Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-04

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OTHER NOTABLE HEIREssEs.
The United States is fast outranking
the other countries of the world IN respect
to rich women. The American helress has
become 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
81 900 to 81 900. 900. New York CITY has
twoscore of ladies who are worth 81 ,00O,-
900 or more in their own right. Philadel-
phia can show perhaps half as many, and
Washington, Baltimore, Boston and Chi
caoo are not far behind in their quota OF
heiresses. Most of these money queens
are fine business women, and some OF
them have genius for making money.
There is young girl in Tennessee,
Miss st. Pierre, who owns several nun
dred thousand acres of mining lands, and
who has business enterprises in the vlcinl-
ty Of Chattanooga which have cost 81, 3OO,-
600 to organize Miss Elizabeth Garrett.
who inherited one third of John w. Gar
rett's s37 ,OOO. 900, was her fathers conf
dental secretary while he was president
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and
has advised him on many occasions. Mark
Hopkins widow, who is building the mill
lion dollar residence at Great Darlington,
Mass, is perfectly able to manage her
$3.50, 900, 900 and she can drive bargain
with as much tact as coald her husband,
She has a broad grasp Of financial matters
and knows the value of stocks as well as
Jay Gould.
Speaking of Wall street, the sharpest
business woman connected with it is Het-
tie Green, who is perhaps, the richest
woman in New York. She is over 40
wears old and she numbers her fortune by
as many millions as there are years in her
life. Her mother was somewhat OF an
heress, and her father had increased the
family pile to $9,000,000 at the time of
his death. This fortune, Hette. as the
only child, inherited, and she at once
went to work to increase it. Much of her
fortune was invested in ships; but these
she considered dangerous and sold them
and placed the proceeds in good interest
paving mortgages. She bought these
mortgages in small towns all over Eng
land, travelling about and investigating the
securities tor herself.
Shortly after her fathers death maiden
aunt of hers died and left her $4.000.000
more. The 5000, 900 that Hettle Green
thus inherited she had increased by care
full speculation to about 500, 900, 900 at the
time she married Mr. f. H. Green of New
York. Mr.. Green was worth 100000,
and it is said that Miss Green had
an ante-nuptial contract with him
he agreed to pay all of the house
hold expenses and to leave her property OF
$40, 900, 900 and more in her own name.
After her wedding she kept up her bust
ness work, and through her husband got
into Wall street speculation. She did the
specializing herself. however, and made
while her husband lost. She could buy
large blocks of stock. and could bull and
bear the market as she thought best. She
has 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 a
year her total household expenses are not
over $50. 900. She rides down Broadway
in a five cent bus, carrying perhaps hun
bred thousand dollars in her reticule, and
she used to walk to parties through the
snow. pulling old woollen stockings over
her shoes to keep her feet dry and save
buying rubbers. When she got to places
of entertainment she would pull off her
socks and hang them on the hat rack to
dry. She kept her securities and silver at
John Cisco's bank. and the bankers say
she came periodically to the bank with
box OF whiting and polished her silver
herself. When Cisco failed not long ago
it took two cabs to carry away the plate,
and the securities which Mrs Green had
on deposit were found to be over 1926. 0O0.-
600. Hettie Green has two children, a
boy and girl. The girl is Is and the bow
IA years old. The boy is an invalid,
but his mother says she intends to make
him the richest man in America. If she
keeps on piling up money at her present
rate she will probably succeed.
New York has number of rich widows.
Mrs Josephine Aver is the relict of the
pill doctor who made fortune in patent
and left her about S5,000.0 900.
Mrs. Martin Bates was left by her hus-
band 81 800, 900, which he made in dry
goods, and a Mrs. James Brown, who
lives in fine house on Park avenue and
Twenty-seventh street, received from her
husbands estate about S4.000.000, which
he accumulated as banker. Mrs. w. E.
Dodge is worth $4,000 900, much of the
income of which she sends TO the heather
Mrs. Robert Goeet is worth $4,000. 900
made in hardware. and Mrs John G..
Greene, the widow of the Princeton Col
lege patron. is worth $4,000. 900 Mrs
A. I. Stewart has an estate worth $780,
000. 900. but she lives like nun in her
big white marble palace on Fifth avenue.
and the bachelor fortune hunters might as
well WOO statue of Diana Mrs. John
Minturn is another wealthy New York
widow. She is worth 81 .000. 900. and her
father was an Aspinwali. Governor Nor
CAMS widow is worth several millions
Clarkson Potter's widow has an immense
income from his estate. and Mrs Edwin
Stevens. who owns Castle Point" at Ho-
boken. is one of the richest widows in
America, and counts her wealth bv tens
of millions.
Mrs. Paren Stevens husband made
81, 900. 600 in hotels, and he has left her
the Victoria and a share in the Fifth Ave-
nue.; and Mrs Marshall O. 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 Here at Washington
we have few rich widows. Mrs. Craig
Wadsworth of New York has fine home
on Massachusetts avenue, and she is said
to be worth million Mrs. Alexander
Ray is the widow of millionaire miller