Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-07

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/ bic az the corner OF Fifth avenue and
65th street together with beoks paint
/ iags pictures, engravings, marbles
| bronzes. siatuary and objects of art
! plate and silver-platedl ware, linen
| china, glass. household Effects useful
lard ornamental, therein contained and
not herein above otherwise disposed OF
to have and To hold the same for so
| long during her life as she shall re-
main his widow. and upon her death
or re-marriage. all this property is be-
queathed to the testator's son VIII
| liam Vincent Astor
go For his wife lsc) Madeline Tai
image Force Aston, trust fund of 5000,
600, she TO receive the income of such
fund 50 long during hef. natural life as
she shall remain lia widow, and upon her
death or in came of hen re-narriage. then
upon such re-marriage the capital Of this
fund goes to William Vincent Astor,
| 90 To his widow, Madeline Force AS
tor, an outright legacy of 100000 payable
immediately upon the testator's death,
and all horses and other live stock and
all carriages and harness and stable fur
niture and all automobiles and all pro-
visions and supplies belonging to the tes-
| tator or subject TO this disposal at the
| time of his death excepting such of said
| articles as are otherwise above disposed
| of.
| These provisions for his widow are
I made in lieu of dover and all other claim
| upon his estate, and until the trust fund
| of $5.000000 is set up the executors are
directed to pay TO her an income at the
rate of 100000 year.
80 A trust fund of s5OO0000 for the
| benefit of his daughter, Ava Alice Muriel
| Aston So much of the income as the
| trustees shall determine to be proper 10
| TO be applied to her support. maintenance
! and education during her minority and
| the balance of the income to be accumu-
| lated Upon attaining the age of q the
| daughter is to receive this fund with its
Accommodations absolutely In case of her
death under q years, it goes according
| to her will, and in default of a will then
| goes to her issue. If any, and in default
| of will or issue surviving her, then to
| William Vincent Aston.
90 a trust fund of s3,o00,O00 is created
! for the benefit of each child who shall
| survive the testator other than his son
/ William Vincent Astor and his daughter.
| Ava Alice Muriel Astor, to be held in
trust for such children until attaining
/ the age of 81 years, with similar pro-
visions as to the disposition of the fund
! in the event of the death of the child un-
| der q as are above set forth in eonnec-
| ton with the trust for the daughter
| Nicholas Bddle Of Philadelphia, who
| went to Halifax with Vincent Aston II
| claim Col Astors body, receives a
| legacy of $4,000; Robert II. NJ Fer
| guson, close friends and a trustee Of
/ his fathers estate and now living in
| silver City. N. NJ. gets $4,000; Doug
/ las Robinson, brother-in-law of The
odore Roosevelt, is bequeathed $4,000
and a similar sum goes to the tesla
tors brother-in-law James Roosevelt
/ Of this city.
James S. Armstrong, a cousin. is be-
| queslthed $4,000, sum which Col As
tors father left him. other requests
are $4,000 to his secretary, William a.
/ Dobbyn Of this city, in recognition Of
Faithful services. $50, 900 to his
steward. Thomas Hade, In apprecia-
ton OF his many years of devoted SER
vice" and $4,000 to Herbert A, Pink
| ham. superintendent of his country
/ place at tthlneDeckF
| The executors are directed to pay the
| New York Yacht Club $500 a year un-
| I'll Vincent Astor shall become of age,
1 this sum to he used by the club for
tile purchase of two silver cups To be
| sailed for by the yachts of the New
/ York Yacht Club at Newport during
the annual cruise II is suggested fur
Their that Vincent Aston, having arrived
Of age, shall continue to offer these
prizes, thus perpetuating the famous
! Astor cup
| The executors are James Roosevelt
! Douglas Robinson, Nicholas Biddle and
| Vincent Aster. upon the latter attain
/ ing the age of IL The same persons
! are also appointed trustees of the sew
| eral trusts created by the viii. The
will was executed in the City of New
| York, September rs, 1911, in the pres
| ence of Lewis Cass Ledyard, Philip G.
| Browne, and John f. Kane as subscrib-
! ing witnesses It win be filed for pro-
! bate ia few days.
There was no reading of the will TO
assembled relatives. AS soon as Col.
Astor's death became known TO GER
| tainty they We're informed of the pro-
/ visions of The document.
! BY the terms of the Astor will Vincent
Astor comes into possession on his 21st
birthday on November Is, of nearly 40
parcais of New York CITY real estate Tile