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THE GOULD
MILLIONS
IN DANGER
An Oakland Lady Says the
New York Heirs Are
Illegitimate,
STORY OF A MIDOTT TRAM
The Magnate Said to Have Ac
knowledged His Early
Marriage.
GOOD FORTUNE OF A TRAMP BOY.
Saved by a Philanthropic Lady and
Afterward Married the Puta
tive Heiress.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,)
908 Broadway. Sept. 5. j
Jay Gould's millions are not yet sale to
hie children, and if a considerable share
should yet go to his daughter, Mrs. Jo .n
Pierce, it will be largely due to 'he testi
mony of Mrs. Susan J. Fillmore, wife of
Luther Fillmore, of this city.
Mrs. Fillmore said to-day that her sworn
statement, on record in New York, is true
in every particular and can be easily
proved. She also says positively that the
statement of Mrs. Angell that she
(Angell) was not the wife of Gould many
years ago is the utterance of a woman who
is evidently crazy.
Mrs. Fillmore was shown a story sent
out from New York in which Mrs. Angell
is said to have denied that she ever mar-
ried Jay Gould. The case is still pending
in the New York courts, and the testi
mony taken in Canada and in the West
made things look particularly bright fur
the claimants to the Gouid estate. Among
the depositions none were so strong as
that of Mrs. Fillmore, who swears that
she knew Jay Gould had a daughter, and
that Gould told her so, many years ago.
Mrs. Fillmore is rather indignant that
an attempt should be made to cast doubts
on her sworn statement, the has a very
good recollection and is prepared with
facts and data to substantiate a., that sbe
has said. The story sent from New York
is very laDored and has evidently been
written for the purpose of prejudicin : the
case of Mrs. John Pierce, whom Mrs.
Fillmore swears is the daughter
of Jay Gould. Mrs. Fillmore says
she is fully conversant with the
facts and tbat the Eastern story is a ro
mance from beginning to end. There are
*u t a few (acts in it, bnt much that is
visionary, wherea* Mrs. Fillmore is abso
lutely unprejudiced, is a great friend of
the Gould family and has been for fortr
years and only gave the testimony in her
deposition with great reluctance.
Mrs. Anged. the mother of Mis. Pierce,
is reported to have said in an interview:
'•I never was married to Jay Gould.
No, I married a man named Derusse in
Champlain in 1853, and a fine bit o: a man
he was, too. He came from Europe, and
he came near having $5,000,000. Yes,
Mr-. Pierce is my own child, Irom
Deruss>'. She is my daughter. My sister,
Mrs. Walker, could not say she was
present when Mary Jane was born, for
mother sent all the children out .of the
house, away, until it was all over. My
sister is only six or seven years older than
mv daughter. No, Derusse was not home
when the child was born; he came home
two or three days a.terward. Then, if I
bad been married to Jay Gould, how
could I hare married John Angell while
he lived? What kind of a wowati do they
tak" me for way?
"Yes, I think I saw Gould once or
twice when I was a young girl and he was
looking around the*- parts. Well, how
about my daughter? Just this way. I
never had any education and I made up
my mind she should have learning and be
brought up a lady. * After her father died
I gave her to a family by the name of
KEW TO-DAT.
Improved store-
keeping and facil-
ities. Larger stock.
More light to show
goods by— and see
by, this is to what
we invite you now.
Fall 1897
•
Brokaw Bros' clothing
Rogers Peet & Co's clothing
overcoats suits trousers
full dress suits
Tuxedo suits
Inverness overcoats ulsters
bicycle and golf suits
dress suit cases grips satchels
steamer rugs traveling shawls
livery for groom and butler
morning gowns house coats
office coats
bar and waiter coats
""den's all wool suits, all sizes, perfect
6 Iting, extra well made, good value,
$10.00. '
Boys' long pants suits, single and dou-
ble breasted sacks, in mixed and plain
colors, good value, $7.50.
Boys' reefer suits, latest styles, very
jaunty, $350- . - -
HATS
HABERDASHERY
latest styles of course.
ROOS BROS*
27-37 Kearny, corner Post. *,
JOHN FIERCE, the Tr-mp-Boy, Who Was Befriended by the
Fillmores and Who Married the Girl Jay Gould Acknowl
edged Was His Daughter.
Morton, living in Ridgewav, Canada, and
they "brought her up a* Mary Jane Mor
ton, and she is married to a very good
man and well-to-do, living out in Wyom
ing. . .
