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PKICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2, 131)2. PRICE ONE CENT. 9
('com iif( Stglil'H Hportlnn lixlra.)
TALK OFTHE TURF.
Blitzen's Constitution and
Heart May Be Broken by
Too Much Racing.
TUHFMAN REED RETURNED.
Many Complaints of Poor Trans
portation to the Gutten
burg Track.
" Virginia " Bradley's gatno Httlo colt Iillt
icn again carried the blach and oraugoto
victory nt Outtenbu'rg jestcrday, disposing !
ot Mng Crab and l'enelou with tUo greatest
ol ease, simply cantering homo a winner by I
five lengths. This good son of Illacs seems
to grow bettor the harder ho Is raced, but
cu'ii his hardy constitution and heart will
bo broken under the tieatment ho Is recolv.
lug at present. Each day this week has ho
ben asked to race. Monday ho was beaten
ly Del Domonlo. Tuesday, at sK furlougs
and In a heavy hnowstorm and on tho rrorst
track Imaginable, ho shouldered top weight
and easily defeated King Crab, Lord Harry
and l.ltllo Kred. Yesterday ho was asked to
CO halt a furlong further against King Crab,
uuJ ho duplicated tho performance of tho day
prcv lous.
l'a in adlcy has moro than n. bread-winner
In the ::iuno little colt, but such treatment as
Le Is receiving now will break hU spirit-
followers of The Evfmsq Womd selec
tions were right in lino on fivoof tho six
races at (iuttenburg yesterday, and conse
quently were happy. Violet 8. started thorn
ulT, and as good as :i to 1 Could bo gotten any
place In tho cliy. Ella was the next. Even
ruuncy was quoted against Falso Ahrens, ho
making tho third. Klrkover kopt tho ball
lolling In tho mill race, and Ilalbrlggau, at 3
to 1, cloied the list. Alter the last race tho
numerous city pool-room speculators, to Uso
the vernacular of tho talent, " had money to
glvoanay."
Thoro seems to bo Httlo effort on tho part
of tho ofllclals ol tho Woehawkon forry or of
tho Hudson County ltatlroad to go out of
their way to mako any conveniences for tho
crowd that travel to and from tluttenburg.
'l here arcat least an average of u.ooo people
who lako this trip daily, and they aro con
btantb and with cause grumbling about
tin; u (importation, 'iho boats from the Jay
street ferry run overy forty minutes only,
nrd every nlght'tho wMllng-room, which Is
entirely too small to accommodate tho crowd,
Is mora than jammed. Tho tratus aro run
Irregularly, audit is often thocaso that this
crowd watts ocr half an hour tor a boat,
'lhls could bo easily remedied by putting on
another boat. Halt tho time, passougers can
not llud seats on the boat and aro forced to
nana during the trip Xrom Wcchawkcn to
Ju) street. I
t
It Is stated on good authority that Starter '
James ltowo will go to California and handle
the flag at tho Hay District 'Hack. Starter
1 crguson has been doing tho work, but no
has to go to Now Orleans. Tho Callfornlans
nm anlous for Jimmy to come, and tho
chances aio he will leave Sunday.
...
( liarlos Heed, tho widely known breeder
and tuiftnau, urrled homo on the city of
New ork yesterday. Mr. ltccd la home from
a trip to ArgeutlLo Hepubllo whero ho went
to IU) Ormonde, but was beaten by ". O'll.
McDunougli, who got tho famous tiro for
1. ii),(0(J. He is looking well, and does not
semi lo tiko the loss ot Oniiondo much to
tc hi. Ho describes tho Itepubllcasaland
of milk and hone), and enjojed his trip
liugi'ly. no wus accomuanlcd byblswltoon
tbejournc). " I
Tito Gloucester talent suffered a scvero
slap yesurdaj again, Fix tavorltes going
il'Mu lu lapld succession, 'lliere was a
biriel of money bet on 'loin Fljiin with Urn
books doing business on the south Jersey
truk at duttenburg, but ho could do no
letter than third.
'1 hero wn3 a big plungo on J, 11. Freed yes
tern tj. and tlio way he blurted off m tho nice
molt than nattered his bickcts. Alter lead.
Uik for marly halt a nllo he broke a blood
Usiel In hlsheid undstjppea badly, othcr
v I u his lmt.ki.rs would have gotten part of
the money.
The next tlmo Glenlochy runs up against
fair ioni)un ut. anything over a miio lu n
lieay track ho will do. ills race jistcrdav
wat tspeclailj good, Getting on and remain
ing lasu till tho sti etch, hocumo with a rush
at tho end, and. had tlio uistnncs been an
1,'luh or n mllo furthor ho would have won.
bled Locscr went mound belting if."00 nt a
cllji mi I'alsn Ahrens jestcrday, and, netdless
to say, the bookies were sick utter tho rate.
. , ,
l lieudar ran up to fonn jcstirday. on
lucsiay ho could not get out of hi j own vvn).
It liteportcd tint Charles rieHchuinn has
I lienomeml jonrllng down at GravcsenJ.
lb Imported to havu gone three furlongs in
o.3u,.
.
1 hero premises to bo another clash betw cn
thj lou'svIIIo nod ashMII') Jockey club.
t"'i"t.iij (lllllek, of thu Louisville Club, null
li m iliu Nii-iliMllu ( luo that they would race
from .March id to 11) Inclusive, lrrespictlu of
ruv claims. 'Iliu Wist-tiltli' Huh May lucludo
tlit be eight days lu their list, ns usual, nnd It
to they wllUlasb.
lllnlnpr Stoci-3.
The following aio the closing quotations ot
mining blocks attbo cohsolluaiud Lxehungo
to-Jaj :
LUUAihtJ, .. . . 7Il.l.ilft..
a'aerloau Ilollrwonl .01
lla . .iTilliuu Sllvar .id -
4, " . . Oil .l<run itin .10
umi;oi .00 -iK.iiff.lo.lt
"l'nM.a I'oiu , .13
, s. t" . 1.0.) - Uiru..n .OS
k'l n lain . .20 Iimi,!. Con. .17 1
Ui l,lltlCliiiif -' -"
, UmlMr,. VI .tl -MfJlran . l.fi -
i'"''.... .10 .ail ymilto i .1" '
JiiimiT . .21 MlitJIeliaf HI -
Lluiltim .0.1 ,.Nuts . .10 ."I)
flrri. .j, ,so ' North LMlK
Jl'u m run. .lit) .)l' 1jI - .''
heliuuut . .i!3 ,3', .Nirtli htr f.tO
t.l-uonln (Inmlii . IB Oil -
,11 II .. .CI lljphlr 'J.CO
J-Uo lBr ,io OnonUIJ
bwnl'i .viu -I Mlllrr . .OS
llr)iollt,,, , 1 ,Piuauttl. .00
lol Leu ,. .50 1'IiumiIi I,. .05
ton. Lai I'luvnuArl .48
, Va. 2.1 llnblDiuu
toiniiick i Lou 2S .10
M-ik , .01 .11 Strain. . I.Si
t"MJ , 14,liU IhirtniAiir. 1,10
,1'ttl, . , 14.IU BttnUrtl. 1. it 111"
'Jim 10 -lMiiniHi.ini. .US
D'iUiTool Iblntiteo. , itU
, lna .. 1,01 '.Oat' bob.
Li-n-ln-'n l.'.'l - Uau - 1?
!-' rltlii ,-JO FllrrrlViril .'
'Cllrrllj .Kiiiallllop'l .HO 1.1)0
, bm,.t ,2'J IblirorMln.
t-J"ll U.ufl..V .'J .?
. u'fr ... ,70 Sliinhunt . .u
Hi A Nor. Iloia .III
," 1.41 lln(our!i. 1.1S -
Jomr.l.i,, J 01 - Ward eon.. .10 .it
UmSI1.. U.40 3.C8 YeUJaokt. .70
IPutrlHat Hull Bulla from Liverpool on
tho Majestic
London, Dec. I, "Jem" Hall, tho pujlllst,
sailed to-day lor Neyr Yorfc on tho steamer
Uaj;stlc
THE "OW IN WALL STREEL
A. Substantial Rally in Stooks
Despite all Rumors.
