Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-18
vANDERDMrs MILLIONS.
His Two Eldest Sons Get the hulk az His
PrOporty-Th0 Other Children Got o1O,.
: { E&-#,E 600. 900 Each. ,~-f.@j@sbi II ~

Ills Two Eldest Sons Get the Bulk Of Hla
/ Property-The Other Children Got e1O.-
600, 900 Each.
! Ex-Judge Rappallo, followed by Chaun-
coy Depew, Cornelius Vanderbilt, William
r., Frederick W., and George Vanderbilt,
in the order named, entered the surrosate's
office in New York. and Immediately APP
peared before Probate Clerk Breckett
Tor the purpose OF filing the will
OF William H. Vanderbilt. Saturday last
1t is OF great length and embraces many
details which are OF no public interest. In
short he leaves $40, 600, 900 to each ofhls
eight children, and the magnificent palaces
in which they now live-to his wife, his
late residence, and it's contents, stables,
horses, pictu es, etc. ETC., and $500, 900 u
year, in lieu ofdower and to public charities,
81, 100000 All the rest, residue and re-
mainder OF all property and estate, real,
personal and mixed Of any description and
wheresoever situated, he gave unto his two
sons, Cornelius Vanderbilt and William K.
Vanderbilt in equal shares, and to their
heirs and assins, for their use forever. The
amount is estima ted at about 500, OOO,-
900, which will give each $50, 900, 600, which
sum is doubles equal or nearly equal to the
holdings OF any living individual in the
country. disposition to perpetuate the
familys supremacy in the business world,
however, is seen in the provision in the
will which directs that the railroad stocks
shall be held in bulk, and not disposed OF
without the consent OF every person con-
cerned
The requests for public and charitable
purposes are az follows: ~
give and bequeath to the board Of trust
OF the Vanderbilt university Of Nashville,
Tenn, Incorporated under the laws of the
state OF Tennessee, 100000 of the second
Oh nf T,aS- & icEi
gan Southern railroad company, to be ap-
piled to the usages and purposes OF said
university.
! give and BEG ueath to the following
named societies and incorporated bodies,
organized under the laws OF the state OF
New York, the sums hereinafter specified,
viz: To the Domestic and Foreign Mission
airy society Of the Primitive Episcopal
church OF the United States OF America,
$500, 900 for domestic purposes; to St:
Lukes hospital. incorporated in the year
1850, 100000: to the Young Mems
Christian Association of the City OF New
York, 800, 900; to the General Theological
Seminary OF the Primitive Episcopal Church
ofthe City OF New York, $50, 900; to the New
York Bible and Common Pr aye
Book society, whereof the bish OPP
is president $50,oO0;. to the
Home for Incurables, Incorporated
in 1885, $50, 900; to the Protestant Epis-
copal Church Missionary Society for Sea-
rncn in the city and port ofNew York $50,
900; to the New York Home for intemper-
ate Men, $50, 900; to the New Aork Prot
estant Episcopa! Mission society Of the
city OF New York, 500, 900; to the Metro
politan museum OF art, incorporated April
Is, 1870, 100000; to the American Mu-
scum OF ma tural History in the city OF New
York, $4,000; to the Moravian church in
New Dory Lane Staten Island, organized
under the name OF the United Brethren
church, 100000.