"How did I ever come to hear of the
Goulds? Well, this wav; some twenty
years ago I heard that a very dear rela
tive of mine was in trouble, and I went
out to Caldwell., Mo., where she was, to
see her. I fount she had been betrayed,
under promise of marriage, and that the
father of the child was a near relative of
the Goulds. Then when they came to
me to prove myself Jay Gould's wife I
"never swore that I nad ever married Jason
Gould, never said that I had, but I felt
that I had a right to some of that money,
and if George Gould would only come to
see me — he should come— l would explain
it all, and this thing would die out. You
see, to save the other party they put it all
on my shoulders."
"If Mrs. Angell said that," said Mrs.
Fillmore to-night, "she is crazy. She is
tv n childish. I know that woman is his
daughter. I met tier last three years ago
when en route to New York to attend the
wedding of my grauddaugher. We had
stopped at Pock Springs, Wvo., when Mr.
Fillmore sent for me to come into the
dining-room. I was m the sitting-room
of our special car at the time. When I
went in there sat a woman with Mr. Fill
more. He sail: 'Did you ever see this
woman before?' . -
" -Never,' I replied.
" 'Well look c o-e and see if you know
her,' he insisted.
•' -Well I never saw her.' I replied.
'Why don't you introduce rae? Don't act
SO.'
"'Look at her closely and see who she
looks like.' he said, and they both
laughed. With that I turned ana* looked
full in her face for the first time. 'Take
off your hat, please?' I asked, and she
did so. I said, 'Why, that is a Gould !' I
never saw any one look so like Jay Gould
in my life. There were the cowlicks on
her forehead, the coar-e hair, and even
Gould's nose. 1 then learned from John
Pierce that he did no. know who his wife
was when he married her. They had
been married six years. I was in Lara
mie, Wyo., about that time when my son
in-law, Mr. Dawson, was drowned. John
came in to see rae. We had not seen him
for nine years, and he told me of his mar
riaee. About a year afler she told him
all about it. She was then about 40 years
of age.
"As I stated in my deposition, the posi
tion of John Pierce is a remarkable one.
Fittt-en years agp a cold, hungry lad came
to our home in Laramie from Council
Bluffs, from which place he had runaway.
He told us he was tramping to California,
but, although only 15 years old, he was as
bri-ht a lad as I ever met. He lived with
us for nine years and then went back to
his old horn.. When I next heard of him
he was married to Jay Gould's daughter,
Miss Angell, as she was then known.
"John Pierce is now in charge of the
Rock Springs Coal Company's works at
that place at a salary of $175 per month.
He has olten said to me: 'What would I
have been had it not been for you I would
have been on the gallows.' I brought him
up as a Christian and he has honored me
in his life. He never would do anything
that was not perfectly square.
"1 have known Mr. Gould intimately
since 1857. It was then that he told rae
that he was married to a woman in North
ern New York and that he had a daughter.
We were riding together in a caboose on
one of Mr. Fillmore's trains when 1 was
introduced to him. It was a cold night
and we were sitting around a roaring fire
in the caboose w::en the conversation
turned upon my family. He remarked
that I was too young to have a family. I
asked if he had any and he said, 'Oh, yes;
I have a wife and child in Northern N* w
York.' I jok° 1 bin about his wife know
ing of him keeping company with another
woman, but he did not answer. I have
seen him often since and know every fea
ture and peculiar. about him. In 1562
1 saw the announcement of his wedding
to Helen Miller in New York:, where he
had gone and engaged in the stock busi
ness. I asked Luther when his wife nad
died and he "aid he did not know. When
I tir-t met Pierce after his marriage was
when my son-in-law, Mr. Dawson, was
drowned six years ago. Then he showed
me his wife's picture, which had been
taken when she was a girl. 1 paid no at
tention to her any more than to make
something over it for John's sake.
"Now Mrs. An sell says Mary Jane
Pierce was a daughter of hers by a man
named Derusse, to whom she was married
before she married Angell, and that the
girl was adopted by the Mortons. Well,
she is par. ly right. Mary was taken
when 2 year-* old and cared for, clothed
anu educated by a family of Mortons,
who onnsed that when she was 18 she
should come home. At that time she did
go to her folic?. John and she were mar
ru d later and came out 10 Rock Springs,
where they still live. .
"Pierce once look his wife down to the
train when Gould aid Sidney Dillon were
passing through Rock Springs over the
Union Pacific. H<- ;oumi Mr. Gould and
said to him, "This is your daughter, Mr.
