The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-12-19
VANDERBILT DEAD,
FHE RICHEST MAN IN AMERICA
HUDDEELY PASSES AWAY.

s,,,.,,v,b,ur 70 n Rtrslre Of AbopleNs al
MS PwlafIaI Home In New York.
Tv;lI,am q. Vanderbilt, the great railroad
r,aenats and richest man in America, II NOV
4, a. world. was stricken with apopaexy
few minutes after O'Clock p. NJ, on the sth-'
and dad almost instantly, be was ID ths
library of his residence m Fifth avenue, new
york Mt the time, and was srttmg In
"a. oasv chair and converting with Mr.
Enbert GaTratt, president OF the baitl-
more and Ohio Railway, and mp TO
ths wary moment of the attack was
..vo,rs,1t,v IN his usual health and spirits.
Not A hint or G moments warming did either
Ina n his family have that his health was In
90 urscarious condition. He was stretched
dead on the floor at his GUESTS feet almost as
suddenly as though his brain mao been
taerced by rife bullet
sipee 1851, when he suffered shock OF
paralysis, not long after t1s sale Oh 2ao,uOO
shares of New York Central, his health had
beena matter of almost constant solicitude
with his family. but for several
,,,.r1tbs recently he had been bet
tsr and brighter. He frequently spoke
~ fI1a irrIurtTyemsnt himself, and was often
congratulated upon his hearty appearance
He chung tenaciously to life and often salu
AZ late that by the time he was SIXTY -ilTe ne
would he reiuvenated and set out on alEoblisf
Ions1 life He was sixty-four when he died.
Mr. Carrett arrived at Mr.. Nanderbllts
bonse about half an hour after Mr., Wander
bIlt had left the luncheon table. he was at
once shown into the library, where Mr. van
derbilt received him. 1t was then ABOUT
quarter TO O'CLOCK. r.
nVrlA Nh ffAWTntf
sbout half an hour on the relations OF their
respective railroad systems and tile new
Stgten Island project of the Baltimore and
Ohio. The talk having thus drlfteo 20
Stetefl Island, Mr.. Vanderbilt spoke
If his eariy manhood there and
the vanderbilt property there He was
talkinp of the Vanderbilt family tomb and
msusoIeum when Mr.. Garrett F1ottced shat
his voice became thick and indistinct Giano-
inp ouickly ND he saw that the muscles OF
the face were twitching violently, ana az bne
came moment Air Vanderbilt, with an effort
10 articulute which ended in gasp, started
to a half standing position, and pitched heavi-
" forward with his face downward. Mr. Gar
rett started I'D and caught hlm in his arms and
essed his fall to the floor, catching cush-
ion at the same time from of the sofa and
putting it under tine dying mans head. MI
Garrett then rang an electric pei, Wnicn
r,Immoued Louis MIR. Fanderbilts yalet
He called Mr. George Vanderbilt and Mr.
Twombly. 1t was then thought that Mr.
Vanderbilt was In fninting fit only, and
his wife and daughters were so informed.
DR.. ]. W. Mc1ane the family physician
and other doctors were called in, but they
could do nothing, as the vital spark was ex-
tinguished.
DR.. McLane said that the cause Of Mr.
Vanderbilt's death was clearly apoplexy. He
bad never before manifested any symptoms
of nm apopIectic tendency, however, and the
attack was a complete surprise to the doctor.
Il merely showed, he said, that the blood
vessels Of the brain had become brittle, and
under the stimulus Of ahearty meal and Ot
animated conversation one of them had
broken.