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terrible force. The members of tie family
were very much devoted to each other. Gould
had always been very much of q domestic man,
notwithstanding the enormous weight af care
from his gigantic financial operations, snd the
death OF the father 30 shortly alter the aemise
of the mother comes with added force.
The general feeling in Wall street was one of
surprise. for so mRay times has report OF his
death spread, to be contradicted as soon as a
certain effect in stocks had been produced, the
last time no later than yesterday. So often was
the old trick played that it became like she cry
of "wolf" when there was no wolf, and at
length the truth came to them Unexpectedly
Regret that the famous millionaire's career
should close when he was only 81 yeafs old
seemed 10 be felt by old enemies as vel. as by
former associates. Wall street never shared the
general opinion OF the magnate that he was too
hard, too grasping even for Wall street, ard ad-
miration OF him or enmity has no. blinded
them to the great qualities which made him the
most wonderful financier the country has ever
produced.
For the past two years Gould had been fispos.
ing Of many of his small holdings. and today
his stock investments are in compact form. An
accurate list of the companies in which he was
heavily interested at the time OF his death is as
follows: Western Union, Manhattan Elevated
railway, Texas Pacific. Missouri Paciics Iron
Mountain, Wabash. Union Pacific and Inserna-
tiOual q UIedt NOItnerU. BESIDE these COM
panies Mr. Gould was interested to some extent
in the minor companies of the Southwestern
system and Western Union, but he was engaged
in getting out Of them and putting his SONG into
his place there, prefcrring TO concentrate his
holdings in the parent companies.
Many guesses have been made in regard to
Jay Gouid's wealth and the disposition Ih.st will
be made of his immense holdings of securities.
One OF his closest associates and oldest personal
friends said in regard to this matter: ;'Mr
Goud's wealth will be found to vary not
sl0o00,0o0 from $l300o0,00o. About $40 900 is
in Manhattan, Western Union Telegraph aud
Missouri Pacific stock. The holdings of .hese
three stocks are trusted and will not be sold
His other securities will be taken care OF iss she
same interest which has had charge of tleTl for
the past three years. 1t is estimated that Gould
held $i5,o00,000 of Western Union stock and
So, ,o10 900 of elevated stock"
The Gould family tomb in Woodlawn GENE
terry cost $4,000. The mausoleum is n copy Of The
PartheaOn. built OF granite, and cost $l0),00o
The engines on the Sixth, Third and Second
avenue elevated roads were draped in blaex or
account of Gould's death. Other appropriate
steps were taken today by the heads G. the
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various examinations with which Mr.. Gould
was prominently connected. Flags flying at
half-msst on the Fifth avenue. 81 James and
Aloemarle hote.s.
DR. Mum, Gouid's physician. remained in the
house until late in the evening. II is under
stood sorne anxiety is fel. by the other members
OF the family about Miss He Ell Goulc's eoudi-
tiou. DR.. Mum is said to have felt some I'M
easinsss about her yesterday. and il was her
illness that caused him 20 rcaa n IL the house.
II Is hoped, however. that she viii he able TO
attend the funeral services IN the house oa
Monday
Nothing definite was learned about the fam
eral arrangements tonight beyond what was an
nounced by Dr.. Paxton today.
LONDON. Dee. 2-The announcement OF >he
death OF Jay Gould stirred the pulses OF She
dealers both inside and outside tie stock .ex-
change. Although the news had no nots bic in-
nuenee on prices "a mob of people blocked She
approaches 10 the exchange. all talking on Inc
same theme ana waiting to see its effect
WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 2-->eerstary OF che
Treasury Ester says he does not believe she
death of Jay Gould will have any eppreeiaols
effec. on the finances of the country, ss his goa
George NAV be depended on 10 punue safe
and eoaserya alive policy
Jason Gould, as his father named him, sas
born ia Roxbury, Delaware county, y. \, Nay
q, IsSd His early years we're spent On SIS
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November Weather Crop Report.

