Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

York city, the favorite charity of her
husband, and one to which he gave much
of his time as we'll as money. The VIII
lage of Turner, N Y. where the Harri-
man estate is located, received $31 600
from Mrs Hartman for the building OF
a new railroad station and for general
town betterment The, stipulation which
accompanied this gift was that the name
Turner should be changed to Hartman, a
condition which aroused a great deal of
discussion, but which was finally decided
in accordance with Mrs. Harriman's
wishes. In December Mrs Hartman gave
100000 to endow the chair of forest
management in the Yale School of For
estry in memory of her husband.
John A. Kasson, who died in Washing
ton. d. c.. in May. left 81. 100000 to main
tain the Protestant Episcopal cathedral
now being built in the District of Column
son endowment fund. and an interesting
phase of the gift is that Mr.. Kasson en-
phatically desires that no portion is to be
spent for mere ceremony or formal rites.
Frank B. Cotton of Brookline, Mass,
bequeathed his estate, amounting to
$1,O0O.O0O. to erect and support a trade
school for girls and women, and Martin
A Ryerson. president of the board of
trustees of the University of Chicago,
gave a similar amount to that institution
for a physical laboratory.
Thomas F. Ryan set aside 81, OOO, 600 for
the purchase of the sculptured master
pieces Of Rodin, which are to be pre-
scented to the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York. and Mrs Flora l.. Dot
er, widow of Andrew w. Doter of East
Orange, N. j.. left her million-dolfar es-
tate to the Tuskegee Institute.
A man who withholds his name offered
to one of the cOuntry's big life insurance
companies ninety acres of land Oiie value
of which is not given) and 100000 in
cash for the establishment of a sanitari-
UNI for the treatment of all employees of
the company who may be affected with
tuberculosis.
Horace B. Silliman. the textile manu-
facturer of Cohoes. N. Y, bequeathed
his entire estate of 81, 100000 to beneficent
purposes. One-half goes to William r.
the evangelist, to aid in conducting his
religious institution at Mortified, Mass,
and the other half is divided among COL
Ieges, missions, Presbyterian churches
in sums from $1,000 to $13, 600 each.
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder of
Christian Science. willed $1.OOO.OOO of her
estate to various Christian Science
churches and for the furtherance of the
work of that denomination. George L.
Fox. the Brooklyn lawyer. who died in
December. left $1.0OOO0O to Brooklyn So
cieties FOR the relief of crippled children
siderations of race, creed and color in
his benefactions. remembering all those
who seemed to be in trouble.
This splendid list Of million-dollar bene-
factions is completed by Mrs. Harriet
Coles of New York city. widow of John
B. Coles. The bulk Of her estate reverts
to the Female Guardian Society of New
York city. and the Presbyterian Hospital
of the same city receives $4,000 to found
bed in perpetuity.
The two largest givers in the class just
below the 81 100000 mark were Mrs. Mary
A. Mason of Pittsfield, Mass, and Miss
Martha r. Hunt, who died in Somerville
Mass, March ID. Mrs Mason willed her
eight-hundred and fifty-thousand-do dollar
estate to Great Darlington, Mass, direct
ing that $4,000 be used to build a hos
various other charities Of that place, in
Guiding the building of library.
A remarkable feature Of Mrs. Hunts
will. which disposes Of $SOOOO0, is
that although Miss Hunt was an invalid,
by her careful investment and remarkable
business ability she was able to quad
ripple the estate which was left her by
her father Miss Hunt, like Mrs. Mason,
distributed NeT wealth. among CQufCneS,
hospitals. homes for aged people, homes
for incurables, insane asylums and socie-
ties for the prevention of cruelty to chill
dren and animals.
The founder of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. Belden McAlpine, be-
queathed $SO0.OOO to various charities,
among them the Rochester Home for the
Friendiess, the Rochester Orphan Asy-
lum, the Association for the Relief of
Respectable Aged and INDECENT Females