Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-07
MARRIAGE OF A FAMOUS NEWS
PAPER MAN.
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Mr. John K Mclean. the editor and proprietor OF
the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Miss Emily 7. Beale,
daughter OF Gen. Edward +. Beale, were married
this morning at the residence OF the brides father
corner OF street and Lafayette place. The cere-
mony took place at O'Clock, Rev. DIR. Leonard off,
ciat1ng. No cards were issued and no guests were
present, the ceremony being witnessed 10y none but
the immediate families OF the bride and groom.
The bride wore tras cling dress and Immediately
aiter the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Mclean left for
fnllaueipha, from whence they will 90 TO the
grooms home in Cincinnati,w which viii be their home
hencefOrth.
The mother OF Gen. Beale and the aunt of Mrs
beale, TWO venerable ladies, the one eighty seven
and the other eighty-one years old, witnessed the
ceremony. The Others OF the marriage party were
Washington Mclean and Wife, parents OF the
groom; Gen. and Mrs. Hazen, Capt and Mrs. A. Ii.
Bugher OF Cincinnati, the two ladies' being sisters
Mrs. Beae.
TWO old colored servants, who have been with
Gen. BealeS family for more than forty years, Wit
messed the marriage OF their young mistress.
The marriage was surprise TO the friends OF
both parties as 1t was not known that an engage
ment existed. Their marriage was the result OF an
attachment formed at Deer Park. where both Mt.
Mclean and Cen Beale'S family SOjourned during
the summer. They had met before here In WASH
lngton, but never saw much Of each other until
they met at Deer Park.
Mr.. Mclean, the groom. is one OF the best Known
newspaper Propfetors and one of the most success
lul young men In the country. He was a lawyer
Dy profession and newspaper man by inclination
and inheritance, his father, Washington Mclean,
oeing one OF the proprietorS OF the Enquirer for
many years before he took charge OF the paper.
lie was Il student at Harvard, and studied law
under Alexander Ferguson, OF Cincinnati He Is
quite llnguat, and spent some time ln Europe
prior TO 1870 In pertecttng himSelr in
foreign tongues. In 1870 he returned from Europe
ana LOOK Charge OF the Enquirer, which then had
circulation OF about ten thousand, which he has
Increased until it is one OF the most widely crcu-
lated papers IN the west He has been successful
as a business man in nearly everything he has un-
0ertaken, and Is now possessed of large fortune.
Last year he purchased the "MOrgan property" in
TINS city On The square opposite tue Ariington), for
which he paid Sll5,500 cash down. He OWLS other
property In this city. among which is the house on
Corcoran street which he bought from Mrs. Gen
Grant
The bride and her family are well known In
Washington society. General Beale Is OF one oil the
first families OF Maryland He Is a great friend Of
Grants, and during his administration General
and Mrs. Beale and their daughter were the most
honored guests ON social occasions at the White
House. and when Gen. or Mrs. Grant visit this city
now they always stay with the BealeS. The Gen.
eraI ,aS Minister TO Austria during a part OF
Grants administration and was spoken OF Tor Sec
fetary OF the Navy.
Miss Beale has been popular belle In Washing
ton society, Though for d time her friends had TO
mourn her absence from the gayetieS owing to
long and severe illness, occasiOnel by having been
thrown and dragged by spirited horse she
was riding.
The family are well known here and elsewhere.
For time they lived in California. where the gen.
erai owns large tracts ot land and is engaged In
Sneep raising on large scale.