, 1879-04-14
VANDERBILT.
Cornelius ]. Makes a Flying Visit
to Chicago.
An Excursion Combining Debt-Paying
and Pleasure.
Tho Facts Regarding tht Late Settlement with
William H., The greeIey Claim, Etc.


A tall, spare man, apparently vol nlone In
the tortics, clad In somere sui. ot plain black,
"'." Nv !o"sty w., 1as l,s sa Io'u WEI Ma.ent''a'"
and one 1at-an'l'eold cothbshaflff1 ahirt-stuh;
wan, pale face all the pa'er by reason OF black
tnuetachc, black wl'iskcrs, slightly ttnged with
"."' ,ae .,,a .1,..,. ~. ,, 1,E',
very sient' oiaek slue'"n'skess, Just nofaeflns
each cs'cek' a''d thus carrying the r'utc adorn-
ment up to The tnmplngo'l place. Of each car, 80
w spe"", n ~ III, h,scx h,,- ~ l.. ~, !, ,,a.
scant 8Hpgy " ,,'ia .' uaI" a" e ~. ,men :. W.
aEe ,h n, anst "ra,,rnv. "n1 ,eaias;.s Ws,,oh
gyss a. "'sh ;ht. ~ "a. ~
man % 'a's "as 4.,.
consELius u. VANDERBILT
rs he appeared to TRIBUNE reporter ycster.
tiuy afternoon. lie was loungingi In soft and
rather luxurious armchair N Ills room Mt ths
slippers llat had evidently sccn service, mid hIs
burn tired or had been that way 50 long Tint
1latlcssncss nppcarrd u sinTa becotne habttuai.
A. THE T1tBuNE's sunaay.settooi SCHOLAR co,
tered in obedience to the invitation Come !n.h
the Orlando Of the Vanderbilt family extended
him tired but klntily sort OF 2 weeosnc, a!ni
asked him To take seat. llr dfd 80. Mr..
vanusrtIo'' si,a, q" n' 10 '''t' '''''A's h"o"A'
IMMEDIATELY SHUT HIS EYES
,rt, onncorct1 To dozc. But In wasn't tlotnr
anr.hl,,r Of tue sort lie was merely resting
rest!ug, accor,lng to hab!t,-sith his eyes slut
nrntnily Mi right, in the half hours c,lat
xheh followed he occasionally opcncd tlsose
rrns. oniy 10 shut then, again . moment after.
wards aud 70 On reating T'I.cra Is, as everybody
knows, a current lmpreFstan ti,at "Corncrl"
has beon one g. tNose dev'tsn !o1y' M % roystcf!aE
blades "ho nave served ~ tspss ,ot nes9es III
certain c'a7s OF noyc,s nnt, whatever o. truth
there Is ~ LILO 'A4ps eeo1uu. Go!ta1.I9 ~
body would ever sec allythine 10 tle
looks OF tnis AN, ta,', ptIa'' pFccsc, ul..
thoronehy oa ,at =, ha 1 nrsr rnov 'hhvsas. hy nar.
me 1entsst cu ,nsst ~ ), rr"s ~ ~" IL. si1
sona experiences Mat =; y nian w. or,n. s vm T
oats IN sosmty ~ ,,t's ~ -. y, ya'
acr6t, a. nG iook1 ,si - ,, nea
" the dlfaienLesS pAeAe'' 'Ae'' s'''' n'"e A'e1@
hytsrlan aes deaeoa' M, t,rc.,,o,orod to,t, N,
weather, was briefly e1ha9stsi aftl tnen ne Te-
porter wanseu 70 knGw. =, s"uIse' ..s ParL.cu!
this t!ne: In . .r, ,,oo.rr., ,n,, a., ,,,.,, h,s,-
"Ahl notnng nnt p'eIsore VI 1nu ;lttio .3!i 9uei-
ness comoiAeu Win IT, ., aos. Mem IG1h i'a "ct
nesdaE, stopp.nE ~ .ns WY, e.,, ~ nGso i ~.
sns, any stas. oSH tte,a =, .",, w.
neef y" 'ne why W "s'so>1 w ''"'0 ''''@Ss o0'''
r. th,s atape in tic proceedings Young tnan
with m ambitious whiakor uantl!ns nis face
a,Ml chin entered the ruom mud was received
And such he was, for Il, him tlia reporter recoe-
nIzcd 1ir, G. ii. Hcrtlg, Of th1s city, one OF A1r
VaudcrblIt's lawyers, more utterly employed Ut
Tie New York end of the line.
