New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-07
is JAY GOULD ILL9
THE REPORTS THAT HE IS DANGEROUSLY
SICK DENIED.
FORMER STORIES ABOUT HIS CONDITION RE-
vIvED-HLs son AND HIS PHYSICIAN SAY



utilize the condition Of Jay Goulds health for
speculative purposes Most Of the work was
done after business hours, when rumors OF an
unfavorabe kind ran riot. 1t was reported Just
before the closing of the Stock Exchange that
Mr. Gould was dead. The report got moderate
circulation, and no one credited IL, Dut lt maze
enough talk in the late afternoon TO induce anx
ious inquiries as to his health and George u.
Gould, DR.. Num- the physician who is In con-
slant attendance upon Jay Gould. and associates
Of Mr. Gould made emphatic statements that there
were no unfavorablc developments. Russell Sage
said that he had passed Mr.. Gould out driving
with his daughter Helen in the afternoon, and 10
was learned that Mr.. Gould had been at the
Windsor Hotel in the day.
The talk in Wall Street was started by bull
letin from one Of the minor newsgatherers
asserting that in a recent interview with
"a Wall Street man" Mr.. Gould had acted in
hysterical manner, laughing and weeping by turns.
No basis for this assertion could be found. Mr.
Gould has been at his home at Fifth-ave and
Forty -seventh-st for about three weeks. In that
time he has seldom been downtown. but he at
tended meeting of the Western Union Telegraph
Company on Wednesday and il said to have I'M
pressed his colleagues with his improved health
II is conceded on all hands that Mr.. Gould is
in need Of rest and relief from all anXieties OF
business AS far back last July, when the
Advisory Board of the Western Traffic Assocla-
ton met at the Windsor Hotel, he exhibited an
irritability that rendered it desirable to postpone
the discussion of the plan of abolishing compctl-
tive freight agencies, which he had been strehu-
ously working for. Afterward Mr.. Gould took
a trip West, returning after a stay OF several
weeks much refreshed in health and spirits Inc
crisis in the affairs of the Union Pacific in Sepcin-
ber imposed fresh tax upon Mr.
Gould's nerves. and he gave evidence
Of the strain by his nervous breakdown at the
meeting of the Missouri Pacific directors on
September 30, when the quarterly dividend was
formally passed. At that meeting he is said to
have been overcome by emotion at one time IN the
discussion. Since then Mr.. Gould has yielded
IN thc solicitation of his friends and has given only
the most general attention to the affairs of the
companies in which be is largely interested. As
far as possible details have been undertaken by
other persons, and an effort has been made to
keen him from over-taxing his nervous powers.
This work has been somewhat difficult, for Mr..
Gould is prone to exaggerate his nervous strength
and is said almost to resent the advice given to
him 10 husband all his mental and physical re-
sonrces II is understood that this scnsltlvenesS
TO well-meant advice renders the task OF MS
friends and his medical adviser the more dilcuit.
Enough compliance has been shown by Mr. Could
however 10 warrant the declaration that thcre
has been no change in his state OF health that
would excuse the cxtravagant stories which were
put in circulation yesterday. 81
George j. Cion6 said last evening: You may
say authoritatively from me that my father Is iu
good health, better than he has enjoyed in months
All this talk about his having fanting spells or
historical affections Of any kind is nonsense. There
was no truth in the report that he was SICK at
the Missouri Pacific meeting. and there is no
truth in the present rumors Some one, sup
pose wanted to sell n thousand shares Of stock.
and started this talk to affect the market. Just
as has been done at intervals for twenty-five years
Nv father returned from Irvngton for the winter
about three weeks ago. and he has attended to
business constantly since that time. He not
downtown to-day or yesterday, and it is not likely
that he will be tomorrow it is short day. 1t
is altogether likely that he will be at his office
on Monday, however have not seen him to-day,
but was talking to him over the telephone about
3 o'clock that he is not dead yet you see
No, SIR" added Mr. Gould, earnestly, my father
is in excellent condition"
Jay Gould was at his home, No $40 Fifthave.,
but the servant at the door asserted that his
master would not he Mr.. Gould's physi-
clan, DR.. John p. Mum, of No. Is West Fifty
eigbth-st, contented himself with saying: Mr.
Gould is all right in every respect"
Eusse Sage said last night that there was no
foundation for any rumors of Mr. Gould's break
down in health. Mr. Sage said" saw Mr. Gould
OH Wednesday at Western Union meeting and he
was brighter than have seen him III a long time
Ii is not true that he is sick today, for | met
him when out driving this afternoon
Washington f.. Connor also denied that there
was any truth in the stories
At the Windsor Hotel it was learned that Mr.
Gould had come into the hot'l lobby about l
D. III. lie went TO the ticker at the entrance to
the billiard room. glanced at the tape and then
sat down on sofa lie looked over newspaper
for a few minutes and then went away. There
were few persons who saw him. but some OF them
say that he looked tired and showed a nervous
tremor Of hands when lie took hold Of the tape
Such a description H. not novel. for most Of the
persons who have seen Mr.. Gould in public latly
have commented upon the symptoms of unsteady
nerves.
DESPICABIE METHODS IN WALL STREET.
EFFORTS OF THE BEARS TO CAST DIscREDIT on
A SOUND BANK.
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