The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-11-26
KENNEDY'S BIC
BENEF ACTIONS
BANKER GAVE $3o,ooo,ooo TO PUB.
Lie INSTITUTIONS.
LARGE SHARE FOR EDUCATION

Charity Also Provided For by New
York Finanoier In Supposedly Great.
est Bequest Ever Made In the United
statos-Millions Also For Relatives,
Friends and Servants.
About half OF the S60.OOO,OOO estate
left by the late John Stewart Kennedy
OF New York, the banker and railroad
builder, who recently died after Il
short attack OF whooping cough, which
followed n prolonged and aggravated
cold, 1t now transplres will go to char
ity, schools, colleges and institutions in
many parts OF the world having been
remembered In the will
The bequest to charity Is said to be
the largest ever made in the United
States. and before he died Mr.. Ken
nedy had contributed largely to mis-
sions and church work. Onefourth
Of his great estate goes to his widow.
Emma Il. Kennedy. and the remaining
S15,00O.00O will be divided among rela-
tlves, friends and servants. The be-
quests TO public institutions. as item.
lied by Mr. Kennedy himself, are as
follows:
s2,3OOoo
Columbia university
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Presbyterian hospital, New York Public
library Astor LenoX and Tilden founda.
tions.
Board of foreign missions of the Pres.
byterian church in the United States OF
America.
Board of home missions OF the Presby-
terian church.
Board of church erection fund OF the
general assembly OF the Presbyterian
church
$15OO.OOO
Church extension committee of the pres
bytery of New York
United Charities, a corporation OF the
state of New York
Robert college OF Constantinople, Tur.
key.
S75OO0O
The Presbyterian board of aid for col
leges and academies.
The American Bible society.
New York university.
The Charity Organization Society of the
City of New York. for its School of PHI
lanthropy.
The president and fellows of Yale col.
lege in New Haven
The trustees of Amherst college, Am
herst. M.sl
The president and trustees of williams
college. Williamstown, Mass.
The trustees OF Dartmouth college Han
over. N. ii.
The president and trustees OF Bowdoin
college. Brunswick Me-
The trustees of Hamilton college, Clin.
ton, Oneida county. n. Y.
The University of Glasgow, Scotland.
N hnrn ,fn,, z1..-l
came to this country.
The trustees of the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial institute. Tuskegee, Ala.
of which Booker T. Washington is now
president.
The trustees of the Hampton Normal
School and Agricultural institute. located
at Hampton. Va.
Lafayette college. at Easton, Pa.
Oberlin college, at Oberlin o.
Wellesley college, at Wellesley. Mass.
Barnard College For Women. New York
Teachers college, New York.
Elmira College For Women. Elmra
N. Y.
Mortified seminary. Northfield Mass
Anatolia college, at Marsovan. Turkey
through the American board of foreign
missions.
Berea college, Kentucky.
$4,000
Presbyterian board of relief for disabled
ministers, to form part of the permanent
fund OF $l.0OO.O00 proposed to be raised for
said board.
$4,000
Lake Forest university. at Lake Forest
Ill.
Center college, at Danvire. Ky.
Syrian Protestant college. at Beirut
Syria.
New York lnfirmary For Women and
Children.
$4,000.
American school at Smyrna, Turkey.
National Academy of Design.
Cooper Union.
New York City Mission and Tract So
ciety.
st. Andrews Society of the State OF
New York.
$4,000
Presbyterian board of relief for disabled
ministers and the widows and orphans of
deceased ministers. TO be applied to the
Ministers House at Perth Amboy, N j.
Presbyterian Home For Aged Women.
in East Seventy-third street. New York
city.
Board of missions for freedmen of the
Presbyterian church in the United States.
The Bible House of Constantnople, Tur-
key
The New York Bible society.
Young Mems Christian association OF
the city of New York
Young Womens Christian association
OF the city or New York.
Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital.
New York Orthopedic dspensary. l26
East Seventy-ninth street
New York Society For the Relief of the
Ruptured and Crippled, Forty-second
street
Charity Organization Society OF the City
of New York
Association For Improving the CondI-
tion of the Poor,
Childrens Aid society.
The STATE Charities Aid association.
The Alumnae association of the Presby-
terian hospital
5000
Bar Harbor Medical and Surgical hos
pital Bar llarbor, Me.
Mr.. Kennedy's relatives in Scotland.
two brothers and the children of de-
ceased brother, receive legacies vary
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 each.
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