| Show YANDERBILT AN INVALID tu f The Health of the Money Kiimg in a Precarious Condition BOSTON May 1fhe Herald has information I in-formation from its New York correspondent correspon-dent that W II Vunderbilt is seriously ill It is said by those who know that Vanderbilt had two strokes of paralysis paral-ysis and that he fears the third as men fear death Vanderbilt has always al-ways been exceedingly sensitive on the subject of his health and he has carefully care-fully avoided letting the public know it I when he has been very sick There is a commercial reason for this If any man who is a large holder of railway I stocks becomes dangerously ill Wall street instantly begins to discount his I death by selling the stocks of which he is holder The theory is that stocks i he owns must come upon the market in a block and thus force the price downward down-ward Vanderbilts near friends know I he has been in very poor health all winter and that Wall street and business busi-ness men will knoY him in a business wayyoomore There hive been few receptions I re-ceptions at the Vanderbilt mansion this winter as compared with those of last season The magnificent picture gallery gal-lery has this winter been closed to I the public There have been no balls and very few dinners and at which Mr Vanderbilt not appeared In public one no longer hears his name mentioned in Wall street connection with the current cur-rent fluctuation in prices and it is very rare to see him driving in the park or on the road The truth is Vanderbilt is an invalid lie has retired from social and business life lie is not only threatened with paralysis but has gout and is sorely sore-ly afflicted with the malady that carried off his father |