Slmrp Drlvo Agnlust Chlcugo J.is
About Delivery Hour.
Wail bTtiFKT, Thursday, Dec. 1. Tho
bears had the uppor hand again this morning,
but they did not keep control ot tho market
long.
Missouri l'acinc, Atchison, Now Logland
nud Northern I'acltlo preferred wero put
down u point cr to, but tho general list pre
sented a btubbom front, and all efforts to dls
lodgo loug stock wero unavailing; this
too, In tho faco of talk about gold bhlDinents
ot W.OOO.uoo or more by baturday's Kuro
pcan steamers, and reports that the condition
ol Jay Ooutd was less favorable to-day than
on vesterday.
After 11 o'clock all tho traces of weakness
disappeared and a substantial rally ensued.
The btock market continued firm until
around delivery nour, when a Miarp drlvo
was made against Chicago Uas, under which
that stock dropped from 001 to 1)3)4.
Tho remainder ot tho list sympathized, but
tho conspicuous sellers wero brokers Identi
fied with tho professional b.-ar operators.
lu tho final trading (hero was a recovery
all aiuunu.
St. Loul-i, feouthwestorn preferred dropped
from liru to ii)d. This Is the road of which
L'dwln Uuuld, Jay (Tould's sun. Is President.
.Money was In better supply, lending at 4
por cent, on call, and sterling exchange w as
ulso u shade easier in lone.
'J ho demand for bills has fallen ntr and It Is
said tho "short" interest has been pretty
well cot end up, whllo Importers of augur and
conTto hate comploted their purchuscs of
bills.
Lazard Frcro3, up to tho timolol writing, It
tho only ttrrn ut Importance that will snip
gold on Saturda), and they Kay that not ovir
1 300,000 will be exported by them.
Tlio Herring-Hall. Marvin Mato Company has
declared a dl ldcnd of S per tent, on Us pre
fer! cd stock, payable Dec. 10.
Sales of btucks to-day wero 227,000 listed
and 40,000 shares ot unlisted.
In railroad bonds Dallas, Waco rs. were
offered at NO against HT tho last reported
sale, and Wabash debentures series 11. at iii
against 40 tbo last sale.
A Chicago special Bays: "The nvo distil
leries recently purchased for the Distilling &
Lattle-Keedlng were formally transferred to
tho Company yesterday, including the Im
mense Nebraska city concern. There were
2,U'J-',000 gallons of spirits turned out at
1'eorla In November, tho largest month's pro
duction on record. Every concern Is running
at full head In the hope of an advauco In thu
whiskey tax of 4tc per gallon."
Tno Louisville rtasnvllle road reports
gross earnings for October of f2,038,lbd, au
increaso of $75,125. From July l to uct. 31
tho net earnings wero 4,837,834, an In
crease ot tuo.iMti.
iho net earnings ot the Rio Grande West
ern road for October were 0U,02H, a de
crease ot $11,000.
The net earnings ot the Norfolk & Western
i oad for October were 1:12(1,850, a decrcaso of
J2U.054. and from Jan. l to Oct. 31, C2,40o
341), a decrease of 132,254.
Tho 4100,000 gold coin withdrawn from
tho bub-Treasury yesterday by Ueldclbach.
Ickclheliner & Co. was taken to tho Assay
onice and weighed.
Tho average weight ot twenty bags of
e.'.oooeach wask'08.04 ounces ror each bag.
Tho standard weight 2UH.75 ounces, a loss of
11.200 per cent, or a Httlo less than 1-25 per
cent.
'1 ho lowest weight for a Rlngle bag was
20S25 oz. and tho highest 20S.7U or. It 13
estimated that 13,000,000 gold will bo
shipped by Saturday's steamers.
Tho Closing; Quotations.
Opfta, High. Low. Clog.
American Tob VI 1 liiH U Hi
American Suar lief.... 1UUK ll'Jh, 10 H 11 OX
American Cotton Oil.... 4J tiH 41K i
Amir. Cotton Oil pref.. HU bilk Villi 7J
Atch..Toti AbantaKe. 3SK :i5)i 34M J.'i
Halt. A Ohio Ut t)4 MjJ IHK
lluflalo, H. A l'ltta 3U 3U 30 :i(i
laiiadabojth.ni 05M 05W 00M 65W
ChiKapeakd .t Oblo 'iM ,2iri '21H 'JJh,
t lilcaiin l.aa t44t 01 !t IMU '.ljU,
t hlo . llnr. AWnlncj .. l)"l U!l IM-hi U-H
(,'hlcio.t.Nortlii..t... 1UWJ1115. lll'i Mlh
Chic. A ftorthiiMt pri-f. 14(1 14ii 140 14(1
(Hie, Mil. JthLPml.. 77 77?, 7IM 77
1 O . M. iHt. 1'., prrf... fjilli Uv lSOtJ 2oSJ
t.lilc, ltnck Is. il'so.. 79U HOU 7fH 7HH
Ctilt.4 l-a.t. Ill CM4 llfiit InU 6tlU
0 J. U. t'k Vda 10ti 106M 1041 104
Ci6v.,l'..0. .'.bt I.... OUH 60 6'JJl 6'JH
Clnr.'c ,l'.4bt.l..pref, 9 U.l UJ VI
Col. A Hock. Vall) ... 711 'J7 !17M a7Ji
Colorado Coal 4 Iron. . , 41 41 41)14 U'Ti
Cou.ollJatod (. 14f 12fM 1S4J 125)1
Dot., Lack. Vieit K.uS, 101 louij in aj
Dnlawaro .t llnil.nii . . W.l UU U'J 1 III
Drtiiver 4 ItiotJrandopf OIW OJ tW tilTa
Dli iLatllorofct .,, (IM t,.M (,7V C8,
1 ilium 1 leolrlo 111 109tll0tlk IUJn luJ!
1. ion. .. 4 a .. 44 4!l4 h in
lrannilll4'Irr.liajta 0 II '.I 1)
(Irron Hay 4 Wluona... 1 IM 14 l'lT 1 lt
on. Hie 1M 11JM 111)4 1U .
Iowa Central H''4 lt'' 10 10
loa Central pref. a J 31 ill 111 I
L.clmle l.ar 2)M 'iH 2V 24'
ucleJo da. pref 714 i IH 7u 71
lakoMion. ... . lDW 1'M l'J'J 1SU
laksrrl4 nmtarii.. . 'it !. VJ i JJja
ljiko I nai West, jif . 74t 7M4 7l 7i
l,n Inland . , . 1W llai 10J1I lnjjj
lAiUnrllloi.Nanlinlle . 7lifi( 7liJa l C'JJi
l.oun., NowAID.iCtil. 23k, V4, 'J.1K 24
I , . Li! 4 St. I. . M) 00K Out OUW
Maul.atlanCon.ol Ui l-.-. 1 lajIV
.Mliioorl l'acinc 0M 01) 60V4 05i
.Mobile 4 Olilo .IJt. .I4' liW ,il
MlMuurl. Kan. 4 I. pf J4 24H 24J 2I&5
Rtcrrl. 4 hi-aex H'l HJ Hi 81)
"at Cord Co Ilit4- UH 1.1H 12J I
Sit. f oriU'o. .tif . .Hi.' Itt.H 1J?( H;
Natl L'lil Co.. ... . 474 4Kk 47 47M
si t LMiic. pr 'JJ -H JS iH
Nat l.ln. Ol 19 !1J 3H i)8
Sow . emey Central. . Ul. H," W
Sew York Ventral . lO-HS lUJW 10J 1IU
Al York IMir, pref.. 21 f)' 2J, 2 15.