Gould.' Gould is said to have given the
woman one look and said, 'Yes, yes, I see,
1 see,' and hurried into his car, with in
structions to the trainmn to leave town
at once. That is the only time any of the
family were ever known 'to bother the
Goulds. *,•'"'" "
"If any doubt exists as to whether Mrs.
Pierce is the daugnter of Jay Gould, she
has only to be looked at by those who
knew Mr. Gould and they would at once
see whose child she was. Certainly no
one else was her father. Neither can any
story told by a woman evidently crazy
make me bejieve that Mr. Gould was tell
in? a deliberate untruth that cold ni-ht
in 1807 when he admitted to me that he
had a wi> and child."
Mrs. F.llmore is a great friend of the
THE SAN FKANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1897.
Gould family. They have been intimate
for a generation, and Mrs. Fillmore is not
at ail anxious to talk about matters that
are very unpleasant to the present family
ol Goulds. She gave her sworn testimony
from a sense of duty to the Pierce*.
Should her story be accepted as truth, it
will make all the cniluren of Jay Gould
illegitimate and will cause his millions to
revert to Mrs. Pierce and her mother.
CAST UP BY THE SEA.
Body of Mate August Johnson
Found on Oakland's
Beach.
Probably Met His Death by Drowning,
as There Are No Marks of
Violence.
The decomposed body of August John
son, mate of the barkentine Irmgard, who
lost his life ma mysterious manner while
returning to his vessel accompanied by a
sailor known as "Three-fingered Jack"
Benjamin on the night of August 22, has
been cast up by the sea. While playing-on
the beach yesterday morning, near the
Oakland stockyard, William Davis and
Morris Brazel, two boys not over 14 years
old, recovered the body. Ii was removed
to the Morgue and the clothing carefully
searched. In his pockets were found
pieces of paper with the name of the ship
Irmgard, San Francisco; Aug Johnson,
seaman; Schmidt, captain.
Ti-e lace of the dead man was badly
decomposed, which rendered it unrecog
nizable. The description of the body,
however, tallies with that in the posses
sion of the police, and there is no doubt
but it is thatof the Irmgard's mate. A
thorough examination of the body was
made at the Morgue, but no marks of vio
lence were found. All the bones and the
•jkull were intact, and it is the opinion of
all wbo examined th • body that death re
sulted from diovvning.
The night' the mate met his death a
Unveiling the Striking Fhelan Foun*ain en Market Street at the Mison and Turk
S.reet Gore.
number of men from the Irmgard were
! drinking in the Castle saloon, which is
! just opposite the Folsom-street steps lead
i ing down to the float. Mate Johnson
! quarreled with the vessel's watchman,
j and when the latter got impertinent John
i son slapped him in the face. Between
I 8:30 and 9 o'clock p. m. Johnson and Ben
jamin pot into the snip's yawl and started
for the Irmgard. Eye-witnesses state that
the sailor was rowing, and the mate was
sitting in the stern.
About 9 p. m the cockswain on the
i monitor Comanche henrd cries for help
I and then all was still. Nothing was
: heard from the missing men until Benja
[ mm returned to the Irmgard alone the
I following On that night the sailor
I rode alongside the vessel in the yawl and
! after making her fast went to his bunk in
the forecastle and alept until morning.
! He was arrested the next day and locked
up in the Cily Prison. pending a:» investi
gation. He is still in jail and. may yet be
placed on tiffcl for the murder of his com
panion. ; J ' ,
v . ... . . -4 — > + • • ;• . . . • ..r:-:..
.It is jnirt uiat the flesh on the forequar
ters of abe veer resembles that of land
animals, while that on the hindquarters
; has a fistij __ute.
BEAUTIFUL
GIFT TO
THE CITY
Phelan Fountain Presented
With Unostentatious
Ceremonies.
A MAGMWT PIECE OF ART.
The Event Was Marked by Its
Simplicity and Quiet
ness.
SO ORATORICAL DEMONSTRATION.
The Work of the Deaf and Dumb
Sculptor Was Admired by
Thousands.
The ceremony of presenting the hand
some Phelan fountain to the City and the
Native Sons of the Golden West took
place yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at
the junction of Market, Mason and Turk
streets, and it was the most simple that
has eve** occurred in this City.
There had been arranged by the Native
Sons a procession of the several local par
lors and music, but when Mayor Phelan,
the donor of the fountain, became aware
of that he expressed a desire that there
should not be any display, and the order
that had baen given for the assemblage of
the parlors was countermanded.
