New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-17

peared about Ave minutes later. 1t read as fol-
lows:
w. vo.,..,,.. 1915 ?. m. THURSDAY
change He has passed a comfortable day.
W ii DRAPER " D.,
ERANG,s 4 iSRW PELAFIELR a Z NJ D..
Earlier In the evening DR.. Janeway said that
on Tuesday Mr.. Vanderbilt was unable to talk
at all. but that yesterday he recovered the use
Of his organs of speech sufficiently to utter an
occasional word and thus. by the additional aid
Of gestures with his left hand. 10 make himself
understood.
ARRIVAL OF MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.
Soon after o'clock carriage drove up to
the Fifty-seventh-st entrance of the house. and
there alighted Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt. Mr. Van
derbt's mother: Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt and
Alfred Vanderbilt. They had come from New
port. it learned a special train IN answer
to a message sent early I'm the morning.
short time before the last bulletin was issued
Alfred Vanderbilt came out of the house. and In
answer TO a question said that his father was
resting comfortably and that his condition was
no worse than il had been in the morning. At
about the same time a messenger arrived bring
ing It said from Miss Grace Wilson an In
qury as to Mr. Vanderbilts condition. W. c.
Whitney was of the early callers of the
evening as also his son, II. I. Whitney.
who is engaged to Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt
WILD AND UNFOUNDED RUMORS.
The issuance Of the early morning bulletin. say
ing that Mr. Vanderbilts condition was less
favorable than on the day before gave rise to
all sorts of rumors, one of which was that Mr.
Vanderbilt was actually dead. This report start
of
refuted It was said by the attendant at the
door tnat in case no change for the worse oc-
Cured during the night no further bulletin Of
the sick mans condition would he issued until
o'clock this morning 81 which hour there would
be another consultation.
GROI-Ps IN THE STREET.
As darkness fell and the worries Of the day
passed people whose hours OF business ended
with the going down Of the sun began to gather
in the vicinity Of the Fifthave house. The
crowd was In q sense different from that which
usually gathers on such occasions Those COM
posing ii did not appear to be gathered thers
out Of mere idle curiosity; but they were really
and socltously interested IN any scrap Of In
formation that they could gather from those in
touch with the Interior Of the Vanderbilt house
BY 3 Icock the,e must have been between two
and three hundred persons quietly grouped
on the sidewalk along the opposite side Of Fifty
seventh-st and around in Fifth-ave., and the
members of the various grohps talked in low
tones as though they feared the sound Of their
voices might reach the room Of the sick man.
Carriages passed and repassed and II no.
ticeable that in nearly every case the drivers
nut their horses to walk the moment they
reached tn, tanbark covered pavement Tho
omnibuses of the Fifth-ave. line carefully
drove along the west side Of the avenue In go-
ing up and down. and FHty-seventh-st.. as
thoroughfare. was deserted by vehicles as by
common consent Numbers of solid business
men walked past the house and sought out the
reporters for information TO the very latest
developments
Oficers Patrick Herman and Patrick Eigen.
who rad charge OF the watch until midnisnt.
were constantly on guard In front or the great
doors on the Fifty-seventh-st. side. but there
was no necessity for any display Of authority.
for the people showed no disposition TO COLLEGE
Immediately before the house. II one or the
phvsicians appeared wonder was at once ex-
pressed as 10 what the latest announcement
might develop. Finally the statement given
out that bulletin would be issued about 10
o'clock. which would be the last for the night,
on the part of the four physicians. 1t was really
1O15 when the doors were opened and the bulle-
tin was handed out. but few moments before
that DIS Delaield. Draper and Janeway had
taken their departure from the house leaving
DR. McIane in charge for the night With their
departure the crowd gradually disappeared until
at / o'clock no one left the blue-coated
guardians Of the peace. The lights had been
turned down In the mansion even the windows
OF the sick mans room betraying hardly q
suspicion OF Illumination Everything pointed
10 the concl, ion that no immediate change was
anticipated In Mr.. Vandcrbilts condition further
than the bulletins reveal
A CONSULTATION IN THE MORNING.
In the morning the physicians held a consulta-
ton at which Drs McLane. Delaield Draper
and Janeway were in attendance shortly after.
ward they issued bulletin. which read as fol.
lows:
Mr. Vanderbilt passed restless night. and his con-
diton is less favorable to-day than II was yestsr.
day
The bulletin signed by Drs McLana
Draper and Delahed. DIR. McIane remained
at the bedside OF Mr. Vanderbilt nearly all day
and the other physicians made frequent calls
At 3 o'clock all the physicians assembled for an.
other consultation. 1t was OF brief duration
and its result was. if anything, encouraging.
The bulletin issued shortly after its conclusion
read
Mr. Vanderbilt has had a comfortable day thus fae
and is no worse than this morning
W. M'LANE NJ D.
W. II DRAPER, NJ D.
FRANCIS DELAFIELD NJ n
A Tribune reporter saw Dr. Delaheld at hia
home. in West Thirty -second-st, at g o'clock IN
in