Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-05-31

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Helen Gould's inherent Americanism
spurns that az a. bagatelle.
Family In an Old One.
Colonel Abraham Gould, who died In de-
fense Of his country in the Revolutionary
war, sleeps beneath stone that bears that
leg in the e; f q Conn
Gil when he died. The. American ancestor
Of the Goulds was Major Nathan Gould.
who emigTated from England to Connecti-
teen signeIs OF the petition for the Con-
necticut charter, a document which only
gentlemen who had been in high standing
Baron Fredegar, Of the English house of
loros, Is ipaternany a Gould, his ancestor.
Sir Charles Gould. baronet, Judge advo-
ing assumed the surname Of Gould upon
his inherittng the estates Of his wifes
father. Sir Charles Morgan. baronet:
Burke's Peerage. confirms this story, and
therein wiA be found Quartered with the
arms Of Morgan those Of Gould, and there
is also established the relationship Of that
branch of the Gould family to the Marquis
Remotely, too, is the multi-millionairess
related to the famous Catholic controver-
sialist, Thomas Gould, high in favor with
Louis XIV. of France. and Rev; James Al
Catholic archbishop Of Melbourne.
Miss Gould's love Of country is not con-
fined. in the matter Of exhibition. to the
troublous period of war. Two years ago
she caused $1,000 copies of the national
hymn, America" to be printed, and dis
tributed among the pupils Of the public
~ believe that every one should know
that hymn. and sing it IL he sings no other
I would like the children to sing it into
II tses ass very so souls until it becomes part
Miss Gould strongly favors patriotic serv-
ices in the churches on the Sunday pre-
Seding s,ss the Fourth Of July, when she would
Columbia" and 1.-The Star Spangled BAN
ner" and see the sacred edihcea draped in
the red, white and blue American regalia-
her fathers rule of action. She has made
1t hers. Because Of her infexibn.ly Of pur-
pose her family and friends have given to
her the title of "the no compromise
Her dauntlessness was shown in her re-
fusal to sell her elevated railway stock
her to make the sale. BY her refusal She
defeated a gigantic business movement for
the consolidation Of the elevated railroads,
the traction. and part Of the trolley system
OF New York and Brooklyn. Some Of the
directors who were anxious to see the
deal consummated were ungallant
enough to be angry with this "slip Of q
pose with derrick"
Defends Her Fathers Name.
It was this same dauntless spirit that
the impostor who claimed, in the courts,
that she was the first and only legal wife
of Jay Gould, the companion Of his young
.sT ar ,,a OIvo bor O tbnuaond ~ <xvo end
save ourselves any more annoyance" sug-
gested George Gould in the family councils.
Never. declared Miss Helen. II will
this mystery. The family shall not have
that awful brand upon 1t.
To friend she wrote: '"The blackmailers
impossible after the lapse of so many years
to closely trace my fathers whereabouts,
and this has made them very bold, but
they vii Inn find themselves completely mis-
lily with having secured all the evidence
which, had the case come to trial, would
have proved the falsity Of the Angel wom-
correspondence and many visits to friends
of her father in youth.
No member Of the family was 50 wound
ed by the attacks made upon her fathers
character after his death as Helen Gould.
1t was to her the bitter experience. insep-
arabic from life. of seeing the clay feet
the fierce attacks To the world sos she apl
peared serenely confident Of her father s
| innocence. In the presence of few close
az of
| one. But it was hardly doubt. after all:
only a question.
| Hers was the bewildered condition of
! mind in which the loving disciple cried in
my unbelief."
Out Of her grief grew a purpose. "I shall
find out If my father was bad man." she
| said to an old and trusted friend, and
right energeticaly she set about 1t. She
read all the old letters the old masnate
friends Of his early manhood, the period
swallowed up in the memories of his later
achievements. By dint Of much persever-
ance she succeeded in finding these friends.
some Of whom had removed to the far;
West.
One Of them was 8. B. Champion. the
Mirror. who had aided Jay Gould in his
work of making a map and writing a his
| tory of Delaware county.
Miss o Gould 1!d,f found md that Mr.. Champion was
fathers life. especially the years between
1850 and 1850. the period that his family
knew least about. and which were the
| vited the editor and his wife to be her
guests at her Fifth. avenue home, They
remained for ten days, and almost every
Russell Sage were other guests at dinner
II knew your father thoroughly I'm his
later lie, Mr.. sage would remark. land
Mr.. Champion knows all about the earlier
part OF 1t. Between us we will see that
you know all about his movements from
the time he left his cradle"
And Miss Gould was satisfied with the
| result of those after-dinner "Reminiscences.
Her idol remained her untarnished idol
still.
OF him she wrote soon afterward: "He
had the most wonderful self-coEtrol, and
no matter what pain he endured his man
ner was always the same. He never lost
his temper. He had perfect love, respect
and admiration from his children and from
| all those who knew him WELL
And SO was one Of Miss Gould's three
life tasks discharged. She counted those
| tasks to a friend one day.
II set for myself three tasks in life,'
she said. IT determined to fit myself for
the proper care Of my fortune. / hope
| succeeded In that. resolved to clear my
| fathers memory Of the stain blackmailers
| tried to put upon It. That has been done.
| One remains. That is to make good bus
iEess man Of my brother Frank. When this
| is done shall feel that am woman
without an occupation, almost without q
| purpose"
| Pittsbufg Woman Burned to Death.
PITTsBURG, KAS. May 30.-(Special)
| Mrs. Claus Tonhoff. wife Of smelterman
| of this city, undertook to kindle fire
with coal oil yesterday. and sustained in