The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
THE TOWN A LOSER.
Or. Frank S. Billings, However, Is Heir to
100000.

Grafton, June 19.-According to the
conditions of the will of the late Rob
ert c. Billings, who died June u, leav-
ing fortune of $1,000 900, his nephew,
DR.. Frank Seaver Billings, a resident
of Worcester street, will receive S1OO. -
600, his daughter Frieda Geriach Bill
Hngs, will receive $4,000 in addition to
$4,000 recently bequeathed her by her
grandmother, and Mrs. Frank S. Eli
llngs Will receive 10000.
This is but d small fraction of the
uncle's wealth, the remainder going 10
lnnumerable educational and charita-
Bile institutions as follows: Two ser
wants in his employ 40 years receive
$4,000 apiece. Rev. Edward Everett
Hale of Boston $500O Rev Charles l..
Dole of Jamaica Plain $4,000, Harvard
University 800 900, Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology to found the
Billings fund" with the understand
ing that any student receiving benefit
from the fund is expected to abstain
from alcohol or tobacco in any form,
$4,000; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
500, OOO Massachusetts general hospital,
$50 600; to New England hospital for
women and children, ROXbury, $4,000;
Perkins institute and Massachusetts
school for the blind, S25, 900; kinder
garten for blind at Jamaica Plain, $10,-
900; American Unitarian association.
Boston, S25, 900; Grindan Reynolds fund,
same association. $4,000; to Boston Y.
NJ. c. A, IS BoylstOn street, Boston.
$4,000: Home for aged men, West
Springfield street, Boston, $4,000;
Hampton normal and agricultural in
stitute, Hampton, Va, $4,000; Tuske-
gee normal school, Tuskegee, Ala, Sl0,-
l.. of1
discharged COnvicts, Boston, $4,000;
Asylum and farm school for INDECENT
children, Thompson island, Boston, $10,-
900; Children's mission for children Of
destitute parents. fremont temple, Bos-
ton, $4,000; Boston lying-in hospital,
$4,000; Taunton hospital Taunton Sl0,-
900: Benevolent fraternity of churches,
Boston. 10000; Home for the aged,
Roxbury, $4,000; WashngtOnian home,
Boston, 80 000 Massachusetts infant
hospital, Jamaica Plain, $4,000; Uni
tartan church, ROXbury, $4,000; sailors
snug harbor Quincy, $4,000; Boston pi-
lots association, Boston, S25, 900; Bos-
ton dispensary, Bennett street, $4,000;
Jamaica Plain dispensary, $4,000.
The will is to be probated this week
in Suffolk county court. DR.. Frank =.
Billings is a prominent citizen of this
town, widely known for his high IN
tellectual ability and scientific discoV-
cries. In recent years, for recreation
the doctor has written several very
readable books, and about two years
ago one of his finest compositions, a
four hundred page book, How shail
the rich escape?' was entered on the
list Of books for the public library.
1t was interesting and instructive
the covers began to wear from inces-
SAINT use and all Of a sudden the book
was Withdrawn. This contemplate
trick on the part of the committee VIII
Indirectly cost the town 100000. Mr..
and Mrs. Billings intended to leave the
town 100000 to make a memorial,
their object being To establish special
college courses for the best young wo-
men graduates of the high school who
were orphans or daughters OF widows
unable to support them.
The only condition imposed was that
all who should take advantage OF the
endowment should attain a medium
rank in scholarship. But now all Is
changed. The town loses hne en-
dowment and a citizen of keen inter
est and scrupulous fidelity, as Mr.. Bill
lings intends to soon remove from
town.