Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-27
Belts MONEY To
ClVILlZE AFRICA.
Many Millions Also Set Aside for Char
ity by the Diamond
King

LONDON, July 21.-Six million dol
lars for the advancement of civilization
four million tor education and charity,
and large amount in land and art OBJ
jects for public purposes are included in
the dispositions made by the will of
Alfred Belt.
The value of The estate is variously
estimated at from $40,0OO,00O up to as
high as $2O0,OO0,0O0. A brother, Otto
Belt, gets the lions share, but large
tional, philanthropic, and charitable pur-
poses.
Electricity for Africa.
The largest individual bequest is &c.
100000 devoted to the construction of
railways, telegraphs, telephones, and
wireless telegraphs in Africa, and the
residue of the estate, real and personal,
is bequeathed absolutely to the de-
ceased's brother, Otto Belt.
To the London university he gives
1896, 700; to the University of Johannes
burg, $1,0O0,O00; for charitable and edu-
cational purposes in Rhodesia and neigh
boring territories, $1,OOO,OOO; to the
Rhodes university, Grahamstown. Cape
Colony, $125,O0O; to the Rhodes me-
mortal fund at Cape Town, $4,000;
to the Union Jack club of London, $780,
charity or education in the ,Transvaal,
100000; $4,000 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 Afri-
can millionaire, leaves the property
known as Borstler' s Jaeger, near Ham,
burg, to the city Of Hamburg, to be held
for the people. If this is not practicable,
the city is authorized to realize on the
property twenty years after Mr.. Belts
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 $3.50,
600, and 1000 shares at $3.50 each in
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-millionaire met the wife
of the latter. Their friendship was i'm
mediate, and continued until Belts death
four days ago. Bennett was 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.