Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-18
GOTHAM TALES.
j. Pierpont Morgan and His
Large Power.
AUSTIN CORBlN'S EElS.
Mrs. Scott Siddons TO Return TO Stage-Stein-
itz, the Champion Chess Player.
DR.. Talmase's Promising Son-Billy Flor
ence at Work on His Memoirs-The
Second'of Frederick in His Duel
Pauline Markham.
AUSTIN CORBIN'S EELS.
Special Correspondence Of the Gazette.

Special Correspondence Of the Gazette.
New YoRK. Oct. 1a.-Wall street fur
nishes good many sensations these days.
Plungers come and p!ungers go, bulls roar
and lambs bleat. fortunes are made and Tor
tunes are lost-it is all the same in Wall
street. where men are selfish aud seem to
be fighting for themselves alone. 1t Is a
daily struggle of giants. Mercy Is I'M
known except in rare instances.
All this and more came into my mind as
J. Pierpont Morgan was pointed out to me
yes erday by broker.
'sHe is the most influential man in W,u
street al this moment" said my informant;
"a very bulwark OF safety; man who has
more than once averted great panic;
quiet, conservative, unobtruslve, thor
ouSh master of finance; and there isn't
man in Wall street who won't tell you the
same"
i took good look at Mr.. Morgan. He is
perhaps fifty years of age. His form is
robust His face is strong, and determina-
ton is stamped all over it. His head and
neck are large. He went along the street
slowly, but with the determination of man
to get to his destination. even if it were 100
miles away and the walking was bad. He
was clad in cutaway coat, gray trousers,
and wore a derby hat. He looked neither
to the right nor left and only nodded to his
friends. Yet everybody looked after him
as he passed into one of the banks and was
lost to view. He is as much talked about
nowadays as Jay Gould, from whom the
Scepter of finance seems to be departing.
Fame and fortune have not spoiled this
king of Wall street. He is worth good
many millions of dollars, and he can prob
ably control more money than any other
man in Wall street, and that is saying
good deal He is usually asked to settle
all disputes between banks or railway cor
porations, and he has the faculty of giving
satisfaction to both sides. Every body be-
lieves in him. His word is never questioned.
He has settled many grave questions and
has, as token of appreciation OF his work
in one contest, a 900 solid gold dinner
service.
He comes naturally by his financial abil-
ity. His father was very successful Lon
don banker. AT one time he was the part
ner of George Peabody. of glorious mem
DRY. When he died he left his children 4
large fortune and they have been adding to
it ever since Mr.. Morgan is very charita-
bic, but he never lets his right hand know
what his left is doing. The magnificent
chapel adjacent to ST. Georges church, in
Stuyvesant square, was built by him in
memory of his dead son. Those who know
him intimately declare that he is charm
ing companion and has a mind capable of
approaching the most delicate shades of
humor. But he rarely ever smiles. His
face is that of a man who meditateS much
and thinks seriously OF the problem of life.
He is deyout EpiScOpalidn. He lives in
fine style. is member of a great many
clubs, owns some splendid pictures and
steam yacht, and is almost as well known
in the European centerS Of finance as he is
in New York