New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-03
is JAY GOULD A SICK MAN
MANY RUMoRs AFLoAT IN WALL STREET.
RUSSELL SAGE SAYS THERE is NO REAL DANGER


yesterday reported that Jay Gould had returned
TO that place in low condition Of health, and
that after messengers had been sent to the nearest
drug shop, his immediate return to Ncw-York was
considered absolutely necessary. No confirmation
OF the story could be obtained here. George j.
Uould, who recently has rarely been down town on
saturday, was away on short yachting cruise to
the eastward, and Edwin Gould, the second son,
accompanied his father on his Western trip. Wall
Street convinced, as it was last Saturday, Just
before Mr.. Gould left the city, that he was dan
gerously sick and the denias were received with
great increduity.
At the Office Of the Missouri Pacific Railway a
dispatch was received from Mr.. Gould, dated at
Frederick, Kansas, in which the alarming rumors
were explicitly contradicted The dispatch stated
that Mr.. Gould perfectly well and that he was
doing as much work usual on inspection trips.
When the dispatch left Frederick, Mr. Gould was
represented to be standing the rear platform Of
his private car, closely scanning the condition Of
the road. An officer of the Missouri Pacific called
attention to the fact that Frederick is about 200
miles west Of Kansas City, where the press dis
patch was composed, and that, as NJ. Gould had
reached Kansas City from Omaha, the latest nfor
nation proved that he was on his way West to
Pueblo in accordance with his original plan.
THE RUMoR DOWN TOWN AND ITS EFFECT.
greeted in respectfully querying way by his
clerks with regard TO the reported illness of Mr..
Gould. No cyclonic reply was obtained. Mr..
Sage had received no dispatches announcing either
sickness a threatened illness of the president
Of the Missouri Pacific. don't believe there is
any truth in it." Mr.. Sage declared emphatcally,
and he was little troubled about the report that
he went to the usual Saturday afternoon confer
ence of the directors of the Importers and Traders
National Bank and through the two hours of the
half-hOliday's business at the Stock Exchange no
more information could be obtained from Mr..
Sage's office by those who were credulous enough
to pin their faith on the press dispatches
Mr.. Sage's clerks were apparently of the belief
that the rumors were started by the bears One
of them said: George Could when he went
away, said that he expected the bears would have
his father dead before he got back
The published dispatches about Mr.. Goulds
sickness had little effect on the stock market, and
the denias were received too late for Saturday
half-holiday. broker who knew all about it
said after the close OF business that Mr. Gould was
suffering from ossifcation of the liver and that
before he went to Europe physicians had told him
that his disease was incurable. His previous
troubles had been called neuralgia, but on his re-
turn Mr. Gould said that he had buried this ahlic-
ton at the bottom of the sea. week ago the
rumOrs agreed that rheumatism was his present
ailmCnt, although his two eldest sons were quoted
as being in dOubt-GeOrge favoring the popular
notion OF r1leumat SIN, while Edwin apparently con-
sdercd the sickness a return merely of the ncu-
ralgic affection. The Kansas City news was in
definite about the cause of the reported sickness,
and in Wall Street the suggestion that it is neither
neuralgia nor rheumatism, but an entirely new
trouble will be received probably with renewed
interest.
MR. SAGE TALKS ABOUT THE CASE
Russell Sage escaped reporters pretty well at
his downtown Office but he took his usual Sat
urday afternoon drive untroubed by fears of Mr.
Goulds condition. lie was seen in the evening
m; h,t ho6 inf
in detail than had been supplied by the dispatch
received at the Missouri Pacific office. These
rumors are wicked" said Mr.. Sage, with emphasis.
:" There is no reason for them and they ought not
to have any effect Mr.. Gould is troubled with
neuralgia it is true, but that is no more serious
than the touches Of rheumatism that nave oCca-
sionally and which can speedily cure win noI
applications or even simply change to warmer
clothing lie was in good health when he wehC
away except for the touch OF neuralgia WElch
some of the papers make OUT TO DC [eulnSosl
He is not a sick and | would be perfectly
astonished to get word that he had Decn TAKEN
in or had been compelled TO change his plans Tor
other than business reasons
Mr. SAGE said that Mr. Gould ought to reach
Pueblo COL to-day. He would then turn ABOUT
and come East without stops ana unless ne WAS was
detained by business considerations ic Noui Ii I'll
Nov, York on Thursday Mr.. Sage had originally
intended to Join the Gould inspection party on the
return home. but he has changed his plans and
will not do so.
WHAT THE FAMILY I'll 1SlClAN oH'S'
DR.. Baldwin. of No. East Forty-irst-st, is Mr..
Gould's family physician. lie Sald yesterday 'iiaU
he had received no advices regarding MIR. Goulds
bca,tb c,cept through dispatch that had been
sent to Mrs. Gould. saying that Mr. Gould was i'm
nroved bv his Western trip Mr.. Gould suffers
from rouraIcia, said DR.. Baldwin, " but 1t Is
nothing serious He has no organic trouble, and
when he went away he in his usual healtn
His Western trip was taken for the DehehC ol hie
health only incidentally and have no ahAie'y
about him. - - ,, r;I
In spite of the statements of Mr. Goulds friends
there is n pretty widely entertained notion tlaV I
he is far from being well man. IhtSc WIZ WIZ
have seen him at the Wihus9ira Sia Word eminent
return from his voyage in the Ola World GointGm i
upon his appearance indicating an exhaustion
of mental force reflected through deterl3Ia.ioh @
in his physical appearance IL svsra sr'i strain i'm
posed upon his brain by the active ne hc n n1I
had in business scheming, IS beglnnlhg rdina 10 Tm
upon him, and that ulavoraDe rcPcciS III ,nnre
his physcal condition may be received Win lnotc %
credence than could be given to similar statei%elts %
few years ago. Some OF his negllooIS od 'l,nd nnd
that his voyage abroad da MN from hnsncSs cares
is needed to prcvent n breakdown III ms hcaia I'LL.
The persons who hold these views LILLE ontaI r1aI
Mr.. Goulds trouble comes NOR, NOR iio OF rbvsicai
sources than from any derangemeht oi physician
functions.
INSPECTING TRACKS WITH HIS USUAL oNNh"
ST LouIs Juno "a dispatch to George T. smllh rom
s. H. H. Clark vice president of tho missouri rac,n0
Railroad lecelvcd this morning honi c,s,
Kan saws: "New- York reports rcgafu'ns 'ii ~,
condition arc absolutely false. llo Is no" ,
upon tho rear platform of his private car as usua,
inspecting the road while travelling at spesr .,
forty miles hour, ana Is uv,"e "
trips OF this charao'oi'
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