Tir roportcr gradually vcnt,,sed to inquire II
tho bustt'css portion Of the present trip included
lis lquidatfon of any Of Mi. VS. alleged pcnt,.
ful crop OF debts
oosss oosx I'VE AZ .n'Su uut su'a WA,
90 II" replied Cornelius appealing TO his legal
"No,'' was the response. ~ guess we've
about cleared things up."
This was 4 sort ol :" hardly ever I" admission
LIN muns -. ,r,,r om ,ho rsrn,tcr n ~, n ~ n,
auoa''t W n1oe1' u"o '4' 'epo'toA 'e' IL ~ ~
"of course you arc posted out this way III re-.
iAe tate Commodore, after long pause.
vcro welI ,nostcl ii 4 general sort st q way
about pretty much ali hit went Of, In thls het1-
ispllere and tic other. "For instarce,n y he con:
thueo. tney nASe aeaIc eoou uGn ., noont tle
outcome OF these pFoeccd!nEs ALL" 1.l tlese Is ali
| to you BY your brother William II. WIS The re-
suit OF q settlement, OF, not to put too ilue II
ooint tss, o. +, C so%o1o!n's''" ao1 u
| -, % n,r,,~1x ,a,,x,o,,. o,rn
| AN RaT1REL1 ERRONEOUS ONE,
'H1S xviii Vol ~ be GOOD enough. then. Mr.. Wander.
ht. to state tllc facts M iliev nre}, urged Inn
ronortcr, ~ ~ ' ~ '''
| nnl ltefal!S uld 80 " turning over 10 TUG re-
| porter Tue following letter to New York pa'
per, addlng that IL explained the whole matter,
and-wpll, really, he had neither the power moi
| tho disposition 10 say unwilling further on this
| annnrentjv mt Notwithstanding fnnic.
70 THE Entfna Or InE I1tauAE=tslr: Iht
s!atcH'snS yeul papns tols hoEn's0 IN 1ega!n 70
vac e!ao.cal'ea Yanattui,t ssttlement are ehtlse!S
erroneous. itnMeuiatoiy AIteT ino surrogate &C.
ciaen kno w! Gaze ~ iaF9E " MtlNhM y. HahueF-
blat, addressed h'nl tfennly letter wstnarnwiIit
~ eais agatnst u.in. ttehg eon"neht Ilat II
Wo1Iu ~ ~ ~! 1ao.to ~ InttoateL. r. ne 'mmeo'
atet1 teplLeo % n'y tl1te " ans same spif'G
NY ofoleef aating tnete!oee aetoa u lnst tnd
naSnahlNols mAnnet sn1sty altet tae ftce.pt nl
tny etier, ann Mss.inE u45rayea .!nenty ~
noyona ny expeGtatsons. uesm u proper 70 Atatt
n hn.ct hss erers,srd IN H. isnos, nv 81 III
avn rasoi.rcea cnn bo pots]biy c0nstr,tsi In tiit
lIght OF eitiler settlement Or a compromise, par.
ticular1y al tha whols transactIon has beo1 con.
ccircd md perfected slnce tue ate u tho !ncosed
correspondencs and ele decree Of the Surrogate,
nia ,nntnr ana t,"st iii ~ =. ami t. ~ =.
future specuiationp, tho greater part Of which art
~ entirely without foundation "a ths aaternen
that NY brothcf bad paid me costs and counsel !ee
Of either my sistcr Or mYse'f Fe,y respectfully
INV 1ohK' APR! ., u, ls7p. a7a =. d YANhEKb1IT:
h "sGn ~, .yo ccfaaI mAn ~ -
!AAi uo 49, ~, sao W! liz III