t. the Court ot Appeals Judge
FrancIs W. Finch. OF that tribunal, nclnE as" d
tr,stoc of Cornell University. resigned INC Iatier
nl"co in order that he might without prejudice pas,
Judgment upon the m"rit' Of the case hut aiicr"aiN
reconslderod this determination and Simply ga no,
lii The Court II Appeal, unuiH pn>i{ ur ~,
against the university sun fNcom,or ,. tarcn
to thc supreme Court OF the United state, WhcFc OF
i9.t monday nine Judges decided that the young law
tudelts polnt was we'll taken. Tire" months ago IN
,ho Fnh Avcnuc Hotel LAWYER charles L. l@."N
srcciCc lccaccs under the i'll. amounting to 81 ZOO"
thcro were specific lcgacic~ well - the T,iduafN
heoucSt-if Cornell University would Mithdrlw lis
apncll IL the supreme Court and gave MN TWO gay
t,t~l and then said tni n the entire propcrtv w'r
given the university Professor Fi-Ac should be pad
n. income for life. This proposition was Instantly
r,fusel and negotiation FOR q compromise 10 once
ended. The result is tla' Professor fi'kc VIII re-
ceiyc more than - 600 900. ard that the young
Elmira attorney will be paid probably the large
fc ever given an attorney I'm this country. II /, "A
little more than S1Pooo