The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-06
HER GIFTS ARE MILLIONS.
NEARLY AL OF MRS. sTUART'S FOR
TUNE GOES TO INSTITUTIONS.

TUNE GOES TO INSTITUTIONS.
Ths Le.o. Library Gets ss1s 900 cash
ana Books, Pictures. ana Collections
Valued at SAo0. so0-rrinceton seminary
Gets sas5. ooo AID the College $4,000
New York Usiversity, SAT, OOO-SasS.
600 Apiece for seven Institutions snd
orSyoOe Apiece for Twenty.six Others,
Mostly Charities or Hospitals.
The will OF Mary McCrea Stuart. widow OF
Robert L Stuart, the wealthy sugar reiner'
was offered for probate yesterday by the ex-
scutors. George G. Williams. President OF tho
Chemical Bank; John s. Kennedy. and Will
liam l. Skidmore The greater part OF Mrs.
stuart's fortune estimated at S5OOOOoO goes
to educational institutions and to charity.
There are specific requests OF $4,000. Hall
the residunry estate Is 10 he divided among
seven corporations controlled by the Presby-
tcrian Church. and tho other half among
twenty.slx Institutions. many OF which are
also controlled by the Presbyterian Church.
1t Is believed that the estate will come within
100000 ono way or the other. OF So.oOo.OOO.
Deducting from this tho specific beauests and
tho beouest OF works OF art. books. and collec-
lions to tho Lenox Library, which is valued
at $500. 600 there romans about So. SS5. 900 in
the residuary estate.
Tho will was made on Jan. 1S. 1887. At
that time Mrs. Stuart had determined to
give $4,000 to the American Museum of
Natural History, and $4,000 more to tho
Metropolitan Museum OF AIT These be-
quests were revoked In codicils. the FIRST,
presumably. because Mrs. Stuart gave $1,000
TO the Museum Of Natural History before her
death. and tho second because tho Trustees Of
the Museum OF Art opened tho museum on
Sunday.
The first bequest in the will is the portrait Of
her husband which was painted by Madrazzo
Of Paris. It Is given to the Princeton Theolog-
ical Seminary. to DO kept and preserved In
perpctuity In some place in the seminary.
Next she gives $4,000 each to her cousins
Miss Mary Wilson. Miss Mary Ferguson.
Mrs. Christine Ferguson Wallace. and
Mr.. james NJ. Wilson. all Of New York;
Miss Christine Doig and her sister. Mrs.
james Moo Benedict OF Milwaukee. and
Mrs Augusta Klngsbury. wife OF the Rev. Mr..
Kingsbury and daughter Of Mrs. Stuart's
cousin. David Donaldson. and to John Fergu-
son OF Montclair and James Ferguson. BROTH
ers Of Mrs. c. F. Wallace. Total. S225.O00
To Mrs. Mary Dunlap Of North lacrosse Wis:
James P. Donaldson OF Detroit. Ebert N. DON
Aldson OF Lacrosse. and Mrs. JEANNE Bodine
OF Ithaca. children Of Mrs. Stuart's cousin.
Peter Donaldson. $4,000 each Total. sSOOOO.
To Mira Harriet Mckenzie Eveleth OF WASH
ington and Miss Rosa Murray. daughter OF the
late Rev, Nicholas Murray Of Elizabeth. S10.-
o ~ sstS seeon 81 tSe will gives the three
pews Mrs: Stuart owned IN the Fifth Avenue
e Shash * ths Ra hpd thS
70 Miss Sarah 4; stratton !who lived with Mrs.
sosG 81 10 and Ms MeGos ana
5000 each TO Mrs. Emily Hall Wheelock.
%f eqSsH Es ss hf D. saa ns fo Snn:
and Herbert Gray Torrey. all children OF DR..
JShn T9rfey once GrofSssor 9, chemistry in
Of the Rey. DR.. James IcCesh, ard DR.. Andrew
Other sections say:
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second codicll the first and second sections
say:
SIX to ;ss ss1 .as oee:
given largely during my lifetime. $4,000 '
This brings the total Of specific requests up
The residuary estate is divided as follows by
thereof to be divided into seven equal parts.
Corporations and institutions:
]. The American Bible Society.
- me hoard Of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian
a. The Board Of Home Missions of the Presbyterian
+ IT, Fr..by.eran Hospital
tn.
ssSgS hs Fsss Wifi sgy .S to t sss
tsbx eGuaal. shares !9r; say $4,000 eachI to
This Trustees Of the Presbyterian Board OF Publ.
= The Board OF Education Of the Presbyterian
D. The Prss,yterun Board OF Relief for disabled MIN.
i:!s.s aud tho widows aud orphans of deceased nln
The searl Of Missions for Freedmen Of the rre.sy.
g. Ths American Sunday School Union Phi,ndelrhia.
The Trustees of the Presbytery Of New York. to be
utst and appiied ior church extension In New Yorl
?Ths New York Rihl. Society.
D. The American Tract Society.
y The New York CITY Mns on and Tract Seciety
10. The Young Mems Christian Association or New
York city.
Ill Ihs Pre,hy,sriun Homo for Aged Women. East
II. The Association for the Relief OF Respectable
Aged INDECENT FEMALES Tenth avenue and lo4th street
l1 The Homo for Incur2bcH, FOrlbam
phans. West 1884 street.
i5 The coored Home in East Sixty.ffth street.
~ The ChidrenS Aid Socety OF New York
IL The New York Juvenile Asylum, West 176th
street. near Tenth avenue.
is. The Protestant Hall orphan Asylum. West Tenth
10 The Society for the Relief of Poor widows Sna
r. The society for tho Relief Of Destitute Children
OF seAmen. Staten Island.
~; The New York Eye and Ear Inarmnry. Second
~ TeS NswYork Society for the Prevention OF Cru.
~, 70 The Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital Park ave.
q Tho Society for the Relief Of the Ruptursd and
eriPplsd. ~ FoftysecoGd street.
20. The WOman's Hospital
orrsni hhs 3,phan A,y.m ~ B9onngda,e which
Rev. Or. Befhune. - " "
There are these conditions:
any OF The corporal and institutions named In