The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-04-01

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Vanderbilt How many nore separate
sets 81 grandchildren tiis eeutierca an
viii hass q settle bis money uron
viii b. sssI later. II his son Willie x.
gets a divorce and rernafriss.. Id cAss
this son rhptid acquire anothsr fan
iiy there <tsnss tho question. viii VII.
is X ar.. BE- most interested III. hts
nsmesase. Willie X. Ill. who. remssns
With his mother. or VIII hs s~ffayufally
turn to isfer children that might Be
born 10 his son Willie X. II.
Whether Mira. uii.se X. n. Win re-.
marry h wondered about. II was her
sister, Mrs. Arthur Kemp. Who a.
vorced her husband and declared that
II was the millions belonging to the
rich married couples that begsts sli
the unhappiness.
Fsts Hangs In the Balance.
In the meantime even more uncer~
tainfy awaits the tate OF little William
Heary. AGED eight. who 10 the only
child Ut the Alfred Cwynne Wander
bilts. This was the child who was
elected 10 receive the bulk OF the
other half ri the great Vanderbilt for
tune. In wiIi be- remembered that old
WilIiani Henry divided the greater
part of his fortune between his sons
Cornelius and William X. equally His
other sons. Frederick and George.
and hts four daughters. Mira. Elliot =.
Shepard. Mrs. w. Seward Webb, Mrs.
II. Mckay Twombiy and Mrs. W d.
Sloane. shared equally in the remain
der Of the fortune.
II was the hope Of the father OF
this large family that Of the two sOns
whom he made the chief heirs one
would build up a line OF succession
which would remain stable and re-
ceiye the bulk OF the fortune. Cor.
nelius announced his purpose OF do
Ing this, and his eldest SOP. Cornelius.
generally known az Cornelius Ill. xas
picked as his heir. When this young
man announced his intention OF mar.
rying Miss Grace Wilson. the beautiful
daughter Of a fine New York family,
but seven or eight years his senior,
there was a furious quarrel.
She Is too old for you. and III you
marry her l will disinherit YOU" said
the father.
Son Gives Decisive Answer.
For answer the son Immediately
married her and lost $50, 900. 900, which
his father willed TO Alfred Gwynne
afterwa-d. X was the largest fortune
ever given up for love. and. strange
to cay. the man who lost II has
seemed TO be the most happy OF all
the Nanderbilts In his matrimonial re.
lations.
Mrs. Cornelius Is said TO be one OF
the few women In her set of New York
society who has brains. and she il a
perfect society leader. She Ia a de-
voted mother TO her beautiful children.
and under her influence Cornelius has
worked hard In the railroad business.
He has invented several appliances
which are in use on his own and other
railroads. He Is a scholarly and un-
usual man. and there are some who
think that he may have the best gifts
TO pass on in succession OF n of the
vanderbiits
But the money. 80 the father willed,
should be conserved and passed on by
Alfred Gwynne. who married Elsie
French. Alfred was not scholarly.
however. He was not even possessed
Of the microbe Of family devotion. His
reflections. both from the path of
business and matrimonial allegiance.
have been notorious-and costly. They
have cost him his wife and a ire
mend0us alimony. and the separation
from his eight-year-old son. William
Henry. the child to whom the bulk OF
the fortune was to have been passed
Oil.
More "Aiiianees~ Now In Sight.
But Alfred shows signs OF mar
rying again. IL his uncertain light o.
love" should hit upon some one who
Ii eligible to matrimony. Lately IL
has lowered around Miss Lena Ash
well. the London actress. who Is In
every way his equal socially and who
Is hts superior in present standing, on
account OF his escapades. Mrs. Elsie
French Vanderbilt has also been in.
dulging In what looks like a prelimin.
airy matrimonial skirmIsh with Count
Won Bentinck. a lieutenant in the Ger
man army