Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-10-27

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testator's daughters, Gertrude and Gladys.
are made resduary lcgatees IL equal
shares, their children taking the parents
snare in case either dies before that time.
The executors are directed to pay out of
th estate all !nheritances. legacy and trans
fer taxes Chargeable on account of any
gifts, devises or bequests under the law of
the state of New York or of the United
States or any state therein.
Alice G. Vanderbilt. his widow. is ap-
pointed executrix, and his son. Alfred Il.
Vanderbilt, William *. Vanderbilt, Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew and Edward w. Rossiter are
appointed executors. together with Kesi-
maid, who may qualify as soon as he be-
comes of age, and it is provided that no
commission or compensation shall be paid
10 any executor or trustee for his sery
ices.
\ codIcil gives $4,000 additional to the
rector, church warden and vestTymcn OF st
bartholomew church, TO be invested, and
the annual income thereof to be-appNed to
the church missionary work Of that parish.
A second cOdicil bequeathes Sl,UtleO ad-
ditional to his daughter, Gertrude Y. Whit
HeY, and $4,000 to John y. Peterson.
Senator Depew gave out the following
statement regarding the action of Alfred
Vanderbilt:
cided. from brotherly affection and FOR
family harmony. 10 take out OF his own III
heTitanCe and give 10 his brother. corne-
lius. sum sufficient To make the fortune
OF Cornelius the same as that Of his broth
crS and sisters. This has been accepted by
Cornelius in the same spirit.
This action was altogether voluntary.
said Senator Depew, no threats having
been made OF course there might have
been u contest under the terms OF the Will,
but there never WAS a suggestion of one
The whole thing was done III a most peau-
ttful, brotherly way
The entire fortune is estimated to be
about sI0UUOOO0 When some surprise was
expressed at the smallness of the amount
Senator Depcw said il was not strange
when ii is remembered that Mr.. Vanderbilt
had been giving away perhaps nan OF MS
income for the last twenty-five years.
The exact amount Of the fortune that Is
distributed will not be known until II IS
appraised by the state oihcialS. NO Sched-
ulc Of the numerous Vanderbilt holdings OF
shares of stock is contained in the Will.
The inheritance tax will be very large
It is estimated by good authorities that 1t
Will amount to AT least Sl.Jv".ED.
Alfred Gwyune Vanderbilt. the new head
of the house Of Vanderbilt graduated last
June from Yale, and started shortly ant
party He was in Japan when his father
The events of the last few days may
hasten his wedding with Miss Elsie
whom he has pightcd his troth.
when the affable and serious faced
youth entered the university ne was close
| ly scrutinized by some hundreds Of Gu
rious young men. They beheld q boy of
excellent physique, not powerful, but well
nodded and well knit together. His coun-
nf Tftggf
! which characterized his father. II was
soon discovered that there was no man IN
| the college more approachable nor with
! more COnsiderate attitude toward his fei-
! lows and few living more unosteEtatious!y.
Ite was liked from the first.
Mentally he is more earnest than bril-
| liant Young Vanderbilt at Yale was fond
| Of athletics, although he was never greatly
/ distinguished in any one sport. lie took
| IA vital interest in Hale's contests of row.
1 ing. football and baseball. and many d
| good Vanderbilt dollar has gone over 10
| Harvard and Pennsylvania by reason OF
| his faith, while lac shared the good for
! tunes of his alma mater III her many
| Young Vanderbilts apartments were
| much like those of the other students. He
| lived in Vanderbilt hall During his senior
| year his younger brother was Il freshman.
| But they roomed separately, according To
! the custom Of class caste.
| II was during Alfred Nanderbilts senior
year that he became enamored Of Miss Ell
| sic French. and like all Of his race, once
! III love, he was impatient But unlike his
| elder brother. Cornelius. he respected his
/ fathers wishes. The late Cornelius Van
| derbilt thought his son too young to wed
and obtained a promise from him that he
| would finish his university course ana tour
! the world before he settled down to do
| mestic happiness.
| Miss Elsie French, the betrothed Of Al
| fred Gwynne Vanderbilt. is just past IS
| She is the daughter of the late Francis
| Ormond French. who was president of the
Manhattan Trust Company. She will have
At 100000 to 10000. While her beauty
/ has not yet fully developed, il promises Il
| rival tia of her famous sister, Miss Eliza
beth French who married Colonel Francis
| Eaton, of the Grenadier guards.
The love story OF Alfred Vanderbilt ana
Elsie French began when they We're chill
| drcn. They played together during the
| summer at Newport, and even in the year,
| of childhood there was an extraordinary
attachment between them.
| The late Cornelius Vanderbilt had five
| children, to the eldest of which he CAV,
the name Cornelius. 1t Is, by the way.
strange thing about this name Corneliu.
IN the Vanderbilt family. III fortune ap
pears to come to every other one. There
was, of course, the first Cornelius tn,
founder Of the house; then came Cornelius
the second, the first to encounter this IA
tality. He was the commodure's third son
| When the commodore died IL was foun,
that he had practically disinheritcd hi
scancgoat OF a son. After diSposing of hi
millions he hcqueathcd To Cornelius OnIl
the income Of a small sum.
OF his subsequent career little IS known
nobody spoke well Of him and It is sal,
that he died suddenly in 4 bathtub in tn
New York hotel. The next Cornelius Jared
according to the rule, much better Hi
whole life was "A success During the earl,
youth OF his eldest son, Cornelius. Sr. wa
| very fond Of his boy. Cornelius. Jr, as H.
was then kncwn, was bright but modes
, and quiet boy. II was while at Yale tina
!, he met the one who was fatcd To carry GU
the dread fatality which had passed on
| Cornelius generation to appear in the next
This was none other than his present wifi,
formerly Miss Grace Wilson, the daughtc
7 Of r. 7. Wilson, who came from Tennessee
/ 10 New York shortly after the civil wa
, and made a great deal of money in cot
ton. Grace Wilson was a beautiful gii
and il was hoped that she would make
: marriage equally brilliant as her sister.
The eldest OF these was married TO Ogdc
Goelet: the other. Belle Wilson. was mar
ried TO Hon. VI. II. Herbert then Britis
Z charge d'affaires in Washington. The soI
? Ormc Wilson, married Miss Carrie Astc,
II was, perhaps. on account Of thos
ambitions that Mrs Wilson before sh
met young Cornelius Vanderbilt had re
4 fused many offers of marriage. When he
n engagement to young Cornelius was final
4 anUoUHCed.;hc Vanderbilt family stenulus