The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18

/ great fortune, and within the last eight
years made another, gave $500, 900 TO the
| Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn.
and an equal amount to found the Seney
hospital in Brooklyn. The Rev. James
! Mcmahon. a Catholic priest of this city,
who made an immense fortune in real
estate, gave $5l5.0O0 to found a school
of philosophy in connection with the
/ Catholic University at Washington. Charles
J. Starr, q wealthy retired merchant, gave
| $50, 900 TO tie college at Middlebury, Vt. J.
| Pierpont Morgan, bead of the great house
| of Drexel, Morgan a. Co., few years ago
presented 9 $300, 900 memorial building to
st. Georges Protestant Episcopal church of
| which he Is a warden, and in April last was
announced bis gift Of $500. 900 to endow the
New York trade schools. organized by Col.
| K. T. Auchmuty. The late Moses Taylor,
besides many other deeds of charity. gave
IL 1882 S250.O00 for a hospital for the em-
| ployes of the Delaware and LackawanDa
railroad at Scranton, and his widow, who
is one of the wealthiest women living, gives
large sums every year TO charitable objects.
BROOKLYN PHILANTHROPIsTs.
The late Charles Pratt. who made his
| money in the oil trade, stands first among
| Brooklyn philanthropists. At the cost OF
| Sl,5O0,000 he founded and endowed the
Pratt Institute. An additional $500, 600 was
| spent by him in the erection of the Astral
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| was secured TO the institute as part of its
| endowment To the Adelphi Academy OF
1 Brooklyn he gave $500, 900. His donations
| 10 the Emmanuel Baptist church OF Brooklyn
exceeded $500 900. His last business act,
| o few moments before bis sudden death, In
1 April, 1891 was to sign check for S5 900
! for the aid of the Brooklyn poor. Samuel
! b. Duryea, the wealthy retired lawyer of
| Brooklyn, who died few months ago, left
| large amount Of valuable real estate to
| religious and educational institutions. The
| venerable Charles Butler, another Brook
Ign lawyer. gave 800 5000 70 Union Theo-
| logical Seminary, and John e. Searles, Jr.,
| Brooklyn millionaire, has given away
| fully as much within the last few years.
| Ezra Cornell's gifts TO .Cornells u University,
| which he founded, amounted to $1,000. 900.
| Hiram Sibley, Cornell's associate In the in
/ PRODUCTION Of the telegraph, gave $3.50, 1000
to found the Sibley School of Mechanical
Arts at Cornell, and gave $4,000 to the
University of Rochester. The gifts of
| Henry W. Sage and Andrew D. White TO
Cornell have amounted to more than $780,
! 900 each. The late Mrs. Jennie McGraw
Fiske gave Cornell nearly $4,000, 900.
| Daniel w. Powers founded In Rochester at
the expense of $500 900 the Powers Art Gall
lery. John B. sTrevor, the Yopkers mill
ionaire, who left an estate Of $1,000
600, gave 100000 to the Rochester
Theological Seminary. The sum total of
Matthew Vassar's gift TO Yassar College,
which he founded, was $4,000. Vassar's
fortune was built on beer. and 10 is a fact
we'll worth recording that some Of the great
est charities in the world have come through
liquor dealers. John Guy Vassar gave in
all So 900, 600 to educational and charitable
purposes. Vassar College alone receiving
from him over 100000. John L. Winslow,
the great iron manufacturer, who was assoc
ciated with Ericsson in the construction of
the Monitor, included in his will charitable
requests amounting 20 $500, 900, and Philo
Remington, the great rife manufacturer of
lion, N. Y. donated $3.50. to Syracuse
University. Thomas @. Hodgkins, former
resident Of this city, and long a resident of
Setsuket, l.. l., a year or two before his
death gave $200, 900 in cash 20 the Smith
sonlan Institution.
CHARITY IN NEW ENGLAND.
Amos Lawrence, one Of the noted. Boston
millionaires of the past, gave more than
$500. 900 In charity, and Robert Lowell gave
$3.50, 900 to found the noted Lowell Institute.
Isaac Rich bsqueathed 81, 7oO, 900 to Boston
University, and Benjamin Bussey $500, 900
90 Harvard University. The Arnold Ar
boretum at Cambridge stands as a monu-
ment to the late James Arnold OF New Bed
ford, who gave S100, 900 60 found IL. Photius
Fisk, who died two years ago, gave yearly
to the poor thousands of dollars. His
favorite manner of giving money was to
place deserving individuals on his books
and allow them $40 Der month. When he
died he left all OF his enormous fortune to
be invested and the income used for the de-
serving poor of Boston. The public bene-
factions Of T. jefferson Coolidge,
now minister to France, include s40,>
600 for q public library at Man
chester-by -the-Sea. his country home, and
$I50,000 for the Jefferson Physical Labora-
tory at Harvard. J. Montgomery Sears,
one OF the richest men of Boston, has liber-
ally endowed a workingmen's club In that
city and presented the Episcopal Society OF
Marlboro with fine church. Nicholas
Brown of Providence gave 100000 TO
Brown College, and his son, John c. Brown,
donated $1,000 to the same institution, be-
sides $50, 900 to benevolent institutions In
Rhode Island. Samuel Colt, the inventor
OF the revolver, gave public hall and
library to the working people Of Hartford,
and bis widow has erected an elegant church
to his memory. Oliver F. Winchester of
rife fame, besides large donations to the
theological and scientific departments of
Yale, beoueathedsproperty worth $780,
which has since greatly increased In value,
to found the Yale observatory.
Gardner Colby's gifts TO Colby
University in Maine aggregated Sic, 900,
and he also gave 100000 to Newton Theo-
logical Seminary, Samuel Williston, Will
lam J. Walker and Samuel A. Hitchcock
each gave from 100000 to $500, 900 to Am
herst College. Robert g. Shaw, we'll
known Boston merchant, and father of the
famous Francis Shaw, left fund Of $780,
| 900 to be put at interest until it amounted
to $400, 900, and then be used to support a
home for mariners children. The late
William w. Backus of Norwich, Conn.,,
gave S75 900 to found the Backus hospital
at that place, and the same institution has
been endowed with $3.50, 900 by William A.
Slater, the cotton manufacturer. Hiram
Camp, the New Haven millionaire and pro.
hibitionist, founded the Mount Herman
Boys School at Gill, Mass, and CO.
| operated with Moody, the evangelist,
in establishing the Mortified Seminary
for young ladies. Clark, the Boston
millionaire, has given OIL, GOO, 900 TO found q
! university to bear his name. p. T. Bar
nam, she great Snowman, presented 20 the
city OF Bridgeport $3.50, 900, with which TO
erect building for the historical and scien-
| titic societies OF that city. Franklin Fair
banks, the Vermont scale manufacturer, has
| endowed Drury College at Springfield, Mo-,
with $780, 00 Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson,
also of Vermont. gave 100000 20 provide
business pursuits and homes for families, and
she founded the town of Longmont, at the
base Of the Rocky mountains. and gave $40
| acres and $500 to each colonist in Saline