Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-12
BY WIRE TO-DAY.
Publicity Given to the Contents
of VIM. H. Vanderbilt's
Will.
The Presidential Succession
Bill to be Reported to
the Senate Monday.
Reports from the Iron asd Steel AS
ISOLATION Indicate Decided I'M
provement in Business.
Captain Couch Tells his Story
Relative to the Effect OF
Cleveland's Cattle
Order.
~yauderbilt's Will.

New York, December IL, 1856
The will of Wm, H. Vanderbilt be-
lueathed $l0,0 100000 to each of his eight
children. Nearly 100000 was given to
charitable institutions and the remain
Ter of his fortune is divided evenly be,
tween Cornelius and VIM. X. Wander
ollt. He directs that all railroad stocks
shall be held in bulk and administered
for the best interests of all, and that
none shall be disposed OF without the
of all concerned. Chauncey
Nj. Depew and Henry 81. Anderson are
constituted administrators of the will.
DETAILS OF I'll WILL,
New York, Dsc. 12-At 1925 to-day
Ex-Judge Rapell, followed by Chauncey
w. Depew, Cornelius Vanderbilt, VIM.
K. Vanderbilt, Frederick W. and George
Vanderbilt, entered the surrogate's of
fee and Immediately appeared before
Probate Clerk Charles BECKETT for the
of filing the will of VIM. HI.
Vanderbilt. The document says.
1 Wm.H Vanderbilt,o of the city of New
York, do make and publish my last will
and testament as follows:
First-I devise unto my beloved wife,
Maria Louisa. for and during her natur-
al life, the following: The house in
which I now reside and lot on which it
stands.
After describing the property the will
continues:
I also give and devise to my wife for
and during her natural life the three
lots Of land on the northeast corner of
Madison avenue and 52nd streets in the
oitysNew York, together with the sta
bles and improvements thereon situated;
[ slso give and bequeath to her, for and
during her natural life, all paintings,
pictures, statuary and works of art
which l may W at the time of my de-
cease, except the portrait and marble
bust of may father, which l have be-
quethed to my son Cornelius; 1 also
give and bequeath to her for and during
her natural life, all the furniture of
every description, including plate. silver,
library ornaments, musical instruments
and other articles of household use,
which may at the time of my death be
in or appertain to my present residence;
and also all horses, carriages, vehicles,
harness, stable furniture and nipple
ments, which I may have on hand at the
time of my decease and usually kept in
my said stables on Madison avenue and
Fifty.second street; and I empower my
wife, during her life, to exchange or dis
pose of any of my said household prop
erty, furniture and other chattles, ex-
cept the pictures, statuary and works of
art.
I alsolgive and bequeath to my said
wife an annuity of two hundred thous.
and dollars per annum during her nat
ural life, to be computed from the date
of myadecease and paid her in equal
quarter yearly payments thereafter; and
[ direct that q sum sufficient to produce
such annuity be set apart and at all
times safely invested by the executors
for that purpose duriIg the life of my
wife, and I empower her to dispose by
will of $4,000 of the principal of the
same, as directed to be set apart, in any
manner she may desire and which shall
be legal.
All taxes, assessments and charges
which may be imposed on real estate
devised to my wife for life, ehall be
payable by her during the same period.
Second to sixth clauses are devoted to
four married daughters of the deceased
who are given respectively the houses
they now occupy or in course of con.
structiop, and the lands upon which they
are built.
Igive and bequeath to the tras.
tees hereafter appointed S27,,
00o,O 0 of bonds of the
United States of America, bearing
interest at the rate of 5 per cent per an
nun. the principal falling due in 1907;
So. 000,0 0 of the second mortgagn bonds
of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railway, due in 1908, bearing interest al
the rate Of Z per cent per annum.
A clause of the will then includes
other securities to the amount of forty
milliors to be divided in eight equal
parts to be held in trust for kls eight
children.
The Sth clause allows the trustees to
purchase certain other prescribed Sc.
c~urities when others mature.
The 9th clause divides between his
eight children 4 0,c90,0o0 for their free
disposition.
The 9th. 10, 18th and 18th clauses pro.
vide that a portion for her daughter
Eliza shall not be given her until she
reaches the age of thirty, and if she die
without issue her portion goes to the
other brothers and sisters.
The thirteenth clauses bequeath to
Cornelius two million dollars in addi-
ton to all others requests.
The fourteenth clsuse declares that
upon the decease of the widow George