Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-12-08

Cnion in tS71. be crxsnired the American
y ninn vh.rt two year, lstsr m-rgsi into tn
Western Union
In D-csmb~r. ian the ats-s.i record. .ho~.s
thss Mr.. Could wss IN controI % ~ 0sa miles os
railrosd. or more than sn-- ninsh ot
the sntir. mileage OF the caautry
In the esriy rsrt of isei b h~c.ms
interested IN the eisvstsd railroad
system - New York city doubt hsvinx
e~en cast upon his financial .ssaiiag he sum
mon-Hi several g~nsi .nea ~ his private ofirs
on March II. lss.. and .presi before them for
examination certificates Of stock having fac~
vHl1s of 81 fsn tskl al tn hts own nams snd Of
fcr-Si 70 pr',siur- ssacos2 mors ~ desired
In March, ls~7. Mr. Gould purchased . con
trolling inter.st Ia ths 81 Louis n San rraa.
etsco Railroad Co. whica has sa sxxrsx.ss
uiiesge of nearly sn miles. susf IL fsint swasr
with the Atehi-on. Topeka Santa Fs Hall
rced Co. Of the Atlantic q Psrnc rs.d
ut Mr.. HouAf's career sincs be b~rHn to op-
ersts IN Wall street coisnn- might b- written.
were the story not pretty wall known TO the
public. Tbs .p-culsttnn. In Erie the Black
Friday" and oth.r epi.~I~s srs familiar To most
View YorE-r-. and hsvs be-n cft.n r~sabi
So nc. ~ tn .ay that from IN. time ~ wsnt
into Wall street Gould forx~i straight .se.a;
thers was no go.rx bsrk. aai but httis stand
ing stu Line sftsr iins of railroad f.1 uaf~r
the coutroi OF this msu. whom other fanaciers
called tn Wharf,. sf wal street
vsr. IN all thfsuts AMI purpos~s bis own. with
. sinxis mov- IN ths stock market hs couii
sH~ct financial matters not only in every city
In thi. eountrv. bu. In Loadon. Parts sni Vienna
well
He snrn.d bis ssssntsaa In m. ..I~x-.ph ~.
TEN sf the country. sad did not rat un.fi h-
had = monopoly % t1st. ami confrot.t N. At
lsntir cxhic well w.- th.s enough. Not NJ
all There were elevated rn1i- in Ssw York
r.pr--ruting millions IN money Hers ~s- moro
work IN th- h.sa % tht- rrrnsrkabi- maa sal
N the -ud thls system. too. psss.d und-r hi,
fir~~tsuu
Mr. goald nsrrfesi when D. -. . vouns
man. snd ~. siwsvs domestic In hts habits
He lovrd n, family sni ho NJ rinr- than m l-t
rn-n 10 to-day Sa-i~,v h- c.r-t nothing FOR
snd paii little sft~asson to Il; Thoufh h pail
for hox IN taa Metropolitan ep-rs hsxs - h
was -s~n th-r- bat rarely H. att-nf~si IN.
sa==s== :. :ssss== ksss aas sta any F-xzsfsFftT
H nsr-r. - FAR ~ kaova. ~xrr~sscsi snY rr ct
appreciation % hsxh art. u naasi- n, dram.
Or ht%rssar~. atsonxh hs al WRIT q History
~ Lp-iswsr- crfnsv tast 0. rsSsrt-t with fsra r
by eolis-snrs ef rsrs ant csrisss. broxs
Tbs fnsnc-cr always hal = H~ias frr fps
fo--rs ~ spsa, Q isrlfe arn1gat % usasf ~
beautiful as1vert AMI rxr. plant, &c bts hps
huu~~s ami rsrst-nz =. Tnrrvtpwn. snf ~osns
vrrr sse srss-irn-as ~ orrhf u as~s han d~v-
op-si thrrs- B1t IN fas main Mr. Could Hvsl
Fnors plain tsae navy msa <aoss laooms 10
los than ST.. cei y-sr
He had nis hsrd f'1ii ~ bnssi,-~- q. al tirn-.
