The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-01

NEW YORK Jan Among all the
records Of the year 1899 not one stands out
so conSpicuously as that of the donations
and requests for religious, educational,
and charitabIe institutions. libraries. mu-
seums and galleries. and to cities FOR pop
ular benefit and entertainment No pre-
yious year in the history Of this country
cQualcd it.
The aggregate thus bestowed is $50
1885 as compared with S23 9i9. 800 in
1898. 500 .6i2.Sli in 1897. S33, 675.129 in 1895.
S2S,9l2.5i9 in 1925. and SI9.56T115 in 1894.
In the preparation of these statistics no
record has been kept OF donations or be
quests al less than $1,000.
OF the total amount for 1909 stated above
there was given to educational institutions
the extraordinary sum of $55.S5iS17. to
charities SIS. 206. sc. to churches S2,992,
5e3. TO museums and ara galleries $3.50
500. and to libraries SJ.Ol2. 100.
Following is q roll containing names Of
those who have made requests or Gona-
uons amounting TO 100000 or over in
each case.
Mrs Leland Stanford. san Francisco. to
stanford University $4,000 600: Phoebe
Hearst. san Francisco to University Of
California. $40 .OG0 COO: T. A. B. Widener.
Philadelphia. to charity, $1,000 600; James
~ MUnyon Philadelphia. to charity. 81
600 600; estate OF John simmons Boston,
for female college. s. 600 geo; Andrew
Carnegie 90 Pittsburg Library. SI.75O.OOO;
+. ID. Armour Chicago. to Armour Insti-
tute. $3.50 600; Maxwell SomerviIle. Phila-
delphia. TO University of Pennsylvania.
$500, 900; unknown donor. 10 Yale Uuiyer-
sity. $500 600: Lydia Bradwen. Peoria ILL.,
10 Bradley Polytechnic Institute; Samuel
Cupples, St Louis. to Washington Uni
versity. 500 600: Jacob Schin. New York,
TO Harvard University. $3.50 600; J. Pier
pont Morgan, New York. TO charity S3j0.-
900, Edward Tuck New York to Dart
mouth College $500 900: J. d. Rockefeller.
New York TO Brown University $3.50. 600;
Croker estate. San Francisco. to charity.
$4,000 j. d.. Rockefeller New York. to
city OF Cleveland S22j 600: +. II. Cooper.
Chicago. to charity. $500. 900: Margaret A.
Kelley. New York 10 church 5000 GOO; II.
l.. HiEgiusou. Boston. to Harvard Univer-
Sity, $50 geo, !. ID. Rockefeller, New York.
to Rochester Theological Seminary, $780,
900: Pennsylvania steel Company. for a
school at StooltCB Pa. Si25 900. John o.
PillsbUry. Minneapolis. TO charity. $780,
900; David Sjinjon. Cincinnati. to UnIvcr-
sity or Cincinnati. 100000; z. c. Sim
mons. Kenosha Wis, for library. slO0.-
900; \. Carnegie TO Pennsylvania state
University. 500. 600 4. Carnegie TO At
lauta Library. 500 600: unknown donor. 70
Kansas Wesleyan Uuivcrsitv. 800 900. II.
G. Fahuestocl,, New York, TO charity, $i0o,-
coo; j. ID. Rockefeller. New York. to Den
nison College, $500 600; W. X. Vanderbilt
New York. 90 Vanderbilt University. 500
600: unknown donor. 10 Princeton College
800 hJ0- estate OF Samuel Jones. PhiIa-
delphia. 90 church. $780, coo: Mrs J. Z
Leggiu. st. Louis 10 Washington Uni
yersiry 100000; T. S. Converse. Maiden
Mass Co charity. 500 coo. William l..
Williams. Richmond. Va. charity 800 O00
The list Of educational institutions rc-
Ceiying S-U0.ll0 aud upward follows.
Leland stanford Jr. University. SOS
100000, University of California. $40. Gee. -
600. Harvard University. g. 500 coo. Penn
syl,'uis state University. SL0J5. COO: Yale
University. SSS9.Cc0; Armour Institute.
5rpop. University OF Washington $3.50 r.
600. Bradley Polytechnic Institute. $500
tIr- Massachusetts Institute Of TechnoIo-
gy S5u,U0; Princeton College. 1890 coo;
University OF Chicago. $3.50 $40. Brown
University. 1852 eco. Columbia College.
S"nN-r". Dartmouth College. 1905 900; Al
ma College. S225oC0; University Of the
City of New York. $500 600. New York
Teachers College. 100000
An Interesting feature of this splendid
showing or generosity is the amount con-
iribu5cd by Andrew Carnegie TO the organ
ization OF Libraries In various parts of the
country. His gifts for this purpose amount
10 So ZOO