Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-01-14

existing order Of things. Henry Clews
says 80. Washington +. Common, his
tutor in the street from the tender
age Of sixteen, when he entered Mr..
CounOrs office as boy, when his
weightiest duty WAS to run 10 the bank
win deposit uuln six years ago, when
bis father bought Ein seat In the
board, says 80, too. George never
speculateI except, perhaps, in a very
small way," says Mr. Common
Now, this, on such high authority as
the young kings tutor, is important and
comforting TO the street, for the reason
that less than i've years ago, at the
beginning of these services which his
father recompensed in such more
than royal way, the Street. or that
part Of It which had invested in Mis-
soul Pacific at 115, thought that
George" was specializing, and in
way by no means small as To results,
though perhaps small as to methods.
1t should be said that when Prince
George was shown the story at the
time it was printed he said it was AL
bosh" and a big fake" 1t was
good story, nevertheless. Ben trovato,
at least, il not yero.
Jay Gould had gone away for six
months on the first of his quests after
that health which had irrevocably fed,
leaving the hopes of a number Of his
friends and followers pinned to Mis-
souri, Pacific. and George, who was a
director in charge of his interests in
the board Suddenly-it was in the
early spring of 1SSS-the stock began 10
fail, and stood not on the order of it's
falling 1t fen like a Brooklyn bridge
jumper, and from it's altitude of 10
it found its first resting place at &c II.
George has been coppering his faith
err" was the howl that went up from
The injured HE has been using
jay Gould's millions to bear the stock
to his own profit without the risk of
cent"
When the howl grew articulate and
Ineligible It was found that Georges
offending had consisted in his indmat-
ing that Missouri Pacific would pass
its spring dividend and profting by the
rush to get out, which followed the init
nation.
Il haven't seen the roads report,
and | don't know whether it viii pass
the dividend or not" said Prince George
when the howl reached his ears in
Florida, whittier he had gone to meet
his father, but they may be sure Of
t, 4
its dividend we won't touch the surplus
to pay it. bat is against our policy"
To the losers that looked like con
firmatiOn strong as holy writ Of their
charges, To the imperial mind it Is
proof Of Prince Georges conservatism.
OF evidence that he did profit by his
knowledge Of the roads condition no
whit was ever produced. Nor was he
removed from the board OF directors
by his father as his foes had fondly
propheSied When talk was revived in
the street the other day about George
having "coppered his father" Mr.
Clews said: ooh, no, I guess that
story must have been about Eddie. ;"
Col. Hahn, who is not exactly in the
ruect, but near ii, increased his re-
st mblaucc to ex-senator Platt when in
n diplomatic frame Of mind, and Rus
sell Sage said he would be at his Office
Tomorrow"
When the Goulds came back from
Florida that spring they found them
selves engaged in war. which, if not
the tierUest. was The uoisest Of the dy-
nasty's existence. 1t was that over the
"Gould-Sage trust" in Kansas Pacific
bonds The attack, according to the
senior Gould, in famous phrase, had
"a newspaper, a cable company and
a woman" behind il. The proprietor
II the newspaper in question leveled
it at Mr. Gould, and when Mr.. Gould
leyeled another newspaper at him the
sound and the stencil of the explosions
which followed were such as to make
love feast Of the present little I'M
pleasantDeSs between Superintendent
Parkhurst and the Rev DR.. Byrnes.
George Gould meantime made wordy
war on George Crouch and +. l. An
draws, who claimed to represent the
dissident bondholders and charges the
young man with Offering them a $780,
OOO bride to drop the prosecution.
He was singulaIly indicated in this
matter, for Judge Cowing threw the
prosecution out Of the very yestibule Of
court, not allowing it to go TO the grand
jury, and Recorder Smyth at another
term Of court followed Judge COwing's
example. The improbability Of an offer
Of $4,000 to stop a prosecution, which
could get no further than the grand
jury rooms door, thereby gave a stout
backing to Prince Georges denial
There is a man who is a bigger man
in Amsterdam, whence he came, and
whittier he returned last spring than
he is in New Amsterdam, where he
did not tarry long. In fact, among the
money changers Of the latter place
some have quite forgotten how to spell
his name, which is a difficult one, Bois-
sevain. Adolphe his first name.
Armed with the shears Of foreign
stockholders privileges. he came to the
last annual meeting Of the Union Pacific
tn cheor tha C0uI1 lamb which he