Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-22
ru, yANDERRILT FAMILY.

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4, the Cincinnati Enquirer, new interest
Is hasn awakened in this wealthy
Ssr,;Iv. On this occasion dismiss the
;ntsryiev form and give some rumors
- The first person. William Wander
III, according to my adyices, is only 62
.sars old, He has. to large extent
g;vsn up active interest in railroads and
s,her property. He made large in
Sss.ment in government bonds, in order
.ot 10 have his mellow years harrassed
ssith business. Not exactly n hypo-
shondriac-he is too much delighted
,.;,h this life and his large revenue in it
sor tbat--he gives much of his time up
- ,he doctors, and annoys his frionds
:, his sensitiYenes5 about his health.
W;,b the health of buil, he has the
,ayyes of a woman. For some time
,,aat he has had the movement cure,
=, the rubbing cure, whatever il may be
sslled. involving somebody scrnbbing
S;s nuscles over and deluding him with
shs idsa that friction in health. he il
siso A victim of the homeopathic peo-
rie and bothers his friends by taking
On. of his pockets papers of number
one. number three and number nine,
and swallowing them in the midst OF his
ordihary social demonstrations.
He ia so far free from railroad occu-
ratiens now that he does not GO out
more than twice month to the New
York Central station. Indeed. be is cut
al New York Central stock. he recent
10 said that he and his family altogether
had not over 100000 shares of Central.
am told that his son George, who il
inst about coming to be twenty-ons
ysars old. possesses 1000 shares of this
soek. left him by his grandfather
therefore Mr.. Vanderbilt has not over
60.OOO shares of New York Central.
This at par would only be 5000 900.
So We may say that he has but 5000
0OO at present in New York Central
stock. have inquired what has been
dome with the money he obtained by
ceiling out his New York Central. Some
saw he has bought his long line of gov
ernment bonds with it. Others say that
he possesses long lines of stock in the
granger railroads, in the Mexican rail>
roads, eto.
From what I hear, William Wander
bilt and his grown-up sons do not al
ways look through the same glasses.
Williams father left the boys large
sums of money, in general 10000 shares
apiece. This has brought them for sew
eral years past an annual income of
SlGO,OO0. But to Cornelius Vanderbilt,
the old Commodore's eldest grandson,
he left G0,000 shares. giving him an in
come Of almost 100000 year. These
incomes, being independent Of their ia
thei, the boys have used as they pleased.
Cornelius, the elder son, is very coRser
vative, plain, and straight. He has
built himself a very noble house. but 1t
does not show the architectural taste
Il a - l. 40.
liam k, who is the positive member of
the family in the third generation. Cor.
nelius, Jr.. "a he IL called, has very good
qualities, but no very dashing or inno-
vating ones.
William X. is positive spirit, g sort
Of Don Cameron among the Wander
bilts. Don Cameron il celebrated for
contradicting his father, and saying no
when the old man would say yes. Viii
liam X. is the Don Cameron Of the Van
derbiits. When he sits down - play
poker with his father he makes his sire
ante no every time. Father" says he,
"you have not antied." "Yes, have,
William" says the old man. II beg
your pardon" says the son. you antied
last time, but not this time" Then the
old man begs the sons pardon, and an
ties up. Nevertheless, William X. is de-
scribed as being ruled by his wife. She
il voluptuously formed woman, rather
Of the dark order, round and flush, and
she exercises that nameless power that
the dark women always have over men
Who come TO have their fortunes told.
William X. would be very much miffed
II Re read this notice. because he is not
aware that he is governed by his wife;
bat that Is the tradition around the
Vanderbilt house, and being faithful
reporter must tell il.
There are four sons In the Vanderbilt
household and four daughters. The
four sons are Cornelius, Vim. X, Fred
and George. The four daughters. all
married, are Mrs. Elliott Shepherd,
Mrs. Sloane, Mrs. Twombley, and Mrs.
Webb. To start with the sons, Corne.
Illus was much better put up for by his
grandfather than any of the others, be-
canse he took his arandfather's name,
and the old man saw more OF him as he
developed than he did of the young
sons. There was an idea for some years
that Cornelius Was the railroad genius
Of the family: but recently theory has
developed that William X. is more of a
business man than Cornelius,
William X. have already described.
He is n fine poker player, he Is n game
man. he feels his oats and is an inno-
vation, and does not consult his father
about business or pleasure. He Is a
club man, and likes his game, and is a
hard man to tackle at the game. His
house is fine demonstration of how
thoroughly he does anything. His fa-
ther has becn compelled to help him
make money, because William X. Is not
troubled with bashfulness, and goes
right In and asks the old man what il a
safe thing, and tells him that II he sells
him ont he will lose the confidence Of
his greatest son.
sAvEs FROM POVERTY.
Next "a 20 Fred. Fred In an impressi-
able, amoreus, feminine kind of a fell
l0u. according to my information. He
had cousin named Torrance who was
married 10 a pretty woman. Torrance
and his wife did not get along well to-
aeGher. Fred came on the horizon, felt
the splendor of Mrs. Torrance, incon-
tinently caved, and ended by marrying
his Cousins wife. This made more ex-
eitement in the Vanderbilt family than
anything that has happened since Viii
liam K.ss horse kicked OF his horse
shoe. The great subject OF that house
- tuo O00aNtOK VI tAS aVtceHs Asat 1ach
Fred married his cousins wife, VIII
ham, his father. was not able to tell
Ma: day whether the horse kicked a
hoe OF not. The orthodox Dutch re-
fuem principles Of the house were seri-
e1aly assailed.
William, the sire. having married a
99gyman's daughter, and knowing
het his wife il always right, partieu-
!aSv On tho morals, left the question TO
~. She had severe views On divorce.
- William and'his wife laid awake
nights for some time, wondering
washer they should discard Fred for
havtnR made such a mistake. II was q
se!ous time in the family. Fred only
eAd 100000. The idea of that poor
ocy being poverty stricken with $1,000,
WU moved the sympathies of his father
md mother. They wept. For some
eRAts. Il is said. there was very little
eeep In the house. Finally q dismal
peeeute was presented to she couple-of
poor Fred with only $4,000. 600. wander
around the streets and unable TO
ND boarding house. II was resolved
toeetve him ON account of his power
". He vas FORGIVEN. Yet il il still n