The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-16
CORNELIUS Vanderbilt.
Sudden Death of the Favorite Grand
son of the Famous Old
Commodore.
succUMBEB TO CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE
He Began Life on n Farm, and
Though Attaining Riches "Be-
yond the Dream of Avarfce,' Al
ways Maintained the Character OF
n Christian Gentleman.

a Christian GentIemdh.
New York, Sept. 13.-Cornelius VAN
lerbilt, head of the Vanderbilt family,
lied at his residence in this city at 5:45
o'clock this morning from a stroke of
PARALYSIS. Mr.. Vanderbilt was in his
fifty-sixth year. No physician was
in attendance. The attack was very
sudden and entirely unexpected. and 1t.
was impossible to reach any physician
before death occurred. DR.. Francis Del
afeld. who had been attending Mr..
Vanderbilt, arrived at the house after
Mr.. Vanderbilt's death had occurred.
Many statement were
made concerning the circumstances
surrounding the death of Mr.. Wander
bilt, and Senator Chauency NJ. Depew
gave out the following statement late
yesterday afternoon:
Mr.. Vanderbilt left Newport Nom
, day afternoon at one o'clock for the
purpose of attending a meeting of the
directors of the New York Central
, & Hudson River railroad, which was to
be held Tuesday. He was feeling as
well as usual and had no p~remonition
Of approaching death. He reached this
city about nine o'clock Monday night,
was driven to his home Immediately
and went to bed at about ten o'clock.
He woke up in the morning about five
o'clock, and complained of. feeling
very i'll. He called his wife, and she
Immediately sent for a physician. Mr..
Vanderbilt died within Il few minutes,
before any physician arrived. DIR. Della
field, who had been attending him..
when he arrived pronounced the cause
of death to be cerebral he~mOrrhage.
Because death was so sudden, the cor
oner was notified and there will be 4
formal inquest.
The news of the death of the railroad
magnate soon spread over the city.
Messages were sent to all the relatives.
md near friends of the deceased and
family. G.. NJ. Depew, who was a near
friend and business associate of the
deceased, reached the house at about
1880 o'clock. He was visibly affected.
He remained a short while. and when
he came out there were tears in his
eyes.
William II. Vanderbilt, Jr., and his
wife called early and remained some
time at the house. Then William h.
Vanderbilt went for his father and
brought him to the house. The father
was SO much affected when he caught
sight of the house where his brother
lay dead that he clasped his son in his
arms and kissed him. They walked
together arm in arm into the house.
shedding ears.
\ coroner's physician made an in
quest into the cause of death and
found that it was due to celebral hem
orrha@e. The coroner also viewed the
body and Endorsed this finding. Per-
mission for burial wds given and the
body embalmed.
\ special detail of policemen was dis
patched to the Vanderbilt house, and
are on duty there now.
Obituary.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on
Staten Island. November q, 1913. VIM.
10. Vanderbilt, his father. was at that
time a farmer, and Cornelius, at the age
of Is. left school and secured a place as
messenger in the Shoe ard Leather bank.
His grandfather, the commodore, learn
ing of this. sent for him and asked why
he had not applied 10 him for d place.
Because | did not want to ask you for
anything was the reply.
This pleased the commodore, and it is
said that he made a -odicil to his will. q
few days later, leaving SI,CoO,O00 to his
grandson.
Cornelius left the shoe and Leather
bank to go into the employ of Nissan
Bros. bankers, but later his grand
father asked him TO enter the railroad
service The, young man was making $50
l a month and hnrtInnI n tnnN rA hfe nln@e
unless he got more money. He was given
$50, and accepted It. He was then about
p years old. The fist place he was
given was that of assistant treasurer Of
the New York & Harlem railroad.
His rise was rapid. aud he succeeded his.
father as head of rhe Vanderbilt system.
When Mr.. Vanderbilt was % years old
he married Alice GwyIne, the daughter of
a Cincinnati lawyer. His first born son.
William H. died in 1852 while he was a
student in Yale university.
MIR. Vanderbilt's active career was
practically closed when he suffered a
paralytic stroke in 1898.
Despite his enormous business inter-
estS he found time to devote to church
and Sunday school work, which he began
road branch of the y. NJ. c. A. and tip
the work of St. BartholcnCw's Protestant
Episcopal church in this city,
Mr.. Nanderbilt's Srelt business cares
made his life necessarily n:ethodical, and
he was noted for his p~unctuality.
Mr.. Vanderbilt vent to Europe last
spring and came nome on June q, ac-
comp3nicd by Mrs. Vanderbilt and by his
daughter, Gladys. They went to New
port the same day. and Mr.. Vanderbilt
Improved constantly ih health. On Angus.
5 he gave a house warming at his home,
The Breakers" The last social affairs
in THE Breakers were upon the de-
parture of Alfred Vanderbilt for a round
the-world trip. He left Cor Seattle on.
July 26. accompanied b. William Proudfit
Burden. Ernest lselin and Douglas H..
Cochran.
Mr. Vanderbilt left ave ch~ildren-Corne-
Illus, Gertrude, Alfred. Reginald and
Gladys. Cornelius married a daughter of
r. 7. Wilson. the banker, about two
years ego. and later Gertrude became the
wife of Harry Payne Whitney, son OF
former Secretary of the Navy Wm. C..
Whitney.
Removed for Negligence.
Washington, Sept. 12.-Mr. Fred