The Portland daily press., 1892-12-05
. THE GOULD TRUST.
The Mi1lionaire's. Great Possessions Will
Be Held Intact.

. NEW i DIRK, december o.-SpeaKlng OF
the Gould properties today, one of Mr..
Gould's associates who was intimately
connected with him in business for years.
said:
s'The properties have all been left in
such shape that they will not be divided,
and it will not be necessary to sell them.
In ct, as has been already stated, they
have been put in trust. There will be
no change of management or of the poll.
cy in their management. Mr.. Goulds
most trusted adviser and confidant in
recent years next to his son George, was
S. H. A. Clark. He relied very greatly
on his Judgment, and George Gould will
no doubt do the same. George has
practically had control the last two or
three wears in the management of the
various properties. The interests of the
people associated with Mr.. Gould in the
.ownerships of these properties were
identical with his, and there is, there
fore, no reason why there should be any
change expected. There will be no diff
Guilty in carrying all the stocks. Mr..
Gould as a rule owned all he bought, but
in any case he knew what was coming
and fully provided for it. He had not
been borrower in the street for long
time and there is plenty of money availa-
BILE for the estate SO that it will not be
necessary to place single share of
provide ready money. Mr.. Gould re-
tired from Wall street on January l,
1886, when he retired from the firm of
w. E. Conner g. Co. He announced
then that he would not have anything
more to do with the market; that he
must not be relied upon for support if
anything happened, and he kept his
word, as I think people will now adj
NIT
On the Stock Exchange today the
Gould properties were booming, the
prices of all advancing on strong mar
ket.
English Views of the "Dynamiter of FL
81 nance"
LONDON, December BIN comment
ing on the death of Jay Gould, til News
says:
s.It was Mr.. Gould's ambition to be
the richest man in the world, but he
died disappointed. The Vanderbilts,
Astors and Rockefellers head him. Yet
all honor to the greatest money maker
of any age or cline. He was less man
than a machine for churning wealth.
Napoleon's combinations were never
vaster, and there were many points of
resem blance between the two men. 1t
will be impossible to explain one phase
of civilization without frequent men
ton of Gould's name; therefore, he is
sure of a place in history"
The Chronicle, in recounting the ca
reer of men whom Gould is said to have
ruined called him the pest of society, a
dynamiter of finance, man possessing
a power that the czars might envy, with
the ethics of the alligator.
The Times says: sMr. Gould's death
means the removal of disturbing inf1u-
ence of vast and incalculable force. The
man and the position he held were pro-
ducts of American life. Such a career
could hardly have been possible else
where than in America. Money is raised
in America to a rank higher than it can
usefu1ly occupy, owing to the absence of
class distinctions"
Said He Was Napoleon's Son.
FINDLAY, O., December 3.-Paul Jor-
dan died at the County Infrmary yester-
day. He has alwas declared that he was
the illegitimate son Of Napoleon Bona
parte and that he was born at Paris in
17S6, which statement if true, would
make him at the time of his death 100
years of age. Jordan's story was to the
effect that he went to Egypt in 1896 with
Napoleon upon his famous expedition to
Egypt, and that he (Jordan) was
captured by the Turks; that he lived
with them for several years, and that he
was afterwards stolen by the Jews. He
added that he lived in Jerusalem until
short time after his reputed father was
banished to the island of St. Helena.
Jordan has lived as an inmate of the
Hancock County Infrmary for the last
10 years, having been found bewildered
in the southern part of the county una
BILE to give an account Of himself.