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late, for over fifty years rector of St. Michael's 

 church, gift to tlie church, a parish house, with 

 gymnasium, library, etc. 

 ' Pierce. Henry Lillie. See OBITUARIES, A.MER- 



K AX. 



Pike, J. S.. Calais. Me., IK quest to the public li- 

 brary, on condition that no book shall be purcha-ed 

 till it has been published ten years, $15,000. 



Pirsson, Sarah J.. New York, bequest to the 

 Missionary Relief Society of Trinity Cliapel, $5,000. 



Pratt, Enoch. See <>HITUARII:S AMERICAN. 



Pratt, (ieonre I).. Brooklyn. N. Y.. gift to Ani- 

 "llci. r e. a hnspital building: cost, s=l?.000. 



Princeton University, friends of. gifts to the 

 Sesquicentennial fund, an aggregate of $1.353.291. 



Princeton University, gift from friend for a 

 new library building. $600,000. 



(juiutard. George W.. New York, gift to Christ 

 Church. Kye. X. Y.. an altar, a reredos (both of Caen 

 stone), and a chancel window. 



Reilly. William Moftat. See OBITUARIES, 

 AMEBICAK. 



Richardson, William T.. C'ambridge, Mass.. In- 

 quests to Xewtown Theological Institution $10,000, 

 to the old Cambridge Baptist Church $5.000, and 

 to the Cambridge Baptist Bible School $1,000. 



Roby. Mrs. Edward. E. A. Shedd, and C. B. 

 Shedd. gift to the University of Chicago, property 

 near Koby, Ind.. around Wolf lake, valued at 

 s.inn.OOO. for a biological station. They also offered 

 to provide the necessary buildings, dormitories, and 

 boats. 



Rockefeller. John D., New York, gifts in cash 

 and real estate to the city of Cleveland, Ohio, siico.- 

 000; to Yassar College, *100.000: to Barnard Col- 

 $35,000. 



Rollins. Daniel (i.. Xew York, gift to the Con- 

 gregational Society of Soinersworth, X. II., a par- 

 valued at $1<.0(|0. 



Roth, John. Xew York, bequests to the Swiss 

 Benevolent Society. German Hospital Dispensary, 

 and Isabella Ileimath. each one third of an estate 

 of $90,000, subject to the life interest of his widow. 



Rutgers College, Xew Brunswick. X. J., gift 

 from a friend for a chair in Greek. $10,000, and 

 from friends on Charter Day, $15.000. 



Sabatie. A. E.. San Francisco, Cal.. and Bor- 

 deaux, France, bequest to the French Benevolent 

 v of San Francisco, property in California 

 valued at * 100.000. 



St. Auirnstine's Roman Catholic Church. 

 Brioklyn. X. Y.. gift from friend for stained-glass 

 windows, $25.000. 



St. Mary's Free Hospital for Children. Xew 

 York and Rockawav Beach, gift from a woman, 

 $20,000. 



St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Seminary, Dun- 

 woodie. near Yonkers. X. Y.. gifts from the estate 

 of the Rev. Patrick Brady, a collection of 50 paint- 

 ings and a library of 10.000 volumes: from that of 

 the late Yicar-General Preston, his library of very 

 rare and old books; and from the Rev. James Cor- 

 rigan. a collection of rare books on historical and 

 ecclesiastical subjects the three gifts having a 

 value of $100,000. 



Sammet. Philip. Xew York, bequests to Mount 

 Sinai Hospital, the Montefiore Home, and the He- 

 brew Sheltering Guardian Society, each $2,000. 



Salisbury Stephen. "Worcester. Mass., gifts to 

 the city, cash $100.000 and land valued at $70,000, 

 for a new art museum. 



Scheiiley. Mrs. Mary E.. Allegheny, Pa., gift 

 for a public manual-training school in that citv, 

 $350.000. 



Sch iff. Jacob H., Xew York, gift to Barnard 

 _.-. x.l.nni). 



Scott. William. Brooklyn, bequest to the City 



Mission, available on the death of his widow, an 

 estate of about $100,000. 