,N. Y. 4 Nevr Knc'and . 4H 4e 3JM 40
Y.Chlo Alt. I.... 15k KH 15V, 13U
!. Y..L.H. Vt. . -'4 J4 Ja 241,
5? Y. L.tJ 4 W. pt OJki 00 OJ Ml
N !i . Ho-il 4 WeVt . . IJH 17M 1JM 175,
N.Y .aaaq. 4 Woal.pf. VU O'J fl) O'J
Ko;i.,lk4Ve.tpret.' SH'4 'j'. VU !$
Korllieril'aurio. . 11 W lJH lift I.t.
Northern 1'aclho pre!.. 4!IH 4il), 41-M 4'J
.Nortli Americin . U'i l.4 1 1
lOlilalwnthfrn 4( JOM 4 'U 4IIJ1
Ontario 4 Wtt. . ' JfN t'h W
Or l'all.ar4.Narl il'l UK 'H M'l
li ifit Mill .. 2H1 2)-4i 2S 28U
n'-l-n ".rtVrtcate. . u3 M. 00J Ol.iJ
1'llTiK.adltiK. ...... fJIli OIM 03W MJ,
l'eo.. lieo. 4 tlvjiiollle 10 O H 1' ''t
I'lltV t ..C. 1M 1 . 20 '-" - -
' ::(J.o AbLUiiM (o I..H ri)U tyl,
tjnlckiillter. 17 17 27 17
llltll iW.I'ilntl.r . H !) Hi l(
Itlodrand, We.tem . 2.1 11 21 j
hi. lau 4 Onana 47M 47 4.U 4,
M. l'aul i Daiutll ... . 401, 40 40 4ui,
hi. 1 MintliHraieru tl o r o
M I. houthwe.teru pf. J.JJ UH J1W JIS
hiHerlVrtlticaten H.'i H0J N i H
Soiittiern I'acino B44 JfH J4 J4
leia.l'acltio vit V . 'H ".
Tenn t)al4 Iron , . .IM nh Jtjl
lo.,Ann Albor4.V.M. SO .M ") M
1'nlJnlaclno . 36J. 3fk Ji J J,
Waliath 11 1J ?' .?J
YialiMhiM .. --'4, 24 2l S-J'i
Wn.torn Union lole . HIW 111 HO i
Wlieelini! A Laki yrU.. lltW 20. J'-'H f'
Vlieltui:4Lakai;.pld QJit 62K t.h (ih
Li. air.
RACING AT SOUTH JERSEY. I
OlOCCESTKB ltACK TBACr, DCC. 1 HCSUltS
of io-da's race3 weio as follows:
1 Irst Hai e I'urso $300; ono mile, Won by
Itatter, smuggler becond, 1'aola thlid. nine
''t-'eio'nd llace-I'ure $300 ; six and a ciuir.
ter furlong-t. Won by Orphan. Drummer
second. .Mluden third. rime-l.ydM.
J hlrd ltatc I uree 300 ; live furlongs - I
Won by Tioga. Owen fiolden second und All
xoiia third. Time 1.0UM.
Fourth Ksco-l-ursH n)0; six and a halt
furlongs. Murtel won. Lucky t lover becond.
und llarean third. Tlme-l.-l). ,.,....
Filth iuce-1'uiso $700 secii-flghthsofi
miio- sollliig.-Olester won, xaudslouc second
and liaso third. Time 1.U5M.
tlxth Ilaco-rurbo $300; lour and a halt
fur longu DelllDg.-Mchefver won, bhakos
1 peare Seccnd antTejueeu U'U ""
JAY GOOLD
IS DEAD.
The Great Financier
Has Just Passed
Away.
HE DIED AT 9-15,
i
End Game Peacefully at His
Home on Fifth
Avenue.
Hemorrhages of the Stomach Be
lieved to Have Hastened
His Death.
All the Members of tlie Family
Now at the House.
Excitement About tho Windsor
When the Death Was
Announced.
It h03 Just been announced at Jay Gould's
house, !70 Fifth arenuo, that tho great
financier ha3 passed away.
Although the news was not unexpected,
the announcement caused great excitement
In the neighborhood ot tho Indsor Hotel.
Jny (Jould'H Wonderful Onr.Tr.
It has been truthfully said that Jay Gould
was ono of tho most remarkable products of '
American civilization. He was conspicuous
and pre-eminent amid the throng of hhlnlng
lights, with whom ho was associated In Wall
btreet for moro thin thirty ears.
Among the leaders lu tho opposition to his
schemes wei o men as ambit lous and as grtt d
of gain, It not equally as brilliant, as himself.
Mut ho succeeded In overreaching them all,
and at the closo of his career stood w lthout a
rUal.
There Is not a doubt that his Influence In
tho Held of bpeculattvo enterprise lias been
uioi e potent than that of any man of his day
nnd geneinllon. Although his methods lmo
been condemned as not one whit better than
thoso of n highwayman and roblier, many of
thoso ussoUated with him at different times"
hnMng sub'-cquently necustd him of tho
basest detell and ticuchiiy, ho succeeded lu
gr.Ulfjlng his greatist nmbltlon nm.isslng
tho most colossal fortunes ever ncctimulattd
by one man, and gaining it power and lnlltt
enco ocr his lellows to un extent that few In
a trie country would etcrdream of acquiring.
Of Jay Gould's earlier llfo u-ry Httlo was
known until within a comparntltelj ncent
time, for of nil men HWng ho was one of the
closest mouthed. Most of tlio fnc's here
narrated lu regaul to his jouth wciol.i ought
out lu an lnU'stlgatlon by tho Vnlted Mutes
Congressional coinniltlro on Labor and r.du
tat Inn, before whom Jli. Gould appeared In
1HH3, and for the Hist tlmo In his life un
Dosomed himself,
i He was born on May U7, lK.'ld, near tho lit
tle town of I'tiNbuij, lu Dol.iwuio Count,
this s-tate, about two bundled milts from
New York City.
Ills father, Jclin II. Gould, was tho owner
of nsmallfuiin which he had Inhetltid fioni
hlsfalhei. Hemanltd thrto times, and his
tirtt wife, .lay's mother, (Hid In lull. Tlio
boj wnsihristcntd Juson, nnd Le was known
by this name until ho was nearly twinty
jeats old, when ho changed It Hi Jny.
K.acll) when ho Hist Ugan towiitohls
namo lu this fashion Is not known. j
llrrtli'i! UU I'ullirr'it Cum, J
In Ms Earliest d tys Httlo Jason used to
tend his Mtlur's tows. 'IIicid woo twenty1
of them, and ho ill oe tut in to nnd fioiu tho
pastuiooery day nt'd atKlslid his sisters In J
milking them.
Ho did not like farming, huweti r, and when
he was ten jeura old he atktd his father to
let htm goto bchool. Ills father thought hu
wastoojoung.butlluall) gae his permission,
nnd Jn stnittdi.tlt toget his education.
He had to walk lutein tnllis to tliencnrest
school, and started out hiti (I iy night, re turn
In? on faturdit). 'lliere lu soon leatned Hi
lead, write and flguie, uud nfttr lie lieraino
proficient In the so bianelics ho obtained .1
position lu u country store, where liewniked
nights keeping tlie ucosBior um iiropiieicir,
and earned a Httlo poektt mom besides sup
porting himself dillllig the week.
When bunas fuurtien, he i;uo up school i
and left home. He wnscnguged asutlerk by
thesatno countr stum ker er, and liudlo
sweep nut, t"nd customers nnd do other work i
about the place, which ktpl him busj Irom I
i) t. )i. till 10 i'. i. I
llo da oled hl spire tlmo at nlgut to stud) .
lag matheltatlcs, and became try much In-1
lerested in surejlng nnd cnglnterlng. Ho'
llnallyiletfrrclnedtobeccmi nsurejor. ,
During this petlod hli gertus for driiing'
sharp bargains Ixgau Hi dctclop Itself, anil
several Incidents aro telatcd which show his
great shrewdners lu getting Iho best nt a mm
a: a trade. In ono taso ho otcrreacocd hit
eiiiplujci lu a sinull real eslnto deal, which is
said to htiM'c ost him his position.
sojn nlterw.inli, honcter, ho heinltlmt n
sunejor who was making a map nt Ulster
County wiinttd uu usMstiiut, uiitl 1k applied
tor llto position. He was engaged ill t'-'O .1 '
montb. Illsdiitlis wcii' tniMtry tlicelulu In '
sunejlng lo.iiUuiidto lue.ili' tesldcnees. 'lhe
agreement was that he was to bo pul 1 ut Iho i
end of Iho inonth, but Just litme this lli.ic
eiplred lluisimejor nbst iindeit, leaMng Jay
lu debt and penniless after seeral weeks'
h.nd work.
