The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-08
MARRYING FOR MONEY.
NEW YORK JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE
BEEN GUILTY OF THE CRIME.

! BEEN GUILTY OF THE CRIME.
whitelaw Reid, John Hay, Eiehard Nc
| Cormick, VIM. Henry HurIbert, Edwin
L. GodIlin and others-The Influence
of oIatrimony Upon Their Lives.
/ A number of New York journalists have
/ married rich wives and have enjoyed ana
4 still enjoy, the freedom and ease which their
! vastly improved circumstances allow. The
most conspicuous Of these is Whitelaw Reid.
whose wife is the only daughter of D. O.
! Mills, estimated to be worth anywhere be-
: tween SIS OO0, 600 and ST., 100000 The ante
! cedentS of the millionaire were humble He
began, 1T j. said, by keeping a small tavern in
one of the Westminster towns; went to Cali
| fornia rs an argonaut, and by energy, enter
prise and good luck made great fortune
His daughter, according to her intimates, Is a
very sensible, kind hearted, estimable young
woman, and she and hcr husband are reputed
to be devoted TO one another. Her influence
on him is described as having been excellent
which Is fortunate, since he became n Bene-
dict late in life, when ones ways and habits
are ordinarily fixed As the editor of The
Tribune was thought to have property valued
Mt SjCO,o0O before marriage, he should not be
suspected of mere fortune hunting
Reid, in his days of poverty and struggle,
WIS GAtEttAt4N lDNtSs bltt bI
est workers in Washington, when be was cor
respondent of The Cincinnati Gazette. And
he was also very capable and won his way to
distinction. Since no has grown very rich he
takes things leisurely, although he still looks
sharply after The Tribune's interests in the
business and editorial departments He is
not very robust; he comes of fragile stock
and his present wealth enables him to save
| himself
JOHN HAY.
John Hay, who, after being President Lin
coins private secretary and passing some
years in diplomatic service in Paris, Vienna
and Madrid, entered journalism, regularly,
on The Tribune in 1870. He did some excel
lent work there and was much liked in the
Office, but confinement and labor told on his
by no means firm health. lie enjoyed socia-
bility and general society much better than
his desk and late hours Hence it is not sur
prising when he had an opportunity to marry
a very rich and handsome girl, Miss Clara
Stone, daughter of Amasa Stone, of Cleve-
land, who had not long since committed sui
eide from temporary arrangement, that he
should avail himself thereof
Hays health has not been improved by we'd
lock nor has his industry. \ very clever, in
teresting writer, he has applied himself very
little to manuscript making during the past
ten years. Many persons pronounce him
AsANf ftab AZ - ilbL we'll anu lUlleT-ln-
laws estate, involving several millions, which
he manages, occupies, of necessity, a good
deal of time. He seems to be suffering from
kind of melanChola, which is a distinct
disease, though he may have physical all
ments as well. The Life of Lincoln" on
which lie has been engaged for years with
John G. Nicolay, also former secretary of
the great president, advances with remark
able slowneSS. Some persons doubt if Hay
will tir~iSh Of ha
he is so dilatory.
THURMAN's soN-IN-LAw.
Richard c. Mccormick, who used to be a
journalist-he WAS engaged on The Evening
Post-married nator Humans daughter,
and journalism has not bothered him since
Satirical folk, who once called him Dick Nc
Cormick, now refer 10 him as Senator Thur
mans son-inlaw He lives at Jamaica, l..
l., and amuses himself considerably with
politics, being an ardent Republican. He be
lieveS that his health is not very good. NY
own opinion is that rich wife is not condu-
Give TO any mans health, particularly if he
be journalist
William Henry Hurlbcrt, a thorough Bo-
hemian 10y temperament, went over to Eng
land after the sale of The World of which he
had been editor and nominalIy proprietor,
and found wife, who, though an Amer
lean, has long lived abroad That she had
quainted with Hurlbert would suspect him
of marrying without strong pecuniary in
ducemeutS He was near GO at the time and
ut such an age the heart is not susceptible
nor does the imagination easily take fire from
the other sex. The snowy journalist has seen
great deal Of the worst side of life, and is
genuine cyuic. He has no faith in anything
naturally, from his observation and mtroSpec-
tion and he is convinced that selfishuess is the
az tI1rlpf His
Tracy, | believe, is said to he fine and
agreeable woman, who, presumably, is not
the best judge of men. Hurlbert has often
declared that London is the only place for a
gentleman TO live, and he has taken up his
abode there. He does some work, though he
is ailinC, for some of the newspapers here,
preferring, for obvious reasons. to keep up a
| journalistic connection of some sort.
EDWIN L. GoDHIN.
Edwin l.. Godkin, wh3e editor OF The
Nation-he now controls The Evening Post,
the daily edition of The Nation-made
desirable match with Miss Footc. of New
Haven, which is supposed TO have helped him
materially in conducting that omniscient and
inflated weekly. An amicable and accom-
plished lady. she died some years since, and
the widowCr married again, his second wife
having considerable money.
Paul Dana, son Of and successor TO Charles
\. Dana of The Sun, is the husband of the
daughter of William Butler Duncan, who,
albeit broken banker, Is thought TO have
liberal supply of money, perhaps through his
wife, not a member of the firm, and therefore
not responsible for its manifold debts. Paul
Dana has a rich father, if So, 900 income may
be considered rich; but, not being very Wig
orous, he has no objection 10 a financially
comfortable wife, too, / suppose.
Harold Goodwin, younger son Of Parke God
win, is n journalist when strong enough to