The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-10

G ie, and four daughters, Mrs. Eli
off p SHEPARD Mrs. William D. Sloane,
Mrs Hamilton NICK. Twombly and
M. DR. Seward Webb. Cornelius and
William K. are both actively engaged in
the management of the family railroad
interests. 80 40
Mr. Vanderbilt was worth $500 000, 600
although his fortune shrank last year,
materially through big decline in
s.ocks and through business depression,
hut the "bulr' movement of the past
+ W months brought it up again. His
income was calculated as follows: 81
80, 600 a year from government bonds.
81 1914 900 from railroad stocks, $576,695
from miscellaneous securities. Total,
over $40, 600, 900 year, or $28, 900 day,
81 300 an hour or $3.50 minute. he
made no ostentatious display OF his
wealth. and was charitable although in
this he had to be Quiet, or he would have
been overrun by impostors. He was
shrewder in business than many sup
posed he was. He knew enough to sell
100000 shares Of New York Central
and buy governments at par.
All of his estate. according to good
authority, has been left i'll trust. The
trustees are understood to be his wide "
and G. NJ. Depew, Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Hamilton Mex. Twombly and John B.
butcher. The story was current last
night that Cornelius Vanderbilt held
power of attorney TO act for the estate.
This was probably due to the fact that
Cornelius has for some time executed
such power tor his father.
The coroner went to the Vanderbilt
mansion about tonight and viewed
the body. The testimony from Mr.
Vanderbilt's body yant, Lewis Max
well, in regard to the scenes at the time
and Immediately after the death, was
substantially in accordance with the
story already told. DR.. J. w. Mclean
was the only other witness. He said:
al have been the family physician of
the deceased since 1880. He has had
i'll turns, but he has never been
seriously sick or un Yell, for any
length of time. He has had at
tacks of irregularity of the hearts
action, which was due to indigestion
and would last generally only an hour
or two, and then he would get over
last on Sunday, December 9th, and he
was quite well then. 1 should say IN
usually so. His pulse beat y per min
ute. In fact, / have never known him
to vary one pulsation or beat in a min
ute in month since 1 have been his
family physician. His pulse was full
and regular. / called again yesterday
to see him and learned that
he was quite well then. 1 was sent for
at 2.30 to-day and arrived ten minutes
later. l found Mr.. Vanderbilt living on
the floor of his library on his
left side. His face was turned towards
the fire and his hand resting
on pillow. He was dead. his face was
livid and his lips purple. / Judge from
his previous history that he died from
apoplexy or cerebral hemorrhage. i
always thought he would die from that
cause"
The coroner signed the inquisition
papers as follows: William Henry
Vanderbilt, aged q years, months;
born in Richmond County, Staten
Island; cause of death, syncope and
cerebral hemorrhage."
The coroner may decide later to hold
an autopsy.
New YORK, December e.-Chauncey
NJ. Depew. president of the New York
Central Railroad, said this morning that
the board of directors would probably !
hold 4 meeting tomorrow, to take |
action on the death of Vanderbilt. A |
lumber of meetings in which the direc- |
.ors were interested, of the following |
will be held: Canada South. |
srn, New York Sleeping Car Company.
American District Telegraph Company. |
Depew visited the Vanderbilt mansion |
his morning, and held a conference |
With members of the family relative to (
he funeral arrangements. It is not ex- /
1ected that the will will be read until |
lfter the funeral on Friday. The New
York Central Depot will be draped in
to-day. Several engineers
AVE already placed Grape on their en-
zines. All officers Of the company will
'ttend the funeral, and sickets for ad-
mis- ion 10 the church viii be ISSUE.
Coroner Messmer, this morning, took
he following statement from President
Robert Garrett, of the Baltimore &
)hlo railroad, on Vanderbilt's death:
i reached Vanderbilt's house yester-
lay about quarter past O'Clock. He
ecelved me IN his library, and We con-
'ersed together about an hour, per
laps little longer, when Vankerbilt's
peech became indistinct, and the next
Instant noticed a twitching of the
muscles about the mouth a-d face. and
lmost at the same instant his face was
convulsed. He was sitting
N the edge of his chair. He fell for
rard, and l reached him in time TO
hrust my arm under his shoulder, and
revented his falling heavily on the
DOR. | placed cushion, which was
t hand, under his head and immedi-
tety summoned servant, and called
)r water, with which l bathed his face
ntil the arrival of his son, George
anderblt, and DR.. Miller. We did
OF realize the fact of his death until
re arrival of DR.. Mclean.