Evening star., 1906-03-15
No. 16,608.

Noyes A r. Shepherd and George w.
Adams in the purchase of the washington
Evening Star. For the last twenty years
he has been president of The Evening Star
Newspaper Company.
Mr.. Kaufman was one of the founders
of the American Newspaper Publishers As
sociatinn and for three terms its presi-
dent. He has been consistent and stead
fast advocate of conservative Journalism
proud of the profession. sensible of Its
responsibilities, jealous of it's honor and en-
tertaining always a warm sympathy for
worthy workers in it's ranks He depiored
and deprecated sehsatonaiism in any form
of the newspaper of which he was part
owner in maintaining its reputation for
probity and conservatism.
Fer many years Mr. Kauffnann was
member of the board of visitors of the Gov
ernment Hospital for the Insane, and took
an active interest in the development of
that institution. He was a warm supporter
OF Gov. Shepherd in his efforts to improve
and Eeautify The national capital and was
a director in several financial institutions
he was director In the Columbia Ma
tional Bank. the National Safe Deposit,
Savings and Trust Company of the District
or Columbia, and the Franklin Insurance
Company, and president of the National
tire insurance Company and member of
the Board of Trade. He was always inter-
ested in every movement that looked to
the Improvement of Washington and the
betterment of its people
During all his. residence at the capital he
has been interested in art and science. He
was the first person to suggest and per-
sistently urge the establishment of the
National Museum, which contains one of
the most important and interesting collec-
tions of its class in existence. He stimu-
lated the interest of public men and Con-
gress in the project and watched its rapid
development with constant qualification,
living to see it far exceed the most ex-
travagant expectations of its original we'll
wshers.
Mr.. Kaufman was fond of travel and
has visited the principal countries of
Europe, Asia and Africa, Japan. the
Hawaiian Islands and Alaska His writ
ings were mainly of an editorial character.
and in the form of correspondence for his
paper while travelling.
Interested in Art.
He was actively interested in art, and his
judgment of works of art was held in
highest esteem. In 1881 he became a trus-
tee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in
Washington. and has been president of that
institution since 1894. He was regarded
as probably the highest authority on eques-
trian statues in America, and at the time
his health failed was contemplating writ
ing a work equestrian statues of the
world for which he had collected much
material.
Mr. Kauffmanns residence on Massachu-
setts avenue contains one of the finest pri-
vatc art collections in Washington, gath
cred by him in the past thirty years in
Europe and America. He was notable
patron of American genius and 4 friend OF
struggling artists.
His Washington home also contains a
very extensive library. which he had built
up with utmost discrimination and careful
selection. He ransacked the book shops of
Europe for rare volumes and his collection
is well balanced in It's assembling OF stand
ard works of general literature. science,
art, travel, biography and history. He
books on the art of printing.
He was member of the Philosophical
Society the Anthropological Society, Co
lumbla Historical Society, the Literary So
ciety the Washington National Monument
Society and the National Geographic Society
of Washington, the Shakespeare Society,
National Sculpture Society of New York;