Sears, J. Montgomery. Boston. Ma>s., gift to 

 Yale University, the library of 3,500 voluii,. 

 the late Ernst ( 'urtius. 



Shepard, Frederick M.. ()rang . X. J.. gift to 

 Orange Memorial Hospital, a pavilion for consump- 

 tives; coat, sm.ooo. 



Shoenbcrger. John H.. Pittsburg. Pa.. le(|iicst 

 for the erection and endowment of a hospital in 

 that city ss< 10.000. 



Skidinore. Charlotte H. F.. Xew York, bequests 

 to the Hahnemann Hospital $10,000, and to the 

 Presbyterian Hospital $5.o<iu. 



Sly". Emmeline. Xew York, bequest to the char- 

 ity fund of the Xew York Association of the Xew 

 Church, $5.000. 



Smith. l>e Witt. Xew York, gift to Smith Col- 

 lege. Mass.. a dormitory; cost. $150,000. 



Spaulding, Dr. Miles, Groton, Mass.. bequests 

 to educational and church societies, $11.500; and 

 to three missionary societies, on the death of his 

 widow, the residue of his estate. 



Stanford, Leland. San Francisco, bequest to 

 Leland Stanford Junior University, made available 

 by the decision of the United States Supreme Court 

 in favor of his estate, in a suit brought by the Gen- 

 eral Government. $2,500,000. 



Stearns. A. W.. Lawrence, Mass.. bequest, con- 

 ditional, to the Lawrence General Hospital or for a 

 Home for Aged People, $50,000. 



Steiimay, William. Xew York, gifts to local 

 charities. $5,000. 



Stickney, Joseph Henry. Baltimore, Md. (see 

 GIFTS and BEO.UTS. "Annual Cyclopaedia" for 

 1893). On a contest of his will in the Circuit Court 

 of Maryland. Judge Dennis decided. June 2, 1886, 

 that the $350.000 willed to Congregational churches 

 in Xew York and Boston should go to the heirs. 

 The general residuary clause, containing these be- 

 quests, was declared void. During the year the 

 Congregational Home Missionary Society received 

 the Stickney legacy of $150.000. " 



Storrs. Rev. Dr. Richard Salter, Brooklyn, 

 X. Y.. friends of, on fiftieth anniversary of his in- 

 stallation as pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims, 

 gifts to him $5,000. and to the church $30,000. 



Stranahan, Mrs. J. S. T., Brooklyn, gift to Bar- 

 nard College. $5.000. 



Snydam. Adrian M., Brooklyn, X. Y.. bequest 

 to Bush wick Avenue Congregational Church toward 

 the new building, $25.000. 



Smft, Elizabeth R.. Milton. Mass.. bequests to 

 local charities, $25,000, and to Harvard College. 

 $3.000. 



Thomas. W. H., Portland. Me., bequests to the 

 Maine General Hospital. Bowdoin College, Widow's 

 Wood Society. Old Ladies' Home, Female Orphan 

 Asylum, Portland Benevolent Society, all in Port- 

 land : Temporary Home at Deering and the Amer- 

 ican Board, each $5,000 : Second Parish Society and 

 Mechanics' Association, each $3.000; and Bible and 

 temperance societies. $2.000. 



Troup. John F.. Providence. R. I., bequests to 

 Rhode Island Hospital, $25.000: and to ten chari- 

 table and missionary societies, each $2.500. 



Tucker. Joseph H.. Essex. Conn., bequests for a 

 free library, $3.000; and for a new Protestant Epis- 

 copal church building, the bulk of his property. 



Tnttle. Isaac Henry. D. D. See OBITUARIES, 

 AMERICAN-. 



Upham. Mrs. William H.. of Wisconsin, gift to 

 the University of Wisconsin, a self-made collection 

 of stuffed birds, principally of that State; value, 

 over $5,000. 



Urbino, Samson B.. Boston, bequests to German, 

 Hebrew, and public institutions, $5,800. 



