The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-10-19
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did aboat two ysass ago He va .
peodigious speeulatoe, . nnandaer Tor
whom speeulatioa was , perfect oasr
tie. We refer 70 Jay Gould, the man
who left, IN addition 70 his gigantic
fortane, an imperishabls souvenir IN
the financial history Of North America
Hi name q legendary in the bourse
Of New York, whore they stall remem-
ber him - he sat in his odlce upon ono
Of the arms OF his eheir-his favorite
position sending and receiving hum
dreds Of dispatches during the bush
nees hours. He commanded . perfect
army OF brokers and agenta Two
hundred Intermediates operated con-
stautly for him, unknown to each
other, and his once was connected di-
roctly BY special telegraph lines With
twenty-five Offices Of brokers.
His habits were remarkably ample
and sober. He never touched alcohol
In any shape and never smoked. Jay
Gould only knew one fashion-spscula-
tion.
The fortunes OF the vanderbilts, OF
the Mackays, Of the Bennstts and OF
thu Astors are well known to our
readers and it II not necessary TO refer
to them. We prefer to mention few
other millionaires less popular who are
still in the world Of finance.
First we have Mr.. Russell Sage, who
was present ct tho marriage OF Miss
Anna Gould and who four years ago
was the hero Of N extraordinary ad-
venture. It was upon him that IN
anarchist named Lord called and de-
mauded one million dollars under the
penalty OF m explosion Mr.. Russell
Sage having refused to comply with
the demand, Lord did just - he said
he would do. He threw tho bomb up
on the door OF the Office Of the Amer
lean banker, but that machine, intel
l,Qent for once. only killed the an
archiSt.
Mr.. Russell Sage Il not only ono OF
the richest bankers Of New York-he
Il worth two hundred and nifty mil
lion dollars-but he IL also the one who
has always on hand the most ready
money.
After having been one Of the great
est spectators Of Hall (sic) street (the
bourse OF New York;, he at length con-
fined his operations entirely 20 dis
counting notes, and in order to be able
to meet Ill sorts Of eventualities he
has always on hand running account
OF considerable sumA Mr.. Sage can
at any moment draw his check for
fifty million dollar& He was for >
long time closely connected with the
Affairs Of Jay Gould
Beside Mr.. Sage stands Col Hunt
in9ton. who Il also worth two hundred
ana hfty million dollarA He h the
son of . farmer. formerlv farm hand.
and he commenced his fortune In specu-
latious In American clocks He II now
ONE Of the railroad kings and is also =
teetotaler, drinking nothing but tea
The other great speculators, with no
more than from hfty million dollars to
one hundred million dollars, are Mr.. s.
v. White, nicknamed deacon White,
bec.use he was formerly treasurer
In ona OF the churches OF New York
and very aasbls and very charitable;
Mr.. john D. Slaybach. who one day
lost more than . million because he
laft hie oAlce to attend religious leo
ture: Mr.. II. Victor Neweomb, : young
man who waa known - s'the boy prssa-
dentn at tho time when, before he was
Of axe, hs was president Of railroad
company; Mr.. D. O. Mills. sta
All OF them operate on gigantic
scale. To give only one example. We
may meution that Mr.. s. v. White some
wears ago made ten million nve hum
dred thousand dollars in two days out
Of one speculation
Most Of thsse flnanciers ara also
church memberA The pisty Of Mr..
Sees l. especially exemplary. But he
has ono passion, nevertheless, and that
u for horoea. His trotters are ro-
nown>d in New York-PAris Figaro.