The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-01-19


Cpraslius VApdsfbilt ts looked upon
- the head OF the Vanderbilt family,
He % q grave, thouRhtlul man, Who
d6votss Ai0seii assldususly "a the In.
tGssseo at the Vandssbilt railroads.
HA, Will probably Eeuaaju the dlroctiag
power Of thsee corpoealio1s % long -
30 live. He Was the lAvorlte erand.
con Of Commodore VaDdsrbils, Whoeo
oaahs ~ bore, aod he Wae lho iAvofite
90 Of bis fat6sr, whose emAies he look
- otter iro0y lhA time, he was old
e101gh tO assume bus,aess responds
blIIties. He 10 an ardent churchulau
Ahd . 'isfgs contributor 10 church
Wosk. .tj~ -s89 ajtst,.Jo} fs7i; fi;ad
81 William X. Vanderbilt 10 the only
one Of the brothere who cares for or
dsvotes himseif to society. The great
fancy dress ball which hs savs al his
Fiith avenue residence 4 few years ego
0stabitshsd him - social teader.
Since ihat time his yacht, the Alvs,
has been built, aud he has obtained
recognition tu the arlstoeratic cIrclss Of
Europe. He 10 . club man. He &as
10 any extent In the pase two years,
aud 10 not likely to take active part II
the mauAoamont OF the Vanderbilt
propetlies ip the future.
MODEST MEMBERS OF 1HE FAMILY.
Lsss, perhaps, Is heard Of Frederick
w. Vanderbiit than Of any Of the
others. He 10 = rather slight aud dap
| pr young man, who soeans % care
'aolhipg for society nor 'publto pro-
Diusnce. He h lhs only one who
seems 10 have any OF his fathers foud-
ness for horses, but he has not attempt
Cd to secure antmals famous for their
Speod. He hss good business qualities
snd 10 giving considerable attention to
railroad affairs. .,,..... .,......
George W. Vaudetbilt, the youngest
Of the brothers, Il the oaiy unmarfied
one ana also the only unmarried
member OF the family. He IL stu.
dious and has . strong literary bent.
He has, , fns library, in which most
Of his time IL spent. His health 10 not
| particularly good. Very little Is seen
81 him In socisty. He will nsvsr g.
agrSeabla 10 him. r.a,. s,..,,. ,,,.,s.,..g
n. Vanderbilt are prominent In socisty.
l O2EVs SUVR0AOs INV uVT uupVWUUa OOIs
Sheppard. il Interested Ia religious
work. .h} ..-l .,a.I.t. .,-f .. ...
,Mr. Vanderbilt gave each Of bis mar
ried children . house. The one pre-
sented TO Frederick W. was the old
nnansion at Flfth avenue aud Fortissh
street., whore hs lived before moving
up to the brown stone palace ut Fifty
nrst street. The north halt Of bis new
roaidence, divided 10 suit two families,
hs gave TO Mrs. Shepard and Mrs.
Sloane. For tho Others new aud se.
parate houses were built. The mansion
ut Fifth avsnus and Flfay-Arst sirsst
rsvsrts to George w. Vanderbilt on
the death OF Mrs. Vanderbilt, and on
bis dsath to bis eldsst 500, aud II he
shouid die without issue, Il goes to the
eldest son Of Cornelius Vanderbilt. II
WAS the desire to keep 1t In the Van
dsrbilt family 90 as to preserve undis-
turbed the pictures, statuary and other
works of art. '''
The Vanderbiits do not 70 about
guarded by armsd detectives, nor do
they have armed wstchmsn 10 keep
visils whilo they sleep. There IL no
need OF II. No attempts have ever
been made on their lives, and very few
threatening letters have boen received
by them. They are confederate to
their ernpIoyes, and agreeable to peo-
/ pie they come In contact With.
SOME RoMANCEs ABOUT THE VAN.
DERBILTs.
Much has been written about the
Vanderbilt wealth that showed an
utter Disregard Of facts, and, in addi-
tion, was poor guess work.
WHERE A HEAP OF MONEY WAS LOST.
1t 10 pretty we'll known that there
was no friendship between Mr.. Van
detbiit ssd Jay Gould. Old Commodore
Vanderbilt would have nothing 10 do
with Mr.. Gould, and William. III
u Vanderbilt would have been much bet.
tor on II he had followed the example
Of his isther. According 10 the story,
which hes never been denied, Mr.
Gould caused him to lose many million
dollsrs In 3 Wall street operation. Thl
} stock market had become very shak J
, and dtsastrUus collapse was threatened
/ The vsn<ier6iit and Gould stocks Wort
} the leading securities. BY . schsm,
. which Mr.. Gould had devised MT
Vanderbilt was to support bis owl
: stocks snd Mr.. Gould was to do tn
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