The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-11


"As for me. DE said n would rathci
have been "a poor French shepherd SIT
ting 40 my vine clad cottage door will
my loving wife's arms about my neck and
my children playing at my knee than q
have been this great and grand conqueroi
Of the world, who died In exile 40 st
Helena"
tt win be a bad day for the trout in the
streams Of Maine when Col. lngersOl set
ties down in his new summer home. "OuI
Bob Is great fisherman. He is a mem
Der Of several fishing clubs around New
York.
Henry Willard, the fnancier, who has
been making things very pleasant for
foreign potentates who visited New York
during the recent Columbian celebration,
is planning very novel sort of pleasure
He will send out an exploring expedition
to South America at his own expense.
This expedition is in charge of a scientist
and antiquarian and a mammoth ccllec-
ton of Cmiosities is to be gathered from
the southern country The trip will oc-
cupy several years and embraces Peru,
Bolivia and Ecuador Mr. Willard will
90 to San Diego, Cal. the starting point
of the expedition, in a few weeks. He
will take in the worlds fair and then go
to Europe for an extensive tour of the
continent for his summer vacation.
Now, Cornelius Vanderbilt, although a
man of millions, is one of the hardest
worked men in the country. His vast
railroad properties require constant at
tentiOn, but he is ably assisted by DIR.
Depew. Mr. Vanderbilt is going to take
his vacation this year via Chicago He is
now having fitted up the most palatial
train ever built, and cost is not to
be considered. There will be eight
cars and an engine that is expected
to beat all records 1t is Mr.. Van
derbilt's intention to make this train the
fastest in the world, for il will carry to
Chicago, besides the Vanderbilt family,
a score of members of the English nobility.
In this select party of money kings and
nOblemen will be Cornelius Vanderbilt
and family and Mr.. Depew and family,
Frederick Vanderbilt the Duke of Man
chester, the Duke Of Aberdeen Mai. Gen.
Herbert, Sir Tatton and Lady Sykes, the
French ambassador, M. Patenotre and
Sir Julian and Lady Pauncefote, and a
few more equally distinguished.
Mr. Vanderbilts private train will
make the run to Chicago in twenty hours
or less. After the exposition is fully in
spected the Vanderbilt train will make a
tour of the country, visiting the principal
cities of the west, then going to Mexico
and returning to New York by way of the
south.
command the culinary department of this
train, the entire party dining aboard the
cars. They will be enabled to get far bet
ter fare at MIR Vanderbilt's table than in
the best hotels outside of New York An
entire car viii be given to the chef for his
supplies. There will be a dining car, a
library car, car for music and for smok-
ing; another will be used as a drawing
room and the rest are for sleeping aud bag
o,,A,v l.
about two months, and on their return
will go to Newport for the balance of the
season. So that is how one of our money
kings will enjoy himself this summer
Another one of the men of millions,
George Gould, is going to spend his vaca-
ton in quite a different manner. Mr.
Gould has worked very industriously
since his father died, and early in June
will 90 to his cottage in the Adirondacks
for little hunting and fishing. Then he
will move his family to the palatial sum-
mer home Jay Gould built at 'Irvington-
on-Hudson. So for the first time, Mr..
Gould will live at this magnificent place,
with its Sl,000,000 Conservatives, as its
master. Here he will stay until autumn.
Both George and Eddie Gould are expert
hOrsemen and there are some fine horses
in the Gould stable now. So ''the Gould
boys, " as they are still called by the old
portunity to enjoy themselves this sum.
mer.
Eddie Gould iss very enthu siastiC
sportsman. He will spend couple OF
weeks hunting in the AdirOndacks with a
party of friends from the Seventh regi
| mcnt of New York. He enjoys himself ir
a manly way and is not at all dudish ii
appearance or manner. He can fire g
rifle as well as any man, row boat OF
handle a iG a al
athlete Of middle-weight, But above al
he is gentleman.
DR.. w Seward Webb, son-in-law of thu
| late William H. Vanderbilt, with vast
! railroad interests, has set a good pace fol
| millionaires. He is a good example of
| married man who is taking enjoyment
! out of life in q wholesome manner while
there is yet time. He is a business man
| too, being president of palace car com
! pany and president and director in &
| score OF railroads and corporations. He
| is now building a palatial summer hons
| of white marble in the Adirondacks
! where he owns an estate of several thou
| sand acres. This estate is his hobby
! and he is building residence that vii
! cost before completion 81 100000.
just now Mr.. Webb is taking his vaca
tion in tour around the United State,
! in a palatial train of cars For comfor
now used by Mr. Webb has never before
been excelled. His party is twelve il
number, and they travel in six cars
| There is state room car to be occupied
| by the guests, a private car to be useC
exclusively as play room for the chill
dren, a private car for the use of DIR
| Webb and his wife, a car to be used as {
library, sitting room and music room,
dining car, and the sixth baggage car
The Webb party will be gone two months
| during which time they will visit tn,
worlds fair. After their return to New
York they will go to the Adirondacks
whore DR. Webb will have a Jolly time
! fishing, riding and hunting He is a goo(
| sportsman.
Now here is another successful man,
! great artist, Joseph Jefferson Does h,
enjoy himself? Indeed he does and RICH
| royalty, too. He has taken a good Ions
| vacation each year as far back as he cal
| remember, and to-day is earning from
| S75, 900 to 100000 for a single brief sea
sons work. Mr.. Jefferson has beer
| spending the greater part of his leisur,
! time at Buzzard's Bay, Mass, where hC
! owned a fine home Recently he suffered
| the loss of this home and $50, 900 collec
| ton of curios by fire. 1t was here tina
| President Cleveland spent last summer
with Mr. jefferson. There is still doubt
| in the minds of the friends of both mer
as to which made the biggest catch O,
| fish during the summer. Both are famou,
| fishermen and both spent many days witt
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