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Show RICHER THAN THE ROTHSCHILDS And Vet lie Died A Tribute to Van. derbilt's Virtues. - New Yokk, December 10. Chauncy De-pew, De-pew, who has chnrge of Vanderbilt's affairs pending the opening of the will, said to a representative of Cyrus Field's Mail and Express this afternoon: "'The will is all right. I know its provisions, but ordinary delicacy forbids me to say what those provisions pro-visions are. ' Vanderbilt has had his affairs in such shape the past three years that he could step out at any moment, and matters would go along without perceptible change. The condition of his health was not satisfactory satis-factory to him HE WAS THE EICHEST MAN IN THE WOULD. His wealth exceeded all that of all the Rothschilds Roths-childs put together. Cornelius Vanderbilt will have control of the interest in the New York Central and Michigan Central, and a supervisory share in the Western roads, notably the Northwestern. William K. will have charge of the West Shore interest, and those of the Nickel Plate roads, and with an interest in the roads of Chicago. Frederick Vanderbilt is a director in -all the roads. I must decline to tell what I know in relation to the division of Government bonds and other portions of the estate. George Vanderbilt, Van-derbilt, the youngest son, is 21 years old. He has no aptitude for railroad operations. The World says: Vanderbilt was peculiarly pecu-liarly reticent as to the disposition of his property, but after many interviews with his intimate friends, it is evidently the general belief that Cornelius will be given the bulk of the fortune, in accordance with the Commodore's Com-modore's known wish that one member of each suooeeding generation be so endowed. It is remarkable how high Cornelius stood in the estimation of men yesterday. The day before he was nobody; to-day he is a king. - EVERYBODY SPEAKS WELL OF HTM, Of his" conservatism, and his executive ability. An intimate personal friend of Vanderbilt's Vander-bilt's said to-day: "Vanderbilt took the deepest interest in politics, but belonged to no party. Having selected candidates of either party whom he thought the best men, few did more than he to promote their success. suc-cess. In such cases he was extremely liberal in gifts to campaign funds. He never cared much what a man's views were on publio questions or those in whioh he was particularly particu-larly interested, but tried more to find out if the candidate was a square man. He had a theory that if a man was unreliable or corrupt, no matter how favorable he might be to his interests, he (Vanderbilt) would be one of his first victims, and that a man who was honest and had courage, when he felt the responsibilities of official position, would study .the merits of questions affecting affect-ing Vanderbilt's interests and would come out substantially on his side. The result was he frequently astonished his friends by supporting men they believed to be hostile, but in almost every instance the result showed HIS JUDGMENT WAS COBBECT." Dr. Cooke, rector of St. Bartholomew's, said yesterday: "Vanderbilt was a vestryman vestry-man of this church over twenty years. He took an active part in all the duties of his office, and served on manv committees. In all matters where the aid of the church was asked he was extremely liberal. A great deal of his money went mto the contribution plate, which in his capacity of vestryman he was often called upon to pass around. He had no morbid fear of death; his attitude was one of calm hope, although for some time he lived in the knowledge that he might die any moment." |