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 2.-The monthly
weather crop bulletin shows that November
was slightly colder than usual in the greater
portion of the country east of the Rocky noun
tains. with deficiency in temperature gener-
ally throughout the Northern states aud as
far south as North Carolina More than the
usual amount of rain fell in the Middle Allan
tic ssates, southern New England. the northern
portion Of the Gulf states. in Tennessee, East
ern Texas, Illinois, Indiana. Michigan and Cali
fornia Unusually heavy rains IN the
North Pacific states resulted in great loss to the
railroads and agricultural lands. The weather
has been favorable throughout the win
ter wheat region, and the recent rains
doubtless have benefited greatly the
sown wheat, but the ground continues
very hard throughout the spring wheat states.
Cotton picking has about been completed.
though there was some slight damage done to
late cotton in the Central states by the heavy
rains The weather in Southern California was
favorable and reports show that the orange crop
is rpen ng an well as could be desired. the fruit
pnloring fast.
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NEW YORK, Dec 2-Jay Gould is dead He
brearhed his last at 9:l5 this morrsing, sur
rounded by his children. at his home There
were no signs OF pain. and he was conscious un-
til q few moments before he died. A snort time
before he passed away he called his children,
one after another, to his side, and bada them a
long farewell. This done, he closed his eyes
and was dead almost before his beloved real
lied it
Gould's last Illness dates back two weeks,
when he took a cold while driving. As a result
OF an already enieebled constitution. ne could
not Withstand the slight aimcnt. He began sink
ing rapidly from an early hour last night
After an attack OF coughing he became uncon-
scious, and then 1t was that DIR. Mum and Dr.
Jeneway recognized that the end was tear lie
seemed TO rally just before Z o'clock, bit 1t was
not until Q o'clock that there was evidence of
returning consciousness and ne bade the men,
bers of the family farewell, and they, sith DIR.
Mum, were at the bedside when the ead came.
The Gould family are prostra;ed with grief.
Miss Helen Gould was i'll when her iGAher was
taken sick, and the blow came upon her with
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Gigantic Barbed- Wire Octopus,

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2-The Age ef stsei OF this city.
tomorrow Will announce the formation on De-
cember i OF gigantic barbedwiF trust, to be
called the Consolidated Steel and Wire Com
pany incorporated under the laws of Illinois,
with paid-in capital stock of s4o0o,V0o, and
embracing the following well known firms:
St Louis Wire Mil Company, Bra idock Wire
Company. of Pittsburg; Lamber, & Bishop
Wire Fence Company, OF Joliet, ILL.,; Iowa
Barbed Wire Company, OF New York city, and
Allentown, of Pennsylvania, and Baker Wire
Company, OF Chicago. The officers OF the com
pany are: President. William Eden bero, of st.
Louis; vice president, John Lambert, OF Joliet,
Ill: treasurer. AliTei Clifford, OF ST. Louis Mo- !;
secretary, f. Z. Patterson, of Chicago; general
manager, J. ". Gates. OF Chicago.
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Word was received in the city yesterday that
Harry C. Wilson. who was well known here,
died of typhoid fever at ST. Paul on Wednesday.
Mr.. Wilson was born at Shelbyville. Ind, about
twenty five years ago. and his mother still lives
there. He first entered the railroad services
under General Manager Plough, OF the 81. Paul
d. Duluth road, and came from that Office TO the
Sound about two years ago. After working ior
q short time with A. o. Garfield, the Northern
Pacific manager at Tacoma, he was appointed
freight solicitor by l. A Nadeau. the general
agent in this city. He worked in that capacity
for over a year, until on May Is he went To st.
Paul as private secretary TO General Manager
Melen. He made many warm friends during
lis residence here, chief among whom is Mr..
Nadeau, who said of him yesterday: "He was 3
bright, straightforward man and was one OF the
best men ever had associated with me-"
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the control of the telegraph property, he got
up construction company TO build te's-
ingly, modes; pretensiens. It had capital
OF only 5000. II built the lines of the nest-
ern Union Telegraph Company, with which
line. T Of the sssa Wss,e.n pis pion q. AM and Gu. the
rates until the older and larger corporation
found that its profits were being reducei
toward the vanishing point. Then II was gisa
TO make terms with its competitor; anion OF
interests was the result. and Mr.. Gouid oo'
talned control of the united concern.
"impossiblo!" said Noryin Green, in high
dudgeoD. when the insidious intentions OF
MI. Gould were broached 10 him few
months before the settlement took place
III would bankrupt Goule and all his con-
nections TO parallel our lines, ard talS OF
harmony between him snd Us is the widest
kind OF speculation" The genial doctor
was then master of the situation in Western
and regarded with contempt the efforts OF
Gould and his colleagues to bring the COM
pany to terms. In a few months afterward the
doctor famely submitted TO play second fiddle
10 the little man whom he had formerly de-
spised.
The arrangement in reference to the cable
companies followed tho capture of Western
Union. The struggle is still pending for the
entire monopoly in the cable business, and
IL now seems only a question of time when
cu,rh oenneit MeeSay parry VII, nave ,-oI 20 sui
OF the news of the world. II this should hap
pen ne would become an immense power Tor
eituel sCou or evil, ootn IN speculation anu
politics. In fact, it would be too great
monopoly to be intrusted to the will of one man.
Although il might be judiciously managed as
the cup OF his ambition would then be surely
full. vet the experiment would be extremely
hazardous
Mr.. Gould has always been a man OF
regular habits. He has his hours for going
to bed and getting up. and he never varies
them. He IL rs plain in his eating as a
farmer. Mr.. Gould has oeen exceed
ingly hard worker. Ii is said tina. the am
btion of his life nas been to be the richest
man In the world. but thera IL no likel!-
hood OF its realization. Mr.. Astor. Mr.
Rockefeller and the Vanderbilts will far
outstrip him. His impaired health has
compelled him to reiinquish his business cares
to considerable degree, and it is not
probable that he will embark in any other
great undertaking. on account OF the
fear OF breaking down. He has of late,
in fact, been concentrating his interests His
fortune is now principally in the Western
Union Telegraph Company, the Manhattan Eie-
waited railway and the Missouri Pacific railway
system.
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GOULD'S FIRST DEAL.
How He Acquired Control OF the Rut-
land & Washington Railroad.


