Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-08-03
|Ths Luxurious State and Styls OF
Jay Gould's Fayorits
Broker.
IA New York Baccarat Players
Luck With the Paris
Banks.
The heiress Of a Hundred Millions,
and the Astor Matri-
monial Policy.



know how to enjoy their money when they
get it. They have more fun TO the square
inch than any other set Of welLtodo-elts-
gems in town. There is spirit Of jo.hty
among the members of the Stock Exchange
which finds expression in thousand ways.
The Wall street man frolics, CANDLES, plays
practical Jokes, runs with the popular actress
of the moment, and drives fast horse up
the road. Whatever is expensive becomes
desirable at once. Society milhonairess and
retired merchants live in state on the Ave
4 nue. or at magnificent country seats. They
seem bored and oppressed. They are ham
pered 6y the cares Of society, and annoyed
by thousand social jealouSies and quaires
& Give Wall street man a million and the
fur begins to fly at once. was struck par
ticularly by this yesterday morning, when
returning TO New York after spending a
night at Seabright, near Long Branch. l
came to town on the regular business train.
On the platform Of the station, waiting for
the train, were dozen OF the wealthy cot
tagers of Seabright--men prominent IN
trade and finance in New York. Most OF
them walked TO the station and climbed
with the other passengers into the ordinary
cars. Some were obliged to stand on &C
-coun, of the crowd Just before the train
started an ELEGANT victoria, drawn By q
team OF
rolled ny to The station and q slight, ele-
ganrlv dressed and lauguid man rose from
the cushions. and attended BY a fOotmau,
boarded a Pullman car Here he found
whole section reserved for him, with a special
porter standing guard The passenger did
not trouble himself with tickets, but gszed
idlv out OF the window. The train sped on
10 Sandy Hook Just as it came in sIgit a
Neutrality-suspicious. steam yacht which
Law short distance off shore fred salute
and dropped boat with four uniformed
s sailors to the water. The sailors rowed to
the dock, arriving Just in time. 10 meet the
4 train. The languid passenger, aecompa-
MED By the ObSequiOus porter, stepped into
4 the boat, the man in the stern sheets touch
3 ed his cap, and the sailors pulled away
4 with the regulation man-o war stroke. The
steam Yacht picked up the boat without
stopping and sped ike an arrow up the
Bay. In beautiful salon on board the
owner ate his breakfast while the yacht rsE
up the Bay. He stepped into a cab at the
New York pier and was in his Office five
! minutes later. Then the languid air disap-
peared and the brisk, energetic and pushing
I. manner Of the shrewdest broker in New
York took its place. 1t was Mr.. Washing
ton + Common,
The Pet Broker of Jay Gould.
He is as sharp as needle, and worth any
where from one to FIVE millions While he
was at work in his office. the clumsy steam
or which his fellow passengers had boarded
was cracking her way up the Bay. There
were on board dozen men worth as much
money as Mr. Conner, but they travelled
with the crowd.
Wash Counors money came through a
positive stroke Of genius on his part. He
was a curb-stOne broker with no position,
influence or money when Jay Gould got
caught in the memorable Black Friday
slump. Gould had bought orally about six
times as much gold as he could pay for.
+. He repudiated the purchases when the
brokers went 70 him after the panic and re-
fused to settle claims. His action nearly
ruined FIVE Of the larger brokerage firms Of
the CITY. The brokers' threatened suit,
3 stormed, rayed and prayed. No avail Ar.
I Gould would not see them. Then the IN
4 known Wash. COnnor went around to the
2 different firms, and by various means got
/. them TO assign their claims to him. They
did so, and with all the claims in his pos
session Mr.. Conner went to Jay Gould aud
told the Wall street king that he was ready
10 compromise or bring suit-he would
leave the choice to Mr.. Gould The great
fnancier looked at Mr.. Connor, talked to
him for awhile and then made up his mind
that he needed the services Of the unknown
but shrewd young broker. A liberal COM
promise Of the claims was made, Mr. Con-
nor became an associate of Mr.. Gould and
was a millionaire within FIVE months Now
be is head Of the firm Of W. f. Conner &
Co. One of his partners is Jay Gould's
son, George, who went into the firm with
5000, OOO and the other two partners are
Mr. jaw Gould and his stalwart secretary
and body-guard Aorosini.
The Prince of Baccarat.
Billy Deutsch, has struck luck again. He
is swimming in wealth in Paris, and is
again famous as the Prince Of Barcsrst"
Few men are better known among fast New
Workers than Billy Deutsch He is hand
some man and about twenty-eight. About
FIVE years ago he was clerk in down town
dry goods store at $50 q week. His ten
denotes toward a fast life were strongly
marked, and he achieved a small reputation
as a poker PLAYER evenin his small income.
One day has uncle died, leaving Billy
Deutsch 80, 900. 1t YVES not great sum,
but it was large enough to satisfy the young
man for the time being. He left his posi-
ton, went on a bender for night or two,
and then played roulette at Murray's place
In Twenty-eighth street He won enough
to make has capital SIC, 900, when he started
for Europe two days later. At that time
the game Of baeearat was just becoming
popular in New York 1t was imported
from France. The game is the most popu-
lar Of all table games now, not excepting
faro. Billy Deutsch had a theory about
PLAYING bsecarst He reduced it to q sys-
tenn and went direct to Paris, When he
arrived be made q plunge" with his whole
ten thousand dollars at the biggest gam
bling house in Paris. was a winner to the
extent Of $4,000, broke the bank at 4
O'Clock in the morning, and swoke the
next morning to find all Paris talking about
him. The papers dubbed him the prince
of Baccarat" The young American had
such extraordinary luck that the gambling
places in Paris refused to allow him to
play at their tables after time, and be re-
turned at the expiration Of two years to
New York Meanwhile be had travelled all
over Europe with caravan of friends, para
sites and syneophants. When he returned
to America he had changed wonderfully.
He was
Arrogant, SnObbIsh, DietatOrial,
and worth considerably more than half
million dollars. He went back to Paris a
little less than two years ago and within q
month the news came over the water that
Billy Deutsch had squandered all Of his
fortune at bacearat and was pennileSs. He
struggled along in poverty until month
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