St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13
vANDERBILT:s ATTORNEYS.
Some Account of the Preliminariei
to the Reading of tf,a VIII,

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Messrs. Chaun-
cey M. Depew and Henry e.. An
derson are the attorneys representing the
estate. On Monday Mr.. Anderson appeared
before Surrogate Rollins and spoke to him
privately with reference to the probate of
the will and arrangements were made for
filing the will at noon to-day. Mr. Ander-
son was given blank petition for the pro-
bate of the will, which he filed. Mr.. De-
pew and Mr.. Anderson, accompanied by
the friends, accordingly appeared to-day
before the probate clerk at 1925 p. m. and
the petition for probate, signed by the four
sons, was presented. 1t set forth that
William 81. Vanderbilt had died on Dec. g.,
and that he left will duly signed, exc
cuted and Witnessed. The petition then
an and their residences. Mr.. Anderson
informed the clerk that the SONS had con-
cluded not to file the original will at pres
ent, and that they wanted to verify the
petition they had presented. The oath was
administered to them, and having verified
the petition, Mr.. Depew handed to the pro-
bate clerk two typewriter copies of the
will, which he said he had verified in per-
son. Each copy contained nineteen pages
of typewriter matter. Mr.. Anderson
stated that there were no codicils. Upon
petition the clerk issued citations to the
widow and daughters (the sons being petit
tioners were not cited), returnable on the
30th instant at II a. m. The parties then
left the office. Subsequently Mr.. Depew
said the family was well pleased with the
disposition of the property, and there
would be no contest of the will. Concern
ing the stocks devised to the children, Mr.
Depew said there was an understand
ing among them that none of the
stocks should be disposed of by any
one Of them without consent
of all the others. In this way the railroad
property known as the Vanderbilt system
will be preserved in its entirety, and the
Vanderbilt roads will continue under con-
troll of the family.
INTERESTING FACTS
are herewith made known in connection
with the famine fund for Ireland raised by
the New York Herald, and the basis of
which was S100, 600 given by James Gordon
Bennett. William II. Vanderbilt was willing
to have added to Benefits $1OO, 900 an equal
sum, upon condition that the famine fund
should all be expended IN the Great West
of the United States, where cereals were
cheap, for food, which should be sent to Ire
land in fleet of ships which Mr. Vanderbilt
offered to fit out. He also offered
to land all the store of sustenance in New
York from the West free of all trans
portation. Mr.. Vanderbilt's expressed wish
in the matter was two-fold: First. that the
money raised should be expended on Ameri-
can soil for American products. and second,
that the Irish sufferers should be relieved
and sustained without being obliged to pay
into the hands of English landlords the
money raised in America. Mr.. Bennett,
however, thought it best to send the cash
to the other side, which Mr.. Vanderbilt de-
clined to do. He, however. gave to the
famine fund 1000, upon condition that
the fact of his gift should not in any way
become known.