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GIFTS AND BEQUESTS. 



Shepherd (built by her as a memorial to her hus- 

 band), cost. $100 000. 



Cook, Koswell W., of Greenfield, Mass., bequests to 

 missionary societies us residuary legatees', $25,649. 



Coster, Mrs. Cornelia P., of New York city, bequests 

 to her executor, $'20.000; to Woodlawn Cemetery, all 

 the rest of her estate, estimated from $300,000 to 

 x 100,000. Contested. 



Crane, Angelina, of New York city, bequests to the 

 Woman's Hospital,, the Home for Incurables, St. 

 Luke's Hospital, and the "Tribune" Fresh Air fund, 

 each $5,000 : and to the city of New York the residue 

 of her estate (excepting $5), estimated at $50,000, for 

 the erection of a drinking fountain to her memory. 

 Contested. 



Crerar, John, of Chicago, 111. (died Oct. 19, 1889), be- 

 quests to trustees, for distribution among specified 

 institutions and for the establishment in Chicago of 

 a public library from which sensational and skeptical 

 works shall be excluded, an estate of about $4,000,- 

 000, excepting bequests to direct heirs. The clause 

 in the will relating to the library was similar to that 

 in Samuel J. Tilden's will, and was made the cause 

 of a contest. While the courts of New York decided 

 against the Tilden provisions, the Supreme Court of 

 Illinois upheld the Crerar clause. The end of litiga- 

 tion involving the Grerar will, in October, 1894, left 

 the trustees free to carry out Mr. Crerar's wishes, and 

 they made the following apportionments: To the 

 Second Presbyterian Church, $108,750 ; the mission 

 schools of the same church, $108,750; Abraham Lin- 

 coln Monument fund, $108,750 ; Presbyterian League 

 of Chicago, Young Men's Christian Association, Old 

 People's Home, Chicago Nursery and Half-orphan 

 Asylum, Illinois Training School for Nurses, Chicago 

 Relief and Aid Society, American Sunday-school 

 Union, Chicago Orphan Asylum, Chicago Home for 

 the Friendless, Chicago Manual Training School, Chi- 

 cago Bible Society, each $50,000; Presbyterian and 

 St. Luke's Free Hospitals, Chicago Historical Society, 

 and the Scotch Presbyterian Church of New York 

 city, each $25,000 ; and the St. Andrew's Societies of 

 Illinois and New York, each $10,000 ; a total of $996,- 

 250. It was expected that the residue for the John 

 Crerar Library would amount to $2,500,000. 



Cunningham, J. 0., and wife, of Urbana, 111., gift to 

 the Woman's Home Missionary Society, for a Dea- 

 coness and Children's Home, their suburban home 

 with 15 acres, value over $10,000. 



Dalton, Mrs. Bridget T., of Brooklyn, N. Y., bequests 

 to Bishop McDonnell, personally, $8,000 ; as an exec- 

 utor, $2.500 ; to Roman Catholic institutions in Brook- 

 lyn, $20,000 ; and to the bishop for charitable pur- 

 p"oses, her residuary estate. 



Daly, Mrs. Charles P., of New York city, bequests 

 available on the death of her husband, to the Sag 

 Harbor Literary Institute, $20,000 ; to the New York 

 Botanical Garden, $20,000; to the New York Geo- 

 graphical Society, one sixth of her residuary estate, 

 and to the Botanical Garden one twelfth. She also be- 

 queathed the income of $20,000 to Paul B. Du Chaillu 

 during his life. 



Davison, Mrs. Sophia, of New York city, bequests to 

 local charities direct, $2,000; conditionally, $6,000. 



Day, Sophronia, of Springfield, Mass., bequests to 

 missionary societies, $8,500. 



Deering," William, of Chicago, III., gift to found a pro- 

 fessorship in tin; medical" school of Northwestern 

 University, $50,000. 



De Peyster, John Watts, of New York city, gift to the 

 Woman's Home Missionary Society of tile Methodist 

 P^piscopal Church, for the establishment of an indus- 

 trial school and home, a tract of land and several 

 buildings at Madalin, Dutchess County, N. Y., of an 

 estimated value of $60,000. The corner stone of the 

 new building was laid Oct. 15, 1894. 



Dexter, William H., of Worcester, Mass., treasurer of 

 the board of trustees of Worcester Academy, pledge 

 to bequeath (to cover the cost of the new dormi- 

 tory i $100,000; and to secure a foundation for prizes, 

 $1,000. 



