Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-24
ATHRIFTY FRUIT MAN
BOSTON GREEK LEAVES MIL
LIONS FOR GOOD CAUSE.


Thlrty million eraehmas. In Amer
.ean mOaey ss,eoo,ooe has been be-
qaeathed TO phllanthF0py By man
who. so Tum0E says. was once engaged
in tho truit business IN Boston. The
sun rsaFssants The arssst aniauat ever
given al one time 70 pallantnFople
purposes in the history u the world.
The heEeizegor II AHdteas sygros ~
Athens. Greece. who died February IL.
The beneieetor had other relations
with American Interests, notably with
the chioopes mills al cAleanaas Mass.
whose goods Tor many years have been
exported 70 Constantine lie and IN east
era Europe have grown 10 BE- the eom-
mon articles u HaA In that paFt OF
the world America cotton goods i1ng
ago sgpplanted those % English make
In favor Il Vas 10 that liae Of bnsi-
ness that Andrsas sygFpa aiaAssei the
fortune. which. f0llDwirg the Greea
custom, be aoN lcaYes 70 his nation.
TIE money has bsea .sfl Tor building
and maintaining Schools. court houses.
] churches. hospitals ana dispenzArtss.
orphan snd lnfant asyiams. homes for
soldiers and sailors. Kitchens for the
poor % Athens. insaae Asylngns and
Tor the tnaintenanee % TIE musical An3
athletic clubs u AtAens ID constan-
tinopie. also, similar ph!isnthFupie In
siitntioRs are bensatsd b. his will. TO
his servants Be gives sums varying
from iioo GOO 20 his fayorigs Is 81. 90
iog each person Wh0 hat l.sn 10 Bis
service aFc Year,. ard s. 5ta 20 those
Nho had bsen employed ~ him less
Than i've years HIS greatest SIN 4 20
iAe Greek nation. 10 l. t5eo. 90 Tor
me erection Of public schools and court
hoeses, especially r. the provinces OUT
aide Of Athens. The Interest u boads.
The total sum % which = not set
known, Is given for the fnAtnlenAce o.
The schools The sum o. 1870 COO i
lei Tor the anelioTati1n o, the nrfsoas
OF Athens. In the win tbs t-agslgf
makes magnificent beqursts % the
royal family u Greece. bat thsse are
revoked 10 the eodieii. and there are
some Greeks IN Boston who thIEk that
+ sysos did no, like the ayt.tna. OF The
Ring dur!ag the re- var wiIh Tur.
Key The dsash % psilaalhr
turned the saoic cation insn
mourning The KIN ara ggsan wrrs
perSonal callers az the house o, woe
The public Offices % Athens wsre
closed. The royal families o. Eufops
We're notified Of the calamity By the
ministers and anbassadors in Atheaa
ne newspapers Inverted the column
rules on the day % Publishing the
news There was ualyrFHal maurnfnr
ne newspapers spoke az him A tbr
greatest man modern Greece has No.
duesd. The City. a daily newspspsr.
said; He bed a giranie mania FOR
anelioratlng the poor 81 the natis,
yet he was always ~ q practical mins
NO one ever sent away from him
empty handtd." lie vas born IN The
island Of Syros In tsgs. ana after al
tending the public schools Of hls na-
tive island be sent 20 Constantluopic
NAere ne. beeams connected With a
commercial hoase havinE large deal.
ings with American mercantile com.
panies. Il "a before his connection
with tho Consinntinople houses ina,
Tumor locates him In Amer!ca In the
fruit business in Boston. In 1855 no
returned to syroa and was elected TO
the Greek parliament He was the
ACKNOWLEDGED bensfactor Of all the
public philanthropics Of Greece In
1880 he gave Thsssaly the sum o, 1900
600 to improve the condition OF is
poor IL is estimated tha, altogether
during his lifetime he gave abou,
H.ooo.00O. The will IL a votuminnua
document. written in his own hand.
and containing many practical suKses-
Tons for the direction Of the executors
Of the VIII 10 carrying out his wishes.