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philology ami linguistics, of Prof. Zarucke, of the 

 Univemty of Lciiic. 



Argentine Republic. < ;<>v ( -rumenl of gift to the School 

 of Biology of tin; University of Pennsylvania, the 

 collection of native woods exhibited ut the. World's 

 Fair; estimated value, $150,000. 



Ashinead. Clara B., of Philadelphia, Pa.. bequests to 

 charitable, religion*, And Lutheran < 'liuivh institutions 

 $'!l,"oit, and to (iermantown Hospital and Lutheran 

 Orphan Home, iniproved real estate. 



Baboock, George H., of Plainficld, N. J. (died Dec. 

 li>. iv.'i i, lie< [\iests for establishment of the Plainlicld 

 Public Library, $10,000; for the support of the Bab- 

 coek Scientific Library, three brick houses; and to 

 the trustees of the Seventh I>ay liaptist Memorial 

 fund, for schools and institutions. $200,000. 



Bachman, Mrs. Margaret, of Hudson, N. Y., bequest 

 to the Hoard of Church Extension of the Lutheran 

 Church, $6,500. 



Ballentine, Eobert F., of Newark, N. J., gift to Rut- 



ers College, New Brunswick, N. J., of a gymnasium 



uilding and apparatus, cost $50,000. 



Beck, Charles Bathgate, of New York city (died Oct. 

 11, 189:5 1. speeitie bequests to charitable and educa- 

 tional institutions, $103,000 ; and residuary estate, ex- 

 pected to aggregate $3,500,000, to Columbia College, 

 the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian 

 Church, the 1'resbyterian Hospital, the New York 

 Hospital, and the Society for the Prevention of Crime. 



Beckwith, Henry T., of Providence, K. I., bequests to 

 institutions of the Prot. Episcopal Church, $13,000. 



Bends. George, bequest to Harvard University, for a 

 professorship of international law, made available by 

 the death ot Mrs. Sarah VV. Bemis, $50,000. 



Benham, Sarah, of Greenport, N. Y., bequests to 

 societies of the Reformed Church, $25,000, and, con- 

 ditionally, 14 per cent, in addition. 



Billings, Edward 0., United States District Judge for 

 Louisiana, bequest to Yale University for establish- 

 ment of the Emily Sanford professorship of English 

 Literature, $70,000. See OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



Blake, Rev. John, of New York city, specific bequests 

 to institutions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 

 $55,000, and residuary estate to specified charitable 

 societies of that Church in New York city. 



Bliss, George, of New York city, gift to St. John's 

 Protestant Episcopal parish of Northampton, Mass., 

 a i/ranite church building furnished, $100,000. 



Boardman, Judge, A. M., widow and daughter of, 

 gift to the Law School of Cornell University, in 

 Boardman Hall, Feb. 14, 1893, the law library of the 

 late Nathaniel C. Moak, of 13,000 volumes," said to 

 have cost him $75,000. For sketch of Mr. Moak and 

 description of his librarv, see OBITTAHIES, AMERICAN, 

 in " The Annual Cyclopaedia for 1892." 



Bradbnry, Mrs. Sarah 0., of Saeo, Me., bequests to 

 Ili>n. Hampdcn Fairfteld, as trustee, for distribution 

 juiioiiL' specified religious, benevolent, and educational 

 institutions, her entire estate of $200,000. 



Brokaw. Isaac V., of New York city, gift to the 

 Madison Avenue Reformed Church, a mission build- 

 ing to accommodate the industrial school and day 

 nursery of the church, and also to contain a chapel, 

 !iieet'i!iL r , and reading rooms. 



Brown, M rs. Anna E., of Quincy, 111., bequests for 

 the establishment in (Quincy of a Home for friendless 

 Aged People, her residence property and $55,000; to 

 the Quincv Humane Society, her diamonds and 

 $5,000; to Illinois Humane Society, $25,000; to Con- 

 necticut Humane Society, $15,000 ; to Louisiana Hu- 

 mane Society, $15,000: to Massachusetts Humane 

 Society, $5,000 ; and to local orphanages, $10.000. 



Brown, Mrs. Harriet E., of Baltimore, Md., bequests 

 to Presbyterian Chureh charities, $42,000. 



Burrage. Alvah H., of Boston, Mass., bequest to the 

 New KiiL'land Hospital for Woman $10,000, and the 

 Leominster Public Library, $5,000. 



Capen, Mrs. Margaret A., of Boston, Mass., bequests 

 to benevolent institutions in the State, $50,000. 



Carleton. James H., ot' Ha verb ill, Mass., bequests to 

 religious and educational institutions, $131,800. 



