Kansas Weekly Herald

Another Myra Gaines Case
The Howard University of Washington, D. C., has laid claim to a rather shadowy estate in Texas, but it may turn out to be a very valuable acquisition to the endowment fund of that institution. John Woodward, an eccentric bachelor, died in New York in 1846. Many years before he acquired title to some five million acres of land in Texas. He was a confirmed abolitionist, and in 1834 he made a will, in which he devised all his property to the mayor of New York city, as trustee, the same to be applied to the education of free colored persons. The Mexican war was in progress at the time of Mr. Woodward's death, and his executors made no attempt to ascertain anything about his Texas estate. They died long ago, but the trust is supposed still to survive, and if the estate can be found, and Mr. Woodward's title thereto established, the mayor of New York will have authority to dispose of the property.
The President of Howard University has presented a memorial to Mayor Cooper, praying that the institution which he represents may be named as a beneficiary under the provisions of the will. -Leavenworth Times.