The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10

1 Naioo VI HI IN 1l1 own u1r19 uIl Oh
fefed TO produe, ss000o,0o0 mora 10 dsslred
In March. 1887. Mr.. Gould purchasd a con
trolling interest In th, Sc. Louis q San Fran
cisco Rsflrosd Co. which has an aggr,sst.
mileage Of nearly 800 miles. and Il. a Joint owuel
| with the Atchison, Topeka q Santa Fs Rail
road Co Of the Atlantic q Pacific ro,d.
OF Mr.. Goul1's career since he began to op.
erats In Wall street columns might be written
| were the story not pretty w,ll known to tn.
public. The spsculations In Erie. the "Bisch
i Friday" and other episodes are familiar to mos
New Yorkers. and have been often retold
Sufiice It to say that from the time hs wen
| Into Wall street Gould forged straight ahead
there was no going back, and but l;ttle stand
ing still Line after lias Of railroad f,ll unieI
the control OF this man, whom other haancier,
called tn, "Wizari" OF Wal street
Thousands upon thousands Of miles OF railroa
were to all intents and purposes bis own. With
single move In the stock market he could
Affect financial matters no. only In every city
In this country, but in London, Paris and vienil
| a. we'll
He turned his attention to the telegraph .y,.
tom OF the country and did not rest until ha
had q monopoly ce that. and controlled thu At.
| lantic cable as well. Was this enough! Not at
| ALL There were elevated roads in N,w York
representing millions in money. Here was NOR
work to the hand Of this remarkable man. and
direction. - --N- -,
Er. Gould married when ne was q young
man. and was always domestic in hi, habit< 4.
He loved his family and homo more than m ,st
men do to-day. Society he carel nothing for.
and paid little attention IN IT. Though hs phi I
for box In the Metropolitan opera house h,
was seen there but rarely. He sttsnde1 tn,
theatcr at times. but not with any regularity.
He never. 30 far rs known. expressed any gr at
appreciation OF high art, Of musi.. tn, drama
or literature. although he dii write hi story
OF Delaware county that Is rsgar led with favor
by collectors Of rare AMI curious boots
The hnancier Away, hal . liking Tor IN,
flowers He spent 4 larg, amount OF m1a1y OF
beautiful flowers and rare plants for hi, h,t
houses and gardens at Tarrytown. and SON,
very hne specimens OF orchi Is havs bssa dcv "
oped there. But in the main Mr.. Gould lvsl
moro plain than many men whoy, income IL
less than SIC. 900 year.
He had his hand, full OF busin ,ss at all tim ~
But he h,s never beea uigg,rdly. Like most
other business men. ho could not be his own
almon,r. As hs sail, while hi, wife was alive
she distributed hi, money for them and did it
with a frse hand a. many know Then Mr.
Gould Rsvs, In ad dition. 10 those societies or
ganiz,d for tho pnrposc OF relieving the n-edv.
Nor was Mr.. Gould what sp.ne persons call =
religious man. But he was as religious as most
OF his neighbors. For years he kept pew In .
local Episcopal church.
Such arc the main points In a character tn,
most remarkable, In some respects, OF his
time. He was born somewhat sickly. and was
never robust. except to viii and brains
Alone and unaidsd he accumulated n vast for
tun-. which p,sses intact to his children. No
man was mors simple in life or habits. He
often sad that he could never dissplts oven
IL he wanted to, for he was 80 con-
slit tutei physically that he coull not uss
tobacco or take intoxicating liquors.
He had been moderate in all things
that he ate or drank. Ev,n in his most active
days. when he was constantly at his ONE. b,
would take but a light breakfast consisting
m,inly OF eggs and rolls.
