The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-26

While enormous amounts Of money are being given to
educational Institutions attracting public attention
the amount given to charities is still greatly Of
that given to universities and colleges in most years al
though in 1898 nearly eleven million dollars were given to
Libraries and colleges and only five millions to charitable
not including missionary. funds. The charitable be
quests from thousands Of giveTs while those
aiona purposes are received generally in one or two
large lump sums. The Carnegie, Rockefeller and Leland
Stanford donations universities Libraries have swell
the educational total enormously in the last few years
The Rev. C. T. Ward, who has compiled statistics
this subject for many that it only within
the last few years that the educational bequess had
reached such large total "They are usually given"
says TO found some scholarship building professors
chair which perpetuates the name Of the gver AS a
matter Of fact when wealthy leads off, the others
likely follow, and expect to see many more large
educational bequests within the next few years When
people leave money to charities they generally leave to
those with which they familiar and they do not give
such large SIMS. college or a library offers many
think, solid investment and gives more tangible
result, and is TO continue useful
"he great majority of the important bequests from
the eastern states particularly New York and Massachu-
sets Among the cities New York easily leads all others
Philadelphia being net and Boston third though Cam
bridge Mass has very remarkable record for the size
Some of these beQuests mixed with other donations
in curious way. There is probably no in which
people show their oddities in their wills
long ago old lady Jersey who left fund
for the care of favoe cat and $500 to her church"
Dr D. k. Pearsons. who has given three million dol
lars away the last years and is planning dist
butte some five millions more has divided these sums
among struggling western colleges.
According to the Rev 9Ir Wards statistics the be
guests missionary objects have remained at nearly the
figure for the last four years that is
millions year although in 1893 there we're some pacu
lary large beQues which brought the total up four mil
lions
The charitable Sits show a steady increase, and
average for those four years at about millions
year The large sums which every now and then are
left by single benefactor charitable educational
object make the total for the very enormously each
season and consequently The statistics show an advance
by leaps and bounds and very gh years mixed with very
poor ones
The largest individual requests for all purposes in the
last four years have been from the estates of Mrs Anna r.
Aspinwsn Of Philadelphia s. oooo00 Henry l. Pierce Of
Boston. s30oo0oo Jacob Tome of Port Deposit Ind
S20ooooo; Thomas " Evans Of Paris. S4000ooo and
Daniel sharpe Ford Of Boston s2225009 Eleven other
beauests amounting 10 million each have occurred
during these four years The largest amount re
ceiyed by any one denomination during these years was
baptist total for 1893 Of sSoo5o0 though the Epsco
pal church. both 1892 and in 1898 received over ons
usilIon collars
Although the aggregate amount Of the requests fo-
the year 1898 which 1880 0oo shows decrease al
sIoooo the total for lSsS the gfs from rns
benefscors during 1899 amounted approximately ss7
NltiNlN Nllle 1888 can on4 slp" l@ial es-@tt
ts last class OF receipts Il that The fsshor
for giving away large Of money within the Ietms
of the owner IS becoming much more popular than th
time honoed way 81 holding on 10 money as long as pos
single The gifts from living people amounted to near
three tires much what received through wil
during 1893
The income Of charitable and missionary institutions
naturally drawn largely and indeed. principally from
their living supporters but educational Institutions hav
as general thing received more money through wills tha,
in other Lately. however the gifts Of Carnegie
Rockefeller Pesons. airs stanford and others have mad
many exceptions TO that rule.