Asr.nme peoplo had preliillsl warned him
not to trust his i mplujer, Ja Ielter) iiiucli I
disheartened nt bis ow u lack of Judgment, in
his tesllinonj befoio tho I'oumillti e Mr.Gould
s.tld ho went Into tho woods and hailngnml
ciy, mid then hu knell down and piatd, and
alter that he felt betlei.
lie wont to a fanner's hou'e, and thu In
mates gato him u bowl of bread and milk,1
uud niter he had told tlie in his slm' and
asked for work tho farmer asked htm If hu
could make a sun dial forlilin In tho limit
yard. Jny said lie could, and eompletetl tho i
"noon mark" thai afternoon, 'lhe fanner
paid him n dollar for his work.
After this Jay plucked up tourngo ngalii
nnd with the other two assistants of the ut
scondlng sun eyor went on and completed t ho
map. He afterwards sold out to his two as
sociates for .100. This was In December,
, lblW.
HU I'Trat Visit tn New York.
Ja Gould made his llrst islt to New Yotk
IhlH.Vl. He brought with him uu Ingenious,
iiioiif,o-lrap which ho had ltnented and wliUh
he Intended to exhibit nnd perhaps dispose ot
at a good profit, lie got Into u hoise-cnr to
I ido uptown, placing his pad age cm the seat.
A thief, who Imagined It might contain uilu
ubles, tried to run away with It, but Jay
caught him and regained possession of his
uiouse-trnp.
Tho Intention was not a success, and Jay
went back into tho country nnd made his 11
lngnt sunejlng for souual jears. During
this tlmo ho mndo tho ucnu'ilntnndo of Zadoc
Pratt, of PratlHMIle, who owned tho laigest
tannery In tho State. HewasseMtiO jears
old nnd took a gteat fancy to young Jay
Gould, who soon afterwards went Into his
employ and eventually became tho partner of
l'ratt.
Gould Induced hlm to start another tannery
In 1'cunsjlvnnlu, near the bortfy, along the
llneot tho Delaware, Latkaw anna and West
ern road, and Gould himself cut tho first hem-'
lock In tho camp. Theio was iyo,ooo cap
ital represented In the business, which was
run by Jay. llo had things all to himself and
Is snld to have made enormous profits out of
the business.
l'ratt, nt any rate, became dlssitlstled with
his partner's operations nt Gouldsboro, as tho
l'ennsjlvanla tannery wits called, awl t
thought the books did not show protlts
enough. When ho began to get suspicious,
Gould, who had made tho acquaintance of
several wealthy leather merchants of tho
" bwamp," Hi New York, Induced one of them,
named Leupp, to advance him (li),000, with
which ho bought out Pratt's interest lutho
tannery, giving Leupp a mortgage on tho
place. '
It is said that Gould treated Leupp In the
samo w ay, and, niter ho had made all he
could out of the tannery, he sold tho property
to Leupp for several times Its nctual value.
Iho panic ef 18.1T camo on, nnd Leupp be-
enme hopelessly Involved lu bankruptcj and
shot himself In his maguinceiit house on Mad
ison avenue. I
It Is alleged that, In addition to gouging
Leupp lu tho tnnnciy deal, Gould, who nt this
lime had begun to famlllarlro himself with1
stock transactions In New York, had Involved
his patron in soino exceedingly disastrous
deaU, which precipitated his failure, while
Gould proiltcd by the catastrophe. j
on Hlack Friday Gould was openly accused
by his enemies of having killed Leupp. '1 his
lsaucplsodo In his career, however, upon
which Gould has never shown a disposition to
shed any light.
Ills I'irnt Itullruad Venture.
Gould engaged In his first rnllwu) enter
terprlscln lnr7, when ho bought thu bonds
of thultutlund and Washington llnllroad at
10 cents on the dollar. Ho savs ho bought
them with borrowed money, probably
Leupp's, and that ho llnnlly too!; charge of
the road. Ho sold out afterwords at a fair
I profit, but tho purchasers found they had got
ver Httlo for their money.
) About this tlmo Gould married and ennio to
New York to lite. Ills next venture was In
Cleveland und Plttsbuig bond?. Ho bought
1 ut 40 and then ran tho prlco up to mo, at
(which hu got out and left thu road to lake
I caro of ltFulf. 'lhe Profits wero large In this
as well ns In his other venture, and it was
this which gavo hlm his start on thowoj lo
j ainasslug Ills colossal fortune.
I lletw et n in."!) and lHHOJnj Gould llrbt be-
' gan to blossom out In Wall strett. As soon
' as he was fairly launched lu the swim ho was
never oncooutof It during tho remainder of
his life.
Ho went Into the stieet against tho ndvlco
of many ot his friends, but ho was so success
ful from tho start thai he socn put their fears
i to llljht.
Ilcihov.id himself a bom speculator, and
was soon ublu lo cope with the most dm lug
among them. Within averj short tlmo ho
I was lu the fiont rauk. Ills chief characteris
tic was his ruutloimness and reserve. He
mado friends with vcrj few, and was tlio
1 enemy of most ot his asso liles lu spc dila
tion. I somo ot those with whom ho has had rcl.t
J lions, ilther frlmdlv or hostile, or both, us
mind lilsconvcnlciico.wercComuiedoru Vnn
dtiMIt, Daniel Drew, James ITsk.Jr.; tho litl
di ns, coinmodoio Garrison, Henry N. "smith.
James It. Keine, George I. M'lioj, Gin.
ThMiias, t'.t. Ilrlce, D. l. Mills, Addwon Can,
mack. WoerlaholTer, the lioekcfullerH, Charles
J. Osborn, Alfred sully, I). P. .Morgan, Collls
V. lluntliigton, ltu-sdl t-age, John W.Garrett,
HoIm rt Ganctt, J. I'. Morgan, Cjrus W. Field,
II. J. .lewctt, tho N'llghi.uis, Jay couke, Ilenrj
cicn, Washington K. Connor, Kdward s
(stcl.es, h. V. W hlle, llltam It. I ravers, Hutur
Hatch, Saui Mo in and others who havo been
imminent figures Hi tho street timing thi
past thlil) jears. ,
lor somo tlmo alter Gould camo to New
v.ork tollvoholioaiiledal the r.verctt llomi.
It was there that ho met the eldir James
iioidmi llcnuctt, who In tho-o dijsnasone
j ef Gculd's close st friends
' (iiibblliiu I'p the 1'rlr.
The tlist great scheuio lu which Gould be
came Intctisied after ho euteiid Wall sirett
i w.ih the gobbling cf lh l'.rlo Hull-oad. The
slorj of this teat and the goideonsplrae), ,
which c ulmlnited In ttm famous lilac): Friday
panic, aro the blackest pages In the record of
Gould's career.
Wbtu the great (peculator Drat wont Into
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Wall s'leet llrle win one of tin active stocks.
Ho Isgaii b) dabbling lull, tuiil llmtllv, In
henvv pun liases, iKvainen till cetnr, und was!
lis continuing splill In 1 hi IT. Ills neipiulnt- j
unto with Jiltues 1'lsk, Ji., btgun seternl
jears previous, nud tho Iwn, working tt-j
gelher, luaile one of flio stiiingest U.ilus
vthleh Willi stmt has ever known.
