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Denver's debts and to rebuild a theological school named for Clark and his wife in Shenge. When Clark died in 1910, he left a will that stipulated that around $ 200,000 of his estimated $ 250,000 estate would be given to the school bearing his name in Shenge. Despite a challenge by his daughter–who contended her father "was not of sound mind" when making his will–the donation was allowed to proceed.
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Evanston to William C. Johnston for $ 60,000 the same year. Clark used the proceeds from these sales to alleviate some of the University of
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