Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-14
yANDERBrLr,s MILLIONS.
Ii of His Heirs Provided With Hand-

l some Fortunes.
 1 NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Mr. William H I Vanderbilts will was offered for probate in | the surrogate's office at noon yesterday. Ci- l tatfons were then issued to the heirs and the next of kin, and hearing will beheld on the 30 inst. with view to proving it's proper ex- ecution. It is said by those nearest the fam
 fly that all interested are entirely satisfied
 with the testament, and no contest whatever
 is anticipated. The will was executed on
 September 25, 1884. Under it's provisions
 each of his eight children receives $10 0,0O0,-
 900, of which S, ,OOO,00O in each case is in
 trust. In addition to this $2, ,000 000 is left to
 Cornelius. The four sons of the dead man
 are made the trustees, the property left to
 each son being committed to the trusteeship
 of his three brothers. The will leaves to
 each of his daughters the houses they live in
 absolutely. To his grandson, William H.
 the son of Cornelius, is left $1 100000, and
 to the widow is left the palace at Fifth ave-
 nus and Fifty-frst street, his paintings,
 library, stables, horses, &c., and an annuity
 of $200, ,00e per year, together with $50O,0O0
 that is left to her absolutely. At her death
 the house, picture gallery and stables
 are to go to the youngest son, George
 Vanderbilt, for his life, and at his
 death to such son of his as he may designate by the will. If he shall die leaving no son the property goes to the oldest son of
 Cornelius Vanderbilt. Sundry bequests
 ..~@ to about $1 100000 are left to charitable objects, an. a ''-"'''0' from ss,06O to S9,5Og are left to dissnn. - - atives. The remainder of ths fortune is divided equally between Cornelius and Will liam K Vanderbilt MT. Vanderbilt directs that all of the railroad stocks bequeathed to his children shall be held in bulk and admin istered for the best interests of all, and that none of them sha1l be disposed of without the consent of all concerned. Chauncey M. Depew and Henry H. Anderson are consti- | tuted administrators of the will.
 Among the charitable bequests are the fol lowing: To the Episcopal church Missionary society of New York city $50, GOO; New York l Christian home for incorporates $50, 900; to New York Protestant Episcopal Missionary society $1O0,000. The will bequeaths $40, ! 100000 made mp of the United States ! bonds, bonds of the Lake Shore, Central, New York and Harlem and other | railroads to be divided into eight equal par ,els of s5,ooo,oo each, and each of said parcels to contain an equal amount of each | 'f the bonds specified, to be set apart and l divided among his four sons and four daughters in equal parts, they to col. ect and receive the income of the aid eight parcels. The will directs that the ! ncome from these bonds shall be paid to he benefeiaries during their natural life put that no payments shall be made them in of the income of said bonds, and hat no part of the principal of said bonds hall be paid over or alienated or transferred ! turing the lifetime of any of the children 1 ntitled to the income accruing from the I interest the bonds allotted and l ct apart for them respectively. he testator further provides that ! pon the death of each of his eight children hat the principal of the fund set apart for aeh of them be paid to their legal heirs as aey by their last wills may direct or appoint nd in case any of them die intestate the md left them shall be divided among their sue in the proportion in which they would e by law entitled.