Show DR PEARSONS ANSWERS TOE THE THELAST LAST SUMMONS Ag Aged Aed d Philan Philanthropist Dies Poor After Having Given Away Millions CHICAGO April 27 Dr Daniel Kimball Pearsons 92 years s old who t in recent y years ars gave avo more than to small swan coll colleges ge chiefly in tho middle west died carl today in early arl a sanitarium comparatively cl a poor man Pneumonia I complications complications' duo due duoto duoto to old age a ge was yas ti thc cause For seVeral se i days l ys he ho J had ad been been sinking a patient in inan inan inan an institution where were be he he maintained himself on an an in income of a year pa paid d him by a college e t to which hp lip had contributed d' d on OD the he eon r eon that he would be given en 2 2 per percent percent I cent tent of of that amo amount nt for th the rest of his his' It wa WM wac Dr Pearsons who t declared that u givin away awa money is a greater sport than n baseball and more fun iun than form lorm of t f 1 JIo Jle began giving money to needy colleges in 1888 and in sums surn ranging n from irom to disposed of more then than His llis last gift h he ha said aid left him comparatively poor with au an income 1 sufficient to to- ke keep p phim him from froni want His death defeated his oft oft- expressed expectation that ho would vear years vears Recently hp lip sold out his home to go goto goto o oto to tho the S sanitarium The Thc value of t the bc home and an endowment nt w were ro given n i f for r ra a a a public library to Hinsdale Ill IJ his place of residence Quits Tobacco at 91 At the age of si 91 Dr Pearsons gave avo up ra a lifelong us use of tobacco o making I DR DANIEL K It n be jo said the renunciation r for n. n ious reasons Dr Pearsons was was was' born in Bradford Vt Ho lIo began practicing medicine in 1842 Coming to Illinois in 1857 ho homade homade homade made a fortune buying l and sejling Illinois farm arm lands He lle was a Chicago alderman in 1875 I His first notable fi o was 03 to o B Beloit loit C college e Wisconsin Ho HI gave fave I Beloit in all aU Most of Dr Pearsons Pearsons' were on condition that that- an amount equal to his should hould be provided pro by br others It was was his lis way of stimulating philanthropy in inot ot others bers Other donations by him were cre Theolo Theological cal seminary Mount Holyoke Wor Wor- ester eester university Knox col- col lege ege college Springfield Spring Spring- field Mo ro Berea college Ky i Colorado college Continued on PR page parc C 10 DR PEARSONS Continued from page 1 a Whitman college C W ton Other colleges aid id b by him were ere i ia iii Vi Wisconsin conlin South kota Nebraska Kansas ansa Tense Teun Illinois Geor Georgia ia an and Sou South th Caroline Funeral services will b be held n lue Tuesday de Burial will be at HInsdale of or college presidents r received el eld d from D Pearsons will attend Before his 4 Mr Ir Pearsons gave to cIte rolt U In different parts of the tho country J He head lind on be-on ill with pneumonia lot fOt VI w week ek anal ami aPI appt to be h hotter tt r bet bee the tho end C came camo m He lie df dr died d with t a praYer hl his lips hips 1 |