New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-05
Mrs. James's Requests
O,O00-MisS Gillen-
der Gives $750,0OO.
MANY CHARITIES
RECEIVE BENEFITS
Fund Of 100000 Provides for
tuberculosis Sufferers Unless
Disease Disappears.

p..s,s.s acrreestiuc s2.soo,ooo are
.. - charitable. educational and re-
,-.,r, institutions IN the will Of Mrs.
,S., s,ebbirs Curtis James, which was
-.s Yesterday in the Surrogate's
Court
NJ, lanes. who died on April % at
"a FAST Thirty-ninth Street, was the
DIV o. n. Willis James, who was the
Nor mariner OF the banking firm Of
p,,,ps Dodge & Co. and mother Of
,-.bur Curtis James, copper mine
,u,,er and railroad man. Her estate
!. believed 20 be st least 100000.
s;,,. The death OF her husband her
.r,,i, bcncfacaons arc said 70 have
.~oun,ed to about 100000.
"a zach OF the following institutions
~. lanes gives S75O.OOo in her will;
-. Presbyterian Board Of Relief for
,,,,b,d Ministers and the Widows and
o-,bs,s Of Deceased Ministers, the
Rod Of Conference Claimants Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and the
congregational Board Of Ministerial
Belief.
Many Public Requests.
Other public requests were; The
American Board OF Commissioners for
ro,.ig, Missions. 100000; St. Luke's
vo.p,tsl sloO. 900: the Female Branch
,s,bo Bible Society, 100000; for the
r.e OF Bible readers. Association for
.,s Bsref. OF Colored Orphans, $780,
mo. Hampton Institute, 100000. and
the Congregational Home Missionary
Society. 100000
Ms james made requests amounting
70 s550.0oo 20 relatives and left the
residue Of her estate 10 her son, Ar
thur Curtis James, the residuary in
Guiding The house at the southwest
corner OF Park Avenue and Thirty
ninth Street. and its contents.
The will Of Miss Jessie Gillender,
also fled yesterday, leaves almost her
e7tirc estate. valued at about s75O,o0o,
10 public Institutions. the principal
beneficiary being the Missionary Soci-
CIV OF St. Paul. the Apostle, which
receives the residuary estate, which
might amount 10 about 100000. The
society also receives a bequest Of S25,-
600 10 create the Arthur Gillender
Fund in memory Of Arthur Gillender,
The father Of the testatrix. A condi-
ton Of the latter bequest is that the
lcratee shall, in case OF application,
extend aid 20 George Jones, formerly
an emp'oye Of Mr. Offender, and as
sist him substantially all his life.
$4,000 for Art Museum.
A bcouest OF $4,000 is left to the
METROPOLITAN Museum Of Art, to pro-
vide for lectures explaining the con-
tents o. tho museum. Johns Hopkins
University receives 100000 outright
and a remainder interest of $4,000 in
trust funds created for other legatees.
these requests are 20 be used for the
scientific research into the cause, pre-
yenticn and cure Of epilepsy.
To The Charity Organization Soci-
s.y Miss Offender left 100000 to es-
'sblish q fund 10 be known as the Ar
thur and Susan Offender Memorial
Fund. after her parents, for the bene-
10 OF women suffering from tuberculo-
SIS in an lncipient stage, who have
been dependent on their earnings for
support. One OF the conditions of this
r'ft IS that the money be used in
equipp'rc and establishing a perma-
nent fund 90 be maintained in proI-
unity 20 and connected with a highly
improved Roman Catholic or non-sec-
tartan sanatorium
Miss Offender also provided that,
II said sauatorium be not Roman Cath
Die, and ho not within easy walking
distance or Roman Catholic church,
provision must be made 10 pay the
travelling expenses 20 such church out
q the fund"
i further provided that If the work
Tor which the fund is created cease
because Of the disappearance Of tu-
berculosis. the Charity Organization
Society may use the money for other
charitable purposes.
Other public requests are made IN
ne Will Of Miss Offender, some Of
them being remainder interests in
trust funds. Provision is also made
Tor relatives and friends