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

tain upon Belle Isle which should be a
life-sized statue of himself and bear his
name.
]. c. Trees of Pittsburg gave 500, 900 to
the Western University of Pttsburg. Pa,
for stadium and gymnasium. Mr.. Trees
was graduated from this institution in
1893. and declares that he owes his wealth
to foot ball and wishes thus to show his
appreciation to his university.
Miss Anna Melazina Spring of New
York city, who is the last surviving
grandchiId of Ebenezer Denny, the first
mayor of Pittsburg, presented a twenty
five-acre park surrounding the old Denny
mansion of that place. to be used for
clubhOuses where the boys and girls of
Pittsburg may be given patriotic educa-
ton. The value of this gift is estimated
at $5OO,OO0.
A gift of 100000 to Dartmouth College
from Edward Tuck of the class of 1862
makes a total of more than 81 ,OO0, 900
given by Mr.. Tuck to this institution in
the last ten years. New York city COM
pleted it's subscription of $500,OOO appor-
toned to it for the $2.UOO,OOO endowment
fund of the American Red Cross Society
Mrs. Emma Flower Taylor, daughter of
the late Roswell p. Flower, once Gov
ernor of New York. erected at Water
town, N. Y, library valued at half a
million dollars and parish house worth
$4,000
Mrs. c. p. Huntington presented to, the
Hispanic Society of America Velasquez's
famous portrait of the Duke of Olivares,
which was purchased by her a year ago
for the sum of S4GO,Ot)0 James X Polk
Taylor, former slave, seventy-one years
old. and his wife gave $50 acres of land
near Colorado Springs to the Charles
Sumner Tuberculosis Association as a
site for sanitarium for negroes The
value of this gift is over 100000.
Through gift of $230,O0O by Mrs. A. d.
Juilliard of New York city the West Side
Young Mems Christian Association of
New York will erect new dOrmitories.
Among other givers in this class We're
the late Arthur Hill. regent of the Uni
versity of Michigan. who left $40. 600:
G. w. Post of Battle Creek Mich, S4OO,
go for home for widows and orphans;
Mrs. Hoke Russell of Providence r. t.
$3.50. 900 to various Rhode Island charities:
Thomas l.. Adds of New Haven. Conn.,
left his property. valued at 1876, 600, to
New England hospitals and orphan asy-
lums; an anonymous New Yorker gave
500 600 to Columbia University for
school Of philosophy; James a. Patten of
Chicago parted with $325.GO for chair
in the Northwestern Medical School for
the study of tuberculosis: Mrs. r. G.
Dun, widow of the founder of the Dun
commercial agency, left her collection of
paintings, valued at $4,000. to the Met
ropolitan Museum of Art and $4,000 to
orphan asyIums, and Alexander Smith
Cochran Of Yonkers bequeatIled $3.50. 600
for tuberculosis hospital
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt gave $2JOOOO to
Yale University for an endowment fund
(Mr Vanderbilt's family has given 81, 0oO,-
600 to this institution): Mr.. Julia Cham
plain of Brookline. Mass, gave $25O,OOO
to Boston churches and charities: Henry
Clay Frick gave the old Third Presby-
terrain. Church Of Pittsburg ian edifice
built and made famous by the Thaw fam
ily) to the Salvation Army, gift esti-
mated to be worth S2JO,OGO.
Mrs. Mary Brinkerhoff of New York
city and Hastings-on-Hudson remember
ed New York city charities to the extent
Of quarter of million dollars The
children of the late Samuel Mather of
Cleveland. Ohio, gave like amount to
the Western Reserve University. and
Howard Melville Hanna $25O.OOO to the
same institution AdolphuS busch NJ 81