St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-03
JAY GOULD IS GONE.
Surrounded by His Family,
the Great Finaneier
Breathes His Last
With No Signs Of Pain--He
Died as One Going
to Sleep.
Shortly Before His Death He
Bade Farewell to His
Children.
Pulmonary Consumption the
Direct Cause Of His
Taking Off.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Jay Gould Is
morning, surrounded by his children. at
his home. He died as one going TO
sleep. There were no signs of pain, and
he was conscious until few moments
before he died. A short time before he
passed away he called his children, one
after the other, to his side, and babe
them long farewell. This done. lie
closed his eyes and was dead, almost
before his loved ones re called it was
death.
Mr.. GOuld's last illness dates back
two weeks. He took drive at that
time through Central park with his
physician, DR.. Munn,and he took cold. He
was suffering at the time from nervous
dyspepsia, and was unable to take much
nourishment. AS a result, his already
enfeebled cons titution could not with
stand this slight aiment 1t affected
his lungs. They had already shown for
years a tendency to pulmonary weak
ness. Last week when he failed to
come to his office it was said at his home
that he was only slightly indisposed.
His Exact Condition
was suppressed until yesterday. Mr..
Gould began apidlvsinking from an ear
ly hour last night. DR.. Mum, his ply
sician, had DR.. Janeway in consultation,
but they said that nothing could be done
but make Mr.. Gould's last hours as
comfortable as possible. Everything
known to medical science had been
used to prolong Mr.. Gould's life, but
they all proved fruitless. Even his old
associate, Russell Sage. SAID that he did
not believe that Mr.. Gould was in any
danger, but that his illness was but
recurrence of old bilious attacks. 80
midnight came, and with it the first un-
favorable change in his condition.
After an attack of coughing he became
unconscious, and then it was that DR..
Mum and DR.. Janeway recognized that
the end was near.
He seemed to rally just before z
O'Clock, but 1t was not until O'Clock
that there was evidence of returning
consciousness. He passed away at 9:l5,
his last moments being entirely free
from pain. The members of the family,
with DR.. Mum, were at his bedside
when the end came Those in the room
were Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Gould. Miss Helen
Gould, Howard Gould, Harold Gould,
Master Frank Gould and Miss Hannah
Gould. From Howard Gould it was
learned that his father
Retained consciousness
about to die, and just before the end he
looked around the room. He said lie
wished to have all his family present,
and appeared satisfied to find that all
were there.
Those outside at that time saw the
blinds all drawn down. A moment
later a servant left the house with big
batch of kilograms in one hand. They
were announcements to friends of the
family that Mr.. Gould had died. Rev.
DR.. John II. Paxton, whose church the
family attended, was among the callers
at the Gould house. He gave the fol
lowing account of Mr.. Gould's last
hours:
"Mr. Gould had been unconscious for
number of hours; but as the end ap-
preached consciousness returned. He
opened his eyes and glanced around the
room in which his family were gathered.
look of resignation lighting up his
face as his eyes fell upon each of them.
They came close to his bedside, and
then, in a faint but perfectly distinct
voice be spoke TO each of his children
in turn a word of love and farewell.
Vitality enough for this was vouchsafed
him, but when he had spoken the last
word to his last child, he relapsed at
once into Inconsistencies and in a few
minutes more passed away"
The Family of var. Gould
we're entirely inaccessible to any ex-
cept the most intimate friends. DR..
Mum remained in the house through
out the forenoon. Around II O'Clock
the callers were very numerous. Col.
Hahn. who arrived at the house shortly
after 10 O'Clock. remained down stairs,
conducting some of the ladies who were
intimate friends of the family TO Miss
Helen Gould's apartments up stairs.
None of the callers remained over q
few minutes, and the great majority
simply left their cards at the door.
1.-The depletion Of Mr.. Gould's vitality
dates back to time previous to his
wife's death, in January, 1855" said an
intimate friend of the family. "She
used then to say that her husband suf-
fered greatly from neuralgia headaches
and profound fatigue, and on one Occa-
sion | found that she had spent sleep
less nightin consequence Of one of his
attacks. The summer before his wte's
death he took her to Europe on his
yacht Upon their return he put tine
Yacht out of commission, and said that
what both his wife and he needed was
not travel. but rest. Neither looked
the better for the sea voyage.
After his wife's death Mr.. Gould's loss
of strength was more rapid. His attacks
of headache and nervous prostration
we're more frequent than before, and
he rallied with greater difficulty and
less completene SIS. He had powerful
will, and
Concealed His SufRerings
from his family to great extent, so
that to them the attacks were only tired
spells. His will also kept him up, and
deceived his closest friends as TO his
actual condition. Although | could sec
he was not strong. there was nothing
particular in his condition to note eX-
cept that he was pale aud ate little.
"On the evening before Thanksgiving
| was at his house, and found that he
had what his eldest daughter described
was alarmed. AS late as yesterday
morning one of his physicians said
there was nothing to warrant the belief
that Mr.. Gould would not recover. His
last three days were entirely free from
suffering, aud his conversation with his
family in the conscious period before
his death was most touching and beautI-
full. The end came while he slept"
The Gould family are PROSTATE with
grief. Miss Helen Gould was i'll when
her father was taken sick. and the blow
has come upon her with terrible force.
Tho n,piu hers .Of the family are very