Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-20

to tho Presbyterian Church erection and
Church Extension funds. John y. Rookie.
Teller added SlU. 90 10 the building fund Of
the Firth Avenue Baptist Church, and the
Church OF the Holy Communion obtained
an OF 81. COCOON
william O.. Park left 100000 TO Tr,n.
ity Church. Pittsburg. and IL was 70.
ported that J. A. Barnett OF McAlster
Oklo.. had given a similar sum to m.
churches OF his home town. William ~
Ewbanks Of Flushing, Long Island
e'ghty-hve years old, having becomo
weary of managing his real estate. value1
at 10000 gave It to ST. Georges Church
of that town, with the understanding the,
1t should make repairs and collect tle
rent for him until he died, when IL sbould
come into possession OF the income a.
we'll as the property. This consists Of =
business block. Miss Anna Mcnamara
of New York city. a laundress. died leav-
ing s2o.m to different city churches. Grace
Church received so, 600 by beauost of Rov
w. r. Huntington. its rector. who died
last year. John f. Wallace loft s751 ON
In n trust fund TO be divided between
the Cathedral Of 81. John the Divine $500.
UO and ST. Thomas Church H250.0UW I'd.
on the death of certain bencnclarics.
ART MUSEUMS ENRICHED.
,...
museums of art In the way of pictures
and money 1t is difficult to estimate. but
the value of reported penefactions Of this
nature is $4,000. A large part of this
amount went to tho Metropolitan Museum
of Art of this city. The largest single GIT
was the bequeath of John S. Kennedy of
81. 800, 20 to the museum.
1t was reported that the gift Of J. p.
Morgan to the collections IN the course
of the year exceeded in Waite $4,000
Mrs. Alexander Heyland on her death
left to the American Academy in Rome
for a home a villa on the old Aurelian
wall, valued at $4,000 Francis Lath-
rop, an artist. bequeathed his collection
of Japanese pictures. valued at moro
than $4,000, and an art library to tho
museum. Mrs. Russell Sage a few DAYS
ago bestowed upon It a collection of G5l
] 'W"''-'r' 'tlueu "
year included an endowment fund Of $751;
go for the purchase Of works by Ameri-
can artists. A. A. Ifealy gave a collec-
ton Of Sargeant's water colors valued at
500, n to the Museum OF the brooklyn IN
stitute Of Arts and Science.
Libraries ranked next 80 arr museums,
the specific reported gifts amounting .,
81. 95.1S6. There were Others troupe
with other requests in lump sums. As M
so many other fields Of benefacuon. job
s. Kennedy led the list with his beques
of $4,000 to the New York public III
but more than LOO libraries. came Sc
ond win a R'tt OK ss"IH lor ADDITION.
other of slg5 90 toward n library
Wellesley College. and suhscrintions %
5000 and 500 ~. respectively. for librar-
les for Howard and Wells Colleges. Nj
Carnegie also undertook the building of 20
library at Honolulu. which Will cost from
500 900 to 1900. John d. Rockefeller
gave 500. CO.. for the Memorial library Of
the University Of Chicago.
Research. especially that INTO the caus-
es of human disease. with the hope of
finding cures, Is attracting the attention
of men and women seeking TO give of their
wealth to some public use. Last year the
| total amount DeStOWeN upon research
work was $3.sm.no. OF Thu amount
George ,rooher SET asue l'ope'"s VIZ"
ed to be between 81 10000 and s., 10000
for cancer research. This he intrus.el
to Columbia University. Henry Phipps
added another $1,000 to that already
given 10 the Johns Hopkins university for
the study Of incipient insanity. John D..
Rockefeller gave sl.nnUo Tor the exter-
mination OF the hookworm disease.
.ee,r,
Young Mems and Young Women'S Chris
tan associations received money for
buildings approxiratinE S.J'.p" Mrs.
Russell Sage gave $4,000 10 the sailors
Branch in Brooklyn, and S4.uH fpr an
Army Branch at Fort slocum. New York.
w. w. Smith of ~Poughkcepsie gave n
building and property valued at S2f5 40 tc
the association OF that city. Alfred q.
sociation a building costing Nlo'-'. az "A
-. 80. "s.. $780,
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