Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-12-19
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 Florence was robbed this morning Q
 Kane Spring and the mail rified. Tn,
 registered pouch is safe.
 NEW YOlK. Dec. 12--The will of Wm
 H. Vanderbilt bsqueaths S1O,OO0OOO t
 each of his eight children; nearly Sl,OO,
 0O0 Is given to charitable institutions
 and the remainder of the fortune Il
 divided equally between Cornelius anC
 Wm. K. Vanderbilt. Be directs that al
 railroad stocks shall be held in bulk ana
 administered tO the best interest ot all
 and none shall be disposed of without
 the consent Of all cOnct rned. Chaunce!
 M. Depew and Henry H. Anderson ar,
 constituted administrators. Depew say
 that the family IS vel pleased with thu
 disposition of the property and ther'
 will be no contest of the will. At l22
 to-day ex.Judge Rap.llo, followed by
 Depew, Cornelius. Mm. k., Frederick
 W. and George Vanderbilt entered the
 Surrogate's office and immediately ap
 peared before Probate Clerk Beckett foI
 the purpose of filing the will. The doc
 ument says: "I, William II. Vanderbilt
 of the city of New York, do make and
 publish my last will and testament, as
 follows:
 First. devise unto my beloved wife
 Maria Louisa for and during her natur.
 al life the dwelling house m which
 now reside and the lot on which il
 now stands" and after describing the
 property on the wIll continues: "I also
 give and devise to my said wife during
 her natural life three lots of land on the
 ,,.thaoufayIv rnrnar of NaHtsnn avanna and iifty-second street, in the city ol New York, together wl.h the stables and improvements thereon. l also give and bequeath to her for and during her nat
 ursl life all the furniture. of every de- scription, including the plate, silver, h. brary, ornaments, musical instruments and other articles of household use
 which may at the time of my death be m or sppertsin to my present residence; and also horses, carriages or vehicles, harness, stable furniture and implements which may have on hand at the time of my decease and usually kept Tn my said stables on Madison avenue and Fifty Second street, and empower my wife during her life to exchange or dispose of any of my said household furniture and other chattles, except pictures, stat uary and works of art. I give and be- queath to my said wife an annuity of two hundred thoussn1 dollars during her natural life, to b8 computed from the date of my decease and paid to her m equal quarterly Ins,allments thereaf- ter; and l direct that . sum sufficient to produce such annuity be set apart and at all times safely invested by my exc cutors for that purpose during the life of my wife; and l empower her to dis pose, by will of SjO0,OO of the principal of the sum SO directed to be set apart, m 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 shall be payable by her during the same period and declare that the foregoing devises and bequests to her are to be In lieu of dover"
 Ire second to sixth clauses are devot- ed to the four married daughters of the deceased, who are given respectively the houses they now occupy or in course of construction and the lands upon which they are bnilt. The will goes on to say in the seventh clause; "I give and be- 1neath to trustees, hereafter appointed, S2j, 100000 of bonds of the United States ot America bearing interest at the rate of 1 per annum, the principal falling due in 1907; S50,O00.O0O of second mortgage bonds of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, due in lS03, bearing interest at the rate of per cent per Ennum. The clauses Df the will then includes other securities to the amount of S4O,CO0.OOO to be di- vided in eight equal parts to be held Tn trust for his eIght children. The trustees are to collect the income os each of these trust funds ard turn the same over to the beneficiaries. None of the funds can be Rlienated or transferred during the lifetime of the child entitled to the income. The principal, however, can be wliled away by the beneficiary at his pr her death, provided they have law Iul issue. If any daughters die without ssue the amount goes to the remaining If any son die without leav- ng lawful issue the portion goes to the ,ons still living in equal parts.
 Ite eight clause allows the trustees .O purchase other prescribed securities when others mature.
 The ninth clause divides between his tight children Si0,0OQC0O for their free lIsposit;On. The fourteenth clause also in case of the death of George, without issue .he homestead shall revert | D Wm. II. Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius, he purpose being to keep the residence n the family. He also gives to his | ,randson, William H., Sl,00OOOO to be | ,aid to him when he is thirty years old, md the interest to go to him ID the | In the event of the death of | William H., the next to fall heir IS Cornelius. brother of the latter.
 Sections Ij. ZIG, IF, Is and 10 provide or annuties from SI0O0 to 5000 to varI- ,us distant relatives. The twentieth | lause bequests S20O,0O0 to the Wander ,ilt University at Nashville, Tenn. The wenty-first clause bequests the follow ng sums to Domestic and Foreign Mis- ionRrY Society of the Primitive Episco- al church of the United States; Sl0U.0OO | purposes; to St. Luke's Hos- ltal, Sl0OOOO; to the Young Mems | 'hristian Association of New York, Sl00,- co; to the General Theological semi ary of the Primitive Episcopal church, 5000; to the New York Bible and com lOn Prayer Book Society, SJ0,OOO; to be Home of Incurables, S50,OO0; to the 'rotestant Episcopal Church Missionary iociety for Seamen in the city of New 'ork, S50,0O0; to the New York Home pr lntemperRte Mep. sJ0,O0O; to the lew York Protestant: Episcopal Mission 'ociety of New York, Sl0O,OOO; to the ietropolitan Museum of Art, Sl00,OO; D the American Museum of Natural History, SJ00OO; to the Moravian church [ New Drop. Staten Island, Sl00OOO.
 The twenty second clause reads as fol lws: "All the rest, residue aud remain CT of all the property and estate, real, ersonal and mixed, of every description I'd whsreeyer situnted, which l may e possessed or to which may be en tied, at the time o' my demise, 1 gIve, 9yise and bequeath unto my two sons, orneligs and William K. Vanderbilt, in Qual shares, and to their heirs and Gs- gcs for their use forever
 The will finally provides that the .idow and four sons shall be executCrs nd trustees Of the estate.
 BosToN, Dec. 14-Rev. W. W. Downs, sginst whom Rn indictment wRs found ' the grand jury for adultery, preached , a large audience yesterday evening in Iechsnic's Hall. A. the close of his ,msrks he introduced Hon. Marcus D. I