The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04
AMERICAN AILLIONAIRES
A Paris Papers Account OF Our
Mem Of Money.
In Which Facts Are Somewhat Distorsed
and Exaggerated - Strange
19accuraey Of the Fur
etGn PreaA

The founder Of the colossal fortune,
portion OF which comes to France
with the new Countess de Castellane,
aied about two years ago. He was .
prodigious speculator, fnancier for
whom speculation was q perfect bat
tie. We refer to Jay Gould, the man
who left, in addition to his gigantic
fortune, an imperishable souvenir in
the financial history Of North America.
His name is legendary in the bourse
Of New York, where they still remem-
Der him as he sat in his Office upon one
Of the arms Of his chair-his favorlte
position-sending and receiving hum
tlreds Of dispatches during the bust-
ness hours. lie commanded q perfect
army OF brokers and agents Two
hundred intermediates operated con-
stantly for him, unknown to each
rectly by special telegraph lines with
twenty-five Offices OF brokers'
His habits were remarkably simple
and sober. He never touched alcohol
in any shape and never smoked. Jay
Could only knew one fsshion-specula-
tion.
The fortunes Of the vanderbilts, Of
the Mackays, OF the Bennetts and of
the Astors are well known to our
readers and It Is not necessary prefer
to them. We prefer to mention . few
other millionaires less popular who ere
still In the world OF finance.
First we have Mr.. Rnssell Sage. who
was present ut the marriage Of Miss
Anna Gould and who four years ago
was the hero of an extraordinary adj
venture. It was upon him that an
anarchist named Lord called and de-
manded one million dollars under the
penalty OF an explosion. Mr.. Russell
Sage having refused to comply with
the demand. Lord did just as he said
he would do. He threw the bomb up
on the floor Of the Office Of the Amer
lean banker, but that machine, intel |
ligent for once. only killed the an
archist.
MIR. Russell Sage Is not only one Of |
the richest bankers OF New York-he |
is worth two hundred and fifty mil !
lion dollars-hut he Is also the one who |
has always On hand the most ready
After having been one Of the great
est spectators Of Hall lsic) street (the
bourse OF New York; he at length con-
dped his operations entirely 70 dis
notes, and in order to be able
10 meet all sorts Of eveutualities be
aas always on hand running account
If considerable sums Mr.. Sage con
It any moment draw his check for
ifty million dollara He was for
ong time closely connected with the
lfairs OF jaw Gould.
n fatal hour, about two years later,
he mania. for pie came upon him
With { irresistible power. He broke
pto the housekeeperh closet In the
Auburn Theological seminary, where
,e was student, and gorged himself
With Inince pie His relapse so preyed
ipon him that he went to the faculty,
md they advised him, be says, to drop
lis studies, as it would be dct-
mental to the ministerial call
ng for him to enter it with
uch fatal appetite for rnince pie. He
would be likely to suffer seizure Of his
mania at a supper in the church parlors
r at the table Of one of his flock, and
reate an unforgetable scandal. He
ook the advice Of the faculty and
vent to peddling clothes-wringers and
ed springs, but his malady was now {
0 deep seated that he subordinated ,
verything TO his craving. He devel-
ped an unusual cunning for stealing
,ince pie, or in getting the money
nth which to purchase 1t. 81 would 8
Q tempted" said he, ''and fall; go to a r
estaurant and eat a pie and half or i
no pies I became as helpless vic a
m to the mince pie habit as the drunk 1
I'd Is to the drink habit. Sometimes
ave pawned my overcoat or my watch .
hen have seen an uncommonly |
lscious pie in window and have not
ad enough ready money to buy It" a
Then came the forging Of the note T.
i'd the pie orgy which ended in his ar ;,
st After hearing his story COM / :
ission was appointed to inquire into
IS sanity, and It Is likely that, in r.
ead Of being sent to a penitentiary, d
} will be placed in lunatic asylum. tl
e Is described as thin, nervous-look- n
g man with wild expression, which :
disappointing, for many a man Of
ew England ancestry would be glad
cultivate this lunacy If It would not =
oil his complexion and keep him
yale uiohta.