Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1885 — THE EAST. [ARTICLE]

THE EAST.

The funeral and burial of the late William H. Vanderbilt occurred at New York on the 11th inst. The funeral, which took place in St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, was very simple in character. In the evening the members of the family gathered at Mr. Vanderfiilt’s house. Judge Charles A. Bapallo, who drew Mr. Vanderbilt’s will, and Mr. Chauncey M. Depew were also present. The will was opened. The will proved to be longer than had been generally expected. There was much speculation during the evening as to the contents of the document, but no trustworthy details could be obtained. There were present, besides President Depew and Judge Bapallo, the attorneys, Mrs. Vanderbilt, Cornelius and his wife, William K. and his wife, George Vanderbilt, and the sons-in-law of William H., McK. Twombly, William Sloan, and Dr. W. S. Ward' Webb, with their wives. It was an hour before the reading was finished. The date of the execution of the will does not go back two years. A shower of fish fell in the vicinity of Cumberland, Me. They were about an inch long, and bore the appearance of young smelts.... At Pine Run, Pa., a band of striking miners attacked non-unionists-on their way to work, using clubs, sticks, and stones. Some of the latter were badly injured, an® one man is not expected to recover. „ After the flight of the “ scabs,” the , strikers wedged a switch on a railway, and the next train on the line was wrecked, but no lives were lost. William H. Vanderbilt's will has been probated at New York. It gives to each of the eight children of the testator $10,000,000 in securities, etc., $5,000,000 in ” fee, and $5,000,000 in trust. In the case qf the testator’s daughter. Mrs. Webb, the $5,000,000 given in fee is not to be paid over until she attains the age of 30 years. If she dies before attaining that age her share is to go to her children, and if she dies without issue to revert to the estate. To Cornelius is given an additional $2,000,000. The widow gets an annuity of $200,000, $500,000 for disposal by will, and a life interest in the residence at Fifth avenue and Fifty-first street, and in the furniture and works of art contained therein. At her death the residence and works of art-are to go to George W. Vanderbilt, and at his death to his eldest son; or, should he not have a son, to William H. or Cornelius, sons of Cornelius, according to their it being the purpose of the testator to convey them to a male descendant of the name of Vanderbilt. His daughters are given the houses in which they live. Legacies and annuities are given .to various persons, but the names of the late Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt's sisters do not appear among them. The sum of $1,100,000 is given to varibus charitable institutions. The “rest and residue” of the estate js given to Cornelius and William. K. Van-

derbilt. The widow and the four sons are named as executrix, executors, andtrusteap of the estate.... The imports of general merchandise at the -port of New York during the last week were valued at nearly $6,000,000, exclusive of dry g00d5....1n the Superior-Criminal ' Court of Boston, the Rev. W. W. Downs ; and Mrs. Annie J. Taber were indicted on three counts for adultery... .The bicenten- ! nial anniversary of the introduction of the ' art of printing in America was celebrated 1 in Philadelphia... .Mrs. Eli Crum, the; wife of a contractor of Pittsburgh, was j caught in the act of shoplifting,,.. The Grant monument fund at New York now amounts to a trifle over $104,000.