Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-06
Made to Religious, Educational and Charitable
 Institutions
J. s. KENNEDY WILL FILED FOR PROBATE
The Gift is the Largest Single Contribution of Its Kind Ever Made in my Country -Reneficaries, 1ixty in AL are Located North, South, East and West in this Country, and One broad.

and Surgical hospital, Bar Harbor, $5. 900: St. Andrews society of the state of New York, $20,000.
 Gifts of s1o,ooo Each.
 The sum of $1O,OO0 is given to each of the following:
 Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital, New York; New York Orthopaedic dis pensary; Home for Incurables, Ford ham, New York; New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptpred and Grip pied; New York Charity Organization society: New York Association for Im- proving the Condition of the Poor; New York Children's Aid society; New York State Charities Aid association; Alumni Association of Nurses, Pres byterian hospital, New York.
 Preface to the Will.
 Tine long list of gifts is prefaced in the will by this brief paragraph:
 Having been greatly prospered in the business which I carried on for more than thirty years in this, my adopted country. and being desirous of leaving some expression of my sympa thy with it's religious, charitable, be- nevolent and educational institutions, make these gifts"
 The Executors.
 The executors of the will are: Emma B. Kennedy. William Stuart Tod, Rob ert Eliot Tod. and Robert w. DeFor- est. Mrs. Kennedy is his widow, Will liam $. Tod and Robert E. Tod are nephews. and MT. DeForest is a life long friend of Mir. Kennedy.
 Mrs. Kennedy's Share.
 Mrs. Kennedy. besides receiving the million dollar New York residence, the summer home at Bar Harbor. Me, and the bankers valuable library and art collections. also inherits under the terms of the will s1,000.0 900 in cash and a $12, ,000, 900 share in the residuary es- tate.
 To Relatives and Friends.
 To relatives, bequests of from $10,- 900 to S250,000 each are made, while a share of the residuary estate valued at about $12,750,0 ,0O0 is to be divided among them. Among the friends and employees who are to be remembered, Stephen Baker for many years Mir. Kennedy's private secretary, receives $50,000.. and the. wife of the Rev. A. F. Schauffler gets s1OO,000. Lived Unostentatiously, Gave Quietly.
 Mir. Kennedy. whose death on Sun day had only comparatively brief comment by the press, was one of the philanthropists whose gifts, though measured in millions, were made with as little publicity as possible. As he gave quietly. so he lived, unostenta- tiously Besides being a. banker. he was one of the country's chief builders of railroads, a patron of art and edu- cation, and, in his own unobtrusive way, one of New York's foremost ad- vocates of scientifically organized charity His name obtained a fleet ing public mention 8 short time ago when the publication of lists showing the principal shareholders of American railways, showed him the owner of $1G000.000 of Northern Pacific and $7,0OOOO0 of Great Northern. Many of Ills Benefactions Never Made
 Public.
 Many of his great benefactions prob ably never were made public. but he figured in recent years as the giver of the $S00,000 home for the United Char ities of this city, of $1,000,000 to the Presbyterian hospital, of $250,0 to the School of Philanthropy, and of $500 900 to Columbia university, and of $400.000 to a nurses home for the Presbyterian hospital.
 Few Had Little Idea as to His Real
 Wealth.
 Many even among the well inform ed, had little idea as to the real wealth of the retired banker. Early this year, an interviewer was sent to the bank CTS house on his birthday to ask if he had any million dollar gifts to an- nounce in honor of his anniversary. No, sir" exclaimed MT. Kennedy. with true Scotch sobriety, I'm giving no money away today. It pretty near ly cleaned me out when gave that fund to the hospital last October"
 On Wall street, MT. Kennedy had the reputation of keeping the largest cash balance in his bank accounts of any New York fnancier.