St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-20
GENERAL NEWS.
Andrew Cnrnegie's s5.OOO.OOO Gift

Europe. lust before his departure he
told of his retirement from business IN
farewell letter to the people OF Pittsburg,
in which he tells of resolve made IN
youth to retire before old age. He says;
"The fathers in olden days taught that
a man should have time before the end
of his career for the making Of his soul
l have always felt that old age should be
spent not, as the Scotch say in making
mickle mair,' but in making good use
of what has been acquired, and | hope
my friends of Pittsburg will approve OF
my action in retiring while still in full
health and vigor; and l can reasonably
expect many years for usefulness i'll fields
which have other than personal aims. )"
In another letter he states that he has
made gift of S. 100000 to interests in
Pittsburg and neighborhood. Hereto
fore Mr. Carnegie has given no large
sums of money for anything but public
libraries and church organs. In his lat
est benefaction be donates $4,O00,00O
to an unusual purpose-a pension fund
for employees of the Carnegie Company.
Mr.. Carnegie has been criticised by some
persons in Pittsburg for building only
libraries and not establishing hospital
for the employees hurt at the Carnegie
works, although the company has al
ways paid for the care Of its wounded at
other hospitals. No criticism of his lat
est gift is expected. This benefaction is
by far the the largest of the many Gre
ated by Mr.. Carnegie, and is probably
without a parallel anywhere in the
world. This fund will in no wise inter-
fere with the continuance of the savings
fund, established by the company fifteen
years ago for the benefit OF its employees.
In this latter fund nearly So, 100000 OF
the employees savings are on deposit, on
which the company by contract pays
per cent and lends money to the work
men to build their own homes.
After Mr.. Carnegie sailed it was made
public that be had offered to give SIS 000,-
900 to New York city for the purpose of
building sixty-6ve branch public libra
ries, to be operated in connection with
| the general public library now building
at Fifth avenue and Forty second street.
| He has made the formal offer Of the
money to the trustees OF the New York
Public Library, Aston, Lenox aud Tilden
| foundations, through its director, DR..
John S. Billings. The only conditions
imposed by Mr.. Carnegie are that the
city shall furnish the sites for the build
ings and that provision be made for the
maintenance of the libraries.
1t is now thought that Pittsburg is to
receive the greatest gift OF all from the
great philanthropist. His intimate
friends say that it is his intention to give
at least $25 100000 tor the erection OF
buildings and for the endowment of the
proposed technical school of Pittsburg.
1t is also declared by those who have
talked with Mr.. Carnegie, that he in
tends to make his school the finest ofits
kind in the world, and that it will lend
as much fame to Pittsburg on the theo-
retical side of iron and steel making as
his famous works have done in actual
practice. 1t is also stated that Mr.. Car
negie had offered to give 100000, 900
to st. Louis for a library if the city
would furnish the site and guarantee a
fund of $50, 900 yearly for the mainte-
nance OF the institution. The site has
already been selected. Something of
what may be expected in this line in the
future may be gathered from the answer
Mr.. Carnegie made, just before sailing
for Europe, to an inquiry as to how
much money he had given and expected
to give for endowing public libraries.
ooh, ask me that ten years from now"
he said. perhaps / can tell you then.
have only just begun this library bust
ness"
The Claims Against Turkey.
The American claims against Turkey
for missionary property destroyed dur
ing the Armenian troubles have again
been brought to the front. Instructions
have been sent to John G. A. Leishman
the new American minister at Constants
nople, to renew the pressure on the Sui
tan and his Ministers to pay the indem
J nifty claimed by the United States. Mr.
. Leishman will be the toIrth American
minister at the court of the Sultan to in
) sist that this indemnity be paid. The
: first was Mr.. Terrell of Texas, under
President Cleveland, and the others. Mr.
Angel of Michigan and Mr.. Straus o
New York, under the Mckinley admins
5 tration. Mr.. Straus obtained from The
| Sultan a promise that the indemnity
amounting to between 100000 anc
500 900, would be forthcoming.
: Several calls for the money were made
! but no definite reply could be got from
the Sultan's government. Then CAM
| the visit of the battleship Kentucky t.
= SMYRNA, on her way to Manila, and tn
4 alarm of the Turkish authorities wh(
S made haste to announce that the indem
} nifty would be included in the payment
S to the Cramps of Philadelphia for ;
t cruiser which they contracted to builC
. for the Turkish navy. But the demand
S of the United States were not satisfied ii
n that or any other way and the state de
= partment wants Mr.. Leishman to tr.
his hand with the Sultan.
+ Newspaper Mans Millions for Hospital
The will of the late State Senator
l. L. Magee of Pittsburg, Pa, was mad
Y public Friday. The document does no
: Indicate the value of the estate, but clos
T. friends estimate it at between 81, 500,
: 900 and 100000, the bulk of whicl
i will ultimately reach the fund for tn
e establishment of hospital which MI
j. Magee directed shall be erected in mem
IS DRY of bis other. All of his brother
and his sisters are substantially remen
4 bered. Several friends and all of his sci
; wants are cared for and his wife is give
a, the income of his residuary estate. A
h her death the entire residuary estate wi
revert to the hospital.
To each of his co-workers on til
T.. Times, Henry Hall, Morgan E. Cab
IL and Stephen OuinOu he gives 100 share