Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-07
Will of The Colonel Makes Son Vincent Principal Bene-
 ficary and ReSiduary Legatee.
IA TRUST FUND OF $5,OOO,OOO FOR THE WIDOW
This Reverts to Vincent in the Event of Her Remariaee
 Receives $1OO,OOO Outright Without Condtion--No Provision For First Wife But $2OOO,OOO Awaits Post. humous Heir-One Charitable Request of $30OOO.

New York, May 6.-Counsel for the family made public tonight the will of John Jacob Astor, as drawn in thls city in September last only a few days after his marriage to Miss Madeline Talmadge Force, and approximately seven months before he perished with the sinking of the Titanic
 Vincent Astor, son, who will come ot age within the year, is made the principal beneficiary and residuary legatee. Nothing as to the value of the great estate is given, and by the creation of trust funds the testator has followed, as far as possible the GUS tom of his forbears in keeping the vast Astor real estate holdings intact. Val nations of the estate run anywhere from S75,000,000 to 50,000,000. A close friend of the family said tonight that in his opinion the smaller fguxe was nearer the correct estimate.
 One Charitable Request.
 Aside from the provisions for Vim cent AstOr, the will provides for un- conditional bequests of only S216.500. Among these there is but one of d charitable nature. This is S30.000 10 St. Pauls school at Concord, x. II. The remainder of the legacies are to relatives, friends and faithful ser wants. Nearly all the other provisions of the will, as made public, deal with the trust funds. of which there are three: $5,00O,0 900 for the young widow. S5,000 900 for the cOlOners young daughter Muriel, the child of his for mer wife, Ava Willing Astor, and $3,- 100000 for the expected posthumous child of the present widow. This last clause provides each child who shall survive the testator other than his son, William Vincent, and his daugh- ter, Ava Alice Muriel."
 No Provision for First Mrs. Astor.
 No provision whatsoever is made for the wife who divorced him. and if the young widow dies or marries again the S5,O0O,0O0 trust fund and the town house and other property left to her reverts to Vincent Astor She re- ceives, however, S100,0O0 outrightwith- out further stipulation, and until the income from tue trust fund shall be- come available the trustees are di- rected to pay her an income of S200,- 900 year. There was an ante-n nuptial settlement which she accepted in lieu of dover rights The amount of this has never been made public. Rumors have placed it at s5,000,000.
 Directions to Trustees.
 The colonel gives the trustees minute directions relative to making invest ments, following almost word for word the instructions of similar nature left | by his father, William Ast0r. All be- l quests are made tax free the taxes to 1 be paid out of the residuary estate. As to proper Investments he cites among | other things real estate, railroad se- 1 curities and the public debts of the | United States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
 Requests to His Son.
 The most important provisions of | the will are as follows:
 | CD To his son, William Vincent Astor, outright the following property:
 B: All the lands and personal prop i erty at Rhinebeck, N. Y, over which | the testator was given a power of ap- i pointmelt by hiJ fathers will.
 c; The house and grounds at New 1 port, R. l., with all personal property therein over which he had a power of l appointment under his fathers will.
 D: All the pictures and statuary left | to him for life by his fathers will with power of appointment.
 B: All his jewelry. wearing apparel, personal effects, yachts and boats.
 Requests to His WiGow.
 CD To his widow, Madeleine Tal- mage Force Astor, the town house and stable at the corner of Fifth avenue and 65th street, together with books, paintings, pictures, engravings, mar bles, bronzes, statuary and objects of art, plate and silver plated ware, linen china, glass, household effects. useful and ornamental, therein contained and not herein above otherwise disposed | of, to have and to hold the same for so | long during her life as ene shall re- i main his widow, ard upon her death or remarriage all this property is be- 1 queathed to the testator's son, William l Vincent Astor.
 (3) For his wife (sic) Madeleine Talmage Force Astcr, a trust fund of S5,000,000 she to receive the income of such fund for so long during her nat ural life as she shall remain his widow, and upon her death. or in case of her remarriage, then upon such re- marriage. the capital of this fund goes to William Vincent Astor.F
 (4) To his widow Madeleine Tal- l mage Force Astor, an outright legacy of s100O00, payable immediately upon the testat0r's death. and all horses and other livestock and all carriages and harness and stable furniture and all automobiles and all provisions and supplies belonging to the testator oi subject to this disposal at the time oi his death, excepting such of said arti- cles as are otherwise above disposed of
 These provisions for his widow ar, made in lieu of dover and all .othel claim upon his estate. and until tho trust fund of & 900 600 is set up tht executors are directed to pay 10 bol an income at the rate of S300 GOO year.
 Requests to Other Children.
 (5) A trust of s5.OOO. GOO for th. benefit of his daughter, Ava Mice Mu. riel Astor.
 (6) A trust fund of sSOOo.OOO f, created for the benefit of each ehilC who shall survive the testator othel than his son, William Vincent Astor and his daughter, Ava Alice Nitric Astor to be held in trust for such chilt until attaining the age Of 21 years.
 Several Friends Remembered.
 Nicholas Riddle of Philadelphia. wh, went to Halifax with Vincent Astor tt claim Colonel Astor's body. receives legacy of S20000; Robert H. M. Fergu son, a close friend an a trustee o his fathers estate and now living ii Silver City. New Mexico, gets s1o.O0O Douglas Robinson, a brother -in-law o Theodore Roosevelt, is bequeathe, $20,000, and similar sum goes to tn, testator's brother n-law. Jame Roosevelt Roosevelt, of this city James s. Armstrong of Rhinebeck x r., a cousin, is bequeathed $30,00O sum which Colonel Astor's father alsl