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The Georgia Record. VOL I. DEATH CLAMSVANDERBILT Cornelius, Head of Famous Millionaire Farm ily, Expires Suddenly. DEATH RESULTED FROM A PARALYTIC STROKE Was Enjoying Good Health and Had Just Returnee From His Summer Home. Cornelius Vanderbilt, the head of the Vanderbilt family and multi-mil lionaire, died of a stroke of paralysis at 5:45 o’clock Tuesday morning at his home in New York city. He was in his fifty-sixth year. Mr. Vanderbilt arrived at home from Newport Monday night, apparently in the best of health. He arrived at the Grand Central station at 9 o’clock,and drove to his home, which he reached a tew moments later. Mrs. Vanderbilt, his daughter, Gladys, and his young son, Reginald, were with him. He had not been more cheerful or appar ently in better health in a long time. He had spent most of the summer at Newport, partaking in a mild degree of the social life there. Immediately after reaching his resi dence he retired and was soon sleep ing. About midnight he was seized with a serious attack, and the house hold was aroused. Telegrams were sent to Dr. Walter B. Janeway and several physicians. Only Dr. Brown eoul ’-bt- Ev.-rythic-g ble was done for the patient, but he grew rapidly worse until the end. Physicians worked upon the distin guished patient for several hours, but nothing they could do would revive him. Mr. Vanderbilt remained in a semi-conscious state for five hours, when he died. The attack had occurred with such suddenness that there had been no time to send for Mr. Vanderbilt’s friends or relatives in town. At his bedside were only his wife, daughter, young son Reginald and some of the family servants. They wore present when the end came at 5:45 o’clock, a little more than four hours after the attack. The direct cause of death was heart failure as the result of the stroke of paralysis. Messages were sent to his brother, his sisters, his son Cor nelius and other relatives and friends, announcing the sudden end. Senator Chauncey M. Depew was one of the first to appear at the house of the deceased and he was deeply moved by the death of the man who had been his associate in business for a number of years. William K. Van derbilt, the brother, was next at the scene of death. He was weeping when he entered the house. It was William K. Vanderbilt who has managed the great railroad properties of the Van derbilts in recent years. Conelius Vanderbilt made a trip to Europe last spring. He came home on June 24th in company with his wife and daughter, Gladys. The family went to Newport at once and remained there until lest Monday. He left Newport at 1:20 o’clock Monday after noon for New York in his private car. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., was in New port at the time of his father’s death. Mr. Vanderbilt's sou Alfred is now in Japan. He left in June with two friends for a trip around the world. A cable dispatch was sent to Yoko hama for Alfred Vanderbilt. A coroner’s physician made an in quest into the cause of death and found that it was due to cerebral hemor rhages. The coroner also viewed the body and indorsed this finding. Per mission for burial was given and the body was embalmed. The reason for calling in the coroner was that Mr. Van derbilt’s regular physician was not with him at his death and a strange doctor was in attendance who had been called into the case less - than twenty-four hours before death ensued. Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on Staten Island November 27,1813. Wil liam H. Vanderbilt, his father, was at that time a farmer, and Cornelius, at Chicagoans Abandon Trip. Indignation over the outcome of the Dreyfus trial has caused a party of over 700 Chicagoans, who were going to the fair in a body, to abandon their trip. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1899. : the age of sixteen, left school and se . cured a place as messenger in the Shoe and Leather bank. His grandfather, “the commodore,” learning of this, ' sent for him and asked why he had i not applied to him for a place. “Because I did not want to ask you for anything,” was the reply. This pleased the commodore, and it is said that he made a codicil to his i will a few days later, leaving $1,000,- 000 to his grandson. ■ Cornelius left the Shoe and Leather bank to go into the employ of Kissam : Bros., bankers, but later his grand i, father asked him to enter the railroad service. The young man was making SOO a month, and he declined to leave '• his place unless he got more money. 