Charles Francis Adams, In writing of the
Krli) eplsodo riiv erul ) eats ulte rw urds, ehai KfS
Gould Willi hiving itithlessl) plundtred I lie,
and alludes totho twoineli as u p.ilrnt fte(
hooters, who mado ever) ono they nut stand
unddellier.
1 Isk was Iho sou nt t Vermont peddler, who
had mado Ills money In gambling lu Wall
street. lie was it bold nnd blustering fdluw,'
vihi) loved imtortet j, and wits Just ihooppn
slte of Gould, who wus tluildandhhrlnkliig.
In nppciirniHU l'lsk wus loud, coarse uud
sensual and fond of illspluv. llo um (I to drive
ul mi it town In u couch and six hoises with
tho most notorious women of lhe day, and
seemed to glory In his open misconduct. Ilu
was uncitucnti'il, but made up his luck of
knowledge ti bravado ulul cheek.
lu those das Hsk was Iho moro prominent
of tho two, piibHclv, but he VMisteally onl)
second llddle to Gould, who knew how to use
hlm for nil he was worth, and who pulled til"
Wires while Flsk blew tho horn
When 1 Isk and Gould went Into Trie, Dan
iel Diew wns iho controlling spirit, llo
vwrkdl n gninn on tho public, which Gould
uftcrtvuuls played on hlinwlth tho greutcsi
success, and repeated it lu the case of New
Jerse Central, 'lhls trick of Drew's was
' npiiutcntly to let himself get cornered In
File. He then iippeired In tho street with
an Immense! block of stock which had been
eonvertidlioni Iho bonds of Iho Compiiny
utidernn obscure provision of tho charier
and broke the market, reaping nil the protlts
ami ruining hundieds of small speculators.
Vnntlcrbllt Nqtnvnl for M.O'JI', )()().
The Krle deal originated lu n war IMween
Drew nnd Commodore Vunilerbllt. 'Iho latter
had obtained cunttol of (he llnrlcm and Hud
son ltlvtr tonus In uddltlon to thu Alb my
line ot steamboats, and wunted to get hold of
hrle. lie bought at every opportunity. Drrw,
1 Isk and Gould laid plans to defeat hlm,
Gould engineering the scheme.
Securities wero Issued by tne bushel, and
then Vandeibllt lesoited to lltlgvtlon. In
junctions were obtained to pievent Drew
from Issuing stuck. Counter injunctions we ro
obtained, and Judges nil over thu Mate wero
'appealed to bj both sides. It was a tlmo
when corruption of the rankest kind wus rife,
and developed such men ns Ilnrnnrd nnd Car
doro, vtlio weio afterwards Impeached for
tin Ir connection with the affair.
Ilnally an lssuu of RU,0(I0 shares of Frio
wus authorized. 'I his settled Vunilerbllt, and
ho rctlied from thu light wtthu lossof 7,
ooo,ouo. Wairautswero Issued tor the nr
rtst ot Diew, Flsk, Gould and tho other direc
tors of Frio, but they escaped by Hcilng lo
Jersey city with tho securities In their
' pockets. It Is said that U,ooo.ooo wero car
ried ov er tho ferry In ono conch.
I Frle was then Incorporated In New Jerse),
and New York legislators woo bribed to
legalise tho new issue of Xiu.ouo shares of
I stock. Peter II. Sneene), as receiver of Krle,
got ir0,000 ns his fee by order of Judge
Ilarnaril. It Is said that Gould went to Al
bany with $.-OU,uuO m his pocket for use lu
the lobby.
Ho was arrested nnd brought to New York,
and went back under tho charged a deputy
sheriff, who let hlm escape. It came out
afterwards that Wlllluni M. Tw eed n ci Iv ed a
fee of $3.1,000 for legal srrvlces forthoFrlu
loid whllo hu was u Statu Senator.
' Tho result of till? battlo wus Hint Drew
took his piollts and withdraw from the mm
ngement, and Gould and Flsk came In. This
was In INI1K. Gould was llrt President in
Hint )eir and continued at tho head of tho
Com any until 1S7". liver body suppo-ed
that Krlo was squeezed dry at that time, but
Gould and his friends saw something lu It.
lhe fact that between mils and lhTU, tho
period or tho Gould administration, the debt
ot the railroad Increased from (ll,ooo,ooo
to$11.1,oou,0ou shows what the) got out
! ot it.
Drew l itiiiilil in ills .inn .mi.
Drew speculated In 1 rle nfter Gould got In,
and befoio hu knew It ho was cornered In
earnest. When he found that hn was lu d.u-1
ger of being ruined ho went to Gould and j
pleaded with him tn lulp hlm out. Gould
v.ns merciless, howevci, nnd icuipellul his
old all) tu pa) over il, .11)0,0011, which nearly
Lunkruptid lilm, and the old man never re
covered from lhe blow.
Gould wns ousted Irom Frio In lHTi! li) a
combln it ion of the Digllsh stockholdirs, who
Had been badly nlppisl after they luilbetnl
deco)ed Into Investing In tbo stock. 'Iheie
was an exciting scene ntlhe Gland opera
House, w hero tho i rle officers wire, on the
night of tlieauiiu.il meeting Hi 1H7:.'. Gould
and his parly had control, and hid loikcd
themselves tn behind barricaded dcors. 'I hoi
1 evolutionists burst lu, the pollco wne called I
out and there was the biggest row evi r seen
lu the hlstor) of rallronldcctlonurlng. 'Iliu
result was that Gen. Dtx was elected I'resl-'
dent and Gould was lire d out.
1 Isk had lieen shut b) Mokes previous to
this, lu 1KT1, but nut b'fnrehcilii'd qu irrellcd
with Gould, whom he necustd o. sharp prac
tices upon himself. Gould pruMdul giner
ousl) for Flsk's widow, however, and nothing
moro was Ik aril of ihemittir. I
After the GuuM part) went out nt Frle, the
coinpan) wus found to be ver) fai over the
vcigu uf buukruptcv, nnd fir )enis attir-l
wards It was In the hands of a receiver. Many
new lonipinlcs had In en formed, the stoik nt
which hud gone Into Gould's poeket, nnd hi Is
sdd to have made tr,',ooo,oon clear out of
tho wreck.
After a long litigation ho was force d to
nuko restitution, but this did nm amount to
ail) thing, ns the stciiiltles which he tinned
ovirtothc Cempui) wero found b) the re
nlvcr tube piacllcill) worthless. It Is slid
tint Gould sptiulatrd and made a lot of
mono) on this preti mini restitution b) clrcu
li.tln,' ri'imrts which milled htm to Indulge
lu ono or his lavorltu pastimes, that of" rin
ging the market."
All lhls tlmo Gould hud posi-d us a great
public benefactor. Almlhei ono of tho Uu.
urd's schemes was the enrntilng of Nuth
western stock, llo told the Congiessl mil
committee, when nskid abuiit this. Hut
when he saw the stuck at T.I and hi) lie
thought It wn cheap, so ho bought souir.
When It leached 'MO hu said ho was luuuced
topait with fotnoof It. 'IhW venture iiilned
his own partner, II. N. huilib, who In revengo
gavo somo ver) lntere.itng Information to
the toniUltlees which subscquentl) Investi
gated Sir Gould's affairs.
The (iri'Hl l.uld t'uuilrnr.
The gold con-pine) of lhilii wusonoof the
most remarkable episodes of Gould s career in
Wallsltri'i. H was engineered b) the firm
ef smith, Guiild ,t M.u tin, ot which Gould was
In number. Gould went about this scheme
opeul), ulul was ldM'tiut In advocating u
mmuio'lt tn ml wince the pi Ice of gold.
Hu nigucil Um II would ben great liencllt
In thu furiiiir and to the buslniM inlet cstsof
the I'Mitiiti). Illsn heme was tu get tlioGratit
nilmliilstratljiitn back hint up In lhls view,
for with in the nsslM.iiue (f tho fulled
Malts limsiir) he knew It would Ik) useless
tontlctnpt nti eontldcrable bull movement
lu gold.
