The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-09
s79,OOO,OOO TOTAL
ROCKEFELLER GIFT
FUND OF GENERAL EDUCATION
INCREASED BY AMAZING GIFT
OF $s2 100000 is EXPECTED TO
REACH $5o,ooo,ooo.

New York, February S.-The fund of the
general education board. which was in
creased to $4,000 by the amazing gift
of $32OO0,000 by John d. Rockefeller, in
a lump sum yesterday, Is TO be raised
to s50,0O0 Co., according to the expectations
OF the members of the board. Tile adj
ditional donations are expected from other
rich men, friends of the Rockefellers who
are interested with him In his charitable
enterprises.
John d. Rockefeller's gifts to education
have now reached the great total of $7s,-
900, 600 distributed as follows:
Chicago university, s21,OooOOO; Rush
Medical college, 100000; other colleges.
(estimated), $lO,OOo,OoO; general education
board, original gift, $l0000,OO0; general
education board, new gift, $S2,OOO'OOO.
Other notable gifts to education include
those of Andrew Carnegie to different
institutions. about $2S, ,000, ,000 Mrs Le-
land Stanford, to Stanford university, ezo,-
OO0.OOO: Cecil Rhodes, Anglo-American
scholarship, $1O,000,000; p. A. Widener,
Memorial Training School for Crippled
Children. $1,000 O00 Stephen Girard, Gl-
rard college, $S,000,000; George Peapooy'
81 900. 600; William Marshall Rice, S60o'ooo;
Marshall ield 600, and ID. b. fayer-
weather, 100000.
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lowing her introduction to the archi-
tect. e,.,,,
II thought him very nice" she frankly
said TODAY land one day at Mr.. Nhlle
studio he said; Evelyn, will you marry
meT
II said, 4 don't know
"He asked me a second time, again l
said I don't know.
After leading the witness to tell in
chronological order of the incidents Oh
her wedding in Pittsburg, Mr.. Delmas
asked her if she had seen Stanford
White after her return to New York from
the honeymoon trip.
White Calls Her.
..T nassed him one day on Fifth avenue.
7 was in a cab and he saw me, and l
heard him say Evelyn just like tnat
And Mrs. Thaw raised her voice as II TO
call some one.
81 went back to our hotel and told Har-
ry and he said:
3" The dirty blackguard. He had no
right to speak to you The next time
/ saw him | was driving to DIR. Delavan's
office to have my throat treated. stan
ford White was also in cab. lie JUST
stared at me this time and stroked ms
r1o,stanche I turned into Thirty-third
street off Fifth avenue and as | allghted
at the doctors door, | saw White COM
ing. | rang the bell and the maid came
to the door and then l got so nervous l
fold her that | would come back again,
and I ran down the steps, got into the
cab and drove to the hotel, where l told
Harry what had happened. lie got very
excited and bit his nails.
These were only two instances Mrs.
Thaw said that she told her husband
THAT White had approached or attempt
ed to speak to her"
There was another great crowd in the
court room today with every available
bit of space being occupied The dramatic
thrills of the day before were not there,
however, and the crowd did not seem
loath to leave when adjournment was
taken at one hour earlier than usual.
Thaw Nervous.
Justice Fitzgerald took his place on the
bench at 1895 and Thaw was called to
the bar. The defendant for the first
time since the trial began had lost the
spring in his step, and instead of walk
ing briskly to his place at the table Of
his counsel, he moved hesistatingly and
looked constantly from left to right about
the court room.
The big crowd seemed to annoy him.
The palld face broke into faint smile
as the prisoner recognized his brother.
Edward Thaw, who was the only member
of the family in court.
call Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to the
stand" requested Mr.. Delmas of the
clerk.
When she appeared and took her place
In the big witness chair Mrs Thaw
was dressed precisely as on yesterday.
She was extremely pale and her lips
trembled vsibly as she replied to the first
simple question asked her by counsel
This was after Mr.. Delmas had stated
that before any oral testimony was taken
he would continue TO read the postscript
of the last letter offered in evidence yes
terday.
The letter was addressed to Attorney