1 He was given $65, and he accepted it. He was then about twenty-one years old. The first place he was given was • that of assistant treasurer of the New York and Harlem railroad. His rise •; was rapid, and he succeeded his father !! as head of the Vanderbilt system. Mr. Vanderbilt’s active career was i ; practically closed when he suffered the puru* j tic .uiukc iir-JStto. Despite his enormous business in terest, he found time to devote to church and Sunday school work, : which he began early in life. He gave i freely to the railroad branch of the ■ Young Men’s Christian association, and to the work of St. Bartholomew’s Protestant Episcopal church in New York city. Mr. Vanderbilt's great business career made his life necessarily method ical, and he was noted for his punctu ality. When Mr. Vanderbilt was twenty three years of age he married Alice Gwynne, the daughter of a Cincinnati lawyer. His first born son, William 11., died in 1892, while he was a stu dent in Yale university. Mr. Vanderbilt left five children— Cornelius, Gertrude, Alfred, Reginald and Gladys. Cornelius married f daughter of R. T. Wilson, the banker, about two years ago, and later Ger trude became the wife of Harry Paynf Whitney, son of the former secretarj of the navy, William C. Whitney. At the time of his death Mr. Vanderbilt was president of the Canada Southern railway, vice president and director of the Beach Creek railroad, president of the Detroit and Bay City railroad, di rector of the Detroit and Chicago rail road, director of the Dunkirk, Alle ghany Valley and Pittsburg railroad, director of the Hudson River Bridge Company, president of the Joilet ane Northern Indiana railroad, presiden of the Leamington and St. Clair railroad president of the New York and Harlem president of the Niagara River Bridge company, president of the Spuytoa Duyvil and Port Morris railroad, di rector of the Wagner Palace Car com pany, director of the West Shore rail road, director of the West Shore and Ontario Terminal company, director of the Toledo, Canada Southern Rail road company, director of the New York Central and Hudson River rail road and a dozen other affiilated rail roads. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., and Harry Payne Whitney and his wife arrived at the Vanderbilt mansion late Tues day. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., remained at Newport. All of Mr. Van derbilt’s children were in the city Tuesday night with the exception of Alfred, and he will undoubtedly come home. The home-coming of Cornelius Van derbilt, Jr., was an unusually sad one. The estrangement between his father and * himself because of the young man’s marriage with Miss Wil son had never worn away. Ammunition For Kruger. A consignment of 547 cases of am munition, presumably bouud for the Transvaal, has been landed at Louren zo Marquez, Delagoa Bay. TARTAR ALLOWED CLEARANCE. British Office Deen’ 'd It Unwise To Interfere Wit.i American Transports. A Washington dispatch says: Clear ance papers have allowed the Tartar at Hong Kong, j It is expected that she will proceed to the United States at once. The information thgt clearance had been allowed came in a dispatch to Adjutant General Corbin Thursday morning from Colone; Metcalf, com manding the Twentieth Kansas and the troops aboard the transport. It is supposed that clearance papers were allowed upon th? suggestion of the British foreign offi’e to the British governor at Hong Ko A- that it would be unwise to with American transports. Another dispatch fn m Colonel Met calf, in reply to one B>nt Wednesday, states that the Tartar was no more overcrowded and that the food was as good as on other tra sports leaving Manila. He said that tlie trouble arose among the discharged regular soldiers who were returning Lome on board the ship. The incident is now regarded as closed. It is learned at the state de partment that the representations made to Mr. Choate, our ambassador at London, on this subject were in the nature of a protest HENDERSON WAt LYNCHED. One of the Asflailnntw of Mn. Ash Meets His Doom. A wierd scene gree >d the citizens of Ty Ty, Ga., when, they awoke Thursday morning. jA tall, slender, b'ack negro about 25/Vears old, who ■■ ..«► d- v.z*-.