The evening times., 1900-01-01
THE GIFTS OF MILLIONS
The Last Year Notable for Many
Great Donations.
Mrs. Leland stanford Presents SIS
100000 to One University and
MrsPhcoBe Hearst Turns over Tlo'-
ooo. 900 to An0ther-Charity Gets
s..ooo.Ooo From Two Friends.

NEW YORK. Jan. Among all the
records Of the year 1899 not one stands out
so conSpicuously as that of the donations
and bequests for religious, educational
and charitable institutions. libraries, mu-
seums and galleries. and TO cities Tor pop
ular benefit and entertainment No pre-
yious year in the history Of this country
equaled il.
The aggregate thus bestowed is S'9,-
1885. as compared with S23,9is,s0O in
1898. $50 .6i2. .Sl4 in 1897. S33, ,670,i29 in 1895
S2S.e43.549 in 1925. and s19.557.116 in 1894
In the preparation of these statistics nc
record has been kept Of donations or be
quests OF less than $1,000.
OF the total amount for 1899 stated above
there was given to educational institutions
the extraordinary SUM of $55,S5l,Sl1, to
charities ST.. POS .676. to churches s2,992,
5eS 10 museums and arr galleries S2,6S6
500. and TO Libraries s. 0l2 200.
Following is a roli containing names ol
those who have made bequests or Gona-
lions amounting to SlC0,oo0 or over in
each ease.
Mrs. Leland Stanford, San Francisco, 10
stanford University. S2S.00o 0G0. Phoebe
Hearst. san Francisco. 10 University oi
California Sl0. .OJG C00; F. A. h. Widcner,
Philadelphia. TO charity, S2.eoeooo; James
N. Munyon Philadelphia. to charity s.,
0OO. .0ee: estate OF John Simmons, Boston,
for a female college. s. 000.ooo: Andrew
Carnegie 10 Pittsburg Library, SLI50oo0
r. D. Armour Chicago TO Armour Insti-
tute $50 600: Maxwell Someryille. Phila-
delphia. to University OF Pennsylvania,
$500 900: unknown donor. 10 Yale Cniyer-
sity, $500 coo: Lydia BradWeli. Peoria, III,
10 Bradley Polytechnic Institute; Samuel
Cupples, St Louis, 10 Washington Uni-
Yersity. Si0Q 600: Jacob Schim New York,
10 Harvard University. $35o.0oo; J. Pier
pont Morgan New York. TO charity. $3.50.
600: Edward Tuck. New York. to Dart
mouth College. SS00 000: J. d. Rockefeller
New York 10 Brown University. $3.50 600;
Crocker estate san Francisco. to charity
$50 GOO: j. D. Rockefeller. New York. tc
city OF Cleveland S225. GEO: +. II. Cooper
Chicago 10 charity 5000 600. Margaret 4
Kelley New York. to church. S200. .o00; II
l.. Higginsou. Boston. to Harvard Uniyer-
sity. $3.50 0e0: J. - Rockefeller. New York
TO Rochester Theological Seminary, $50,
O00: Pennsylvania steel Company, for a
school al SJeeltcn Pa. $4,000: John o.
Pnlsbury. Minneapolis to charity. $780,,
900: David Siinjon. Cincinnati TO Un1ver-
sity OF Cincinnati SlG0 09o: Z. G. Sim
mems. Kenosha Wis. for library. sl0o.-
900: \. Carnegie to Pennsylvania State
IniyCrSity Sl00. .UOG 4. Carnegie. to At
lanta Library. slo0 ON0. unknown donor q
Kansas Wesleyan University. Sl00.0OO II
{. Fahnestocl, New York. TO charity. Sl0o.-
coo, ! D. Rockefeller. New York. to Den.
nison College. &loG zoe; W. X. Vanderbilt
New York. 10 Vanderbilt University, 500,
o00: unknown donor 10 Princeton College
S100 aa0. estate Of Samuel Jones Phila
delphis. TO church. 100000; Mrs. ]. Z
Leggitt st. Louis. TO Washington Uni
versity s1o0 UeU: z. ). Converse. Maiden
Mass. 20 charity. slG0 .o00; William l.
Williams Richmond, Va. charity. $leo.ooe
The list Of edUca tiUnal institutions re
ceiyinc S-U6tl0 and upward follows.
Leland stanford Jr.. University. SIS
tta. 500. University of California. SleeGo.
,cU: Harvard University. S2.3Co, ,eor, Penn
syIAanis state University. Sl055. coo. Yal
University. $SSaCC0: Armour Institute
S75c pDo. University OF Washington, $3.50.
Hla- Bradley Polytechnic Institute. $500.
Gee. Massachusetts Institute Of TechnOlO
ey Si5n..U0. Princeton College. $3.50 coo
University OF Chicago $3.50 $40; Brow
Unircrsty. 1862 eco; Columbia Colleg,
sos 200. Dartmouth College $305 .0o9; Al
ma College. S22J. eco; University OF tn
City oi New York. $500 coo; New Tor
Teachers College. Se00. coo.
An Interesting feature Of this splendi
showing Of generosity is the amount con
1ribu5ed by Andrew Carnegie TO the organ
izatiOn OF libraries in various parts of tn
country. His gifts for this purpose amour
{. s. -.2 ZOO