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Show CARNEGIE'S GREATEST GIFT, Donations of Twelve Millions for Southern aud Westem Colleges GRINNBLL, la . April 16. Ths most magnificent gift distribution that Andra n ' a rnegie has ever announced is about lo be made publh according to mi mbl i I of the faculty of lowa college Mr. Car-net Car-net n tempi a tea giving in on- donation dona-tion o' er 112,000,000 to a large number of Western and Southern colleges it is said there are fifty colleges on nls list representing repre-senting seventeen Stater. The matter developed from a request presented bj a number of Congregational schools more than a y. a r 111,-0 for large sums Mr Carnegie was Interested, but dee lined to do anything that would seem to favor a. Single denomination He -u-- co -i'd thnt a committee ( college io u-tives u-tives prepare scheme of distributing 1 birk-e sum and promlsni his attention to It. This scheme has been prepared. President Presi-dent Bradley of Iowa eoUfge being a in mber of the- commit i ee. Mi Carnegie wants to re. 1 11 Ire cah college to raise In addition as much as he gives. This la opposed on the ground that It WOUld be Impossible to raise such a vast sum in a short time, and most of the Institutions would bl Unable to earn their donation,' it Is understood the decision on this point Is not yet reached. |