The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-12-07
The Death of Jay Gould,


OILS o'clock. The news was not made
known to those outside the house OF tho
millionaire for half hour after the event.
The first authentic and verbal news OF tho
event came from the colored butlor, who
came to the door and in response to
question, said in a choking voice, "I es,
Mr.. Gould is dead"
Mr.. Gould died surrounded by the
members Of his family End faithful
physicians. All day yesterday and III
the evening contradictory reports mere
circulated regarding his condition, but
late in tho evening It MAS acknowledged
that he was failing fast and in all proba-
bility he would not recoyor. In fact at IL
o'clock it was said that he conld not live
the night out. However, At o'clock this
morning he seomed to rally aomswhat
and the lights werc turned down and tho
family retired to got some rest. DR..
Mum and tho nurses remained With the
patient. At daylight Mr.. Gould's condi--
ton became much mole alarming snd
gradually the nlombers Of his family
again assembled at his bedside. 1t WAS
apparent TO all that tho end MAS fast ap-
preaching.
Mr.. Gould ssemed to realize the truth
himself. No pain attended the )ast mo-
ments Of tho dying rnan. The end came
peacefully aud quietly. just before he
died, Mr. Gould, realizing that he had
but little time to live, expressed de-
sire to soc the members OF his family that
he might look upon them for tho last time.
Ho Was perfectly conscious and entirely
composed, meeting the end with calm
ness. His mind was clear to the last as
was demonstrated by the fact that he
missed the face Of member OF the
.to lad 1nh 1,c far
ment.
Mr.. Goulds last word. were in the
form Of request that ho might, at the
closing moments Of his life, be surround
ed by the beloved members OF his fami
The members OF tho family assembled
at the bedside Of Mr. Gould when death
laid its hand upon him, included Mr..
and Mrs. George Gould, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Gould, Miss Helen Gould, Mr..
Howard Gould and Miss Anna Gould.
The servants nere assembled near by
and were Informed OF the death Of their
master Immediately aiter the occurrence.
The physicians have not yet stated def
initeIy what MAS tho nature Of Mr.
Gould's illness, bat it was generally be-
lieved it was pulmonary consumption.
It is said that Mr.. Gould had several
hemorrhages Of tho lungs recently, the
first having been tho day before Thanks
giving, and another few days later and
still another few days ago. Whether or
not the pulmonary disease made the ap-
pcarance recently ia not known positive
", but it is said that his family have
long been aware Of the fact that Mr.. Gould
was victim Of the disease.
He bore his suffering bravely and was
grateful for all that was done for him.
The funeral Of Mr.. Gould will be held
Monday. The services will be very SIM
ple and unostentatious in accordance
with the wishes expressed by the deceas
ed. The services will be held at the fam
ily mansion and will be conducted by
DR.. John r. Paxton, assisted by Chan
cellor McCracken aud Rev. Mr.. Roderick
Terry. The interment will be at Irving
ton ca The Hudson, where the body OF
Mrs. Gould reposes. DR.. Paxton came
from the house at l1.39 o'clock and to the
United Press reporter said that Mr..
Gould was unconscious for some time
preceding his death, but that few min
utes before the end came he was perfectly
sick man requested that the Nom bors OF
his family be called to his bedside, that
ho might SEQ them for the last time. This
was done and tho dying man, having
spoken a few words, peacefully passed
away, The real condition Of Mr.. Gould's
health was not realized until year ago,
when he broke down in the famous Mis-
sSaFt So1onbor IeaG lssi The MIS- Mssour Pacific
Railroad wa. Mr.. Gould's pride. He had
built it up and had made it dividend
paying road. lie was very jealous OF The
reputation the Vandorbilts' roads enjoy
ed and always pointed TO the Missouri
Pacific when he was charged with being a
railroad Hreckcr aud note railroad build
or.
The Gould boys, at the time, were re-
ported to be heavily "short Of the mar
ket. A great bull movements, basod on
the enormous crops OF the year, was in
progress. Tho directors of the Missouri
Pacific met, and both Mr.. Gould and his
son Gsorge favored passing Of the diVl-
dend.
According to the reports at the tinlo,
Russell Sage, who mas "lenc" OF the mar
ket, was Violently opposed to the move:
| S. S. Sloan, tho conservative president OF
| the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad and also director Of tho Mis-
souri, Pacific, was also opposed to tho
step. The debate between George Gould
and Russell Sage grew to heated alterca-
| ton. Jay Gould broke down, and, it III
said, actually wept. He tainted away,
and showed that his constitution WAS
broken.
Last summer Mr.. Gould again broke
down at a directors meeting. lie was
said to be a consumptive. He moved
| and acted like man eighty years old,
bent with age.
The family hoped that he would recov-
or, but the attack Of last Wednesday dis
| spated all such hopes.
Jay Gould was born in Roxbury, Della
ware County, n. Y, May n, 1856. His
early years wore spent on his fathers
farm and at the age Of IA he entered Ho-
bart Academy and kept tho books OF the
village blacksmith. lie acquired taste
for surveying aud from this work, when
young, he accumulated 5000. When
but twenty years old he engaged IN the
tanning aud lumber business. he con-
tinued in those enterprises until 1857,
when he sold out and removed To this
city and established himself as brokor
at once and invested heavily in Eric
Railroad stock. He entered the directory
of that company and became president,
holding the Office until tho ro0rganlza-
ton Of the directory in 1872
11O uSNI lul 30 puiEoooSS Va I''"
stock of various railroads and also inves-
ted deeply in the telegraph stock. In
December, 1880, official records showed
that Mr.. Gould was in control OF 10000
miles Of railroads, or more than ono
ninth of the entire mileage Of the coun-
try. Later Mr.. Gould purchased con-
trolling interest in the st. Louis AID San
Francisco Railroad Company, which has
an aggregate mileage Of nearly 900 miles,
and Is Joint owner, with the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad OF the
Atlantic and Pacific Companies.
OfMr. Gould's career since he began
to operate i'll Wall street, columns might
be written, were the story not pretty we'll
known to the public. The speculations
in Erie, the "black Friday and other
episodes are familiar to most New
Workers aud have been often retold.
Suffice it to say that from the time ne
went into Wall street Mr.. Gould forged
straight ahead; there was no going back
and but little standing still. Line after
line of railroad fell under the control OF
this man whom other financiers called
tho Wizard Of Wall street, until thous-
ands upon thousands OF miles OF road
wero to all intents and purposes his own.
With single move in the stock market
he could OBJECT financial matters not only
in evory city in this country, but In Lon
don, Paris and Vienna, as we'll. He
turned his attention to the telegraphic
system Of the country and did not rest