land & Washington Railroad.
TACOMA, Dec. Especial. jay Gould's first
railroad desk used to be part of the Rutland
Herald office furniture. s. B. Pettengil1, of this
city, used it whiie editor OF that paper from 1872
to 1850. 1t was severely plain affair. and had
pine board top, with an upright filled with
pigeon holes at the back, fronting the person
seated in front of it.
George Weed sat at the pine dcsk oftener than
Mr.. Gould. Mr.. Weed was the railroad mag
mates private manager. He knew much more
about railroad manipulation then Mr.. Gould
did. That was in 1855, the year following the
'crisis of 81"
During the crisis Gould appeared in the fer
tile valley traversed by the Rutland & Washing
ton railroad. Farmers had taken most of the
bonds of this road, and Mr.. Gould made his
debut by buying up. very quietly. these bonds
at 10 cents on the dollar. He went among the
farmers carrying carpet bag and in the guise
of q book agent
Before long he had control of the bonds, and
then he assumed charge of the Rutland g. Wash
ington 'jerkwater'' line under the blanket
mortgage which hod been spread over it by the
farmers. Mr.. Weed was put in to attend to the
details.
In u short time Mr. Gould's first railroad was
linked by consolidation to the old Rensselaer, Il
Saratoga road, now a part OF the Delaware IL
Hudson system Gould realized n large sum out
of the transaction, and soon made his head
quarters in New York and began planning to
wreck the Erie
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WASHINGTON, Pa, Dec. 2-The funeral train
from the national capital bearing the remains
of the late Rev. DR.. John Scott, President Har-
rson's father in law, arrived here this morning.
The casket was removed to the residence of
to old neighbors OF deceased to look for the last
time on his features After simple funeral
services and short sermon the remains were
consigned to grave in Washington cemetery.
The presidential party then left for Washing
ton City.
WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 2-The president
and other members of the cabinet who accom-
panied him to the funeral of DR.. Scott at
Washington, Pa, returned to this city tonight
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JAY GOULD IS NO MORE.
The Financier Succumbs to
Pulmonary Consumption.
CONSCIOUS TO LAST MOMENT.
He Bids Each of His Children Fare
we'll Before Closing His Eyes.

