St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-26
WEALTHY WOMEN.
Ladies Who Own Millions and How They
Manage Their Property. ~
Rich Widows of New York, PhiladeI-
phia and Washington.
Gossip About Americas Noted Money
Queens.

The United States is fast outranking the
other countries of the world in respect to
rich women. The American heiress has be-
come one of the characters Of European
travel, and at this date there is not city OF
any considerable size in the United States
which has not one or more women whose
checks are good for any sum from 81 600 up
to $1,000.000. New York city has two
score OF ladies who are worth ST. 600, 900 or
more in their own right. Philadelphia can
how perhaps half as many. and Washing
ton, Baltimore, Boston and Chicago are not
far behind i'll their quota of heiresses Most
OF these money queens are fine business wo-
men, and some of them have a genius for
making money.
There is young girl in Tennessee, Miss
st. Pierre, who owns several hundred thou
sand acres OF mining lands. and who has
business enterprises in the vicinity of Chat
tanooga which have cost 81. 800, 900 to or
ganize. Miss Elizabeth Garrett, who in
herited one-third of John w. CARROTS $37,-
100000, was her fathers confidential sec
rotary while he was president of the Balt-
more u Ohio railroad. and she has advised
him On many occasions. Mark Hopkins
widow, who is building the 81, 900, 600 resi-
dence at Great Darlington. Mass, is per-
fectly able to manage her $50. 900. 600, and
she can drive bargain with as much tact
as could her husband. She has broad
grasp of financial matters, and knows the
value of stock as well as Jay Gould.
Speaking of Waltreet the sharpestl s
business woman connected with it is Hettie
Green, who is perhaps the richest woman
in New York. She is over 40 years old,
and she numbers her fortune by as many
millions as there are years in her life. Her
mother was somewhat of an heiress, and
er father had increased the family pile to
$4,000, 600 at the time Of his death. This
fortune Hettie, as the only child, inherited.
and she at once went to work to increase
1T. Much of her fortune was investedin
ships, but these she considered dangerous
and sold them. and placed the proceeds in
good interest paying mortgages. She
bought these mortgages In small towns all
over England, travelling about and inves-
tigating the securities for herself. Shortly
after her fathers death maiden aunt of
hers died and left her 81, 600, 900 more. The
S13, 900, 600 that Hettie Green thus inherited
she had ncreasd by careful specula-
ttion to about $40 900. 600 at the
time she married Mr.. E. II. Green of New
H. L..
it is said Miss Hettie had an ante-nuptial
contract with him whereby he agreed to
| pay all of the household expenses and 10
| leave her property Of 800 600, 900 and
| more in her own name. After her wedding
| she kept I'D her business work. and through
| her husband got into Wall street specula-
ton. She made while her husband lost.
| She could buy large blocks Of stock and
would bull and bear the market as she
| thought best She had made money right
along, and is now said to be worth forty
| odd millions. She is very economical
| withal, and though her income must be
several millions year, her total house
| hold expenses al not over 1000.
| New York has number of rich widows.
| Mrs Josephine Aver is the relict of the pill
| doctor. who made fortune in patent medi-
cnes. and left her about S5,000.000. Mis-.
| Martin Bates was left by her husband
| 81, 500, 900, which he made in dry goods,
and Mrs. James Brown, who lives in a
| fine house on Park avenue and Thirty-sev-
| enth street. received from her husbands
estate about 81, 600, 900, which he accumu-
| lated as banker. Mrs. w. E. Dodge is
worth S4 900. 900, much of the income of
| which she sends to the heather. Mrs Rob-
| ert Goelet is worth $4,000, 600. made in
| hardware, and Mrs. John G. Green. the
| widow of the Princeton college patron. is
| worth $40, 900, 900. Mrs. Commodore Van
| derbilt received 81, 900. 900 from her hus-
| bands estate. which she has since increased
| to half as much more, Mrs. A. r.
Stewart has an estate worth $40, 900. 900,
| but she lives like nun in her big white
marble palace on Fifth avenue, and the
| bachelor fortune hunters might as well woo
| a statute of Diana. Mrs. John Minturn is
another wealthy New York widow. She is
worth 49, 600, 900. and her father was an
| Aspinwall. Gov. Morgan's widow is worth
several millions. Clarkson Potter's has an
immense income from his estate, and Mrs.
| Edwin Stevens. who owns Castle Point at
| Hoboken, is one of the richest widows in
America, and counts her wealth by tens of
millions Mrs. Paran Stevens husband
made Sc. 900. 900 in hotels. and he has left
| her the Victoria and share in the Fifth
| Avenue; and Mrs Marshall 0. Roberts,
| the eight millionaire widow of mining
| king. was talked of while Mr.. Arthur
was in the White house as the
| prospective wife of the president.
| At Washington there are few rich widows.
| Mrs. Craig Wadsworth of New York has
| line home on Massachusetts avenue, and
she is said to be worth $1,000,000. Mrs.
Alexander Bay is the widow of million
| aire miller whose -four is well known over
the United States and Mrs. Myers, whose
husband was chief of the signal service
some time before he died. is worth at least
81, 600, 900. Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren, who
wrote the much-critcised book on Wash
ngton society year or SO ago, has several
fine houses in the fashionable part of
Washington. and Mrs. John o. Evans. the
of ba LOFT IF ha Mnfp al
Union Telegraph company, owns a good
deal of real estate and has good income
The widow of Dick Merrick, the noted
lawyer, who died the other day, will have a
fortune when her father dies
Philadelphia's welthiest widow is Mrs.
John Ray Barton, who is worth 81. 600, 900,
which she inherited from her father, DR..
Iohn Rush. Tom Scutt's widow is worth
So, OOO 900, which her husband left her
from his railroad speculatiOns, and the
widow of M. w. Baldwin. the locomotive
builder is estimated as owning So, 600. 600
worth of this worlds goods. Henry Diss-
ton. the saw manufacturer, left nearly ST.
900, 600 to his wife, and the Quaker City
has half-dozen more rich widows
whose bank books register accounts
as large as the wealth of CrGsus. Rich
single women are numerous. Miss
Jennie Riggs of Washington inherited a
fortune from her father, the noted banker.
| have spoken before of Miss Garrett. whose
age is between 80 and 40, and Philadel-
phia man tells me that the banker Drexels
three daughters will get $6.000.0 900 apiece
from his estate when it comes to them.
Another rich Philadelphia girl is Miss Ellen
Eben, who is worth million, and who also
boasts of being an accomplished horse
woman. She drives a tandem, and can
ride over fences and bitches as gracefully
as does the daughter of Secretary Bayard.
The richest single woman in the coun try
is Catherine Wolfe She has an income