In oitler to gel tho Government Into the
deil ho lull rested A. 11. Corliln, a brother-ln-1
luw of l'ieldenl Giant, In thesiheme. ills
sild Hint Gould bought and cat tied ,0O,()0l) I
In gold for Corbln und utheisw hum he desired
to use In connection v lth tjit oat r) lug tut ut
his siheue. lluttetnoithnt that tlmo was
the United Hlutes Assistant Treisurer at New
York.
During tho summer ef Ihtlti I'lcMdcntGratit
c.iiui) to New York, and Gould and Flsk etitei
tnlned htm nnd his part) al n sumptuous
bnnqiiit on one of thu sound stunners. It,
wns nt tills banquet tint Gould Hist got nt I
the ear uf Grant, and he tried hard to pump '
Iho Pn sldtht ns to his iltiniicliil policy. Gould
wanted lo putgold uptol4.1. He had lioucht
th" big IiiiiiI he was ciiir)lng nt atom 1110.
(Irani Hn.il! seemed to be lmpre-vd with
Gould's thorny and wrote, it letter to Ilout
well, Hie M'crctnr) of the Treasury, expriss-
lug the view that It wns not a wise thing to
feieediittii tho prlco of gold. Gould had ul
ready purchased millions of gold nnd the
price had not advanced greatly. A pool was I
formed to lui) more. I
Gould organized this, nnd was assisted In
his pliius by tho fact that ho owned tho
'linth National Hank. In ono day It nvcr
terlllled Gould's cheeks lo the amount of i
7,.loo,oi)0. llo had lift) or sixty brokers i
bu) lug for hlm In the gold-room.
It took a purchase of .10,()00,000 to raise
tho market from 13.1 to no. Then Flsk and
I several other friends of Gould enmo Into tlio
I si'henio and assisted hlm by biijlng gold.
I Furl) lu Septimberof II-(III It began to look
ns though tbo schuno was about to succeed.
KMT tin) vtlttiesied a scene of wild exclti
inent In the market, nnd tho price of gold was
steadily advancing.
I (Inulil xernlril llnnerrnml Iscnprd Ituln.
I 'I he only dingir was that the Treasury
might unlovd lis gold and break tho market
befoie tho cnnsplintors could rcnlUo their
proilts and get out. A letter was sent to
Grant by a messenger. Thu President was
I then travelling lu tho West. The President
, gave an oral answer totho messenger after
glancing at tho letter, which, when reported
to Gould, was Interpreted ns favorabla to his
request. The next day Corbln received a
letter from Mrs. Grant, who knew that ho was
henvlly Interested In tho gold speculation,
telling hlm toget out of Wall street assouu
nsposi-lble.
When Gould heard of this ho was filled with
consternation. A council of war "as held,
and It v. u? resolved that on tho ne.t day,
Thursday, a gigantic effort should be mado to
boost the market higher and unload.
Accordingly all the Gould brokers were sup
plied with heavy orders, and the excitement
began. Hv er) body went scrambling for gold.
Gould, however, who npprcclatcd tho fact
that the gaino wns up, was quietly selling
while ull his assoelitcs were btt) lug.
'1 ho next day, lllatk Frlda) , enme.the panic
memorable In tho annals of Wall street. 'I ho
most Intense excitement prevailed at tho
Stock Kxchnnge, nnd tho prlco of gold wns
run up to in,",, .suddenly thu announcement
camo that the Tre.isur) was selling freely,
andwlthln a short tlmo the bottom ihoppul
completely out of the market.
Tho paiilc-strleken crowd was us anxious
I tn sell as It had Just before been to buy, nud
scenes of tho wlldi st contusion ensued. When
It was learned that Gould had gone back on
his friends and sold them out the most hitler
Indignation was felt, and It would have gono
hard with hlm It the angry mob had been
able to lay Its haLdi upon him. Ilu knew
enough to keep out of the way until the first
I cxcltmout had passed away and ho was not
sten lu the street for a long tlmo nlierwirds.
It Is hcllovcd tint Gould enmo nearer to
being ruined lu this deal than nt any time lu
his lite before or nlterwnrds. Jleonlysavtd
himself b) siciltlclnghls associates.
Wrieliiim lhe Union I'nrlllr.
After being ousted from tho hrle manage
ment. Gould went Into Futon Pacific lu lHT.'l
and was for ten ) ears Its master, one of his
llrst acts was lo lucreaso tha capital stock to
,00,000 shares. Ho followed out a plan
similar to that wbhh he had adopted In his
' minagcmeiit of thu l.rlo road. j
In 1ST? he began the establishment of
' branch lines, ami hlsscnemeiesulted eventu
nil) In the Increasing the slock from 3S,0()0,
000 to 4,10,000,000, tho bonded Indebtedness
fiuiii ss,ouu,iKKi to r.'ii.ouiviuo, and t no
other indebtidnesi fromH,O00,oi)0 to10,-J
000,000. I
Gould's connection with tho I'nlun l'ailllc
ceased In lss3. An action was bruught by
tho I'liltul Mates (.ourcmi nt ngulusl Hie
Gould din elms fur inlsapprnpitatlng Hi" as
sets ot the Coinp.ni), Lut nofatlsf icilon was1
oliutnid. 'Ilu inattirwas alu Investigated
by a congrescluiiil ivinmltlie.nnd tlie report
sev inly eo..ih nine d l hi met hods of Gould and .
Ills associates.
Gould nunc Into power agalu In FiiIjii Pa
cific la the 1 ull t f lsuo, when entries Fran- j
els Ad mis reMijni dtlu' l'lejsldi'uc) of the Com- i
pan) and Sidney Dlllou wus choscu uhls,
slice I'ssor. I
Asa lesitlt of the Investigation ct lhss, tho
repoitof Gjv. 1'attl-on win paithularl) se
vi in on the Guuld miiu.'igimeui. It stated'
Hint dlvldi mis had bi u paid to stixkhelders
vvltliuutiuiisiieijiiun; thai iio.ouo.ooo had
IxeuMiuk In thelienvir n-id I'm Ilk ruad, ami
that . 10 00(1,00(1 ilium hid bis u paid to
Giul't and Ids assoi l.ites fur bra ich llt.es and
other Invi stu.ents w liloli we.e winlliless. (
lu adlltlin to this li was Mated that tho
i rt till of th) l (mi an bad been Injuitil
abroid, und Ilu. hundred of millions ot
lurelgu ca. Hal, which oth -iwi-c would have
iiuii" li tlilscmintr), lud been lucked upor
Hiviateil ilsiwh'ie In toiisiquenco ot the
met beds impl")i db) tlie i. yuld management.
'lhe kalis ts I'ailtlceoiHiillditlon In 1S7I)
enme ver) Hint Involving Gould in criminal
pioseeutlon f TfiLbezItinent li. Issti, It was
with regard Id lhe re leas of 1.0,000 shares of
tho Deliver P.ullle suck irom a mortgage.
ThuMJtulo o' l.lmltath lis alone.s.ived hlm.
Guild went awa) on a )achtlng trlplu the
Ai.il una iilniat this time and rem iliicd away
until Hie mailer had b en decided, ami when
he 1 1 turned le made a Mtlor attack upon his
ent ink's lutho tic w srapc rs.
The Wiibusli Ainu lilt Ills Inlliiriire
Mi.ca iiould btvaino Ideiilinetl with the
Wabash road In lhTO that cotporalloii.has
been hopelcsv'.y Invclvtd In debt and bur
dened with enormous obligations, lie was
Il'ie-lilent In 1881, nnd got lilsown iccelver
appointed nitoi thu Company defaulted In Its
Interest on tho mortgngo debt. Attcrwurds
Jinlgo Coole.v wiisnppolnteJ iccelverliy Judge '
Grcshuiii, 0 iiHiiols, desplto the mrst power
fill Influence brought to b.ir upon hlm.