Mr.. Gould would never r,ply to a nsvsp1p,r
attack upon himself. Yet he had no particular
prejudice against the press. although h, som,-
times sail hs hal long bsen thu most abus,l
man In the country. For that matter he hid
from tim, to tims hsi an interest In various
newspapers
No two estimates agree as to tho amount OF
Mr.. Gould's fortune. Thu most conservative
figures place 1t at about $50, .O01 while some
people in Wall streot who think thsy know
something about his accumulario1s hgurs that
he must have gotten together fully sl01. 900 00.
His known holdings Of securities are about as
follows: twenty-five millions par valls OF
Western Union Telegraph. which at tn dav's
prices would fetch about SIS 10000: SIC. .001.Ool
par value OF Missouri Pacific wIich IL now
worth In the market IS, 5O1.0D0 He is supposed
to ho' In the neigiborhooi OF $50 0,O00, prob
ably more. OF Manhattan railway stock. worth
$40. 4000OU His holdings Of all these stocks hav,
been larger than this, but ho sold thsm to in
vest tho money In new issues OF bonds
of the Missouri Pacific and Manhattan
companies. to finance those companies
til bonds coull 10 issued. Excellent
IL l. = Ill -
third OF n, bonds issuei OF tho NJ ssouri
Pacific system. which woull be about s3l0D.-
OOO. His estate holds over sl2 0OO 900 OF wab ,sh
railway stock which shows a loss of between
S.c0O.000 and s5!OD0m. As long sgo rs 1885,
Mr.. Gould was known to hold abolt
xco0,0O0 OF hrst-class railway mortgag,
bonds upon roads other than thoss controlled
or managed by him. Besides thes, item,, ho
had large Investments in a number ot proper
ties concerning which tn, general public knows
little or nothing His holiing' OF Union Pa
ciic and Kansas Pacific bonds. which have
never been stated muSt bs large. but 1t I, not
believed that he owned OF late years much, il
any Union Pacific stock
From the foregoing figures, which are ap-
proximately correct. It is easy to figure up in
the eiyIborhool OF s7i.0OoODl OF lat, ,s-s
his fortune has increas,l rapidly. owing to hi,
enormous income from his holdings OF West
ern Union and Manhattan stock. to say nothing
OF his iuves:m ,nts In bonds His income from
these three sources alous can not have fallen
under 5000 year. and has probably sx-
ceeded that amount
The Funeral Arrangements.
NEW YORK, Dec. Sat the hotels
and other places where men congre-
gate the death of Mr.. Gould was the
one thing talked about last-niqht. At
the Windsor, Fifth-Avenuc, Holland
and other hotels little knots of Wall
street operators discussed the proba-
Bile effect of the event on the market
Some pointed to the fact that the
market had remained practically un-
disturbed so far, while others said:
"Wait bit, the change may come yet"
The general sentiment was, however,
that Mr. Gould had been out of WALL
street operations so long that his death
would have little effect on the market
Furthermore his death had been ex-
pected for days.
Arrangements for the performance
Of the last rites over the body of the
great fnancier have been completed.
The service will he held at the family
residence at Forty-seventh street and
Fifth avenue, on Monday at 10 o'clock
in the morning. Rev. DIR. Paxton, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church, in
which Mr.. Gould was n worshiper, will
conduct the services. He will be as
sisted by Rev. McCracken and Rev.
Roderick Terry. The choir from DIR.
Paxton's church will take part in the
services.
The interment will be at WOodlawn.
The tomb, which had been already
prepared. is n copy Of the famous
Maison barre, at Mines, Franco, which
was built 1000 years ago and is one OF
the best preserved and most beauti-
full specimens of Grecian architecture
in existence. Is stands at the top OF
a grassy knoll and commands view of
the surrounding country. II is pic
ture of beauty. It is entirely of mar
BILE. Each Ionic column is stone in
itself. II cost not less than $780,
Absolutely trustworthy information
is that Mr.. Gould has made decd OF
trust which will prevent his holdings
of Manhattan railway, Western Union
and Missouri Pacific from being dis
turbed at least for some years to come