Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-16
GOOD WORKS
 OF w. E. DODGE

The death of William E. Dodge at
 his summer home at Bar Harbor. I
 Maine recalls t mind the illustri-
 GUS past of the great philanthropis-
 Nowhere, outside of his immediate
 family and friends. was the demise
 of this true benefactor of men more genuinely the cause of sorrow than in Bisbee where he had ever been
 known as one of the most liberal of 1 givers to the city's welfare. | In he life and death of Mir. Dodge
 is one of the best examples of the path which should be followed by the rich and the poor alike. Though
 born an heir to great wealth, w. E. ! Dodge ever had the welfare of the
 poor in mind, and many are the in-
 oidents that may be recalled by those who were close to him in life
 which poir.ed out the true Chris tisn spirit, the ideal man and his un- selfish mind. -.
 II William E. Dodge was born in
 New York city seventy-one years
 ago. the son of William Earl Dodge.
 a pioneer metal merchant, to whose
 firm of Phelps-Dodge 6 Co.,, the son
 succeeded. He followed his fathers
 footsteps, not only in business life,
 but in good works. Mir. Dodge built
 at Columbia university, the s10O,0O0
 L-lilding called Earl Hall. in memory
 of William Earl Dodge III. He gave it into the hands of the Young Mems Christian association.
 Mr. Dodge was a Presbyterian. When Professor Briggs made his fa- nous declaration of religious belief that resulted in his departure from the Presbyterian faith. and the with drawal of Union Theological SeminG- ". where he taught, from the Presby- terian General Assembly, MT Dodge promptly took up the sword in his defense. He led a fund to endow Union Seminary with s5O,OOO, and gave to the institution valuable nor al support.
 MT. Dodge held that every wealthy man should set apart a large part of his income annually for the church. declaring that many men spent live times as much on horses as on the , uplifting of their fellow men. He called the pastors and congregations ] of the wealthier churches to account for what he thought was a want of l regard for the poorer classes, and for their display of wealth and fashion, He pointed cut that the Roman Cath olics cared for all classes alike. and I said that the Protestants must folio" | q rha hearts of the poor.
 Mir. Dodge was a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. to which he gave liberally. The paint 5 ing there entitled The Punishment of the Unjus Judge by Cambyses, ] by Peter Paul Rubens, was his git as are many other paintings and pieces of statuary.
 The first Y. NJ. c. A. building evei
 con structed for the exclusive use oi e soldiers was erected on Governor B Island in New York harbor by Mir Dodge. He gave to the r NJ C. A many thousands of dollars, founded
 a lectureship on "The Duties oi E Christian Citizenship" at Yale. gave ] handsomely to the Women's Hospital gave s25.OO0 toward the endowment ,f Cooper Union as a memorial tC Abram S Hewitt, and was enc of the f iacorporators and promoters finan cially of the Agricultural College at Poughkeepsie. unique among educa
 tional insti-rtions.
 MT. Dodge's private benefactaons
 are said to have been enormous 0 The worthy poor always found him
 ready with sympathy and ma'eriai
 help. which he dispensed wlSeiS L. and unostentatiously. lie was , member of many public institutions II and led many great public movements
 He was an oracle on financial prop lens. He was a director CT the
 United States Steel Corporation v (steel TrusO until i'll health forced him to resign. He was a trustee O. " Carnegie Institute at Washington
 president of the New Englani Soc: !. ety, chairman Of the committee oi = 100 on Indian Famine Keller, presi - dent of the Evangelical Union, mem 7 her of the National Commit'o" of AT - filtration. member of the Twehuetf , Cen uTy COmmltteS LII IAS ~
 churches of the Chamber Of com
 merce Union League club. Citizens Q Union. Historical Association, Aca le my of Sciences. Linnaean Society O c. New York, Historical Association n vice-president of the American Muse | nm of National History and mem ., Der of the Executive Committee ci 70 the New York Botanical Ga, lets
 NIT, Dodge's wife who SurV!Ve' A hin. was Miss Sarah Hoailey, dadSn Ia .,r of tho late president oe the Pans III ma railroad company. Mrs. Dodge I IF nr ,r,inent in temperance, charity ana ,1 church work. Their cnly son, VII
 liam Earl Dodge. 3d, died seYera ,+ years ago. He married Miss Harrl =. nan, daughter of Oliver Hartman r. he banker. Melissa Phelps Dodge n. mother of William Earl Dodge , 10 died in March last aged ninety-fou il years A statue of her husband
 whom she survived twenty years ,g stands in Herald Square.
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