The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1892-12-03
PAID The DEBT OF LIFE
Gould Called to Where There are No
Watered Stocks
HIS LAST BLACK FRIDAY
The Noted Financier Passes Peace.
fully Away-A Sketch OF the
Life OF the Great Stock
Operator.


He breathed his last at 9:i5 this morning,
surrounded by his children, at home.
There was no signs of pain and lie was
conscious until few moments before no
died. A short time before he passed
away he called his children ono after the
other 10 his side and bade them q long
farewell. This done he closed his eyes
anG died almost before his beloved re-
allied 1t was death. Gould's last illness
dates back two weeks when he took cold
driving. As result, already enfcebled,
his constitution could not stand the slight
ailment. He began sinking rapidly from
an early hour last night. After an attack
of coughing he became UNCONSCIOUS and
then 1t was when DIR. Mum and DIR. Janc-
way recognized that the end was near.
Gould seemed TO rally just before
O'Clock, but il was not until o'clock that
there was evidence of returning consci-
BUSINESS, when he bade tho members
of the family farewell, and they. with DR..
Mum, were at his bedside when the end
came.
The Gould family Is PROSTATE with grief.
Miss Helen Gould was i'll when her father
was taken sick. and the blow came upoh
her with terrible force. Members of tho
family arc very much devoted to each
other Gould always had been very much
of n domestic man, notwithstanding tho
enormous weight of his cares from gigan-
tic financial operations. and the death OF
the father 80 shortly after the demise Of
the mother comes with added force to the
affection.
Tho general feeling In Wall street was
one OF surprise. for SO many times has tho
report of his death spread. to be contra
n c.xnf, ms m N In ,tT In I'm
stocks had been produced. No later than
yesterday was the old trick played that il
became like the cry OF "wolf" when thcro
was no wolf, and at length came the truth
To them an unexpected thing. Regret was
also quite unfcigncd that tho famous mil.
lionairc's career should close when he was
only 81 years old, and seemed TO he felt by
old enemies as we'll as by former as
sociates. Wall street never shared the
general opinion OF the magnate, that he
was too hard, too grasping, even for Wall
street, and the admiration for him or en-
nifty had no; blinded them to the great
qualities which made him tho most won-
deriui flnancicr this country has ever pro-
duced.
For the past two years Gould had been
disposing of many Of his small holdings
and to-day his stock investments arc in
compact form. An accurate list of tho
companies In which he was heavily inter-
csted to his death Is as follows: Western
Union, Manhattan Elevated railway,
Texas Pacific. Missouri Pacific, Iron
Mountain. Wabash. Union Pacific and
the International and Great Northern.
Besides these companies Mr.. Gould was
interested to some extent In minor COM
pnnies of the Southwestern system and
| tho Western Union. but hc was engaged
in getting out of them, prcferring TO con-
centrate his holdings in the parent COM
panies.
Many gucsses were made in regard to
Gould's wealth and the disposition to bo
made of his immense holdings Of secur.
tiles. One OF his closest associates and
oldest personal friends said in regard to
this matter: ''Gould's wealth will be
found TO vary not Sl0.0oo,O0o from $780,
OOO.OOO."
00O.0oO of Western Union stock and S2o,-
0o0,00J of elevated stock. The Gould fam
lily tomb in Woodlawn cemetery cost
$4,000 Tho mausolcum is q copy of tho
pantheon, built Of granite and cost
SlOOOo.
The engines on Sixth, Third and Second
on account OF Gould's death. Other ap-
propriate steps were taken to-day by tho
heads of tho various organizations with
which Mr. Gould was prominently con-
nccteI. Flags are flying at half mast on
the Fifth avcnuc,S st. James and Albcmarle
hotels. DIR. Mum, Gould's physician :.
remained In the house until late la tho
| evening.
II is understood some anxiety Is felt by
| other members of the family about Miss
Helen Gould's condition. DIR. Mum is
said to have felt some uneasiness about
her yesterday, and il is her illness that
| caused him to remain in the house. II is
hoped. however. that she will be able to
/ attend the funeral services IN the house
Monday. Nothing definite was learned
| about the funeral arrangements tonight.
beyond what was announced by DIR. Pax
| ton to-day.
The direct cause of Goultl's death,
MS stated at the house this morn
| Ing. was pulmonary consumption.
| Tho worid-famous flnancier became un.
| conscious, and the strong master mind
ceased TO battle for life and IL became
merely a question of hours before dissolu.
tion. Members Of the family gathered
| disconsolatc ut the bedside and icarfully
admitted the hoplessness OF the situation
and began the vigil which was only ended
when the breath of life left the body. Drs.
| Mum and Jancway agreed nothing could
be done but make the patients last hours
as comfortable as possible. All members of
tho family were present when the end
| came.
The fact Of his death was known be fore
the opening of the stock exchange. Mis-
souri, Pacific declined only ~: Western
Union. ~: Union Pacific. to q. Thcs,
are known particularly rs Gould properties
to which he paid special attention.
| After Gould's death all the blinds In the
house were drawn down. The fact Of his
death was learned from a messenger sent
| by DIR. Mum to telephone the fact to his
wife. The house was looked and no infor.
nation was ob,ainablc from members OF
tho family. c. =. Huntington was among
| the early callers. He remained but few