During the p.isl tlfteeti .vears Gould lias
been Itileristtdlu hratly all tho great lall
rii.tdsof Ihocflittitr). Oncot lilu chief boasts
wns Ills development ot the Houiliwcsterti
s).stein. llo obtained control of the Missouri
1'acltlc, upon which Iho Wabash syBtcmwasI
grutted. 1h3 Missouri, Kansas and Texas, I
St. Louis and Iruu Mountain und Texas Pa-'
clflc were also brought intu tho B)stem. Iu
IMS" Gould got the stock nt Jllssouil l'nclllc'
up to 11!. Ho was runout of the Kansas nnd
Texas, being ncctisid of using that toad
merely as u reciter fur Vlsnurl I'ncllli'. I
lhe great Knights of LnUir stilko In 18S.1 1
litirt these properties very seriously. Among
thu other Western railroad nnd transporta-'
lion properties In which Gould lui been In-'
lerested nro Chicago nnd Northwestern, ltock
Island, I'licltlu Mall, tsottthern l'aclllc and
Loulsv Hie and Nashv I lie. I
llclnsnlsoLecii at v.nlout limes largely
HitercsUd In Delaware, Liekiiwiinna and'
Wi stern, New York nnrt New l.nglnnd, ltlch-'
mond Teni liutl, New Jersey Jsoutheni, New
Jersey central and a lion of lesser properties.
With regard to his acquisition of the Now
Yotk Klnvatedrallteads It was tho samo as'
with ether properties that ho become lhe
master of. other men planned nnd built, i
nnd Gould gobbled them up when tho tlmo I
for mnklng money out of ihem came. He got '
possession of tho " L " roads through tonsoll
Illation and tho wateilng ot stock, lhe
original .Manhattan was a paper company.
llo succeeded In outwitting Held and
Kneeland and, after a titter fight, got com
I plete possession e,f tho properties. Field was
swamped In the collnpso of the bull more
j ment In Mnuhnttan In 1880, and Gould has
nlw a) s claimed that ho camo to Field s rcscuo
and saved him from bankruptcy by taking his
Klevnted Ilallfoad stock off his hands. The
slock fell from 175 to ISO. j
Ills Western Union Drallnii. I
I 1 lie history ot tho Wcjtcrn Union Company '
also clearly illti-trates tho methods by which
Gould obtained his control of vast properties
and worked them to his own advantage. He
got his foothold In tho Western Union In
1881, and has since absorbed every Company
that attempted to compete with It.
As In all tho other Gould properties there
has been n tremendous Increase In tho West-'
cm Union's debts and securities sluco tho
WTrnrd camo Into power. Every rival com
pany had to bo crushid, no matter what It
cost. The capital stock hos been Increased
from 30,000,ooo lo 80,000,000 by tho ab
sorption of tho Mutual Union and Baltimore
I and Ohio companies.
Although Gould wns ono ot tho heaviest
operators Wall street ever had, ho was ntver
n member of tho Btock Kxchangc. Ho was
always associated with some llrm, through
which ho conducted his enormous transac
tions. Alter the dissolution of Smith, Gould
j & Martin, Gould became a silent partner In
I the firm of Ilcldcn & Co., and then In the firm
of W. K. Connor Co., with whom ho was as
sociated for ten years. He la said to have re
garded Connor as ono of tho ablest lieuten
ants ho ever had.
fcevernl of his largest deals vv ere engineered
by such men as Charles H. Osborn and William
Heath. In the panic of 1K83 It Is generally
believed that Gould was very near!) driven
to tho wall. WoerlsholTer and Cummack wero
after hlm, nnd he certainly lost a gicat deal I
of money, as did also Hussell Sage.
I In lPS'J Gould look somo friends Into his '
, prlvntu ofllco and showed them his strong
box In his sate. It contained i'j:i,0U0,000
worth of securities according to tho stories
which were circulated at that time. In 1884
he made another seml-publlo exhibition of his
wi nlt!i, and at that time he had even more lu
his safe.
i Ho owned very little property ontsldo of his
strcks nnd other corporation securities, it Is
estimated that his income from these was at
least $8,000,000 a )car. llo always con
tributed hcuvlly to campaign funds, espe
cially In general elections. Tho principle
upon which ho made these subscriptions he
disclosed on ono occasion to un Investigating
committee, beloro which ho was called to
testify In regaul to hi! Kilo management.
UU I'lillllis Dliii'iiili.l Upon 'he Minn.
Hon."
He sild ho nlwas contributed to the ex
jHTisej In districts along tho lino of his roads,
ulul he rtgiitdid them asgiod pa)lng Invest
ments. When asked w hat political party he
supported lu making such contributions, ho
replied that It depended altogether on the
dtuatlou. In a Democratic district he was a
Democrat and In a ltepubllcan district lie was
a ltepubllcan. W hen lhe district was doubt
ful hu was also doubtful, but lie wus an Erie
limn .ill thu time.
It wus pretumibly tho samo with him In
regard to all his vast properties, and hu
gaugid his contributions to tho needs of
each particular case, lot king out for his own
lnteicsts llrst, list and all tho time.
It Is sal I that the appointment of Mauley
Matthew s to the fcupie mo llenili of the United
states was the tribute which ho exacted
li om the Garfield administration In return fcr ;
bis contribution to Hi" Itcpubllcnn campaign '
fund In that contest.
In private life Gould's record has been that
of ii most exemplar citizen, llo loved his '
f ii mil) and spout all ot hu time outside of
his business hours In tlulr company. Ills'
home life was asenlm und purons his public
llto has been stormy and tainted with the
suspicion of dishonesty and tilcLcry.
Ills style of Hi lug has not been pretentious
although his mansion on 1 Htli avenue Is lur-'
iilshcd rlehlv and In a manner that compares
favorably with those ot the wtalthlist ottho
town, and his country seat al Irvlngton-on-thc-lludiou
is provided with over) thing that
wealth could purchase.
lie has never cnteitalucd extensively, aud
onl) u tew outside ot his Immediate famlly
hivcenJojedtLo luxuries which ho has thus
provided for his personal comfort and lccrea
linn. 1
lllsconservatoiyat Jrvlngtonls one of tho
1 trgest aud most complete lu tho world, and
Is snld to be onl) equalled by that ot the
Dul.e cf Westminster In England. It con
tnl'is thousands ot tho larest and most beau
t mil (lowers and plants, and, otttsldo of his
stocks, this H his ono great hobby.
He also possesses line libraries and a mag
nltlccnt collection of pictures and statuar.
Ills steam )acht, tho Atalanta, Is one of tbo
largest aud most sumptuously appointed
crutts ot lis klud that has ever been con
structed. Ills said to have cost him moro
than $40,000 a year to Indulge this luxury.
.Thrmalied by One of Ilia Victim.
One of the notable Incidents In Gould's Wall
street corner was his public chastisement by
j wi"at l-. ...
EXTRA. I
Major fcelovcr. a big Kcntucklan, which oo-
curred In 1877. "'"M
Sclav er had lost a pllo ot money In specula- 'rH
Hon, and attributed hU misfortune to Gould's ' -,'H
manipulation ot tho market and treachery. tf
llo swore that he would thrash tho little 'jH
man whenever ho met him. Ho cams across 'JjjH
hi in ono diy lu Exchanao place, nnd otter tH
pummelling him and shaking him up roughly, jFjjl
ho dropped him over nti Iron ratling Into an t;JH
areaira. 3$3H
(ir.uld took his punishment philosophically, fjiH
but It is said that for a long tlmo after that t.
he never went around In Wall street without p
having somo ono near at hand wh) could B
render hlm assistance In case Ot an attack. x'y-'"H
llcporls of Mr. Gould's serious llineu and ij
even ot his death have been set afloat many
times In tho last few years. Jinny tit these jH
rrputbwcr undoubtedly put forth; By Wilt 'H
street speculators In tho hopo and with the 'vj
Intent to affect tho stoat market; but,lt has Jv
been a milter of common knowledge, that Mr. SB
Gould has not been In robust health tor -!
several years, notably slnco tho death of his Q
wife, Jan. 13, 18U1. Tho loss ot her loving S
companionship fell heavily upon him, and. 'v
lessened his ponerotrcslstancotohlschronW JfH
ailments, neuralgia and biliousness.
