The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-09
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES


portion Of which comes to France
with the new Countess de Castellane,
lied about two years ago. He was
prodigious speculator, . 6nancier fos
whom speculation was . perfect bat
tie. We refer to Jay Gould, the man
who lett, In addition to hin gigantic
fortune, m imperishabls souvenir in
the financial history Of North America
Hia name il legendary in the bourse
of New York, where they still remem-
Der him q he sat In his Office upon one
Of the arms Of his ch1ir-his favorite
position-sending and receiving hun.
dreds Of dispatcher during the busi.
meas hourA He commanded . perfect
army Of brokers and agentA Two
hundred Intermediates operated con-
stantly for him, unknown to each
other, and his Office was connected di-
rectly 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 ono fashion-speculA-
tion.
the Mackays, OF the Bennetts and Of
tho Astors are well known to our
readers and it Is 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 1T the marriage Of Miss
Anna Gould and who four years ago
was the hero Of an extraordinary ad-
venture. 1t WAS upon him that an
anarchist named Lord called and de.
manded one million dollars under the
penalty of m explosion. Mr.. Russell
Sage having refused to comply with
the demand, Lord did just rs he said
he would do He threw the bomb up
ON the door Of the Office Of the Amer
ican banker, but that machine, intel
ligent for once. only killed the an
archist
Mr. Russell Sage 10 not only ono OF
the richest bankers of New York-he
is worth two hundred and fifty mil
lion dollars-but he is also the one who
has always on hand the most ready
money.
After having been one Of the great
est speculators Of Hall (sic) street (the
bourse of New York;, he at length con-
fined his operations entirely 70 dis
counting notes, and In order to be able
to meet all sorts Of eventualities he
has always on hand . running account
Of considerable sumA Mr.. Sage can
ct any moment draw his check for
atty million doalAr& He was for .
long time closely connocted with the
affairs Of Jay Gould
Beside Mr.. Sage stands Col Hunt
in4tou. who i also worth two hundred
and dfty million dollarA He 10 the
SON Of farmer. FORMERLY farm hand.
and ho commenced his fortune in spscu-
latious in American clocks. He is now
ono Of the railroad kings and is also .
drinking nothing but tea
The other great spectators, with no
more than from fifty million dollars to
one hundred million dollars, are Mr.. 8.
v. White, nicknamed Deacon White,
because he WAS formerly treasurer
in one Of the churches OF New York
md very ahab!e and very charitable;
Mr.. John d. Slaybach, who one day
lost more than . million because he
left his od3ce to attend religious lee
ture; Mr.. H. Victor Newcomb. young
man who was known - ''the boy presi-
dent" 1t the time when, before he was
Of age, he was preaident OF = railroad
company; Mr.. D. o. Mills, etc.
All Of them operate ON . gigantic
Dcale. To give only one example, we
may mention that Mr.. 8. v. White some
years ago made ten million ave hum
1red thousand dollars in two days ont
of ono speculation.
Most Of these 6nsnciers arc also
:hurch memberA The piety Of Mr..
sage IL especially exemplary. But he
has one passion, nevertheless, and that
8 for horses4 His trotters are re-
aowned in New York.-PAris Figaro.