The Saint Paul globe., 1903-02-14
MRS.APPLEBY BEGINS
A GREAT CHARITY
IN ST. PAUL
Daughter of the Late A. Fl.
Wilder Carries Out Intent
of Her Father and Estab-
fishes a Magnificent Fund
to Aid the Worthy Poor Of
st. Paul.

Most magnificent of all the charita-
BILE enterprises ever established in this
city is that provided for in the will of
Mrs. Cornelia Day Wilder Appleby
which was made public yesterday. To
be fully Comprehended and appreci-
ated in its true effect, this document
should be read in connection with the
last will and testament Of A. H. Will
der, the late lamented father of Mrs.
Appleby for in the disposition of that
portion of the estate over which she
had distributory control Mrs. Appleby
has followed the expressed and well
known desires and purposes of her
father.
In effect all of this portion of the es-
tate vii be converted into a fund, to
be known as "The Amherst H. Wilder
Charity" and to be dispensed for the
relief of the worthy poor of the city Of
St. Paul.
The value of Mrs. Appleby's estate
has been variously estimated, and at
the present time it's exact amount is
not known. An approximate idea Of
it's extent may be formed by a review
of the records in the administration Of
the estate of her father. It is found
that the inventory of the A. H. Wilder
estate aggregated $1,987 ,569.26. Under
the terms of the will one-third of the
entire property, after the fulfllment of
certain minor behests, was bequeathed
to the widow, Mrs. Fanny S. Wilder
Of the other two thirds, the testator
Willed one-half to his daughter, to be-
come hers in fee when she should at
tain the age of twenty eight years,
and the other half to be held in trust
as a life estate.
Dr.. AppIeby Gets $4,000 Year.
BY the terms of Mrs. AppIebys will,
she makes a bequest under which her
husband, DR.. T. E. w. Villiers Appleby,
is to receive annually the sum of $10,-
900; this annual sum is to be the fruits
or income from a certain portion Of
her estate set apart for his benefit.
The body or principal of this portion Of
her estate, after his death, is to be-
come part of the principal of the
fund which she has provided shall be
devoted to the aid and relief OF the
worthy poor, resident of ST. Paul,
Mimi. ,s.i
A certain portion Of her estate is. set
apart to provide an annual income
amounting to $125 per month, which
is to be paid over to her friend, Nancy
Mitchell. The body or principal of this
bequest also drops to the fund devoted
to the assistance Of the poor upona the
death of Nancy Mitchell.
She has also named in her will a
specific bequest for each of the follow
ing persons, respectively: Victor M.
Watkins, $4,000; Christian John
Schwartz, $4,000; j. GotHeb Schwartz,
$1,000; Caroline M. Beaumont, $1,000;
Charlotte L. G. Mead, $1,000 -y-.e
She wills to her husband a large
number of paintings and part of her
jewelry, all specified in detail, After
the specific bequeSts are provided for,
fr1Iit nf oil
the remainder of her property or life
estate therein to her mother, Fanny S.
Wilder, as long as her mother shall
live.
After making the above specific be-
quests, the wishes of Mrs. Appleby and
the noble purposes to which she has
devoted the great body of her estate
cannot be expressed more clearly or
more eloquently than by repeating in
substance the language of the will
She declares that all the remainder
Of her property, including the principal
or body of her estate, from which her
husband and her mother receive a life
interest, she gives and devotes to a
fund and endowment, to be used in
vested and managed and applied for
the relief and assistance Of the worthy
poor, resident of the city of ST. Paul.
Minnesota, and without regard or dis
elimination as to sex, color, age or re-
HglouS inclination or belief, of the
beneficiaries of the fund. This fund is
to be known and administered as 'The
Amherst H. Wilder Charity
Text of the Bequest.
81 will and direct the administra-
tors of said fund and charity, as soon
as they deem the same practicable
and advisable, to erect at some suita-
bic and reasonably central point in
said city of st. Paul a substantial
Administration building, in which and
from which, as headquarters, to carry
on and conduct the business opera
tions of administering and diSbursing
said charity and trust.
I'm directing the erection of said
Administration building, 1t is not my
intention to direct the erection Of a
home for said beneffciaries, or a hos
pital for their aid and relief, but I de-
sire said building to be the headuuar-
ters in which and from which to man
age and administer the business and
aqairs of said fund and charity, in
tending, however, that the size and
style and location of said building shall
conform to the dignity of this charity,
and the ambition and hope [ have for
its great good and usefulness to the
worthy poor, resident as herein named
i will and direct that in the erec-
ton of said Administration building in
some suitable manner there shall be
cut, or placed upon same, a tablet in
dicating to the public the character
and purpose of said building, and by
whom the charity is founded
ITO prevent public, partially public
and denominational hospitals and
charitable organizations and public Of
f1cials soliciting or competing for aid
and contributions from the administra-
tors of the fund and charity, I hereby
direct that no part or portion of said
fund or charity to paid to, or used by.
or in any manner be controlled by. or
delivered for disbursement to any such
hospital organization or officials, but
l will that the administration of said
fund and charity be at all times kent
Independent and free from all such
competition and entanglements.
Bars Politicians.
t"To the end that this fund and
charity may be kept at all times free
from all political influence, l hereby
will and direct that no city official. or
employee, and no county official or en-
ploye (judge of a court of record ex-
| cepted) shall at any time have any-
thing to do with the administration or
with the disbursement of all or anv
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