Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-12
VANDERBILT'S
SUDDEN DEATH.
Heart Failure Carries OF the
Great Railway Magnate,
PARALYSIS, SECOND TIME.
Was In Good Health aud spirits Last
Nigbt-skctcb OF tho
deceased.

NAN't q lNNN NNNNNNH wv" wy
Mr Vanderbilt arrived from Newport
with Mira. Vanderbilt at % o'clock last
night lie appeared lu good health and
spirits and retired soon augrvari
About midnight he was seized with "a
serious stroke N paralysis, the second
which he suffered Tho household was
reused. kilograms were scat Co DE-
Walter u. James. DR. D.. Jnueway aud
several other physicians, who arrived ln
@ short time. Everything possible WIS
done Tor the patient but be grew rapid
lY wurro ana died ut o. quarter past
five o'clock lie was semi-CousClnus un-
tl death. Or. r. Tildcn Brown was
with him when he died
'huuuCDy ". Dopow reached the
Vanderbilt house at 1850 o'clock lie
remained but ten mlnuter When he
came uut Dc was greatly affected. and.
with tears ln his eyes, said he was too
deeply grloycd TO give any information
40 that time.
William X. Vanderbilt. brother VI the
dead man. arrived noUn after Sir.
nnuew. lie was much HFitatsl. lio
said when asked Tor information. My
brother died suddenly az a,ib O'Clock
from heart failure, brought about by uu
attack uf acute paralysis which uy-
CURED 40 midnight Whou h. died hlH
WHO his daughter GLADYS, ana SON
Reginald, were with him"
Airs Vanderbilt aud her daughter
Gladys are Frustrated by the shock
~ II O'Clock the Coruuers oitCo was
asked % send coroner TO the Wander
Die house, ana no once responded.
The reason for this ia the fact that
ST. NuudHrblitt regular physician was
NOT with him az his dcHth.and strange
doctor was IN attendance wlro had been
called into the case less than q hours
ID OIL 10
Tho disposition OF Mr Vandrrblit'a
yHiutr o. matter OF some doubt Cor.
uolIuH Vanderbilt ~, was alicuttol
from h.H family by his mnrrinE. two
years ago with Miss Gfncc Wilson.
daughter of o. r. Wilson the banker
that his sun viii not bu the principal
helr. The opposition 10 youpH Wander
bits marriage was based Hupon his
youth nnd the fact that ,MiaA Wilson
was eight or ten years hia'ssnior.
At the time OF hts death Mr. Van
dcrhilt was president ~ tho Canada
Southern railroad, Woe president and
director ~ the Beach Creek rhllruad
PRECEDENT ~ tho Detroit a hay city
railroad director N tho Cleveland.
Cincinnati chicago and 81. Louis rail.
road director nf the Detroit and Chi
c ,'t1go rnllrogd director q the Dunkrs,
Allegheny valley ana Plttsburr rail-
road. director ~ the Hudson River
bridge company. president of the
Joliet s. Northern Indiana railroad.
president OF the bennington a. 81. clair
railroad president of the New York &
Harlem railroads president of the Ni.
nzuru RIVER lirIiFr company. prral.
dent ~ the spuytn Duyyel rnilrn4d.
director ~ the Wagner Palace car
company, director OF the West Shore
rtilfuudi dlrvgtur Uf tho West shuru a
oninrlo Terminal company. director N
The Toledo, Canada Southern ana BE-.
ifoli thliEoli company director ut the
Nrw York Central a Hudson River and
dozen other affiliated railroads.
lir was born ut staten Island. y. Y.
november 30 1889. ana was tho oldest
ron M william IT,, ana grandson Of
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
When Cornelius Vanderbilt was born.
william H. Vanderbilt hls father. was
FORMER Cornelius, az the age
N ln lcft school and secured "a
place uH messenger iu tho Shoe and
Leather bank. His grandfather. tho
'Wmudptv,' learning Of this sent for
hIm ana asked why De- had not applied
reply.
This pleased the commodore. and IL Is
said that b. made a C1dicil to hts viii
few days later. leaving N,OO0.OOO to his
grandson.
'.li'lANh WV Tue 0HpN anu Leather
bank To 30 into the omployc Of KlaHnm
bruthors. hlukorH but later his grand
father asked him o. enter the railroad
service, The young man was making
500 month ana declined to leave MI
place unless the got more money. no
was given 3tl and accepted H. lie was
thou about y years ~ age. The first
place he was given was that Of assls-
tnnt treasurer of the New York A Unr.
lem railroad, llis rise was rapid and
he succeeded his father us head OF the
Vanderbilt system,
Mr., Naudprhllrs active career was
practically closed when he suffered "a
pJralytlC stroke ln July, 1886 Degpltg
his enormous interests he found time 10
devote 90 church and Sunday school
work, which DE- began early IN life lie
gave freely 60 the railroad branch of
the Young Mons Christian Association
ana 20 the work Of g. bartholomew
T., D., church Zoo this city
MT Nundyrhllrs great business cares
made his life necessarily mothodlcnl.
ana ne was noted Tor his punctunlltN
lie went 90 Europe last spring. and
came homo Ou June -, accompanied by
Mrs Vanderbilt and his duughtor
Gladys They went 10 Newport Inc
same day ana Mr. Vanderbilt Improved
constantly iu health. on August MN |
he gave house party at hts home. Tho |
lire1tHre, The social Affairs al Tho |
lfItNhtIn were upon inc departure of i
Alfred Vanderbilt f1r around the world. |
llo loft ON July 20 Tor Seattle. accom-. |
panied hy VIM. prnudht Burden. Ernest |
lHCllu and Douglas a. Cochran.
When Mr. Vanderbilt was 2g yenrs |
VI age hr married Alice Gwynnr. mo |
daughter OF "a Cincinnati lawyer. MS |
FIRST born SON. William H., died In |
1892 while was % student IN Yale Uni. |
yeulty. Mr. Vanderbilt lot five chli. |
irCu-Cornoilus, Gertrude Alfred. Rcfl-
maid and Gladys, Cornelius married "A
daughter OF SIR Wilson, the bsnker
about two years ago. ana later Gertrude |
became the wife uf Harry Payne Whit |
lcy, son ~ former Secretary of tho
Navy William e.. whitney
Newport, u. d. Sept l2.-The nm.
NJ the sudden death ~ Cor
lollua Vanderbilt In New York mis-
morning was a heavy blow TO the rgsl-
Tents 0f Newport among whom he hnd
been a familiar figure Tor fifteen years
Mr.. and Mrs Vanderbilt left Ne,vport
FOR New York ON hin de-
'arture Mr.. Vanderbilt appeared In ex- !