Dietz, Samuel, of New York city, bequest to the New 

 York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Bath, 

 $5,000. A monument to the dead veterans was erect- 

 ed with the money, and was dedicated July 18, 1894 



Dillon, Sidney, of New York city, estate of. bequest 

 to Amherst College, $25,000. 



Dolan, Thomas, of Philadelphia, Pa., gift to the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, for the dormitory fund, 

 $10,000. 



Douglas, Mrs. Juliet, of New York city, bequests to 

 the. Woman's Board of Missions of the Congregational 

 Church, the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of 

 the Presbyterian Church, and the Board of Home 

 Missions of the Presbyterian Church, each $5,000. 



Edson, Miss Mary A.* of New York city, bequests to 

 specific institutions of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church, over $200,000; and to such charitable organ- 

 izations as the Rev. Wil-liam R. Huntington, 1). I)., 

 might select, the residue of her estate, valued at$.">uo,- 

 000. Miss Edson died in 1890 ; her will was unsuc- 

 cessfully contested, and in a suit to establish her right 

 to make a will after she had made a special agree- 

 ment with certain heirs in 1884, the Supreme Court 

 of New York decided, in March, 1894, that the bequest 

 of the residuary estate was valid, and sustained the 

 will as against the agreement. 



Eigenbrodt, William" Ernest, D. I)., of New York city, 

 bequests to the General Theological Seminary, IMS 

 valuable library, and $10,000 for a fellowship; to St. 

 Luke's Hospital and St. Luke's Home for indigent 

 Christian Females, funds for the endowment of a free 

 bed and a free room, respectively; and to the General 

 Theological Seminary and to Trinity School, in equal 

 parts, a residue of $400,000. 



Ellis, George Edward. See OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



Ely, Eichard S., of Avon, Conn., bequests to St. 

 Luke's Hospital, New York city, $20,000; to the New 

 York Association for Improving the Condition of the 

 Poor, $10,000 ; to the New York Society for the Pre- 

 vention of Cruelty to Children, $10,000 ; to the Home 

 for Old Men and Aged Couples, $10,000; to the Cen- 

 tury Association for a library, $10.000; to the Art 

 Society of Hartford, Conn., $10,000; to the Society 

 for the Promotion of the Gospel among Seamen, the 

 Society for the Suppression of Vice, and the W'etmore 

 Home for Fallen and Friendless Women, each $5,000 ; 

 and to Yale University, for the establishment of pro- 

 fessorships in the academic, law, medical, and surgical 

 departments, the residue of his estate, estimated at 

 $50,000 to $100,000. 



Emmett, Daniel, of York, Pa., bequests to Lutheran 

 churches, missions, and charities, valuable land in 

 York County, and $23,000. 



Erwin, Miss Margaret P., of Philadelphia, Pa., be- 

 quests, the residue of her estate, estimated from $200,- 

 000 to $300,000, to Grace Protestant Episcopal Chapel, 

 St. Thomas's African Protestant Episcopal Church, 

 and the Protestant Episcopal Hospital, in equal parts. 

 Will contested. 



Fabbri, Egisto Paolo, of New York city and Florence, 

 Italy, bequest to the Children's Aid Society of New 

 York city, $10,000. 



Farrington, Ira P., of Portland, Me., bequests to the 

 Home for Aged Men, $40,000; trustees of the Port- 

 land Ministry at large, $21,000; Building Loan fund, 

 American Unitarian Association, $20,000 ; Home for 

 Aged Women, $10,000; Female Provident Associa- 

 tion, $2,000; and the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary 

 two thirds of the residue of his estate (about x-ir><>. 

 and the Public Library one third (about $225,167). 



Fayerweather, Daniel B., of New York city (tor 

 sketch, bequests, and contest of will, see "Annual 

 Cyclopaedia" for 1890, p. 645; also LUCY FAYKK- 

 WKATHER, the same for 1892, p. 546). In an action 

 brought by Amherst, Dartmouth, Hamilton, and 

 Williams Colleges and the University of Rochester 

 against the executors of the will, to have the residue 

 of the estate declared a trust in their favor and to 

 have a deed of gift executed by the executors in favor 

 of a large list of colleges and other institutions, not 

 mentioned in the will, declared void. Judge Truax, 



