Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-11

| fiuence OF bis second wife, the Vanderbilt
+, University, nc Nashville, with Sl,000,000.
/ The munitcent acts Of his son, William II.
| Vanderbilt, were neither few. nor small.
I Tie added 81, SOC, 900 to the million given oy
/ the Commodore 10 the Nashville Uniyer-
| slty, he bore the expenses ot bringing the
| ubelisk which now STANDS IN Central Park
/ from Alexandria 20 New York. which cost
| Sl0O 900 he gave $685. to the College OF
1 phyeicians and Surgeons, and his will dis
I tributed another million among various
/ charities. Cornelius VandorbIlt. the pres
| ent bead Of tho house Of Vanderbilt, II a
liberal and cheerful giycr to charitaDie
and religious purposes. The same Is true
Of his younger brother. Frederick William
| Vanderbilt. The latter sets aside large
sum of money every year which 10 gwen
| 20 his wife, and brilliant az this wo-
man Is in social circles, IL IL not
/ there that her chief charm ~ dis
covered, but where she is making
/ her weekly rounds where distress pre-.
/ walls. william b. Sloane, who married
{ daughter of William IL. Vanderbilt. few
months ago contributed $4,000 to new
I hospital on the cast side OF the CITY, anu
I this u not the first of his contributions 10
the cause of hospitals and kindred chart
ties. am told on reliable authority that
his charitable and public gifts. large ana
small, already aggregate half y million dol
lars.
Among the business and professional
men OF New York there are at present u
very large number Of most generous CIV
ers. William II. Webb, the great ship
builder, has given 81 ,00D, 900 TO found at
Fordham the Webb's Academy and Home
for Shipbuilders. This institution will DO
both charitable and educational in ius plan
and scope Of operation, and when opened,
as il Will be i'll few months. Will be one
Of but three institutions Of its kind IN the
world. John ID. Rockefeller, head OF the
STANDARD OIL Company, has given S2,61O,
900 10 tho new Baptist University at Chi-
cagO, and IL ~ said that tho original GIT Is
90 DO followed by other endowments there:
He also recently contributed in lana
and money something like 100000 tor
the establishment Of WOrkngwOman
Home, and the newspapers recently re-
corded the fact that he had presented Vas
sar College with $4,000, the income ot
which Is to be used to pay the salary OF
new professor. lie is moreover constant
and liberal eiver to the needy churches of
hIs denomination. The gifts Of John u.
Arch bald, another OF the Standard On
magnates. are constant and munlhcent,
aud the same is true of Henry NJ. flagier.
panv. Flagler has given away cl,0OO,0O0
in charity within the last five years, AID
not long ago handed his pastor check for
300 OOJ and told him TO distribute IL as he
thought best. Mr.. tlagler believes IN
never letting the right hand know what
the LETT nand is doing, and never says any
thing about his gifts 10 Others.
ALONG LIST.
Edwin Booth has given more than
qurater of a million 10 the Players Club,
Of which he is the founder, and John b.
Colgate, the soap manufacturer, gave
$500 600 10 Madison University. Alfred
Corning. Clark, who Is the pQsse'sor
OF n fortune of $50 900, 900, because
his father, the late Edward Clark, was
shrewd enough in the early DAYS 20 buy
for Sc, 900 in cash haif-Ownershlp in the
sewug-maChlne inventions OF Isaac NJ.
Singer. Is another philanthropist whose
good deeds rarely find their way into
print. but whose charitable donations
yearly amount to hundreds of thousands
of dollars. One of his favOrite schemes Of
charity il the helping along of struggling
musical genluses who lack the where
wltbal to pursue course OF European
study. MANY of the successful musicians of
the time owe their education to the gene
rosity of Mr.. Clark. The Rev. Eugene A.
Hoffman, of tins city, who. besides being
dean Of the General 1 theological Seminary,
is probably the richest clergyman IN the
world, Is profusely liberal. and gives away
thousands Annually. Darius D. Mills, the |
banker, gives between 100000 and $4,000 |
q year 10 charitable causes. He has do
mated $500, 900 to establish an institution |
for the training of men to act as bospltsl |
nurses, and he has also given &2OO,O0) TO q |
female seminary in san Francisco, and |
$4,000 TO the University OF California
He IL one of the most generous support |
ers of the New York Fresh-Air Fund, which |
sends thousands OF children into the coun- |
try every summer. George ]. Seney, the |
son of q Methodist minister who began |
his career in New York with nothing but |
good health and good haoits tor q CAPT |
tai, and who has lost ono great fortune |
and within the last eight years made an |
other, gave 500, 900 TO the Wesleyan Uul- |
verify, at MiddletOwn, Conn, and an equal |
amount 10 found the Seney Hospital, IN |
BROOKLYN. His charities have amounted |
TO over Si.5O0,000. The Rev. James Nc |
Mahon. a Catholic priest OF this city, who !
has made an immense fortune by sue |
cessful operations in real estate, IN April, |
1891. gave property worth S5l5 Quote found
q school OF philosophy IN connection with
the Catholic University at Washington, !
and few months since Charles j. Starr, q
wealthy retired merchant gave 100000 20 |
the college at Middlebury. VT, where he |
was born j. Pierrepont Morgan, head of |
the great house of Drexel, Morgan d Co., |
a few years ago presented a magnificent |
memorial building, costing $500, 900 to st. |
Georges Protestant Episcopal church, of |
which he is a warden, and in April last |
was announced his gift of $500, 900 to en- |
dow the New York trade schools, organ
lied BY Colonel r. L. Auchmuty. Mr.. |
shrinks from publicity, but his |
name isalways TO he found on subscription |
lists for public enterprises and for persons |
in distress. The late Moses Taylor. be- |
sides many other generous deeds of char |
ity, gave in 1882 9250OJO for a hospital for |
the employees of the Delaware and Lacka- |
wnna railroad. at Scranton. and his widow, |
who IL one of the weal:hiest women living. |
gives large sums every year to worthy and |
charitable objects.
The late Charles Pratt, who, like Rookie |
Teller, Archibald, and Flagler. made his |
money in the oil trade stands first among |
Brooklyn philan'hropists. During the last |
twenty years of his hfe he devoted the |
greater part of his time and energies to |