- was dangling from a[ telegraph pole I within three hundreql yards of the Brunswick and Western depot. Ed Henderson was arrested at Tifton Wednesday and carried to Ty Ty, and when iu the presence of his victim he was immediately identified by her and her little brother, who is about nine years old. When Ed Henderson was arrested he was wearing different ' clothing from those worn when he was in Ty Ty the day of the crime, but the clothes he had discarded were secured by parties iu Tifton and carried to Ty Ty, and they were recognized by the victim beyond a shadow of a doubt. Henderson claimed his innocence to the last, but from his story related, which was very conflicting, his guilt was fully established in the minds of all present. The crowd was as orderly as if at a legal execution. No insult or indig- ! nity was offered the prisoner. Not a shot was fired, even while his body was swinging. Not an oath uttered or a shout raised. No lantern or torch was lighted, and only the silent stars looked down on the scene of retribu tion. After the execution all quietly dis persed, but a determined search is be ing made for the other criminal, who is the real ravisher, Henderson only , being his accomplice. In reporting this crime the victim’s name was given as Mrs. Ash Johnson, and the boy her son, but we find the lady was a Miss Johnson, and married a Mr. Ash. and that her name is Mrs. Jennie Ash, and the little boy who was in the cotton field with her is her brother. JOHN DELEGAL CONVICTED. The Murderer of Deputy Sheriff Townsend Is Sentenced To Life Imprisonment. The caso of John Delegal, of the Darien, Ga., rioters, sent to the Ef fingham county court; on change of venue from Mclntosh county, was concluded Thursday at Springfield in a verdict of guilty of murder with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. He was sentenced to life im prisonment. John Delegal, it will be •remembered, shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Townsend, who went to arrest him during the time of the riots. His brother and sister, who were indicted with him, were acquitted. The case of Henry Delegal, for rape, which, after a mistrial in Darien last week, was also sent to Effingham county on a change of venue, was taken up Thursday afternoon. This covers the case out of which grew the riots. There was no trouble in secur ing a jury and the evidence was quickly submitted. JUDGES ASK MERCY Formal Appeal For Dreyfus Is Signed By Courtmartial AND SENT TO PRESIDENT LOUBET Parisians Are Confident of the Guilt of Dreyfus and See No Fault In Ver dict of Courtmartial. A Paris special says: The court martial, Monday afternoon, signed a formal recommendation for mercy in the chse of Captain Dreyfus. Its ob ject is to eliminate the degradation feature of the punishment. The rec ommendation was sent to President Loubet. Except for slight street disturbances Monday night Paris has remained un expectedly quiet, but this condition of affirrs is not likely to continue. The long, heavy rain of Sunday, combined with the fact that the leaders of the opposing parties were all at Rennes prevented any organized demonstra tion. Then, too, the general public was delighted with the verdict as con firming the prevailing opinion. Now, however, they are beginning to see the want of logic in conceding “extenuating circumstances” to a con victed traitor, a concession which ex ercises doubt as to the strength of the case against Dreyfus. Moreover, pub lic opinion is being sobered by read ing the comments of the world at large and by the prospect, however remote, that the exhibition will be /....... lUtAn .. ivSS of millions to the country. It is estimated that the last year’s proceedings have cost the Dreyfus party at least 1,500,000 francs. They do not intend to let matters rest and rumors are revived of the impending arrest of General Mercier. He de clares that he does not care what hap pens, being quite sure that he has done his duly. It is understood that President Loubet opposes such an extreme course as prosecuting Mercier or the other generals. He is rather inclined to a conciliatory policy, extending even to a pardon for Dreyfus. The Dossier In Paris. The dossier of the Rennes courtmar tisl proceedings was received in Paris Monday night for submission to the military court of revision, consisting of General Marcillo, Colonel Courbo housse, Lieutenant Colonel Lagrene, Major Copp and Major Allard. It is said that Mathieu Dreyfus in tends to supplicate Emperor William to order the publication of the docu ments enumerated in the bordereau. M. Demange has been blamed for conceding so many points in his speech, but it appears that he did so in the hope of winning another waverer among the judges, who, however, finally joined the majority on condi tion that the verdict would be accom panied with the proviso as to extenu ating circumstances. Quiet at Renne.o. A state of calm prevails at Rennes. All the troopsand gendarmes quarter ed in the town and its environs