The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-11
A PAUPER.
mn ONLY sl5o,ooo,ooo LEFT.
+, colossal Fortune Dwindled-Squeezed
nv the Bears-Vanderbilt Weeping
for His Wealth-He is
Stupid bolt, Etc.

photograph of Vanderbilt's face and
expression as he drives down the
ood would be a rich addition to any gal
4 ory you may have on exhibition. He
IA, lots of dollars and very few friends.
Rrt his lots of dollars are not so marvel
Inns to-day as they were. 1t is no secret,
ofeourse, that he has withdrawn $780,,
moo within the year from his strong
toyof government bonds, and it is a
y,r open secret that that tolerably
grsum of money" was turned over
n his son William H., to bal
,ae losses made by the young
and enterprising scion of the family,
mler the direction, however, of Viii
fm II. Himself. There is good rea-
.n 20 believe that, aside from the great
shnkages in the Vanderbilt properties,
rnther in the prices of the Wand arbilt
4 qcrites, the family as such, have been
very far from fortunate in their Wall
Street adventures. You will doubtless
rclll the Observation-Disclosures way in
slich every member Of that family
/ DOk possession of his house when fur
ri,hed, and the receptions given by
/ Vanderbilt pere, and the wonderful
/ EOOO ball given by Vanderbilt
H.. That, however, was two
In three years ago. Have
you heard of my reception lately? Were
I here any grand balls given last year?
Asa matter of fact, the sons house was
not opened at all last winter, and an air
Of gloom and neglect hung about the
place. Mr.. Vanderbilt three years
sgo was supposed, and said by people
who ought to know, to be worth in the
neighborhood of $2OO,00O,OOO. Judged by
the marked price of his securities to-day,
and the known amount of Government
bonds registered in his name, it is con-
sdered a fair estimate to put him down
| at $lNOW,OOO.
Now, it is maniiestly absurd to Judge
| the feelings of man worth Sl50,00O,0OC
1 by those of man worth $4,000 or even
100000. The latter would suppose that
/ the possession of Sl50GUO, 900 would make
him Supremely happy and entirely con
/ tented with this world which, would be
quite good enough for him. suppose
however, that man were to lose 5000
/ Uihis $4,000. 1t is clear enough to thu
most obtuse intellect that he would ht
worried and excited, but, believe me, III
\ NUuiNu Dt OllC lllllt tlo MOll ltl anu tN
cite as William ii. Vanderbilt is to-da,
because his millions are not so many a
they were a year and half ago.
= Vanderbilt, you must remember, is n
onger young man, ! don't know hi
4 age, but 1t is somewhere in the sixties
| and he was considerable over forty be
/ fore his father considered him wort
/ trusting with any considerable amour
IG money, or as cOniidan
IN any of his vast enter
Y prises. William II. Vanderbilt was
4 grown man with a grown family, Twin
on Staten Island, rs n kind of haii-bakc
farmer, when his father took it into n
| head to utilize him as the only one ,
1 the family who had any degree OF sem
/ aall. Don't YOU believe IL? We'll, thin
Il over. Whore are the other Nandc
1 hiltS? II would puzzle you to find an.
1 The only Vanderbilt living whom D
world ever hears of is William H., an
The only reason il ever hears of him
because his father left him q stupcndOl
orlmo OF Sl01,0OOOO). Now y DIRK 60
l TO Philadelphia Times.