His Great Fortune OF More Than $780,
100000 Tied Up--Mostly Stocks OF
Great Corporations-Formal Mourn.
ing for tho Dead-No Excitement on
the Exchanges.
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AUSTIN, Dee 2-Tae official count OF the
presidential vote in Texas gives Cleveland
2sei4s Harrison TAB, Weaver 1905, Bidweil
2.Isa To the Harrison vote should be added
1859 Republican ballots Tor the Lily White
electors being the representatives. OF the white
mans faction OF the Republican party.
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The Duck Hunter of Exmore.

ExsoaE, Dec. 2-Au conditions were favor
able for shooting today. and Presiient-eieet
Cleveland and party bad q most successful out
ing. Tomorrow will be occupied with an ALI
cay expedition, and sunday night Cleveland
starts on his nomew ward Journey
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Jason Gould, as his father named him, sas
born in Roxbury, Delaware county, y. u, Nay
q, IsS6 His early years we're spent On sis
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Green Lake.

Standard suburban property Good facilities:
choice location: advance certain. Prices are
low and terms easy. W. d. Wood. room C, Hal
isr building.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-07

The Rev. j. III Hector. the col
orsd lecturer, who is q full-bIooded
black, is giving bis energies to the
interests OF the prohibition presi-
Dental ticket. lie has for years
been a prohibition speaker. He
has decided views about the force
bill as measure Of injustice TO tho
South aud to the colored people
particularly. On this question lie
said recently TO reporter:
"The foIce bill is not the thing
to benefit the black men. The flu
ture welfare of my race can be ad-
vanced only by education, sobriety
aud religion. l also believe that
the rewards of citizenship should
depend on the intelligence OF the
voter.
Ii you in the North had so
large class of uneducated people
as they have at the South, you
would take precisely the same atti-
tude that the educated classes of
the South do, and you would not
consent to any force bill or similar
measure.
"The force bill would be Of no
advantage to the black men OF the
South, but great injury, because
IL would raise such a som of in
dignation and prejudice that the
race trouble would be extremely
aggravated, and progress to better
conditions would be checked and
embarrassed in many ways.
"Aside from what the churches
have done for us, we colored peo-
pie are not much better of than we
were before the war in point Of ed
ucation and the like. 1t is easy to
understand that such a class needs
the full benefit of education.
"The. Republican party washed
its hands of honest efforts for help
ing the negro by act of Congress
when it defeated tho Blair educa.
tional bill. That was an honest
measure for the colored mans i'm
provement. The force bill is not"
IN. Y. Sun.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-07
TillisE T. Wilson's Exposition OF
the Chicago Tariff Plank.


lie has written an explanation of
che tariff plank for the North Anne
rIcan Review, from which the fol-
loving extract is taken:
The temper and the courage OF
the party are nightly different In
1892 from what they we're in 1891,
what was necessary prudence then
would be cowardice now. The con-
vention responded fully and hear
THY TO the feeling OF the party it
represented. 1t meant that there
should be nothing ambiguous about
the party's attitude to that cause,
and that the statement OF its fun
damental principle should not be
overlaid with cumulative limita-
tiocs. And in all this the conven-
ton was right. After the Mills bill
and the special bills passed by the
present House, 1t is supcrfluous to
assure the people that the Demo-
cratic party will proceed carefully
and conservatively In reducing the
tariff. In view Of the immense in
crease in our annual expenditures,
and the steady swelling of our PEN
sion list, it is equally unnecessary
to repeat that taxes collected at the
custom-house must remain the chief
source of our revenue. Ease and
simplicity of collection will always
give preference to indirect taxes
collected through tariff of duties
on important articles. The power
of the government to tax an article
for revenue is seized by the private
interest to tax competitor for out
of the market, or to handicap him
in his efforts to complete in the
market. A system of direct taxa
ton would effectually check such
extravaganza as Led to the Billion
Dollar Congress, and would pre-
vent that partnership between the
government and great private in
terests that is rife with political
scandals and with unjust burdens
to the people. But such q system
was doubtless impracticable in the
beginning, and seems scarcely less
30 now. We are called upon as the
urgent duty of the hour, and Of all
time, to guard against the peiver-
sion OF cur tariff system that has
ripened into Mckinley bill. From
the wrong that now Cypress rs I'M
der that bill we must work back as
rapidly as we can to a system where
duties will be levied for purposes of
revenue only, and having reached
that reform, we shall in duo time
so amend our tariff system as to
purge it mors and more of private
extortion aud of inequality of bur-
den. Nor can the Democratic
party any longer derive strength
from pandering to the delusion that
protective duties can in any way
directly benefit labor. The intel
ligent laboring man, whose vote is
his own, knows better perhaps than
any other man, for he knows by
experience that o protective tariff |
is question of the enhancement OF
the profits of capital, not of the in
crease of the wages OF labor which
would reduce those profits"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-07
III We're You, Ny Boy.

