The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-10
ASUCCESSPUL WOMAN sPECULAToR,
The fArstmontous Princess Of Wales"
n Her Husband Worth o35, 600. 1000.

The farstmontous "Pr1noess Of Wales
n Her Husband Worth s3s, 100000.
From the New York World
One of the most daring and success
u spectators in the world" said d
prominent member of the stock o
change, els the Princess of Wales"
What" calculated his nearer, "the
prlncess of Wales a Spectator in
stocks"
The Princess of Wales I speak of is
not the wife of the royal heir of the
throne OF Great Britain. This title has
been given by common consent to a
daughter of a rich old whaler of New
Bedford, who died a number OF
years ago, leaving an immense fortune.
Inns wealth she has doubled several
INES by her wonderful operations in
stocks. wonder you have never heard
OF her. You have certainly heard Of
her husband, who is in every way q
much less remarkable person than she
IS. Until recently he was a prominent
director and some time ago was, I be-
lleve, for a short period president of one
OF the largest railroads in this country.
lie is a noted speculator, and his name is
not at all descriptive of his sagacity
and shrewdness. He is a man of re-
markable height, standing nearly seven
feet high. He is we'll known both in
the London and New York stock mar
kets, at the former by a remarkable deal
In Erie and at the latter for the part he
took In advancing the prices several
years ago of Louisville and Nashville,
When the father of the lady of whom
l first spoke died he left her So, 600, 600.
Inns made her one of the richest women
In America, and as significant of the
source OF her wealth she was called the
Princess of Wales by those who knew
OF her. She inherited with her mil
hons q talent for the acqui ition of
money n an overmastering passion to
Keep 1t. OF curse she had many sui
tiers, but among them all there was
none who could match her fortune with
ms own. That was what she was look
ing for. Failing in this, she contented
herself with a gentleman who could
produce evidence of being worth $780,
700. This he had made in the MANILA
trade. He was of a liberal disposition
n lives in a generous manner After
his marriage, however, his wife's strong
Ell intellect changed his disposition,
and made him also the victim Of a
mania for saving.
1t is related Of the early days of their
courtship that in order to facilitate his
entrance into her house he gave a lib
eral fee to the servant. Learning of it
she nearly broke off all further inter-
course with him, as she could never
marry a man who exhibited such ex-
travagance. When the marriage paper
was made out she had it stipulated that
all their joint living and personal ex-
penses should be paid by him alone,
Notwithstanding that her fortune was
ten or twelve times as large as his.
Following their marriage came a grand
career of accumulation. Not satisfied
with a fortune of princely proportions,
they proposed, by parsimony and spec
ulntion to double and triple it. The
death of an aunt added 81, OOO, 900 to
the wife's treasure. She began lmme-
diately, however, to cut down what she
called her husbands ~extravagant ex-
penseS.
She compelled him to give uphis ele-
CANT bachelor apartments and hire the
most economical quarters. The birth
OF a sob gave a more unseltish aspect to
her passion for gain. 1t was not now
for herself that she saved, but for her
child. She made up her mind that he
should be one of the richest-if not the
richest men in America. While coast
ing II day, however, he met with an
accident which has made him a Grip
pie for life. He also became subject
to wolent fits.
IAN anecdote here will illustrate her
extreme parsimony. They were board
ing at Babylon, J.. l., when the lad was
attacked with commissions. A doctor
was sent for, but before his arrival the
child had recovered and the Princess
waited at the window for the ply
stefan. AS he drew up she shouted
to him: Don't come in, doctor; he is
all right now Thus she saved a doc
tors fee. Under her direction their
combined fortunes were so invested as
to save as far as possible the payment
of taxes. Though both Americans
they hired two OF three rooms in Lon
don, and this, they announced as their
residence though they pass most of
their time in this country. He is about
55 years old and she about so. The
lad is about Is years of age. They
have rolled up their wealth until now I
have no doubt thot $35, 600, 900 scarcely
represents its extent. Though posses
sed Of al annual income of s., OOO. 600
venture to say that their total expenses
do not average more than 50, 500 per
year. Rather than pay for q cab I
ho ya Gr nwr, hnr ~ ,,,o11, -
through a foot of o with a pair Of
old stockings drawn over her shoes.
But they could not have created all
this wealth simply by saving. No: the
larger part of it is the result of sue
cessful sp%eculations. She is remarka-
bly, shrewd in her investment in stocks
and he is not far behind her in talen-
Of this kind. He may be remembered
as having made a million dollars in
a few days in London by the rapid ad-
vance in Erie, following the expulsion
of Gould from the management. He
has also made large sums by his deals
in Louisville and Nashville in this
country. A popularity of their specu-
lations is that they operate on
separate accounts. and often without
each others knowledge. She has made
her stock Investments largely, tits said,
through the banking house Of John J.
Cisco g. Co. Her operations are large
and daring, but almost uniformly sue
cessful. For a long time she made
Reading a specially, and thought moth
ing ofbuying 20, 600 Or 10000 shares at
a time. Even during the recent de-
preston in stocks they have generally
been right on the market and have added
to their immense accumulations.
She Is undoubtedly the richest wom-
an IN tho world except perhaps Queen
Victoria. Mrs. Coutts Bartlett, rich as