Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
GUESSES At A FORTUNE.
Huntlngton's Estimated at $685.
100000 to 500, 900, 900.
PROBATE WILL TO BE FILED.
Believed That the Major Interests Were
Placed In the Hands of Trustees Last
Winter-An Estimate of His Various
Interests.

New York, Aug. 25.-The Times
says the will of Coils p. Huntington
has been offered for probate. Copies
of an abstract Of the document have
been issued for publication by Charles
H. Tweed, second vice president and
general counsel of the Southern Paci-
fic company. Mr.. Tweed was Mr..
Huntington's legal adviser and drew
up the will.
Interest in Mr.. Huntingtons prop
erty and how it will be divided has
reached an acute stage. 1t is gener
ally conceded that Mr.. Huntington's
total equities in the thirty odd cor
porations in which he was either an
officer or director, and in the score
OF interests where he was represent
ed, and his immediate real and per-
sonal estates amount to not less than
$20,000,000. Some Wall street esti-
mates place the Huntington fortune
at 500, 100000.
Some of his interests were enor-
nous. That in the Southern Pacific
company has been run up as high as
$45,000,000. The Huntington interests
at Newport News, cannot, Is is claim
ed be less than $5,0OO,OOO. In the Pa
cific Mail Steamship company Mr..
Huntington's interests were about ST.
100000. His share in other corpora.
lions was not less than S1.500,000.
In New York city, at Throgg's
Neck and on Raquette lake, Mr.. Hunt
ington's real estate was worth not
less than $3,5OO,OOO and in San Fran
cisco he had property worth about
$1,500,000. His various parcels of i'm
proved and unimproved property in
several states of the union are esti-
mated to be worth from $1,000,O 900 to
81 100000. These estimates, which
are regarded as extremely conserva-
tive, place Mr.. Huntington's fortune
at more than $S0,000,000.
AS to it's disposition it is generally
believed that the major interests were
last winter intrusted in case of death
to trustees. This applies chiefly, in
the belief of many, to the Southern
Pacific holdings, the Pacific Improve
ment company, the Newport News in
vestments and the outlying real es-
tate.
The will gives 81 900 900 in trust for
Princess Hatzfeldt during her life, the
principal to go to her issue at death;
100000 in trust is given for the bene-
fit of Mrs. Huntington, the widow,
for life, afterward for the benefit of
Archer M. Huntington for life; two
thirds of the Southern Pacific Rail-
way stock is to be given to Mrs. Hunt
ington and one-third to Henry Ed
no part thereof shall be sold during
the lifetime of either except with the
consent of both. The Fifty-seventh
street and Fifth Avenue residences in
this city, together with all articles
therein, is given to Mrs. Huntington
for life, afterwards to be given to
Archer NJ. Huntington; 100000 is
given in trust for the benefit of Har-
riet S. Huntington. Elizabeth Purdy,
Susan Porter and Allen Gates, in por-
lions of $4,000 each; $50, 600 for the
benefit of c. II. Sammis and 500, 900
each for the benefit of Eleanora Love
land and Frank Pardee. Various
other specific requests were made
Mrs. Huntington, Charles H. Tweed
and Isaac E. Gates, Mr. Huntington's
brothers-in-law, are made executors
of the will. All of Mr.. Huntington's
pictures are given to Mrs. Huntington
for life, afterwards to Archer M.
Huntington for life, and at his death
to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
of New York city absolutely.