l wouldn't be ashamed to do right
anywhere. l would not do any
thing that / would MT be vi ling
for everybody to know.
/ wouldn't coaclude that / knew
more than my father before l had
been fifty miles from home.
/ wouldn't 60 into the company
Of boys who use bad language.
] wouldn't get into the sulks and
pout whenever l couldn't have my
own way about anything.
l wouldn't let any other boys get
ahead Of me in my studies.
/ wouldn't abuse little boys who
had no big brother for me to be
afraid Of.
i would learn to be polite to
everybody.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-07
VIII 1 Be Like You, Papa.

Papa had come home, and the
children were glad to see him for
he played delightful games with
them, and told them wond erful
stories He loved his family and
though ne had learn ed to look up
on the wine when it was red, yet
he was kind and tender father to
his children.
Little six-year- Freddie climb
ed on his fathers knee and asked
him all sorts OF questions, and talk
ed Of what he would do when he
was big man, asked if he would
be like papa then and finally, af-
ter looking long and seriously into
his fathers face, the boy inquired ::
"Papa, when / grow up to be a
man, will my nose be red like yours
and my face all sxelled 2"
The Redeemed face flushed yet
redder, the tears started from the
fathers eyes, as he drew his boy to
his bosom, and said in tones that
thrilled the heart of the wife and
mother with strange, new JOY:
"No, Freddie, please Cod you
won't be like me v hen you get to
be man and neither will your
father, my boy. for from this hour
he will lead sober life."
A new light had dawned upon
the fathers mind. lie had not
tn ought of his little boy being like
him. And yet whose example
should child follow fnot lis faith
er's Christian Safeguard,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-07
Horace Greelr,s Sons.

The founder of the New York
Tribune was q foreible and logical
writer and he possessed what many
brilliant writer's do not have-s
big lot of good common sense. He
wrote:
"I wish every man had such an
education-every young man es-
pecially. And il either OF my sons
had lived, and ] had trained him,
as l should have tried to do, to be
a great and good farmer, ] should
have wanted to send him at least
six months to commercial college,
TO give him the aptitude and habits
aud forms Of thorough business. y
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-07
Don't worry.

How many people not only ex-
haust themselves but everybody
about thom by the way in which
they do everything ! The truth
about the matter is that they are
so given over, body and mind, to
the demon Of worry that mole-hills
are magui6ed into mountains, and
even the lighter duties are trans
formed into grievous burdens. For
our own salvation We must Danish
the fretting, care burdened spirit.
It is almost the worst foe we have
to enounter. -Churchmsn.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-07

The COlum bia liver contains
trout with large red spots on their
bodice They have been named
Dolly Warden" trout.
In Chinese the letter 81" is
claimed 20 be pronounced : 81 ways,
aad that each pronunciation has .
different meaning.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-07

The only surviving child Of Rob
ert Fulton, inventor of the steam
boat is said to be living in POUCH.
keepsie, N. Y, mother of Rev.
Robert Fulton Cray, Of that city.
Japan is shaken 500 times year
by earthquakes and has 700 stat ons
erected for observing seismic
shocks.