Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-26
MORE MONEY FOR COLLEGES.
Claims to Mr.. Fayerweather'n Residuary rs
tate Reiinquished by the Legasees.

Claims to Mr.. Fayerweafher'a Residuary Rs
tate Relinquished by the Legatees.
| A big surprise was developed yesterday after
noon in the trial In New York Of the contss
over the will Of the late Daniel B. Fayerweather
the leather merchant, who left several million
| to institutions of learning.
Henry d. Vaughan said that he, Thomas g.
Ritch and Justin L. Buckley had joined in ar
instrument relinquishing any claim to the
residuary estate. This accomplishes the main
purpose Of the contest. Prior to this, by con.
sent Of counsel, the will was admitted to pro-
bate. In view Of these concessions and by the
will standing Invested of codicils, Messrs. Ritch
and Buckley will receive the residue in trust
to divide among the colleges and hospitals
mentioned in the will. The case will. however,
proceed.
The important instrument 5y which the 70.
siduary legatees Invested themselves as such OF
the residuary estate after the specific requests
Of over % 600 600 to colleges and other institu-
tons virtually acts as new will in itself. This
residuary estate is estimated to amount to
81 600. 600. Many Of the colleges named in the
will secure large accessions to the original be.
quests endowed.
THE FORTUNATE coLLEGEs.
These gifts are made in addition to the
amount given by the will: Mount Sinai Hos.
pital $4,000; the Presbyterian Hospital Of
New York, $4,000; the Womans Hospital in
the state of New York, $40, 600: the Manhattan
Eye and Ear Hospital, $4,000; Tale College al
New Haven, Conn, sl50, 900; Wesleyan Uuive;-
sity at Middlctown, Conn. $4,000: Lafayette
College at Easton Pa, $4,000: Maryville Col
lege, $50, 600; Wabash College, $4,000.
These gifts are made to institutions not men
! toned in the will. The New York Eye aud Ear
Inf-mary s25 200; st. Luke's Hospital in the
city of New York, $685. 600; the Manhattan Dis.
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hore Home for Chronic Invalids, s25. 600; the
Methodist Hospital OF Brooklyn s25, 200; the
| New York Cancer Hospital S25, 600: the Society
| of st. Vincent de Paul, New York. $50 900
Union College atSchenectady. s10O, 900; Haver.
ford College, Montgomery county, Pa, $50 900
the University Of the City Of New York
100000; the University of Pennsylvania
So. COO Brown University at Providence. RI
$50. 600 Harvard College at Cambridge, Mass
800, 900; Trinity College at Hartford, Conn
so, 600; Princeton College. 800, 900; Rutgert
College at New Brunswick, Nj, 100000
Wells College, Aurora SO, 900: Elmira Female
College, $4,000; Barnard School for Womer
in the city Of New York, 500. 900: the Cooper
Union for the Advancement OF Science and Arr
as permanent fund, the income to be used SC
lar as necessary for the support Of the Women'i
Art School. 100000; Shattuck School at Fari
bault, Mimi, S25, 900.
The amount in each case is to be used as
| Fayerweather fund in some distinctive manner
which, in the judgment Of the authorities, will
be the greatest practical benefit. In the even
that the residue of the residuary estate shall bs
insufficient to pay the above amounts in full
they shall abate ratably.
All the rest. residue and remainder of sucl
residuary estate, after payment in full, a,
above, they give in equal parts follows: tt
Yale College at New Haven, Conn, one part
to Columbia College, one part; to Harvard Col
lege at Cambridge, Mass, one part; to Prince
ton, one: to the Woman's Hospital. state o
New York, five parts; to the Presbyterian Hos
pital, one part. The foregoing gifts are sub
ject to their powers as executors.
| Henry b. Vaughan declares that, notwith
standing the will of Mr.. Fayerweather, Ia,
leaves him (Vaughan) debtor to his estate il
the sum of $500. OOO. loaned by Mr.. Fayerweathe
to him, which he binds himself to paw.