The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-22
CORNELL LOSES $1,5OO,OOO.
EFFECT or THE DECISION IN TIE
FISKR-M '0RAW WILL CASE
hut Now That He Has Won it IL Believed
That Prof Fisko VIII Not Fan to
Carry Out In Spirit His Wife's Wishes.

Hut Now That He Has Won it is Believed
That PrOE Fisko VIII Not Fail to
Carry Out In Spirit His WIfe's wishes.
SYRACUSE. May 21.-The recent decsloni OF
the Supreme Court OF tho United States against
Cornell University In the big Fiske- McGraw
will case is without doubt a great mis-
fortune 10 that institution. Not only
is Cornell deprived Of t1.500,000, but
the students will not have erected for
their use the large and beautiful hospital con-
tempated by Mrs. Jennie McGraw- Fiske. Be-
sides this, the stately Fiske mansion overlook
ing CayuRa Lake. which President White hoped
would one day become the nucleus OF great
art gallery and museum, Is seemingly lost to
the university But there promises to BIO silver
lining to the cloud now that the Issue has been
settled once and for all. To those familiar
with the inside history OF the case prior to Its
inception the outlook is not go bad.
The suit was instituted by Prof Fiske. not
because Of any i'll will toward tho university,
but because OF the harsh treatment he
received at the hands Of Henry W.
Sage. the Chairman of the Board Of
trustees OF the University, and Judge Douglass
Boardman. the executor OF Mrs. Fishes will.
These two gentlemen at that time dictated the
policy OF the University in a most arbitrary
manner. and n marked revolt against
them took place not only among the
minority OF the Board of Trustees.
and among the faculty. but ever among the
alumni and student bodies. The fight against
the local influence was most sharp In the
alumni trustee election when John Dewitt
Warner headed the opposition Despite the
earnest soSSitatiSons "Rd even protssta,
determined to, rule or ruin. and treated
Prof Fiske and his friends most unkindly
n
broad and liberal policy would not be ,consid-
cred for moment PROT. Fiske had either to
his rights. He chose the latter alternative.
SGhHres Bacon of EmiEa and Coy Hill
aumnus and trustee respectively. made
The iirst !, move" that was TO overthrow Mr.
sGs Ihst the sr fFS1 sH Sny
Frof: FisEs was, STYLED alventurer. CHAR:
by the one-sided aud unanimous. decisions of
the upner courts after the case left the Surro-
existence which show conclusively that Prof.
Fiske had the interests of the University at
heart. among other things; his speeGh At the
the situation is changed. Private adyices re-
that Prot. ,Fisko will soon come TO this country
again; and In all probability reach Ithaca IN
tine ds Sr cptn ehf T Ensse nS
and will not fail to carry out in spirit his wles
wishes. Judge Comstock assured TIE Sun
representative that the several contestants
had well-deined plan Of aprorti0nmont de-
eral Satisfaction. The exact details he de-
clined to give. Prof. Fiske held the KEY to
the situation, and the collateral McGraw heirs
were only let In the suit by his consent. BY
the decision Of the supreme Court he will re-
cetye much larger portion OF the estata than
under the will. and If the agreement between
the heirs and himself should turn
out to be az is strongly suspected.
6as no WA and he ss bst6gEe bs
anc his utterances, all show that his heart is
with Cornell. This view of the case is still fur
Their strengthened by the course pursued by
PRESIDENT White in his Journeys to and from
Europe In visiting Florence. and by his
guarded observations and significant 81
lence regarding the case. But there are
good reason for saying tnat Prot. Fiske will
give Mr. Sage chance to make good the ma
jor part OF the loss to the university from the
suit before he himself will pose in the role OF Q