At the hour named a number of the
members of the order of the Native Sons
assembled at Native Sons' Hall and
marched to the fountain, at the head of
Mason street, where, within the roped '•)
cloture, there -Hood the Mayor, Super
visor Rottanzi and George .D. Clark
grand president of- the Grand Parlor of
the Native Sons. The tall granite shaft,
at the base of which is the fountain, was
enveloped in white cloth, to which was
fastened the American flag and the bear
flag. '.-•".. . .
Without any ceremony the Mayor ap
proached Supervisor Rottanzi and in a
low voice , said: "Supervisor Rottanzi, to
you. as the. representative of the citizens
of S»n Francisco, I present to the City oF
San Francisco this fountain." , The Super
visor in a tone not louder than that of the
donor replied : . "Mr! , Mayor, on behalf of
the citizens of ban Francisco i accept this
beautiful gift, and thauk you in the City's
behalf for the same." Thereupon Grand
President George D. Clark: nulled the rot
that lifted the covering off the lall shaft,
and there was exposed to the view of
about 1500 people ihe graceful shaft sur
mounted by the statue of Victory, and
having on the Market street front the
figure of a Native Son carrying the Stars
and Stripes over one shoulder and having
over the other a pick. Botb figures are
the work of Douslass Tiiden, the deaf and
dumb artist. After the people had got a
view of the splendid gilt tinea cheers were
given tor the donor, and in a few minutes
after that the sculptor was introduced to
the assemblage by Grand President Clark.
The sculptor acknowledged thanks that
were given for him by a graceful nod of
I the head.
i One of the interested spectators was
j Irving Scott, who, when he saw the
l two figures, viewed them with the eve of
a critic, and declared that each is a mas
terpiece of the sculptor's art.
Those who were most interested in the
simple ceremony then wandered away,
and an hour later met at the Delmonico,
where the donor of the fountain, which is
typical of the Native Sons of the Golden
State, was tendered a banquet by the com
mittee ihat had arranged for the proces
sion. Tula committee consisted ol Louis
P. Byington. J. K. Hawkins, G. H. S.
Dryden, W. D. Shea and W. J. Phelps.
Those who occupied seats at the table
were: the guest of honor Mayor J. D.
Phelan, Irving M. Scott, Supervisor A. T.
Rottar.zi, Douglass Tiiden, Colonel J. F.
Burgin, George D. Clark, grand president;
Henry C. Gesford, junior past president ot
the Native Sons; Past Grand Presidents
John T. Greany, Robert M. Fitzgerald,
W. H. Miller. Frank D. Ryan, Joseph K.
Hawkins, F. A. Cutler and Louis F. Bying
ton: Grand Trustees Judge _.. C. Rust of
Amador, grand orator; C. O. Dunbar,
grand marshal of the Santa Rosa proces
sion on Admission day; W. H. Hazell,
chairman of the joint Qth of September
celebration; Lyman T. Fenn, treasurer of
the same body ; W. J. Phelps, Willis
Polk, G. 11. S. Dryden, A. Eberhart, Biuce
Porter, Colonel William P. Sullivan, W.
J. Phelps. W. D. Shea, Neil C. Whyte and
Louis de Rome.
The menu that was presented was en
tirely Californfan, including the cigars
which were of leaf grown iv this State. It
was an excellent menu, and after it had
been discussed there were no set toasts,
but short addresses were made by nearly
all present in response to sentiments that
suggested themselves. Like the ceremony
of presentation, it was a simple and unos
tentatious affair.
LABOR DAY CELEBRATION.
The Socialists Unite With the Labor
Council at Metropolitan Temple
To-Night.
Lnbor day will be celebrated to-night by
the Labor Council by a meeting at Metro
politan Temple.
The Socialists of the City had intended
to hold a mass-meeting at the Mint, but
abandoned this plan when they were
given two speakers on the programme of
the Labor Council meeting. Rev. W. D.
Bliss of Boston and Rev. J. E. Scott
are the speakers for to-night. -•. "T' ;
The American branch of the Socialistic
Labor party held a meeting at Washing
ton, Hall last evening and listened to a
lecture by John H. Marble on "Govern-*
ment by Injunction." \t\#**'
Next Sunday evening Mr«. J. D. Hoss
further will speak on the subject, "Facts
and Fallacies of Our Times."
, ,W. J. Martin spoke no- the Columbian
branch la-t night at the Pythian Castle on
"Contrasted Ideals." Tne subject for
next Sunday night is "Social Diseases and
Worse Remedies,", by A. F. Straun-Ham
ilton.