Bas b. has nsver b-s1 nfxxrfiv ras- most
other business rnen. ~ -oufsI not b- hfs own
siman~r. A. hs ssti. vhils hi. wfr- alive.
she distributed hts mo1-v fsr sb-sa AMI lid d,
with fr'~ hsai. many know Thea ar
Gould zNxs. Ia st dftinn. 10 tao-, spci-ti~~ or
<sniz-t for th- pnrpo-~ % rviievfax -. ,esi v
Nor ws- NJ souif what SONS psr~ans call .
r-txoa- rasa- Bat he wa a. rsii sisrrs a. most
II .NwM.na =.
ior.i Eal.s-ur1l cAa-~a
saeh ara the rza points IN a rh-rac.sr sh-
rnost r-usarkshle. I'm @orn- re-p-ctz. Of hi.
tims He wts bern -ruewras sick'T aad ~.
n~vrr robust, ssr-rt % VII an.t brsins
Aipn- srsf ars.isf ~ arru1suiat.i a vs~s far-
tsinr. which Prsss~ ist-rt n hts chatr~n No
man was rsurs sluzp'- IN Hfs or hablf. H-
oitsa sad thst 10 epuit never ii.sspsf- even
II h wanfei to. far b. w. - coH-
stitutei physically that he s-1s1il not uss
tobacco or take intoxicating liquor.
He hal beca ma.ierats IN al thin =
that he att or draax EVsn ln his most artlv-
dsvz when n -as eoa-isntIr ~ hi. atr-. d,
would t-Ss bat Hight breakfast c1.zxistins
mainly % srsrs sad roiis
Mr GioHii wpnii n~vsr r.ply tn a n-wspsr,r
sttz~< u-ol himx-f Vet hs h,f psrtirui, "
pr-iusiice against ths press. slshou IN n. sons
times -sid n haf tlnr bs.n n, most sbussI
rnsn IN the eguntrY For that mst.-r he hui
from tins to tina hal an interest in varioa,
newspaDerx
No two es;irnstes agree a. TO th- amount Of
Nr. Goulf's fortuna rhs most conssrvxttv.
figures risc, IL At about Ssn.09pDl while SONS
p~o7is "A Wall str@s. WIN think th.F know
son-thinr airont hE4 accommodations fsurs thst
h- must have gattsa to-sther fully siDa mn o -.
HIS known holdings Of sselriti,s about
follows: Twenty two million. psr vslas ~
Western Tnson Telegraph. vhicl NJ tD-as-'.
prices wouid fsteh shout SIS sgnfssl: $40 G1 Nol
par value Of Missouri Pacsfr rich IL now
worth IN tho market ss. s01 On H. - supposed
10 ho 4 IN tn neigbl,oritroi - $50 o ON prob
shly rinrs 81 Msnhrtta1 railway stcck worth
sia tootn His hoIdia< of all tha-- sto..xs hsvs
been larger thsn ,hi, bu. he soii than to in
vest tho money in issuss Of bonds
ot the Mtssour. Pacific and Manhattan
companies. IN france thoss companies
TIL bonds couii bs is-asd. Excellent
Information Is thss his estate holds sboat ons-
third of thu bonds issrsi 81 thu Missouri
Pacific system. wsiei woald b, about s51.0n
On. Hi, estate hnIis over sIz dn0 eD of wabtsn
railway stock wEirh shows q loSs of betwss,
~. .e00ga sa5 som en A lorx seo IsFt
Mr. Gou.d was known 10 hold about
Sieo00O of dr-t-cliss railway mnrtysg,
bsnds upon roads oth~r than thoss cDntrols 4
or managed by him Besides thsss items. hs
had Izrxe invcstmsnfs in . number % proper
ties eoncrrninx which ths general public knows
little nothing His hnlinzI OF Union Pa
ciac and Kansas Pscii. bonds. which have
never been stated. must bs large. but 4. IL not
believed that hs owned OF lats years much, II
any. Tniou Pacific stock.
From the foregoing figures. which s7-
prorim1tely c1rrect. II is rssy to figure mp in
the nefyhborhooi of s.5.aon0l O- late years
his fortune has increassl rapidly. owing to his
enormous income from his holdings OF West
eru Union and Msnhattsn stock. tn say nothin Z
OF his investments in bonds His ineoms from
these three sources alons not have fallen
under s3.es0eDs wear. and has probably az
ceedsd that amount
The Funeral Arrangements.
New YORK. Dec. 3.-At the hotels
and other places where men congre-
gate the death of Mr.. Gould was the
one thing talked about last night. At
the Windsor. Fifth-Avenue. Holland
and other honels 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 4"
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 be 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
tof of the Presbyterian church. n