The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-21

sickness, etc., passed upon by c. vi
Reed, Peter Johnson and Harry
Adler.
To the city of Peru is bequeathed
the strip of ground formerly occu-
pied by the Wabash and Erie canal
SO far as the same adjoins the Peru
city park, with the request that the
same be used for lagoon purposes
in connection with the park.
Sum for Peru Y. M. c. A.
To the Peru Y. M. C. A. is given
the sum of 500 to be used toward
the installation of a swimming pool.
Item ii of the will mentions the
purchase of lot No. 8 and part of
lot No. Z of Runyan's addition, upon
which has been erected a new city
hospital. Mr.. Dukes provides that
the completion of the structure shall
not be delayed by his death and
that Architect E. N. Lamm continue
in full charge of the erection and
completion of the structure. The hos.
pital is to be conveyed by deed to a
board of trustees, consisting of ff-
teen residents of the city, who shall
incorporate as hospital association
to conduct the same. The trustees
are to be elected by the official and
governing bodies of each of the or
ganiZed Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish congregations of the city, and
the remaining members of the board
to be named by the trustees of the
First Presbyterian church. The
hospital is to be open to all citizens
and be non-sectarian and non-polti-
cal. In the event of the hospital
sum of $500 is set aside for the
erection of cottage on the grounds
to be used by the attendants.
For the Hospital Trustees.
1t is further provided that capt.
tai stock of the value of $4,000 be
deposited with the company to be
paid to the hospital trustees for the
purpose of endowing the hospital.
The remainder of the property of all
description is given to the widow,
Mary Rose Dukes, and out of her
estate she is requested to make an
nual allowances to the associated
charities, the Foreign Missionary So
ciety, the American Sunday School
union and the Presbyterian board
of relief for disabled ministers. At
the death of Mary Rose Dukes it is
the wish of Mr.. Dukes that the sum
of $4,000 be given from the estate
to Nellie B. Thompson, and the re-
mainder of the property to the
nephews and nieces of decedent.
John Unger and the widow are
named as executor and eXecutriX of
the will to serve without bond or
making report to court. Attorneys
N. N. Antrim and w. B. McClintic
are retained as the legal advisors
of the estate. 1t is devised that as
soon as possible when deemed eX-
pedient training school shall be
established and conducted in connec-
ton with the hospital.
vi. w llIdTu JOudy HUN
Peru, Ind, where he went to attend
the funeral of the late A. N. Dukes.
Mr.. Willard states that Mr.. Dukes
was held in the highest esteem by
the people of Peru. The funeral
services were largely attended, and
hundreds of people stood with bow
ed heads as the funeral cortege
passed along the street en- route to
the cemetery
The floral offerings were many
and beautiful. The handsomest was
sent by the 800 men who are en-
ployed by the manufacturing COM
pany of which Mr.. Dukes was vice
president. 1t was a mammoth
floral piece-"Gates Ajar," surmount-
ed with white dove, the latter en-
blematic of the life of Mr.. Dukes,
who always was peacemaker. The
men in the factory loved him and
their fitting token of appreciation of
his many acts of kindness to them
created no end of favorable COM
ment from those who attended the
obsequies.