The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-05-09
COL. AsTOR'S WILL
IS MADE PUBLIC
Son William Vincent Given Bulk
of Estate.
FIRST WIFE NOT MENTIONED
Young Widow 10 to Have Income From
100000 Trust Fund and New
York Home During
Life

New York, May THE next mis-
tress of Beechwood, the beautiful AS
tor place of Newport, will be the bride
of Vincent Aston, whoever that may
be, and not Mrs. Madeleine Force AS
tor, the young widow of the late Col.
John Jacob Aston.
Under the terms Of Colonel Astor's
will as made public, the young widow
is to have the use Of the income from
trust fund of ST, 200, 900, but upon her
death or remarriage the fund goes to
William Vincent Aston. Until the fund
has been established she Is to receive
an income of 100000 a year She
also receives an outright legacy or
100000. The Aston town house and
street, with all its furnishings and
equipment Is left to her until death
or remarriage, when 1t is bequeathed
to William Vincent Aston.
These provisions for his widow are
made in lieu of dover and all other
claims upon his estate" says the will.
First Wife Not Mentioned.
No mention of Mrs. Ava Willing AS
tor is made in the will, the settlement
made at the time of her divorce hav-
ing disposed of all her claims against
the estate.
To William Vincent Astor Is be-
queathed Ferncliffe-on-the-H Hudson, with
all the lands and personal property at
Rhinebeck the house and grounds at
Newport, all pictures and statuary left
to the testator for life by his fathers
will and all his jewelry, wearing APP
parel, personal effects, yachts and
boats.
The will bequeaths to Alice Muriel
Astor, the ten-year-old daughter, n
trust of IS 900, 900, SO much of the in
come therefrom as the trustees may
determine to be applied to her sup
port, maintenance and education dur
ing her minority, the balance Of the
income to be accumulated.
Upon attaining the age of twenty
one Alice Muriel is to receive this
fund with its accumulations absolute
ly. In case of her death without will
or issue this fund goes to William
Vincent Astor.
A trust fund of 100000 is created
for the benefit Of each child who shall
survive the testator other than his
son. William Vincent Aston, to be held
in trust for such child until the age
Of twenty-one.
Vincent Is Residuary legatee.
AS the residuary legatee in his IA
theirs estate Vincent Astor will come
into possession on his twenty-first
birthday, the 10th of November next,
of real estate in New York. the value
of which was fixed at $4,000, 800, I'M
der the last assessment Other be-
quests are:
To st. Paul's school, Concord, N.
H., a legacy of 100000; James S.
Armstrong, Rhinebeck, n. Y, $4,000;
James sevelt-Roosevelt, $4,000;
Douglas Robinson. $4,000; Nicholas
Biddle, $4,000; Robert H. NJ. Fergu-
son or Silver City, N. NJ, friend,
$40 900; William A. Dobbyn, secretary,
SEE, 900: Thomas Hade, his steward,
10000 and Herbert A. Pinkham, su-
perintendent of the Rhinebeck estate,
$4,000
His brother-in-law, James Roosevelt
Roosevelt, and his friends, Douglas
Robinson and Nicholas Biddle, togeth-
err with his son, William Vincent AS
tor. are named as executors and also
trustees of the several trusts created
by the will.
The will was executed in New York,
September IS, 1911, ten days after his
marriage to Madeleine Force Astor.
That Mrs. Aston accepted sum Of
money, rumored to be $6,000,000 in
lieu OF dover rights, was confirmed.
The value of the estate Is estimated
at from $4,000, 900 to $1O0,OOO.OOO.