New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-18
Mr.. VANDERBILT BETTER
ABLE TO TAKE SOME NouRrsHINe FOOD
ALTHOUGH THE DANGER POINT rs NOT PASSED.
THE Physicians BELIEVE THAT HE WILL
REcovER-MR DEPEw TO SAIL FOR
HOME THIS MORNING.

HOME THIS MORNING.
slight change for the better In the condition
Of Cornelius Vanderbilt, sr, was caused by re-
freshing sleep early yesterday morning and the
continued cooler weather. which permitted him
TO rest in comparative comfort The improve
ment which still continued, according to the 70.
ports at an early hour this morning, raised the
hopes Of his friends and relatives. but It is un-
derstood that the danger period had not been
passed. Nearly all OF Mr. vanderbilt's near rela-
tives gathered in his home, at Fifth-ave. and
Fifty-seventh-st., to be him in case OF an
unfavorable turn Of his Illness. On account OF
the apparent improvement in his condition the
eminent physicians who attending him is-
sued only the two following bulletins-one In
the morning and one in the evening:
$50 a. m. July H. 1896
Mr.. Vanderbilt passed quiet night and Is much
refreshed by sleep He is better than he was yes-
LANES ", nj, MbASE n. d.
EERANfis Era ISRE1Y PELAFIELP Z NJ D.
Mr. vano,rbil,s Improvement has steadily pro.
gressed during the day and he he is much better this
evening. JAMES W. MLANE, NJ ID,
FRANCIS DELAFIELD, NJ D.
The earlier bulletin saying that Mr. Wander
bilt seemed much better the cause OF much
relief among the friends and relatives OF the
sick man. and after It given out that
owing to the change for the better no further
consultation Of the attending physicians would
be held until half past o'clock In the evening.
and no more bulletins would be issued until
after that consultation DR.. McLane remained
all Thursday night. on Wednesday night. ~
the house OF his patient. and the other physi-
clans arrived just before 0 o'clock yesterday
morning for the consultation.
After the unfavorable bulletin was issued on
Thursday morning the doctors said that one ~
the causes Of the slie NJ change for the worse In
Mr. Vanderbilt's condition the intense hu-
midIty that prevailed Yesterday morning II was
said that the improvement that gladly
noted was due in some part TO the arrival OF the
cooler weather The noise made by passing
wagons. too was much less on Thursday night
than on Wednesday night, and this made II
easier for the patient to sleep. and so decreased
his nervousness and increased his strength.
THE FAMILY EARLY AsTIR
The members Of the Vanderbilt family slept
little during the night 1t said, and they were
all Of them early astr. During the night. as all
along thus far. only Mrs Vanderbilt was al
lowed 10 remain In the sick mans room. with the
exception. of course Of the physicians in attend
ance and two trained nurses
W. c. Whitney Of the earliest callers
in the morning as was also his son. II. +. Whit
ney. who made frequent trips across the street
between his home and that Of his hancee and her
father The younger Mr. whitney left the Van
derbit house shortly before the first bulletin was
ISSUED saying that Mr.. Vanderbilt worre
than on the day before and that all the physf-
clans We're encouraged by that fact. The mem
bers of his family. too. he said were much
cheered by the to- that Mr. Vanderbilt seemed
stronger Mots fkan that he did not wish to say
in advance Of the official bulletin.
A WORD AS TO THE BULLETINS
Just before II o'clock DR. McLane left the
house in company with H. Mckay Twomby.
The physician said that Mr. Vanderbilt in no
more danger of dying in the course OF the dav
than he himself, and it was this fact that
had induced the physicians not to issue any
more bulletins until night. He added that the
disease was of such nature that In case IA
should prove fatal the end would not come sud-
denly but gradually. Mr.. Nanderbilt's condi-
ton was so hopeful. he said that George ".
Vanderbilt felt that he could safely return ~
Ienox after having been in the city since the
day Mr. Vanderbilt first stricken. That
morning Mr. Vanderbilt had been able 70 say .
few words to the members Of his family, hs
added Mrs Vanderbilt being constantly with
him. The ridiculous runor that the physicians
We're trying to keep the true condition Of the
sick man from the public was erectuay
futed by the doctor. who said: In the bulletins
We have issued We have reported Mr.. Wander
bilt's condition exactly II seemed TO us. To
such an extent iq this true that We spent nearly
fifteen minutes this morning over the choice OK
a single word the bulletin"
Mrs Shepa arda and Sloane spent much time
in the house during the day, ard Mrs. Frederick
w Vanderbilt arrived from Poughkeepse early
in the forenoon and went directly 10 Mr.. VAN
derbit's house. The sick mans younger children
Reginald and Gladys. also arrived from Newport
in charge Of Mrs. r. Mckay Twomby. There
were many callers in the moi ming and after-
noon. but few were admitted to the house
Among hose " no entered. however. was the Rev.
Dr. W S Langford who has often been chosen
by Mr. Vanderbilt 10 dispense some forms Of
his charitable gifts.
DEAF AND DUMB MAN CALLS
one Of the callers in the afternoon was a deaf
and dumb man. He wrote his inquiry on a slip
OF paper and gave IL TO the watchman AS soon
as the watchman understood that the inquirer
was unable TO speak he showed him the bulls-
tin. whereupon the speechless one scrihbled upon
his tablet: Thank Cod" and went away smil-
ing
Along about noon the small crowd assembled
in the neighborhood INDUCED in a mild sensa-
tlon over small fire that started apparently
Of its own volition in the tanbark in Fifty
seventh-st The watchman was the first TO dis
cover IT, and the servants from the house inn
mediately put out the flames with buckets Of
water The Are probably started by the
stump of cigar or cigarette.
time al about o'clock in the afternoon. AT that
time he said Mr. Vanderbilt is steadily and
rapidly improving I very much pleased