The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-07-26
Belts MONEY TO
ClVIliZE AFRICA.
Many Millions Also Set Aside for Char
ity by the Diamond
King.

LONDON. Iuly 2l.--SiX million dol
lars for the advancement of civilization,
four million Tor education and charity,
and large amount IN Iaud and art OBJ
jects for public purposes are included in
the dispositions made by the VIII of
Alfred Bet.
The vaIIe of .he estate IL yariously
estimated ut from SIU,UOU,OUu up to as
high as S2UO,OOU,OUO. \ brother, otto
Belt, gets the lions share, but large
sums are bequcatcd Tor various educa-
tional. philanthropic, and charitable pur-
poses.
Electricity for Africa.
Tho largest -Adividual bcquest is So
100000 devoted to tue construction OF
railways, tclegraphs, telephones, and
wireless tcIcgraphS IN Africa. aud the
residue of the estate real and personal,
is bequeathed absolutely To the de-
ccaSed'S brother. otto Belt.
TO the London university he gives
$500, 600; to the University of Johannes
burg, Sl,UOO,OOO; for charitable aud edu-
cational purposes in khodesia and neigh
boring territories, Sl,OOOOOO; to the
Rhodes university, Grahamstown, Cape
Colony, $4,000; to the Rhodes me-
mortal fund at Cape Town, 100000;
to the Union Jack club of London, SoU,-
600; to Belts firm in South Africa, Tor
charity or education in the Transvaal,
500, 900; 10000 to Kimberly for the
same purpose; $4,000 to DR.. jameson,
now Premier of Cape Colony, for similar
purposes; to the Kings hospital and
Guys hospital, London, 100000 apiece,
and 100000 divided between Hamburg
and London for charity.
Hamburg's Large Share.
1t was announced today that the will
of the late Alfred Belt, the South Atri-
can millionaire, leaves the property
known as Borstler's Jaeger, near Ham
burg, to the city of Hamburg, to be held
for the people. II this is not practicable,
the city is authorized to realize on the
property twenty years after Mr.. Bet $
death and apply the proceeds TO chart
table purposes of the state of Hamburg,
the maintenance of the property to be
betrayed by the revenue from the hotel on
the property. The proceeds of the sale OF
the surplus timber is TO be devoted to
charitable or educational purposes.
The picture, by Sir Joshua Reynolds,
Of Lady Cockburn and Her Children"
is left to the British national gallery, and
Reynolds picture, mistress Boone and
Her Daughter" and other art treasures
are left to Berlin and Hamburg, and to
the College of Technology connected with
the London university, the sum of 500,
600, and 1000 shares at Sl2.oO each ID
the De Beers company are bequeathed.
Belt Cheated by Death.
The hidden romance of Alfred Belt,
revealed by his insurance policy, con-
Germs the wife of an invalid miner who
was thought to be dying, but who out
lived his rival. My intended wife, Eliza
beth Bennett Belt" made beneficiary Of
his insurance in the Equitable, was then,
and still is, the wife Of James l.. Ben
nett, though the BENEFITS have lived
apart for more than fifteen years
Early in the SOS, when both Belt and
Bennett were comparatively poor men,
the future multi-milionaire met the wife
of the latter. Their friendship was inn
mediate, and continued until Belts death
four days ago. Bennett was II Consump-
tive, and Mrs. Bennett promised TO
marry Belt when her husband should die.
But he did not die, and indeed has out.
lived the man who expected To wed his
widow Her son attended the Belt flu
neral Thursday.