The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-12
JnN Gonld,s NIlIIIon..

As far the world knows Jay Gould
had no social aspirations. The four hun
dred Of the metropolis had no attractions
for him. His sole ambition was to ac-
cumulate a great fortune. and he wasted
his life in gratifying it.
His children, however. seem to have
a desire to have whatever wealth will
bring. The two sons. George and How
ard, while apparently good business men
are not devoting their whole time to the
accumulation of wealth. George seems
anxious to be a member of the AGO. and it
is understood he has succeeded in gaining
his point in that direction. The under
standing is that he gained it at the cost
of trip abroad and the spending of sew
eral hundred thousand dollars.
1t was stated in our dispatches the other
day that Miss Anna Gould's engagement
to Count Jean de Castellene of France is
announced.Nrh count is to get $2,Oco.OOO
for himself with his bride. AS she is
worth easily 100000 she can afford to
settle that much upon her husband
However it is said he is not a poor man.
and being young the match may be the
result of a love affair. With a French
count in the family the Gould's may
make, rapid progress up the social ladder
They may be in a position soon to look
down on those who hesitated to admit
them into the 400 circle.
There may be those who will wonder
whether Jay Gould would have approved
the spending of money in the way some
of his children are spending it, and par
ticularly whether he would have been
glad to turn over 100000 of his wealth
to a Frenchman. the husband of one of
his daughters. There is no use wonder
ing about such things. I doesn't matter
now what Jay Gould would have said
about the doings of his sons and daught-
ers. The money they are spending in
ways that please them is theirs. and if
they squander it nobody has a right to
complain. They have enough of their
fathers thrift, however, to keep them
from living beyond their incomes. They
will get what they want and still have
enough left to keep them from being de-
pendent in their old age.
quired the photographed habit
They make themselves up into groups and
call in the pho<1graNher to preserve
counterfeit presentments of their beauty
for the delectation of posterity. There
are several women in the Legislature
this year. With the exception of one
they have been photographed over and
win not face camera or be interviewed
by the reporters for the newspapers.
A Denver paper says she is too much Of
a statesman" to give time to photograph
ers and reporters. 1t is strongly sus-
pected, however, that lack of beauty
and good temper keeps her away from
those preservers of beauty.
The progress of&.e Howgate case at
Washington. affords an illustration Of
the difficulty of convicting for crime af-
ter the lapse of a number of years. The
charge 81 that H9wgate stole $1,000
from the government years ago. Since
the date of the alleged crime witnesses
have died. documents have been de-
stroyed and memories have become de-
fective. until it is next to impossible for
the prosecution to make a case beyond
the shadow of doubt.
1t is one of fate's queerest freaks
that the bulk of Howell Osborne's es-
tate should go to the maine nee of an
old woman's home. Nevertheless, Fay
Templeton. his wife. win not be under