The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-04-01
FABuLOuS MEALTm.
An Exhibit Made by Jay Gould to the Doubling
fhOmAses Of Wall street.

'A""'''H" W N"h NANels
Globe Democrat
New YoRK, March l3-Jny Gould's
wealth was the talk of wall street to-.
day. 1t has been reported frequently,
of late, that Mr.. Gould was selling stock
largely, and it has ever been said by
persons in the street that he was COM
PEELED to become a large seller because
of his urgent need Of ready money.
These damaging rumors, it is generally
understood, were brought to Mr. Gould's
attention on Saturday by some of his
friends. Mr.. Gould was, Of course, put
upon his mettle, and this morning he
invited to his office Russell Sage, Cyrus
w. Field, Frank Work and one or two
others, and asked them to examine the
contents Of few packages Of stocks
for which he had sent 10 the Trust
Company The packages were all
\ labelled wiexhe 3he9ule Qftlnsoek,
and amounts II Is reported Mr. Field
expressed willingness to accept Mr.
Gould's word as to the amount, but Mr..
Sage exclaimed, with an air of excite
ment, "No, no If am to examine these
| propose to do so thoroughly" The
packages were then opened and ex.
amined. They contained the enor.
nous sum of S53,000,00 of stock at
their face value. In them were $685.
0O0,0 of Western Union Telegraph
and $4,000 900 of Missouri Pacific
RAILROAD STOCK.
None OF these certificates were Endorsed
by Mr. Gould; they were the original
ertliicntes isued to him by the present
companies. The rest of the total amount
was made up of Manhattan Railway
stock of the different classes and OF
Wabash stocks Mr.. Sage talked rather
freely about the matter aftcrward, in
his usual desultory manner.
at amazed me exceedingly" he said.
81 told Mr. Gould ON Saturday that
persons We're circulating ugly stories
about him, and he then assured me that
there was no foundation for the report
that he was selling his Western Union
and Missouri Pacific He told me that
he held S20,000,000 of Western Union
| had supposed that he might have
about half that amount, and conse
quently | accepted the assertion with a
little grain of salt. He sent for me
this morning. | didn't know what he
wanted. | wont in, and there were
several persons there, and Mr.. Gould
asked MS to look at his stocks. 1t was
perfectly amazing. Why, there were
$4,000, 900 more of WesternlU MON than
he had told me about. was particu-
la artta 10. I I
Missouri Pacific, and there right before
me were the original certificates issued
to him. There is not another man in
the United States, except Mr.. Wander
bilt. who coulf make such display OF
securities. There isn't one of the
Astors that can begin to show as much
money as he Could did. Those little
packages | tell you would cover d
good deal of real estate. didn't dream
Of it, | knew he was very rich man
He is the richest man in the United
States except Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt
and Gould are working together in
order to protect the stocks ia which
they are interested, and all the street
stories about Gould selling stock tc
Jim keene, or having anything to dc
with Keene, are pure canards. jim
Keeue is the most treacherous man
ever knew There is only one end to
which he will come.'
One of the bystanders remarked that
it had been reported that there wa
great anxiety shown by the men who
had been permitted to gaze upon tn,
S53,OOO,0OO, in getting out of the room
Mr.. Sage laughed in reply and said
We'll, well, that is about it, certainly
The fact is we were all in grea
hurry