National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-02
vANDERBILrS MILLIONS.
ABIrrER FrGHr AK0No rHs CoMxo.
DORE-s HEIRS 0UTrE rROB.aBLj1.

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DOREs HEIRS 0UrrE rRoBABLjx
Our corsspssAdcas Pe.esrssss he ssrrss In
l wardne1sv OF the Case. s.d nAkss Some
| Important Discovcries-vic. woodruff and
Tennie Cisnin want si0o, 900 Ost ef she
Estate, and Threaten to Disclose some Ugly
Il rhisss Unless They are Cenciiiatsd-sear-
dal-sougcrs to be Made Happy.
Especial Correspondence ofthe National Repuhaiesnl
NEW YoRK, Juno Notwithstanding the
will Of the late Commodore Vanderbilt has
been probatcd, there Is every indication that
there is to bsa prolonged and bitter contest
between William II. Vanderbilt, tho rcsiduary
legatee, and the oontesting heirs, Mn. Alicia
La Ban. one Of the daughters of tho late Com
modorc, and Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt,
who was bcqueathcd only q restricted life in
forest in S200OO0. Formidable as was tho
will. representing as II did tho final disposition
Of an estate valued at S10O,0O0,00O. every
clause was explicitly expressed, and. rs II 10
preclude the possibility Of there being any op-
position offered to tho probate Of the will. par
ticular provision was made for the maintc-
ancc of the disinhcritcd son. II was evident
that tho, late Commodore had, after providing
literally for each of his daughters, and ex-
pressly STIMULATING that the disinhcritcd son
should receive only q living income, deter
mined that tho residue Of his immense estate
should 20 to. the Oldest son, knowing that II
was only through him that his great interests
could DO maintained INTACT aud his name per-
petuated. r .... .0.. F
: The conditions that accompanied tho bcqucst
made for Cornelius J. Vanderbilt occasioned
considerable surprise to the people who were
not acquainted with the affairs Of tho Wander
bilt family; hut the only ono Of the heirs who
seems to have taken any exception TO the
treatment of tho youngest son Is Mrs. La Bnu.
The will was offered for probate on tho 6th Of
January, 1877, and II was but few days after
wards when IL was known that some of tho
heirs would appear as contestants. The most
eminent counsel were employed by the various
heirs and lcgatees under the will TO represent
their interests in court. There was no qucs.
ton as to the validity of the will As ii was
drawn up by judge OF the Court of Appeals
and witnessed by several prominent friends of
the deceased but Mrs la Bau had interccflcd
| for Cornelius jeremiah and showed DISPOSE
ton to fight TO the bitter end. There were
several meetings Of the heirs, and a compro-
mise was agreed TO- which was to the effect
that William IL. Vanderbilt was to give each
of che heirs one million dollars, and they were
to sign a quit claim deed to the estate. All
wcrc present hut Mrs. Clark, widow of the late
| Horace Clark, who Is soourning in Europe,
but she had bcen tclcgraphcd by cable, and
her answer was expected to be satisfactory.
On the day appointed for the adjustment there
| was no objection offered TO the probate OF the
will and 1t was then believed that an AMIGA
bic settlement had been effected, and that
| everything was satisfactory to all concerned. .
When the time came for n final settlement
there was a delay, II being claimed by VIM. ii.
| Vanderbilt that his proposition had been mis-
| understood; that he had intended to increase
| the original hclucst Of each 50 that they could
have ono million dollars. However. the resi-
duary lcgatco agreed to pay the additional
| sum as WIS understood by the heirs, and three
of the sisters made q settlement. Mrs la
Bau mistrustins that there would be some de-
lay in settling with Cornelius Jeremiah, in
sisted that he should he satisfied before she
signed any pHpcrs. II will he proved that in
conversation that she had with hcr brother
William, he assured her that he knew what
Cornelius wanted, and that when she particu-
larry asked him II he tCornelius) was to have .
million dollars, and would 1t he his own to do
as he liked with: that William Vanderbilt re-
peatcd her words, "Will be his own to do as
he likes with" Notwithstanding this alleged
promise, II would appear that Mrs. La Bau did
not feel assured, and finally William II. Van
dcrbilt refused to be dictated to.
II was at this juncture of the attempted
settlement that William II. Vanderbilt de.
clarcd that the provisions of his fathers will
should bc carried out 10 the hupdredth part Of
n hair, but that after the estate should have
become absolutely his own, there would be
nothing to prevent him making what DISPOSE.
ton of his personal property he might con-
slider just and equitable lie further said that
| ,r-ai.l aI In In at,o lad
tap"n Lc wonId fiyht n ont 70 In, I,st c.,',
NJ T., Ran Il IA said TenI;cd INV ho,or 4.
dearer 10 md fl,an money" and IL was here
that the LAWYERS stepped In and endeayorcd 10
heal the breach without success. This il the
mesent sit,Iation of affairs, and those parsons
who are acquainted with William III. Wander.
bilt need not be informed that there will be n
harvest for the legal fraternity. There is no
doubt but what he desired to satisfy his sis
ters and Promised all that they alleee, -,
| Tn f.ct th.ra ar. .eyer,, ,v;,n.ss.. "a .h.
.,,t.,nc,,, one os then, he;na NJ, ;,t;v.,e
sr;end af WiIii.m " vandeyhiIt :, The, ~
shorId t,La aJ,arta,c of any c;r.nr,s,.nas
thot ,,;aht o,rsr ,,her+hv ho c9,Id o,.ad. ~,
| ahsa,,,ta ,,a,,n,n,, AZ anx larss .noo,,n, ~
mnnax IN h;s hroth,r vii, not snrn,;sc ans, ~
HI, vho nndorstands thn ,s,r,,. ;n,sardrssss
81 S,rnoI;ra I.rnmiab VanJerh;,, \, - rs,
a. Al, ,,rnI,hIo ,i,at wiiI;sm IT yanaa.h;I,
a,.r ar.pan'ed If siv;ny III hr,tber The nnrr'
str;c.aJ cantroj If n Oh nn If th.re ms a, |,
cnnt;nacnrx ,orc ihan anotb.r which ne,
No snh;oct of cnnrorsation hetyve.n 'th. is,a
CnmmoSor. and h;s rcs;duorv Icvatas !, w..
r.aa,iino IN. co,,r'. thst ,,as ta H.. t.t.n ~
,ba n,.an; " any on,,osit;on "a the Iii In
NJ, IL pan,s n.titinp f,- Nh. ro,,,a,;"a az H.
nral,a,s ar Nh. will WiIi;,m II Vande,h;,t \
ari,.on 10 ,hs vail and he must taL. eth,
har,, ns Inc Jil.mms UnI..s he s,rr.,Jers
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