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These cloths are full 52 inches
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There's great responsibility
selling groceries.
Life and health depend on
good nutritious food.
That's the kind we sell.
Monday — Tuesday — Wednesday
SPECIAL SAVING SALE
Tea ($ lbs. $i oo) 35c
regularly 50c
Family mixed (green and black)
I New Blend (English Breakfast)
Ningchow Congou (English Break-
fast)
Basket fired Japan (uncolored)
Japan Young Hyson (green)
Formosa, Oolong, Assam, Ceylon
C vlon "Bee Brand" (sample it at 1
the Fair)
Gunpowder (green)
all 1897 crop
Cherries in maraschino 70c I
3 bottles $z 00 <
New, French, just arrived
O. F. C. Taylor whiskey
ione star regularly Si hot 75c
three " " pi. 50 " $1.10
one " " $4.00 gallon $3.00
three" . " $6.00 " .$4.50 !
distillery label. Product of the famous j
old distillery of E H Taylor Jr. & Co. |
at Frankfori. Ky.
Each bottle bears certificates of pur-
ity from three great chemists
Peach brandy 90c
; regularly $1.25 quart bottle
-._?,'*' " $5.00 gallon $3.50
Distilled in Pennsylvania in 1883
Deviled ham , 20c
regularly 25c large tin
Underwood's. . The best— of course.
Soap (laundry) B ; bars 2^c
regularly 6 for 25c 12 oz. bar
You're familiar with the brand, Home
Mining, winter supply ranch
and big country orders filled
at wholesale rates. / : '.
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gust free for a postal. .
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STATEMENT
OF THE
NORWICH UNION
Fire Insurance Society
OP NORWICH, £-G.
J_A__STXJA._?2,--r 1, 1887.
Amount of Capital Stock
Paid Up in Cash - - - - $660,000 00
ASSETS.
Real Estate owned by Comoany ..♦ 182.000 00
Loans on Knurl* and ilortcaees -0.000 00
Cash Market Value of all Stocks and
Bonds owned by Company -.3-1,412 "2
Cash in Company's Office 500 00
Cash in Banks 04.0,795 -9
Interest due and accrued on all Stocks
and Loans 62,027 TO
Interest due and accrued on Bonds and
; Ttlortßatres 1 .VI 00
Premiums in due Course of Collection.. 709.633 87
Bills Receivable, not Matured, taken
for lire Risks 70,017 13 .
Total Assets. »C-"65.535 03
LIABILITIES.
Losses Adjusted and Unpaid... "1
Losses in process of Adjustment or in !. „_. -. - -„
Suspense (* 420.316 22
Losses Resisted, inrlndlni;expeiise_..J
Gross Premiums on '•'ire Risks miming
one yet or less; re-ins. 50 per cent... 1,634,882 06
Gross Premiums on Fire Bisks running
moie than one year; re-ins. pro rata.. 707,560 66
Cash Diviiiends remaining unpaid 48 00
Due and accrued for salaries, rents, etc. 1 5.000 00
Accepted Bills, not due 77,759 (*$
Total Liabilities »_.!M.*...*.rtt; 57
i ai'ital Paid Up (JttO.ooo 00
.set Surplus 2.75v».n<;!i 38
$6 ;>1»."i.535 93
INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Fire
Premiums *„ 315.092 28
Received ior interest on Bonds and
Mortgages.......; 1.800 00 >
Receiver! for Interest and dividends on
Bonds, Stock*, Loans and other sou ices 170.080 53
Received for Rents 0,381 26 ■
Received for profit on sale of Stock.... 26125 ''
Total Income M.5-6,615 31
EXPEND I TURKS.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses 12,789-133 .'V*
Dividends to Stockholders 347,480 00
Paid or allowed for .omraissiou or
Brokerage 882382 73
Paid for Salanes. Fees and oilier
charges for officers. clerks, etc 2*0,0-0 3,»
Paid for State, "National and Local Taxes 58,182 21
Ail other payments and expenditures.. 20016-- *">
Total Expenditures ♦4,150.-51 66
KISKS AND PREMIUMS.
~~ I KICK ItISKP.| rr.EMR'MS.
Net amount of Risks
■written during tlie „„-_.,.-.
year $1,700,741,055 -5,053,-S- bO
"Net amount of Risks ex- ....
lured during the year. I 1.404J502.11i5 4.399.617 63
Net amount in force De- • ."_„
cember 31. 1806 | .010.470' 4,773,-5. 13
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