Evening journal., 1892-12-02

Gibson, Topeka ana SANTA re lallrodu
company of the Atlantic and Pacific com
panies.
At the time of his death all the mem
bers Of Mr.. lGould's family were at his.bed-
side, most 'of whom had watched through |
the night. Death was not unexpected |
as Mr. Gould was unconscious for several |
hours.
Mr. Gould leaves four sons, George, |
Edwin. Howard, and Frank and one |
daughter, Helen. Mrs. Gould died some |
two years ago.
The First Sign of Sickness.
The real condition of Mr.. Gould's
health was not revealed until year ago.
when he broke down in the famous
Missouri Pacific meeting. This occurred
in November, 1891. The Missouri Pacific
railroad was Mr.. Goulds pride He had
built it up and had made it dividend
paying road He was very jealous of the
reputation which the Vanderbilt roads
enjoyed and always pointed to the Mis-
souri Pacific when he was charged with
being a railroad wrecker. and not a rail
road builder.
The Gould boys at the time were
reported to be heavily "short" of the
market. A great bull movement, based
upon the enormous crops of the year, was
| in progress. The directors of the
Missouri Pacific met and both Mr.. Gould
and his son George favored passing of
the dividend
According to the reports at the time.
Russell Sage, who was "long" of the
market, was violently opposed to the
move. S. Sloan, tine conservative president
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad was also a .director of the
Missouri Pacific He too, was opposed
to the step The debate between George
Gould and Russell Sage grew to heated
alteration. Jay Gould broke down and,
it is said, actually wept He tainted away
and showed that his constitution was
broken.
The dividend was passed and the bull
wave restored. This action was at first
charged to a desire to manipulate the
market so that the Goulds could cover
their 'shorts." But when the facts were
made known Wall street at las. realized
that Jay Gould had nearly run his
course.
Mr. Gould Immediately set to work to
have his properties in such shape that
his sons could easily handle them He
foresaw his impending fate. The tangles
| WnlGu Dtctl lnt hlcoouils hunoHo anu
Texas and other railroads of Gould's in
which he was fighting for an advantage
were Strengthened Every one saw that
he was marking out the path which his
sons must travel when he was gone.
Precursors of Death.
Last summer Mr.. Gould ~again broke
down at directors meeting He was
said to be consumptive. His sons saic
that he was suffering from a bronchial
affection. In his private car he went TO the
southwest and lived there three months
He returned to New York in time for the
Manhattan Elevated and Western UnioI
; annual meetings in September.
The once alert and brisk man moved
Z like an automaton. His shoulder
dropped forward Great wrinkles hol
lowed his cheeks and lack lUstre star
, ,, replaced the keen, piercing glance tina
was so familiar in his dark eyes. HI
moved and acted like a man so year
old, bent with the cares of life.
The Western Union was about to issu
a stock dividend for the $13, 900, 00
: surplus in its treasury, and the 6nancie
could not keep away from the scene o
r another triumph. He had a number o
schemes relative to the Western Unioi
and Manhattan in his mind But natur
asserted its sway and they were deferre
until his brain could resume its accus
toned vigor
That day never came, and Mr. Goul
: for four weeks has'transacted the primo
r pal portion of his business at his house
I, only making few scattering and brie
visits to his downtown office. Tn
> family hoped that he would recover a
usual, but the attack Of last Wednesda.
: dissipated all such hopes.
Gould's Railroad Interests.
> SO far as the public knows, Jay Gould
Z. interests were largely in the followin
d stocks and bonds: Manhattan Elevate
% stockprobably not the controlling inte
a est Manhattan Elevated bonds, Wester
l. Union Telegraph stock, probably not I'll
a controlling interest; Western Unio
Is leased line stocks and bonds, Nilsson
Pacific stock, probably the controllin
+. interest; Missouri Pacific bonds, pa
le ticularly the new issue of 6's; Wabas
ic stocks, notably the common, Of which
re had, for years, a large block, estimate
st at about 10000 shares Union Pacifi
s. an unknown interest, except abol
1000, 600 of the collateral trust bond
which may and may not have been sol
.o | Texas Pacthc STOCK, secOnu incomes,
10 !, large block, and the frsts. smi
n interest in the NJ. X. & T. issues, I
he unknown interest in New York al
st Northern securities A large block
ad government bonds and controlliI
e. interest, with Mr.. Sage, in st. Lou
n Southwestern issues.
Welded Marvellous Power.
,r. of Mr.. Gould's career since he beg
Is, to operate in Wall street, columns mig
to be written, were not the story pref
ad m well known to the public. The specu
ge lations in Erie, the BLACK Friday" a
nv other episodes are familiar to most p'
ce pie and have often been retold. Suffi
Try it is to say that from the time he we
into Wall street Gould forged straig
he ahead; there was no going back and
sh, little standing.
tn Line after line of railroad fell un'
is the control of this man, whom otl
IN financiers called the Wizard of w
of street, until thousands Of miles of rS
in were to all intents and purposes his oy
inc With single move in the stock mari
ol- he could affect financial matters not O