Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-24
MRS. AsTOR HAS
SERIOUS RELAPSE
Young Widow Is Under Con.
slant Care of Her
Doctors.

NEW YORK, April 2l.-Mrs. Made
leins Force Aston relapsed yes
day into a state Of weak
ness which caused 81 much alarm to
her family the day after her return
upon the Carpathia. h rallied from
It Sunday. and Monday was so much
better that II was believed she was in
no further danger 10 q direct result Of
her tragic experience aboard the IT,
senie. Yesterday afternoon. however,
q reaction Of sone violence set in. and
Last night she wes under the constant
care q her physician and nurses.
Nrs. Astor.s bearing aboard the Car
pakhia and At the time of her arrival
- the Fifth avenue house Thursday
evening quite amaDed her family. She
hspt he1self wonderfully in hand, and
svsn when, twenty-four hours later,
sAe becan,e very weak the only sur
psBue wae that she did not sink to q
hwsr ebb OF vitality than she did.
There 10 no reaso to believe, however.
that she win not rally from her pres
ent condition.
Preparations were completed yester-
day for the fling for probate at any
time Of Colonel Astor's will. Vincent
Astor. his son; Nicholas Biddle. his
personal representative In matters per-
tanning to the estate; w. A. Dobbyns.
his secretary, and representatives OF
his attorneys, Carter. Ledyard & Mill
burn, were In conference on these
plans, Of which only unimportant de-
tails remain to be arranged. The n
important matter stiil in allegiance, IT
is said. is the exact time of fling the
viii.
VIII Provides for All Contingencies.
This will is that which Colonel Astor
drew at the time Of hts marriage last
August. 1t has been denied that
Colonel Astor had in mind n changes
in this will upon his return to New
York. The provisions worked out by
him nine months g cover every con-
tingency that has arisen in the mean
time, and anticipate any that may arise
IL Ing the mex three months.
The bulk of Colonel Astor's estate
came to him from his father under a
trust that amounted to entail. With
Colonel Astor's death this entail termi-
mated, and a new trust created by him
will come into existence by the pro-
visions of his will. 1t is known that
these provisions extend the family ira
dition over another generation. and
that the bulk Of the estate will go to
Vincent Astor under the same limita-
ions that safeguarded 1t when 1t
passed from William Astor to Colonel
Astor.
Muriel Aston, the daughter of Colonel
Astor and Mrs. Ava Astor, his first
wife, will receive blu a small part Of
the estate. It Is certain that Mrs. Ava
Astor will not come into any greater
share Of her former husbands wealth
than she now enjoys. 1t is probable
that under the will she will be further
secured In her right to the yearly in,
come of 800, 900 she now enjoys. Half
of this income arises from the mas
riage settlement and half from the
settlement made at the time of her
divorce.
Mrs. Madeleine Astor's income arises
from Colonel Astor's personal estates.
The marriage settlement upon her is
believed to have been made in the
form of a trust to continue through
her lifetime. 1t may have been an
outright settlement upon her, but this
is doubted. 1t is said that the exact
nature of the settlement is not known
even to Colonel Astor's most intimate
friends. In amount, however, II was
approximately 81. 000, 900.
Nothing more definite concerning
Mrs. Ava, Astor's arrival in New York
from London is known than that she
is expected by the end Of the week. II
is quite likely that until this is known
positively no further arrangements
will be made for the probating of the
wifi. 1t is desirable. in the opinion of
those in charge. of the matter, to have
the chief b~ene1ciaries present at the
time.
The most important of these, of
are the heirs, Vincent and
Muriel Astor. Mrs. Ava. ,Astor and
Mrs. Madeleine Astor will be present at
the reading Of the will, and this Is
likely to be the only meeting. 1t is
probable that some time will elapse
after the reading of the will before It's
terms become public.