Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-10
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. IN THE HOUSE OF DEATH Vanderbilt Lies Among
 His Millions. MOURNING IN THE MANSION. Those Changes In The
 House Rules. THE SITUATION IN THE EAST. A Small Majority For The
 Liberals.
MOURNING IN THE MANSION.
THE SITUATION IN THE EAST.
THE LATE WEI. HI. VANDERBILT.

The Coroner Not Yet Settled About
 An nAutepsy-Estimate of the Bead
 Mans Wealth-The Funeral to Be
 Held TO-MOrroW.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-The stately mansion on Fifth avenue where repose the remains of the railroad king William H. Vanderbilt pre- sented gloomy and desolate appearance in the pouring rain this morning. A simple knot of erape depending from the bell knob was the only mourning emblem visible, but the curtains were all closely drawn and the house closed up as it was, without any signs of life within, except when a servant answer ed the bell, presented gloomy aspect. The broad entrance to the mansion presented an uninviting appearance. The servants of the house wherever they appeared wore sombre garments, and trod lightly as they passed to and fro, seemingly fearful of disturbing the mourning family. Passers by stopped in front of the palace and gazed curiously at the building, eyeing it from roof to basement. The body of the dead lies in the chamber formerly occupied by him in the southwest corner of the second floor. The sons, Cornelius and George. watched all night with the remains, and early this morn ing the members of the family met to make the final arrangements for the funeral. MT. and Mrs. W. K Vanderbilt, Frederick w. and wife, Mrs. Shepard, Mrs. Sloan, Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Twombly had reached the house by 10 o'clock. At 9:30 o'clock mes .engsr was sent to the house of MT. Depew, who answered that he would arrive within an hour. Mir. Depew said the family could not realize their loss as yet. Some of the members were still weep ing bitterly this morning when he called. The callers at the mansion to day included nearly every man of prominence in financial circles here, among them Pierrepont Morgan, D. O. Mills, Sydney Dillon. c. w. Field, John King, MT. Sabbie and the Rev. Drs. John Hall and Deems, Drs. McLane and Webb, and Mir. Fabre of Drexel, Morgan & Co.,
 The most trustworthy estimates place Mir. Vanderbilt's fortune at about $175, 5,000,000 His principal investments, so far as can be learned, are about as follows: Government bonds, $55, 100000; railway bonds, ESQ.,, OOO, ,O00; New York Central stock, s15 ,O00, ,OOO; Michigan Central stock, S7 GOO GOO; and Northwestern stock, $, ,OOO,O He also had large amount of real estate and cash, to say nothing of lesser interests in corporations not mentioned above All of his estate has, accord ing to good authority, been left in trust. The trustees are understood to be his widow, and c. M. Depew, Cornelius Van derbilt, Hamilton Mex. Twombly, and John B. Butcher. The story was current last night that Cornelius Vanderbilt held a power of attorney to act for the estate. nsius has for s6ns tims @ sss Exercised sach power for his father.
 MT. Vanderbilt's was the most costly sin ole house ever erected in New York. The outlay for carving, frescoing, decorating, fur nishine doubled the cost of it, so that $5, GOO, 900 would not cover it all. Ths court yard in Fifth avenue leads up to the main entrance the bronze doors of which were i'm ported from Paris at Q cost of $2O, 900. Mrs. Vanderbilt's boudoir suite of rooms has cut cost s2O, ,OOO In all, 200 costly paintings are contained in the two main galleries and else where.
 MT. Vanderbilt had nine children, eight of whom and their mother survive him. There are nineteen grandchildren. Cornelius, the eldest son, and the favor1ts of the old Commodore, married Miss Quinn, whose father was a prominent lawyer in Cincin- nati. They have five children. Cornelius controls the New York Central management. William K, his fathers representative in the Lake Shore board, married Miss Smith, daughter of merchant in Savannah. They have two children. Frederick w. mar, New York merchant. George. the youngest, is 8 bachelor Mir. Vanderbilt's eldest daugh- ter, Margaret married Elliott P. Shepard.
 They have five children. Emily married
 William D. Sloan, the carpet merchant, and
 has four children. Florence married Hamil-
 l.I ] oat,,1 ll.a-,
 and Eliza, or Leila as Mir. Vanderbilt affec-
 tionately called her, married Dr. Seward
 Webb, son of the late James Watson Webb.
 They had two children. MT. Twombly has
 charge of the Centrals grain elevators on the Hudson river, and Dr. Webb is president of
 the Wagner Palace Car company.
 The funeral is to take place at St. Barthol- omsw's church, Madison avenue and Forty fifth street, at 10 o'clock Friday morning, the rector, the Rev. Dr. Cooke, officiating. The body will then be taken directly te Staten Island for burial in the Moravian cemetery at New Dorp, where MT. Wander bilt began the erection of a large mausoleum about year ago. Tomorrow the directors of all the railroads with which MT. Wander bilt was connected will hold a meeting at the Grand Central depot, and pass suitable resolutions in regard to his death. A number of meetings in which these director ! were interested, among which were those o the Canada Southern, New York Sleeping Car company, American District Telegraph and Western Union Telegraph company, hay, | all been postponed out of respect to the deat | eapitalist. The Grand Central depot vii I probably be draped in mourning. Severa ] engineers on the New York Central read hav | already placed crape upon their locomotives | All of the officers of the company will attend 1 the funeral, It is expected that tickets vii | be issued for admission to St. Bartholomew | church during the service.
 In reference to making an autopsy on tht \ body of Mr. Vanderbilt Coroner Messeme | said this afternoon: tsI have not yet de | cided to make an autopsy. I have heard some gossip which implied that MT. Wander bilt may have been poisoned while eating hi luncheon, but this, of course, I very mucl | doubt 1 shall consult Doctors Fordyc l Barker and Miller and get their diagnosis o I the case, after which I will look into thu I testimony of Mir. Garrett and examin | it attentively I shall not make the autops ! tonight if should decide to make it. but l I do so at ali I will make it o-morrow." Dl Messemer inclines to the theory that Messrs Garrett and Vanderbilt were discussing tn
 proposed extension of the Baltimore & Chi l railroad to Staten Island and the discussion | waxing hot the consequent excitement cause l MT, Vanderbilt's death. The family are sal 1 isfied that Mir. Vanderbilt's death was cause | by apoplexy aud they are mortified at the idle | of an autopsy. In consequence of Mir Val
 derbilt's death the proposed dinner to Robel
 Garrett by Erastus Winans and others
 which was to take place tomorrow evening
 has been postponed to Wednesday of ne2
 | week.
 The ecess Appointments. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The President wi
 transmit the recess appointments to the Sel ate as rapidly as possible, but without I