| Show Juo rJ DIES Big Railroader pound Found Dead in Bed in Chicago By Secretary Heart Disease I In c or 0 As s Cause alle ol 0 WhIch Without Chicago Nov No 7 William D Cornish o or York second vice Ico president oC or orthe the Union Pacific company and I vi director m Ii many mahy othor lions found Cound dead In hi his bed nt It thu Auditorium annex In this city Death apparently was duo to hearl disease Sir MI Cornish attended tho theater l tel last night and ami retired at It about U t oel apparently In perfect health Today when Mr his private sec sea went wont to awaken him his death was discovered d An examination ot or ortho the tho body bOd by tha tiie house physician dis disclosed closed ed tho that Mr Cornish hUd had boon boen dent for fOl sorno somo While II further Investigation allowed sh w d that death had ben duo due 16 t heart disease dl elLse The doctor said thero thore was WM a possibility that it had been caused by apoplexy Tho coroners Inquest sot Het for fOI this af ai afternoon after which the tho body will b bl sent sa to N IV fe the tho de do deceased ceased resided Ills 1115 office was at Wall all street New Nev York Mr Cornish was a member of oC the tho directors of the tho following I Kansas Western rail railroad road the tho Northern Pacific Terminal Company of or Oregon the Oregon OI Hall lUtil Navigation company of which he also ulo president the tho Oregon Short of which lie Ilio was vice president the tho Portland t Asiatic company the tha San Pedro Pedlo Los Lo Salt jake lIte Hall road company the Southern Pacific company tho Southern Pacific Hall road company of which ho was WILS peal president dent Spokane Union Depot company Union Pacific company o of which lie he was waH president and Wells ells Fargo Company ew York Nov Xo 7 William D Cor Cornish nish left leCt New York Thursday lo to go to Chicago on business of o the Harriman roads and was believed by his hll business associates hero here to bo In perfect health Hu Ho born In Plymouth Mass about 59 9 years ago He had practised md served as a judge in St Paul when whon whenn In n 1 he was appointed master In chancery in connection with the receivership of tho Union Pacific railroad and allied companies Tho United States government holding a second lien for aboul had Joined with tho bondholders In the movement to con tho properties of the foreclosures those receiverships In turn followed by tho reorganization or four which tiro basis of Union Pacific company allied lines was ap appointed pointed vice president ot the Union Pa Pacific and the Oregon Short Line and the Oregon Railroad com company pany Having become a adviser of Mr ho became vice president also of the Southern Pa Pacific when Mr obtained con control of that road nis particular duties as an executive covered all the land of nil tho linos Judge Cornish Is survived by his wl low and a daughter The company will bring the body cast caston on a special car Local offices wore given givena a shock by the news from Chicago By ill here Judge Cornish was held in esteem He was here lost May Mayo o attend n special meeting of Pacific Ho camo in early In Inthe the afternoon of May 4 and spent one lay in Salt Lake From hero ho went wenton on to tho coast and stopped over mother day May on Ills return trip Upon receipt of the news of his loath W II md general manager of the Oregon Short Line sent telegrams to the dead nans family These expressed tho of all Salt Lake officials and acquaintances of toted railroader The telegrams brought tho of his death vero left on a In Mr throughout tho noon hour officials and passed In out stopping to read thu message say a word of sorrow Mr Bancroft shortly after receiving the sad lows left his office leaving word that m was going home |
