Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-12-10

down n the FAMILY ret'llreu 10 Try
and get some rest. DR.. Nun and
nurses remained at the patients side.
At daylight Mr.. Gould's coDndition be-
came more alarming, and grTadually the
members Of his family againn assembled
az his bed side. Il was apparent 10 aii
that the end was approaching. Mr..
Gould seemed to realize the truth him.
self. No pain attended 1.-THE last mo-
ments of his life. The end C cane peace
fully and quiet.
just before he died, Mr.. Gould, real
izing that lie had but u little while
longer to live, expressed the desire
that all the members of the family
should come 10 his bedsiCide that he
might look upon them foor the last
lime He was perfectly coDnscious and
entirely composed, meetinng the end
with calmness. His mind VIVA clear 90
the last as was Demonstrated by the
fact that he missed the facee of a mem
Der of the family who hslad left the
room for a moment.
Mr.. Gould's last words were In the
form of a request that ne might at the
closing moments of his life be sur
rounded by the beloved members of his
family.
The condition of Mr.. Gopuld's health
was not revealed until "A yeanr ago, when
he broke down in the famopus Missouri
Pacific meeting. This occeured in No
vember, 1891. The Missouri Pacific rail
road was Mr.. Gouldd's pride.
He had built it up end haad made it a
SViaahIassenraSiP {faT ydass road ehaf6iyedp s sssnYH asa lIyssyyys
was charged with being a railroad
,p.aolxA. and not N ,.ailrgrnnn hnIlH-
er. The Goulds aat times
were reported to bee heavily
short OF the market. "Thee great bull
movement, based on the enormous
crop of the year, was in progress. The
directors of the Missouri Pacific met,
and both Mr.. Gould and his ; son George
favored the passing of aa dividend.
According TO the rreports at
the time Russell Sage, who was
''long of the market was violently Up.
posed to the move. ). Sloaan. the con-
servative president of thee Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western rrailroad, was
also a director of the Missouri Pacific.
He, too, was opposed to the e step. The
debate between Gould annd Russell
Sage grew to a heated alteration.
Gould broke down and it was said ac-
tually wept. lie tainted ANYWAY and his
constitution was broken. The divi-
dend was passed and the buull wave was
restored. This action was at first
charged To "A desire ito manipu-
late the market SO that the & Goulds could
cover their shorts, but whhen the facts
were made known Wall trdeet at least
realized that Jay Gould hadd nearly run
his course.
Mr.. Gould commenced to put his
properties in such shape thaat his sons
could easily handle them. He toresaw
his impending fate. The taangles which
beset several railroads Of thhe Goulds i'm
which he was fighting for advantage
were Strengthened. Everyone saw that
he was marking out the pahth which his
son must travel when he wgas gone.
Last summer Mr.. Gould again broke
down at a directors meetinng. lie was
said to De consumptivc. Hills son said
that he WAS suffering fropm bronchial
affection. In his private Gear he went
to the southwest and Tweed there for
three months. He RETURNED To New
York in time for the Manhattan Ele-
waited and Western Union annual meet
ing in September. The onace alert and
brisk man moved like an automaton.
His shoulders dropped FORWARD, great
wrinkles followed his chaeeks and a
lack-lustre stare replacedd the keen,
piercing glance that was $3.50 familiar in
his dark eyes. He acted | like a man
so years old BENT within the cares
of life. The Western Unioon was about
! 10 Issue d steel, Dividend ;oDi 3,GG0.G COO
surplus in its treasury. Hide had a num-
Der Of schemes relative to Western Tn
ion and Manhattan in his mind, but
nature asserted its sway annd they were
deferred till his brain shouhld assume its
accustomed vigor. The dayy never came
and Mr.. Gould for -four weeeks has trans
acted the principal portion a of his bust
ness at his house, only makking IA few,
scattering and brief visits I to his down
town Office. The family hhoped that he
would recover as usual, butt the attack
Of last Wednesday dissipat'ted all such
hope.