have left and the jouralists and others in terested iu the trial have departed since Saturday. The cases whieh for the last few weeks have been thronged by excited crowds are deserted. Monday a solitary gendarme paced up and down before the military prison, and there was not a policeman or soldier near the Lycee, which last week resembled a barracks. Work men were busily dismantling the courtroom and packing chairs, tables and benches on trolley cars outside. Madame Dreyfus visited her hus band iu prison Monday afternoon, but not the slightest interest was shown in their meeting by the population. She found him calm and in better spirits than could be expected. TROOPS FOR SOUTH AFRICA. English Cabinet Decides to Send Ten Thousand at Once. The London Cabinet has decided to send 10,000 troops to South Africa in addition to the Natal force already there of 5,000 men, of whieh reinforce ments 5,000 men will be sent from In dia, 900 from Engiand, a battalion of the Northumberland regiment, and the remainder frpm the Mediterranean station. All go at once. NO. 12. URGE BOYCOTT ON ALL SIDES Fight To Be Made Against the Paris Exposition. A RESULT OF DREYFUS VERDICT Congress Will Be Asked To With- Draw Our Appropriation And Exhibit. A Washington special says: It is believed that when congress assem bles there will be considerable agita tion of a proposition for this govern ment to abandon its participation in the Faris exposition. It is known that expressions hostile to the exposition quoted from Senator Stewart are very widely sympathised in, and it is thought that if the conviction of Drey fus is permitted to stand there will be very little friendly feeling for*Franco among members of either the house or senate. Such a move, however, would be a grave one. It is pointed out to . withdraw from participation in the ex position would be regarded as an offi cial insult to France. No further leg islation on the part of congress is jieedod to.carrv out the nlane of this country for the expositieu. About $1,200,000 has been appropri ated for the expenses of the commis sion and the government exhibit; the commission has been appointed and the space desired tor exhibits from this country has been secured. There are now only two ways in which congress could interfere, one would be to revoke such part of the appropriation as has not been already expended in the exp»ns«s of the com mission and the other would be to pass a resolution declaring that on ac count of the unsettled conditions the valuable government exhibits should not be sent to Paris. To do either of these things is suf ficient, it is believed, to break off all friendly relations between the two countries. Congress and the state de partment may look at the matter from different points of view. The president and the state depart ment, having the responsibility for maintaining our relations with foreign governments, cannot be expected to find in this affair a reason for involv ing the country in an international complication, and it is likely that the executive branch of the government will use what influence it can to pre vent any baity action. Unless congress expressly forbids it, this government will proceed with the preparations for the exhibition and will send to Paris such government exhibits as are decided upon, but this will bo done with a realization of the probability that much of the space se cured with such difficulty for private American exhibits will be left vacant. Little doubt is felt that the latitude allowed the private citizen will be quite extensively availed of to with draw from participation in the expo sition. Another difficulty in the way of an effort to prevent participation in the exposition, however, will be found in the fact that before congress has as sembled much of the government ex hibit probably will be packed and on its way to Paris, if not actually there. The exposition opens in April, and the work of transporting and preparing the exhibit will have to begin some months before that tame. Up to this time, it is said, the preparation of the government exhibit has not begun, but the work will proceed as soon as the government officials are ready. Representative Hepburn, of lowa, said that he had ceased to marvel at the methods of French array justice after observing how the trial of Drey fus was conducted. No such trial or verdict was possible in the United States. He did not think it would in any w r ay affect diplomatic relations between this country and France, nor did he think it would interfere with the United States exhibitors at the coming evposition.