Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-12
PNEUMONIA FATAL
TO LAIRD OF SKiBO
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TO LAIRD OF SKiB0
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made him the most original If not
the greatest OF philanthropists.
Before he sailed for Scotland in 1901
he left letters announcing gifts of So
100000 His first big gift was the set
ting aside of s4.0OO.000 to supply pen
sions and relief for the injured and
aged employeedes of his steel plants
IAN acknowledgment Of the deep debt
which ] owe to the workmen who have
contributed to greatly to my success"
lie added an extra million for the sup
port Of Libraries for his workmen. and
look up his library hobby in whole
sale way by giving s5.20o.o0O to New
York City for the erection Of sixty
five branch Libraries IN the metropolis.
in ST Louis.
II have just begun to give money
these gifts. He kept it UP as fast as
the world with discrimination. On
Libraries alone he spent upwards OF
S5S;o0o.0oo. He gave them TO some
1000 English-speaking communities
throughout the country. One of his
Libraries I,a Is in the FIJI Islands
scene Of his steclmaking triumphs. by
establishing there great institute
including the largest of his libraries:
q museum. magnificent concert hall
and the Carnegie archaeological
SCHOOLS sen with a total endowment of
,ion in Washington. which should be
the fountainhcad of advanced work
IN investigation. research and dis
.covery." and placed in the hands Of
It's trustees total endowment OF
some S20.00O00o
To his native Scotland his largest
single gift was fund Of 10000 600
10 aid education in Scottish universi-
ties.
Crented Hero Commission.
He carried out his pct idea OF a
hero commission. endowed in 1905,
with 100000 by which hundreds Of
men. women and children have been
rewarded with Carnetlie medals or
pensions for acts OF heroism in The
ter extended similar benefactions 10
several foreign countries
ne esta olishcd the Carnegie Foun-
dalton for the Advancement Of Teach
ing. with total fund OF $4,000. 900.
which has taken up efficiency surveys
ot educational work. aided many insti-
college professors. In ls ghSi 6s ca i nir
'alized his educationi! benevoiencc so
that his gifts to libra rics. colleges
ter him. by establishing the Carnegie
CorpoIation with 4 fund Of $4,000. 900
Onesof his latest and greatest ideals
ne cherished IN the face OF the inter
nnaadnonal conflicts. He gave 100000
zoo ZOO toward an International peace
lInd' u ana bull, the peace palace at
1913 He gave s75O.ooo for the Buream
OF American Republics at Washington.
,o his love Of music moved him TO
unions with pipe organs He never
E gay. directly any large sum to relig-
said he would hold Himself Ire res 6el,s ne
ioT what the organ peaied forth on the
% IN hut not for what might be
,,arliest gifts. as far back as 1881. was
me .arneste Music Hall in New York.
a. ib cost Of 5000 t Coz and as president
ne spent his money literally in fur
packed the Pittsburgh orchestra.
Gave Engineers s2,N00.O0
gave se.o06.ooo Ills small gifts to co ne
ieEes amounted to some $50. 900. 900. No
ma LEI isti at his death such an unique
ments TO perpetuate his Memory
In the BACKGROUND Of these fifteen
,miliar story OF Scotch thrift, a little
luck, and steel. which made such gem
Carnegie was fond Of telling the
story himself. Rapidly covered it was
this: His first penny he earned unex-
his schoo!master in Dunfermline by re-
SWIl adas nuF no,l long poem Man was
asked in sunday School to recite II
proverh from scripture. the young Scot
by giving the hornely advice: Look
after the pence. and the pounds will
take care Of themselves"
Andrew was twelve when his ia Their
a master weaver was brought almost
10 restitution. The steam looms drove
him ou ,o of business; The family mum
younger brother William The par
ents decided 10 .emgrate to America
em With Hfs esSs rh nso Iet5ed Il
Allegheny City. Pa, across the river
from Pittsburgh. in ls4s:. The father
factory. the son as hobbn boy. 1t
vas his tirst work. The salary was
sl-2o a week. He was soon promoted,
sstant. He stocked the boilers and
ran the engine in the factory cellar,
In In those ,dinGy quarters where he
Inspiration that later led TO his library
henefactions. he said. a Colonel An
announced he would open his library
every weekend and allow boys TO Dor
row. any books they pleased. Car
erS.
Enjoyed Saturday Books.
only he who has longed as did
for Saturdays 70 come. he has said.
son, did for me and other boys of Al
legheny. Is 1t any wonder that | re-
solved. if ever surplus wealth came to
factor
AT fourteen Carnegie emerged from
the engine cellar and became tele
graph messenger. j. Douglas Reid.
Dunfermlng man. who had come to
America early was head of the Office
and he made Andrew his protege.
Telegraphy was then almost new
thing Nobody ventured TO read the
dots and dashes by sound. They were
al bnys been 'a Po is sa bs
United States to accomplish the feat
Of reading messages by sound alone.
He praCtiSed mornings before the regu-
lar operators came around.
q One day death message sigma
came" he has related, before the
operators arrived" I'm those days
death messages wore the most inn
portant messages we handled. I VEN
tured to take this one"
He did il correctly and delivered the
telegram before the regular force was
on duty at all. 1t won him promotion
to the key and sounder. When the
Pennsylvania Railroad put up tele-
graph wire of it's own he became clerk