Carnegie, Andrew, of New York, (rift for relief of the 

 :n nttoboiy, Pa^ a duplication of tin- amount 

 otherwise raised for that purjKjtm; value of pledge ou 

 Dec. -js, $0,74.90. 



Carpenter, Mrs. George W.. of Philadelphia, Pa., 

 gill to the Academy ot Natural Science* of a collec- 

 tion of birds, minerals, and fossils, the life work of 

 her husband. 



Collins. William, of Brooklyn, N. Y., bequeHte to 

 congregations and institutions of the Methodic 

 copal Chureh, $i:>< 1,000. 



Converse, E. 8 ., of Maiden, Mass., gift to the Young 

 Men's Christian Association for a new building. $10,- 

 000 if the cost i fixed at $40,000, and $5,0w for .very 

 $10,000 additional cost up to $80,000. He had previ- 

 ously given the city a costly park and a library an a 

 memorial of his son, and bore half the cost of the 

 new Baptist church. 



Corean Government, gift to the Peabody Academy 

 of Sciences, Salem, Mass., of its World's I 1 air exhibits 

 of musical instruments and other articles. 



Orerar, John, of Chicago, 111. (died Oct 19, 1889), 

 bequest, residue of his estate, estimated at $2,500,000, 

 to trustees for erection and endowment in Chicago of 

 the John Crerar Public Library, from which sensa- 

 tional and skeptical works are to be excluded. The 

 will was contested ou account of this bequest, but 

 was sustained by the Supreme Court, June 20, 1898. 



Cutler, Henry, of North Wilbraham, Mass., gift to 

 Colorado College, *7.:>on. 



Dahlgren. Mrs. John Vinton. of New York city, gift 

 to Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., of the 

 Chapel of the Sacred Heart, cost of building and fur- 

 nishings, $50.000. 



Dales, Rev. John B., D. D., of Philadelphia, Pa., spc- 

 citic bequests to institutions of the United Presbyterian 

 Church, $11,500, and his residuary estate to the Board 

 of Foreign Missions of that Church. 



Dongherty, Catharine L., of Philadelphia, Pa., be- 

 quests, subject to the life interest of a sister, to be- 

 nevolent institutions, principally of the Presbyterian 

 Church in Philadelphia, $8,500. 



Dreiel. Anthony J. See OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



Eckert, Emily, of Philadelphia, Pa. (died December, 

 1891; will executed February, !MI;JI, bequests to city. 

 State, and Presbyterian charitable ana benevolent 

 institutions, $271,000, and to the Presbyterian Hospi- 

 tal and the Presbyterian Home for Women, her re- 

 sidunrv legatees, $2<f,.'jl:t each. 



Eldrldge, Mrs. Ellen Battell, of Yarmouth, Mass., be- 

 quests to Yale University for a professorship of mu- 

 sic, $20,000; for graduate scholarships, $24,000; for 

 the library, $10,000; and to religious organizations, 

 50,000. 



Feenan, Mary, of Salem, Mass., bequests to Roman 

 Catholic institutions, $27 ."<><>. ami to the city of Salem, 

 to furnish coal for the poor in South Salem, $6,000. 



Field, Marshal, of Chicago, 111., gilt to found the Co- 

 lumbian Memorial Museum of Natural History, in 

 Chicago, $1,000,000, on condition that other cit'izens 

 subscribe $500,000, ami that holders of World's Fair 

 stock contribute $:.'.( tfl',000 of their holdings. 



Fish. Hamilton. See OBHTAXIKS, AMEKK \v 



Fiske, Josiah M.. of Newport. K. I., bequests to the 

 Hahnemann Homo-opaline Hospital, the Ladies* 

 Christian I nion, and the Society for Relief of the 

 Ruptured and Crippled. New York city, $5,000 each. 



Fiske, Mrs. Jonah M., of Newport, K. I., gift to 

 Barnard College, for the endowment fund, $5,000. 



Foster, Mrs. Nancy B.. of Chicago. 111., gift to the 

 University of Chicago, for a woman's dormitory, 

 $lo.oiM> added to a previous gift of $50,000. 



Freeman, Mrs. Clarissa A., of Stoncham, Mass^ be- 

 quests to benevolent institutions, principally in Mas- 

 sachusetts $14.000. 



French Government, gift to the State of New York, 

 the French educational exhibit at the Columbian Ex- 

 hibition. 



Friends of the Teachers' College of New York city, 

 gifts, including building lots valued at $12. f >.000 from 

 George W. Vanderbilt, and pledge from a lady whose 



