Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-20
s. 100000 Yer The Beleft u
Brave Men Whs Risk Their
Lives in Rescue Of
Others
RELIEF CONDITIONS
Field Embraced Is the United
states and Canada and The
Waters Thereof

AEdssw Carnegie has soana anutheE
WAY to get rid Of his millions- sasar-
day ii was announced that The Pitts
berg n~lllionaire haa created . fund 81
s5.eeo.M for the benefit q the de-
peadsnss az those losing their lives ID
heroic etfor. ID save their fellow men.
or Tor the heroes themselves. II Injured
cnly. Prusssloa i also made fof
medals to ha given fl commemorative
Of heroic acts.
The endowment i to be kE0En a.
the Heroic Fund.r ard consists o!
bonds of the United States steel caT
pcrztioH. The trust ii placed u ne
hxacs Of . commission composed a
the following gentlemen:
Charles u Taylor. chairman: Edwin
III. Anderson. -. w. Blackburn. "a.
ward II. BIgeloT. Joseph Burlington,
William N. Frey. Rev. w. ]. Holland.
John n jackson. Thomas Lynch,
Charles G. MeIlor. r. y. Miller, Thorn
n Morrison. Frederick G. Perkins.
Robert Pitcairn, II. Kirk Porter. james
il. Reed, ". Il Seattle. William Scott.
". III Stevenson. r. NJ. wflmot secre-
tary.
The commission held It's first meet
ing In Philadelphia Saturday and
made known the project The scheme
was conceived BY Mr.. Carnegie imme-
dIately after the Harwick mine disas-
ter. when he summoned to New York
Charles L. Taylor. chairman, and y. NJ,
wilmot, manager Of the Andrew Car
nezie relief fund, to discuss with them
plans for the relief of the sufferers
from this catastrophe. On this coca
xloa NJ. Carnegie announced 10 Mes.
srs. Taylor and wiimot his attention
to endow q fund for heroes, outlined
his plans and asked that they consider
the project and write him rcgardirg
e. making such suggestions and giying
such instructions as might occur to
them. This they did. AMI on March
IL. Just before his departure FOR Eu'
rope. Mr.. Carnegie Forwarded a Let,
ter 10 Mr.. Taylor announcing his plan
and stating that the certificate OF The
bonds had been placed In his hands.
Conditions Of Relief.
In a letter to the hero fund commits
sion. Mr.. Carnegie outlined the gen
eral scheme Of the fund which in hil
own words IS to place those foliowIn:
peaceful vacations. who have been IN
jnred In heroic effort to save human
life. In somewhat better positions be
cuniarily than before. until again abl,
TO work. Ia case Of death the widow
aud children or other dependents |,
be provided for--the widow. until shl
Is remarked, and the children unit
they reach a self supporting age
For exceptional children. ~exceptiopa
grants made for exceptional education
Grants Of sums OF money may alsi
be made 10 heroes or heroines as tn
committee thinks advisable each cas-
TO be judged on It's merits"
II Is provided that no grant Is 10 3
continued unles II be soberly an
properly used and the recipients :,
main respectable. well behaved men
bers OF the community.
A medal shall be given TO the hero
widow or next Of kin. which shall =
cite the heroic deed Il commemorate
The medal shall be given for The h
roic act. even n the doer Is unin!urci
and also a sum Of money. should II
commission deem such gift desirabI
Mr.. Carnegie warns the commlssic
against the danger OF interference
conflict with the pension funds for m
nicipal employees that exist in mar
cities. and urges 4 10 act in harmon
with such funds. This. az il the cai
with all the details OF the funds a
ministered, Is IN 70 the administr
ton.
The claims upon the funds for son
years annot exhaust II. After year
however. pensioners VIII become nur
erous. Should the commission find
ter allowing literally for this. that
surplus win remain. II has power
make grants in case Of accidents (pi
ferrably where the hero has appeare,
TO those injured.
Extended 70 Sailors.
Forcseeing the probability that Z
les and employers On this contine
will ultimately be placed under sil
liar conditions 70 those Of British. q
man and other European states, a
required % provide agalnst aeciden