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Show aim distei3UIio:i " - - ' - . ' ' . . CHICAGO, March SI, Dr. D. K. Poaraoa of Hiaedal. 1U, will celebrate kit 91t birthday. April 14 by too distribution distri-bution of 3U0,000 to schools and religious reli-gious rganlxatioae., Tbil win make ku total diatributioa of recent year aearly 3,000,000, gott of which ha boas giv ea to amali college. The ift ar termed br Dr. Pro a "dbt" aad la moot caeca ar fulfillment ful-fillment f hie pledgee to different bod iea of certain ram whoa they bovJd have collected other Mlpalatod amount. The American Board of Foreign M lesion le-sion will reeetre 100,000, while email college ia tho central (tat will re-eeiv re-eeiv the remainder of the 3O0,00O gift ' "I ahall celebrate my Mrtkdey by getting out of debt," Dr. Peareoa mii. A year ago 1 rev aotice that I would be gettiag old or tbie time, and that I young man of my age had ao baeinee being in debt I ebailtie dowa oa April H out of oebt for tho I ret time ia meny year. I have bad thee outc tending pledgee for meny year, and have worked them off a oao after another of ah lneutattoa met their obligation." obliga-tion." Wbll moet of Dr. Poaraoa gift have beea to the emeller oollegee, the different institutions here kav received more thea 1,000,000 from th Hiae-dal Hiae-dal philanthropist. Tho Young Men ' Christina aaeoeiatioa her aae beea a of hi beaeneiarie. Among th chief benefleiarlee of Dr. Peereon among tho emailer rhool aa beoa tao Moron ooUeg ad -Keataeky, which has received mor thaa Mo0,0u0. la reviewing hi gift today, h id th. on from Which he bad derived th moet pleasure wa th gift of S40.0V0 for a watarwork vtm of Bsrea, The philanthropist wa oao of tho earlv settler ia Chicago. Th greater har of hi wealth wa derived from tbo ianreaeed value of extended real estate holding ia tbie city. Twenty flv year ago ho retired from bueineea and meet of hi gift kav beea from money derived br th Ml of valuabl nlrrtijfJrMlslBs |