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Show GOULD'S 'DEATH! His Affectionate Farewell to His Children, SCBPRISE IS WALL 8 MEET. Cussts In Regard to the Wealth ol (he Great Financier. rni. n.Yisu at half maht. Jlrlef MoarephlcBl anelcli.-.Vo Alt- prrclslile '' "'" l""' of tbo tonntrj Nnv Yoiuc, Doc. 2. Jay Gould breathed hi) last surrounded by Ills crdldren, at lioruo. Thcro weru no signs ol Iwtlo, nnj ho w ai conscious until un-til a few momenta beforu bu died. A short time before ho passed away, he c.llsJ hit ihlldreu una utter another to Lit sUe mil t-ade them a long farewell. ThU done, h closed his eytsManJ was dead almost beforu his loved one realized that It ns' ilcath. Ills last ailment dates beck two weeks when bo took cold driving. As a result, his aliesdy eiifueblcd constltu-tlon constltu-tlon could not withstand tho Bllghtall-ratnt. Bllghtall-ratnt. Ho began sinking from on etrly hour last iiliihl. Alter on attack id loughlng, ho bccuuie uiicouaclotis, snd then It was that Dr. Muim and Dr.Janswtyrccogulze.il that tho end wasccir. Xto seemed to rally Juit before be-fore 7 oVIocfc, but It was not until U o'clock Hist there waauvldoncos of re-rurrJo,: re-rurrJo,: coniclousncstt when he bade toe members of Ills rauilly farewell. WfcrU the end came the Uould family ere rostrated with grief. Mite Helen Uould was 111 when her father was liktnslck, and tho blow cumeupuii her with terrible force. Tho members of the Isuilly were very much do voted to euh other. Uould Had alwajs been it domtsllo man, notwithstanding thu saorruous weight of the cates from his !jntlo financial operations, uud the ctilb of tho father so shortly alter tho dimllo of tho mother, camo with added force of allllollou. The genual fcelluz IN. WALL STREET u ono of surprise, for so many times hiithe report of Ills death e riad only to be contradicted as aoun as certain effects In (locks had been produced, tint no later than yesterday tliu accounts ac-counts of (Jould'a Illness tiiatuu like II e cries of "(volt" when there was no vol. When thu result was finally confirmed, regret, real regret, that the utter of the (anions mlllloualro should clots when ha was only 67 years of K seemed to bo felt by his old enemies, ene-mies, as well ns by former associates. W til sired never shared the general orlnlou of the magnate that Ho was too bard, loo grasping, even for Wall street, uud admlrattou of blm or en-tolly en-tolly had not blinded them to the great qusiltlea which made him the most won irrhil financier the country ever produced. rur toe past two years Gould has Ucu disposing of many of his small bgMlnts aud today bis stock luvest. menu ate Inn comf act form. Anno-cants Anno-cants Hit of the compaules In which u boavlly Intortstud Is as follows: "tlerii Union, Manhattan Klovatml lUIIvay, Texas 1'rvclllo, Missouri l'a-clflc, l'a-clflc, Iron Mountain, tVnbatb, Unlou FiclCc, International A. Ureal North-'o. North-'o. llesldes theto oomianles, Mr. Ujold was Interested to soma extent In minor comiaulta of thu Houthwestern ilites and Wtetern Union, but hoen-B'gwllnnettlnsout hoen-B'gwllnnettlnsout of them, und put-Jlnit put-Jlnit Ids sons Into his place there, preferring pre-ferring to concentrate bis holdings In Ins parent compaules. Msay Kuesen were made today In tsrJloJay Oould'a wealth und the JJM osol that would bu made of his im-reenio im-reenio holdings of securities. One of tnc!oe.t associates an J oldest wr-'nsl wr-'nsl friends told In regard to this mstlers MR. UOULD'U WEALTH will lo found mar to $100,000,000. ,"tly $10,000,000 ure In Manhattan, nsstern Union Tolenraph and Mis-jourl Mis-jourl l'aclflo stocks. Ills holdings In "ete threu i locks are In trust and will BttlosolJ. Ills other securities will Mlskeiicaro uf by tho siino interest nlinhaahad chorguof them for the lutlUrto rears. It Is estimated that "oulj hofd 15,000,000 of Western union stock and a,U)0,M0 of Ule-'tea Ule-'tea stock. The fsrully tomb In Woodlowu "ruttcry cost 5u,H0D. The mausoleum ifW of thu l'artheiiou:lsbulltol 'olto and cost $100,000. Tho mgints on thu Hlxth, Third nnd 3 .,"vtmi elovaiid roads were di!li '.'! tll"llt on nccouut of Gould's iff . "1,,r "PProprlutu steps were isn toany by tho heads of thu vorl-(in!,i?'ganlz,"oD vorl-(in!,i?'ganlz,"oD which Mr. uwiM was prominently ronneeted. t f w"e Uvlnit at half-mast on tnu J.,1? "venue, Bi. James nnd Albo-fi?' Albo-fi?' " .hotels. Jr. Muim, Gould's liii i "" 'nliid In the house until It... u Ulu venlug. It Is understood ' l "Die anxiety was felt by other members of the an-lljr aW,t Ml,, Helen Uou d's condition. l)r. Mimn It snld to have fell some nneaslns.s about her Jeslerdsy, and Hwtahcr Intsa that caused blm to remain In the house. There Is no bote that she will bu able lo attend thu luncrnl services ser-vices In tbo homo on Monday. Koth-Inj Koth-Inj definite wns learned nboiit tho funeral arrange meiits tonlphl Ivyoud what was announced by Dr. l'axton tuday. Mm or jay awu). Jay Gould was born at lloxuury, N. V., May 27, 18S0. At the age of fourteen four-teen he entered HoLart arajimy, Kew Yolk. Hero he studied surveying nud mathematics, and after Iravluc reboot was employed In making surveys for a nispof Ulster county. In jsso I,o lubllihcdnhlstoryof Delansre county. After his lnirilsj.il lio becsmu Inteiirt-edns Inteiirt-edns a partner in thetu.lne.a of Col. ZiUock I'ratt, a noted tanner of hem. lock wle leilher." nnd with tbo ample minus furnished by his wife, bought out tho old tanner's luterot, III 18.17 Mr. Gjtild was controlling director in lbeHlroiidsliury(i'a.)bank, nnd aoon after lieramo thu owner of thu ItenrelaerHsd Harnlojn rnllroais. In ISO' lio roniovcd to New York city with an abundanca of capital, and istubllshod himself its a stockbroker nnd speculator. Hero Ins oratlons partly In couiie-cllou with the noted Jim Klsk weio on a glgantlo scale, fouude 1 on n series of original combinations, com-binations, unltod with consolidations, consolida-tions, cornering) and wnteilugs of stocks, In tho amazement and uftcn ruin of hli long practiced competitors, llenoi hu earned tho title uf "lh wltsrd of Wall Klrest." Atthattlmn hu rosu ti be president of the i:rle Itsllroad, and ho and his friends literally owuid tbo concern. THE NATIONAL H.VAr.er3 SAl'li Wauiinotiin, Deo. 2. Secretary of the Treasury Kcsltr says that ho uoi s not bellevu that the death of Jay Gjuld will hnvo any apireclablo effect uu tho flnnuci's of thu country, us his son Gcorgu may be depeudid tin to pursue a raff, conservative policy. |