New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-10
GEN, G.. w. CULLUM'S WILL
REQUESTS FOR CHARTIABL OBJECIS.
A QUARTER OF A MILLION FOR HALL Al WEST
pO1Nr-oTHEH BtNEFTCIARIES.

POINT-OTHFR BtNEflClhufS'
The will Of Major General George W. Cullnm was
fled for protae in the suTosate's once yestiu"o
The executors arronted are James h. Fry william
g. Hamilton, george !. Gillespie and oeorse W.
s.ronnIs the latter being OF san francisco. Tic eta
,,ons are returnab;e on April o5, next There are
number OF charitable requests in the VIII, oil "mch
the following is Il n>t'
tn IN, Moments Hospital OF this city. for bed 70
NE known as thu Elizabeth Cullum he'd $1,000; ana
" 900 TO the annex Of the hospital; 10 the New
Sor,, Cancer Hospital, So 600 for bed ana ao,ooO
or an organ for st. Elizabetl's Chapel when Is CON
occted with the hosrital to the Helping Iiao SoOo"'
connected with ST Thomass Church. So'oooi 70 inc
Society for the Improvement Of the COhdiuoh oI '"e
Poor S. 900; to the Old Ladies' Home OF eah IRAN
CISCO S5 COC; t. the Library, Art ana historian n
ciety OF Meadvilie, Penn, 5000; to tue heu"ood
Library Of Newport. II. l.. $1,000 .
The Mctropolitan Museum of Art gets S20VOo VIII"
which to purchase casts, statdary ana worhS u al" "
lie known as the "Culum Collection"
To the United States Government lie gives the sum OF
s25OOO0. TO be used for the purpose OF ouiu'"s
memorial hal! ut West Point III WHICH "S'o''' '0''>'
arc . be preserved
To the Association OF the GRADUATES OF the United
States Military Aca1cmy is bequeathed the sum Vi
$40 OOo 10 be used for the current expenses Vi 'ne
society," All the testntor's manuscripts anu puDio"
lions relating TO the history Of the Military Academy
,-e also left 10 this society The American Geo
If the society lie gives all his household effects 10
lis executors to be distributed as the. think best
The RESIDUE OF the estate providing does not exceed
800 900, goes to the New-lOik Ocoeiapmoh ooie'''
Tor the purpose Of erecting ireproCi building ioi
library. and for me general use OF the society Any
excess OF the sum mentioned goes to the niece Vi
the testater, Emma Culum Corlazzo. The executors
,re 10 receive S. 900 each and more, II they serve
The property in California is not to be sod unless INC
other property is found not TO be suhcleht !" ori9
out the provisions Of the Will.
Among the personal requests In the VIII are inc
following: To his sister, Mavlna iIassall, SJo,ooo ana
10 each of her sons, william, George and fredcncH'
50 900 to Harriet T. sawyer. of California Henry Is.
Culum, Of Texas Catherine Williams, OF 'ailorhia,
Abby Patriarch, OF California; Mary Meacham, OF
California, and Alfred Cullum, children OF his dead
brother Horace Culum each $1,000; 10 George -
Cullum Of Pennsylvania Arthur :. Cuum OF Cmcag0'
Louisa Armstrong, OF Cleveland, Ohio, and Harriet A.
Ioomis OF Pennsylvan children of dead brother,
Arthur Culum each 5000 to Mary : Cullum, WIDOW
OF his dead brother, Clinton CuluIi, |loooo' ana u
her children. Martha 5. Charles :. Ellen r. ana
Edgar p Cullum, OF Meadville, Pcnn each 5000
To his favorte niece. Emma c. Cortazzo, OF Mead
vle Penn $50 600 is left, and the Generals Newport
cottage with its grounds, furniture books, pictures
and uppurtenanoes. To his nephew, Arthur Clarke
Huidekoper, Is given 5000 and farm III Lituetoh'
~ c. and his wife, Frances, also gets DelueS' VI
$1,000. Charlotte a. Hamilton, Adelaide Hamilton ana
Alice Hamilton eaCh receive SiV'OVV' '"a'iV' -
hamilton Major.General schuyler Hamilton and Will
lam c. Hamilton, brothers OF his dead Wife, each get
~ oOO Ellen C. aud sarah II. Eussey, sisters OF the
late Major General Henry w. ilalcch, and to Peter W.
Ialleck each $1,000.
Ellen Cogswell gets the farm in Wesernvile, y. y.
which she has occupied for many years: MIS- EDWARD
r. Platt widow of Colonel Edward IL. Hat,, SlVo'
Percival Padgett tutor in ST. Paul's school, Con-
cord ~ H. So 600: Mrs. Anna K. NJ. Dahleien, 3d.
600. EIoise H. Thatcher Of New London, Conn,
$1,000; 10 Mrs. Robert y. scott widow OF Coiohel
scott the income during life OF $1,000, to Mrs MHry
w. Wootten, daughter OF MaiorGeneIal hoiaho w.
Wright $4,000; 10 Ruth NJ Price, the faithful nurse
in tie last Illness OF the Generals VIE" SLOW To
his servants Margaret Murphy, and Thomas Tuckson'
each ST. 900; Joseph Jones, Mary Denny, and Bridget
Durick each $500; and 10 Frank Tuckson' S2oo.
The will provides for the erection OF a suuaoie
monument in Greenwood Cemetery, to the memory o'
the General and $500 is set apart the income 10 ue
applied to keeping TIE burial plot in good ORDER
The bequest TO the Government for the memorial
hall Mt West Point upon condition that during tho
life Of Major James b. Frs and Peter 8 Meme
the Government will authorize 10 DC bnlt ana mani
,ained on the public grounds at West POINT a nrep
Stone memorial hal under the direction OF the supeh-
tendent of the military academy. three other menbers
of the academic board ana MaJor-OeherdA Jahi> -.
Fry or, he mot surviving, another meHlber oi 'he
Academic board The hall is 10 be the receptacle Oh
statues busts, mural tablets, portraits Oh dls'I
oncer graduates Of ile Htar! d .nr oir sub
jects may tend 10 give elevation I" inc mii''i'
profession. .e..h- oh,.c,s
TO prevent the introduction OF unworthy 9olecto
into this hail. the testatOr requests mat inc seSco
~ objects be made by less t4an twOthirds N0lo
of the members OF the entire academic board AZ -
also his desire that the nall shall De adPu ioI u
on ceremonial occasions Ill West POINT. II the "vN-
eminent does not comply with these PROVISIONS INC
amount mentioned goes to James b. Try, re,eI
Niche and Edgar W Bass, in trust Tor the purpose "
erecting q memorial hall in the Niclni! 81 Mest IDLY
which viii comply with the provisions OIL the DequeS'
10 the Government , ~, Ill, i.o,,diD,
The specific money requests In the VIII, lheIuull5
,ho sIO1 600 of the residue If there is that InuC!
amount 10 s002 200 the probabilities are that WIN
the property requests the estate amounts u "o' -"
from 81 900 900.