The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-05-14
|COULD FAMILY
n A S 1T S lITTL E
TROUBLES,
Same as Those Who Have
No Money.
Now It's Frank, and the
Difficulty is About How
the Children Shall
be Trained.

New York. May 12.-The marital
troubles of various membeJs of the
Gould family continue to interest a
great many people in this town. Out
of the FIVE married children of the
late Jay Gould. who left to each of
his offspring a large fortune but two,
George and Edward. seem to have
been able to avoid notoriety in con-
nection with their domestic affairs.
The story of the Countess of Castel-
lane is known to all the world. how
her ambition to shine socially led her
to marry French scamp with IT,
tie and great longing to spend the
millions her father had left to her.
Only few days ago II became known
publicly that Frank Gould, who mar
ried the granddaughter of Eugene
Kelly, the banker and philanthropist,
who left a huge fortune. was on the
verge Of separating from his wife.
The trouble IL seems. originally arose
over difference concerning the re-
ligious training Of the children. Be-
fore her marriage Mrs. Gould was
ostensibly Roman Catholic although
she did not conform TO the ceremon-
les of that institution when she we'd.
ded Mr.. Gould. II was said at the
time that she had renounced the faith
Of her fathers, and Joined the Eplsco-
pal church. The Kellys, who are
among the leading Catholics of New
York and who have shown their devo-
tion TO that church by numerous gifts
TO its charitable Institutions. and by
the erection Of a chapel in connec-
tlon with st. Patrick's cathedral at a
cost of $25O.O0O, felt Koenly the situ-
alton brought on by the manner or
the marriage OF Miss Kelly TO Mr.. /
Goud.
The husband says that the trouble .
was due to a case OF too much moth
er-ln-law. He said that Mrs. Kelly in
terfered too much in the affairs of
his household, and that he would not
put up with IL any longer. The fric-
tlon is supposed to have been caused
by disputes over the manner in which
the children should be educated. a
common result of what are called
mixed" marriages. In order TO get
a dispensation for one Of these mar
riages the Catholic church requires
that both parties TO the contract shall
sign an agreement that an issue OF
The marriage shall be brought up in
the Catholic faith.
When Miss Kelly married Mr.. Gould
no such dispensation was sought and
the ceremony was performed by a
Protestant minister. BY this act
alone according to the rules regard
Ing matrimony promulgated at the
Council Of Trent, she excommunicat-
ID herself from the church and could
no longer approach the sacraments
until she had admitted the sin and
was forgiven.
The Catholic church does not ques-
ion the legality of the marriage and
would not allow the ceremony 70 be
again should II happen
hat Mrs. Gould should desire TO have
he ban Of accommodation removed.
II her appeal TO be restored to the
OF the church in case she
made one was favorably passed upon
/ priest or bishop would simply bless Z
he marriage. There is nothing TO Z
'how that Mrs. Gould ever applied TO 4,
be restored TO membership in the
church which carries with II the right
10 the sacraments and burial in con-
iecrated ground.
Whether the children should be
brought up as Catholics seemed 10
be the point at issue. The gossip
jver the affairs of Frank Gould had
Iardly died away when Howard
iould's wife took the stage. II is now
aid that the estrangement of How I