About a year ago at a meeting ot railroad fJ
directors In Hussell Sago's ofllco JUr. Gould J"H
beenmu greatly excited, It Is said, because he '
wosoTcrruled In the matter ot passing a ijH
dividend, and bo utterly collapsed, falling In k'.
a faint while arguing his point with hlj tcU J-
low-directors. A physician wns has tlly'sum- ,-B
moncd, who applied restoratives, and the ItsB
groat financier rallied so that ho coull bo SB
taken home. Mr. Sago and tho physician to iBl
companlca htm In Mr. Sago's carriage. -r)fljl
since that oocurronco Mr. Gould rarelf 9
visited, his cfflco In th Western Union Build Sj
Ing, and seldom camo downtown. lie was ;':jl
constantly advised Ly bis . physician Dr. .ljH
Munu both al his homo !n this city ana at 'jel
irvlngton. ill
Early last spring Mr. Gould, with hi
daughter Helen and his youngest son and VH
Dr. Munn, went on his private car tor an "fflfl
extended tour ot the Southwest. Finding the H
climate of hi Paso, Tex., congenial and bene- jH
nclal to his health, ho remained tbero several VH
uiontns, afterwards visiting Colorado and V"i
cevcrtl points In the Kocky Mountain region, &
returning to New York In much better pays. "iH
. leal condition than when he left. 4
Prior to his departure on .this Journey, a ;jH
1 good deal ot excitement was caused In church ?H
circles by a conference ot Presbyterian clcr- 'SjfH
gymen called at Mr. Gould's house, It Is sold, lfH
at the tnstanco ot Miss Helen Gould. At this I'iH
meeting tho subject ot church cxtenBloa.wss j-
dlscusiod, and Mr. Gould handed to Iter. Dr. jjH
John Hall a check for 910,'o66' as his contrK
button to tbo treasury ot the Church Eiten- )J
slon Society. -9H
This gift and tbo manner of its bestows! KH
called forth much criticism, notably from 'jH
Uev. Dr. Charles H. l'arkhurst, whoanlmso. vfH
verted upon the sources ot Mr. Gould's wealth. MH
.
DR. SCOTT'S FUNERAL. M
eorvlcos Th'.s Afternoon in the East 'H
Boom of the White House. '11
Ibi i.ocuT7n rnxta.1 "hB
Vsiiinuton Dec l. Tho body ot the Iter. UB
Dr. Scott was brought downstairs this mora. 3
lng to the East Itoom of tho Whlto House, jH
and placed In tbo centre to await the services AiH
at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Around the room. tH
jialms and potted plants ot a dark green were JH
arranged with a few ot the numerous floral J
tributes. vKM
Thu services wero very slmplo and were 4B
conducted by Iter. Dr. Teunls Hamlin, ol the '$B
Church of tbo Covenant. There was a H
prayer, the reading ot verses from the Scrip- j3H
ture, a short nJdress by the pastor, ana slag-
lug b) a quartet from Dr. Hamlin's church. !H
l ho honorary pall-bearers were secretaries M
John W. losier, and Noble, Attorney-uen- :FH
erai Miller. l'otmastcr-General Wanamakcr, '..iH
Justice Stiong(rttlrrd), of tho United states fH
suiireinu Cuurl: JuUl-o Wvlle. Samuel Sheila- SV
baigor, and Dr. W. it. II. Warm&n, ot the V4
Pension onice. T ho holy bearers have beeu VH
iliosen from the ushers of the White House. -H
shortly before 7 o'clock this evening the "iH
boj) will be burno to thu Pennsylvania itall- iH
mad station, and the funeral party will leave TH
on a special train fur Wushlugton. l'a., which '-'JH
w 111 be reached early to-morrow morning. ''M
'lhe body will be talreri to tbo house ot j?jH
Joshua Wright, an old trlend and relative ot JB
Dr. scoti's, uud about tin hour later will ba -vH
taken lo the cemetery and interred after a XiifH
brief oervlce at the grave. The party expects -M
to arrive tu Washington about midnight to. ?
morrow. TitH
T ho members of the party will be the Fres- 'S
, ldcnt. Mr. and Mrs. ltussell Harrison. Un. 'M
I McKec, Lieut, and Mis. Parker and ltussell '4H
bcott. 'I hu honorar) pallbearers will not go VfM
I w ah the train. i'VjH
EX-GOV. HOYT DEAD. tM
&IH
Former Exooutlvo of Pennsrlvanum. , 2SH
! Expires at Wllkesbarrd. 'tal
' BT i.iociAitn rarii.l 'Ival
WiLirsBiiiRF, 1'x, Dec. t. Ex-Gov. Henry iH
M. Hoyt died at 3 o'clocg this morning. 'H?
He was surrounded by his family and a ch ivH
cle of sorrowing friend). wB
He had long been a eufferor from Aright H
disease. ,7tH
mIM
Mexican Cabinet Remains. 2-?B
ii-t it.oruiEn rvl 4rl
Citt of Mexico, Dec 1. President D as -H
directed a uoto to sub-Secretary of Vorelgn $
Affairs Athlraz, declining to accept tho reslg- :S;H
nation of tho Cabinet, and asking him to 't'H
thank citch and every member for tnelr past 'XM
services and to request them to conilnuo at nM
their posts as bcrctoiorc. To this all the IvH
members assented. a-i 1
- - . vi fH
THE GLOUCESTER ENTRIES. H
GLOC-CESTElt IUCB TlttCC, N. J., SeC. 1- ''3H
Entries and probable starters lor to-morrow's 4flH
races: 'vl
I Vlr.t Racf Four and a half farlonff. l aalllQf. iH
rtJlrmr. 101, Itubr. 1UH Mlu. AlODt, TtJa- jQM
way, Stlan, V'J. Laagar, Coma (Ja, AloraT., l'r- s-.ktrH
uaJer, 104: Waibiiifton, HU I rt-limioi-k, I'l I 1.1IH
Mriacnaa. 113; Chapman, 11UI 1'Jlrlck, luTi Llos- H
. 8i'euud Itaoe TbrM-tourttn ol a nlla, .elllnci XciH
i for two-rear o A maidens. llarrr iltskaoa. Major 'ilH
MoNultr. Ytiucc rrouliadour. Itoniau. Bartow, aM
LlliJaoi.lOOaacli, llerl, .S.lll. K., lUw Drop ttllj, IB
lalautlia, Implicit, V.mit, Ut lb. each. HIH
fluid llaca Itio-rlchtlia o( a rollai Mllltif. lilH
Lucta. John Lackland, Kollo, llattle Or. Martr siiH
II.. 1U0 eachl Korcil. 1UJ; lloneat Tom, 11)3; H
llookmaifr. trejoli. l)'Jclit McC'attr, Vtlb.,, ",VH
tourin llaoa stvan aad a talf furloDgal IHds. mHH
Saurflon. Alau Arvhar, lus aaobi Cnaraotar. THIB
IDS: I'.rnwooJ, I'alham, 11U aach lilotlawr, 1?Hh
I) lb. S& lIH
tlfthRaw Sllandooa-half forlonj.j latlloc. flUB
Gtaal Ciuni. llJl Le.IUr, 110: Uau. lloHua, d!iH
lOTtlliairawajr, lllli llourl, lOilb. VliH
Sllth Itaca flf-alfbtja of a in Hal Millar. ) '1HH
lir.Ti.r, An.tral, lllaca Koifht.105 lb. aachi ld CJH
vtoralar, Uold.tap, 101 lb. .aohl Dr. WIImi. Uat- JM
tUntos, Jimfaila, Aquuco, Wauoo, Jlia Claia, .iHH
IDS lb. aaco. , 'WM