Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-19
WOMEN WORTH MILLIONS.
LARGE WEALTH IN THE POSSES
SION OF MAIDS AND WIDOWS.
Million Heires ses Not Unusual In Plenty of
American Citics-weaithy Women with
Fads - The Cattle Queens Who Have
Piles of Money-RIch CaIiforntans.

Piles of Money-Rich Californian.
The rich women of America have been
talked of and written about until some folks
Imagine impeclInious foreign mobiles do moth
ing but scheme to get at their hands and
settlements But the fact is the United
States are full of wealthy women full indeed
OF female IN llionaires who marry plain
American citizens and settle down on this
side the pond u useful and ornamental lives
just like their less richly lowered sisters
Some OF them even have large families, in
spite Of the dictum that there shouldn't be
more than two children to inherit one million
There are in Iced many more million-h heir
eSses IN this country than in any other. Here
mllonaires divide their property with some
fairness between sous and daughters alike
As there are more millionaires and more
daughters there are necessarily more million
heiresses Soue of these Monte Cristos in
petticoats are as well known to readers of
the public prints as are the prominent poll
ticians, baseha players and race horses of
tn glorious CLINE. Others have yet to
dazzle the worl with their ducats
ONE WORTH THIRTY MILLIONS
Wealthy women can afford fads Most of
them have fads and their fads are apt 10 be
described I'm print and to make their possess
ors and promnters famous Mrs Mary j
Morgan had just as many millions before the
sale of her orchids and porcelain several
years ago as hef estate was worth after wards
But the orchid ale was telegraphed and won
dered at all over the country. There's Mrs.
Mark Hopkins of Mob Hill San Francisco
and Great Darlington, Mass Her estate of
t3O,OOO,W 90 is said To show signs of able man
sgement. She mas the building fad and is
constantly putt NJ up palaces
Miss st BeIre-how many readers ever
heard of herf-is "a million-heiresS, and mod
est and pretty one, too, down in Tennessee
There she Owls several hundred thousand
acres of mining lands, and has business enter.
prises in the vicinity of Chattanooga which,
1t is said, have cost S1,SjO,OOO to organize
Miss Elizabeth Garrett inherited one-third of
John W. CARROTS S37,0O0,O00, was her faith
er's confidential secretary while he was presi-
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and
advised him ON many occasions. She has
been the head OF the family since Robert Gar
rett's decline. der fortune is said To be un-
impaired, although her brothers has been
sadly depleted.
Miss Gwendol ne Caldwell Is one of the ia
nous Caldwell sisters, whose pet projects
have mostly had relation to the Catholic
church, which hey SO love. The Caldwell
girls have long Deen known as million-heir,
esses in Baltimo and New York Wealthy
women have for years been much more com
mon than heaut full women in the aristocratic
seaside resort Of Little Rhody. 1t was at
Newport that NJ s. Catherine Lorillard Wolfe,
the milion-heirt s., lived and died.
1t is at Newpurt that Mime Barrios who is
a property owner aud resident of New York
and "A citizen To the world, is seen To the best
advantage. She has the godlike gifts OF both
beauty and millions. Mime. Barrios the dash
ing young and brunette widow of the dictator
of Guatemala, is worth not less than 81 00O, 900
or $5,0OO,OO which before the climax of his
turbulent career her husband had the good
sense To invest securely for her IN Paris and
New York. A S ruth American, who has been
for several years contemplating, like Nine
Barrios, a removal of her residence to New
York, Is Dona Eadora Cousino who bears of
even above "Helty" Green's head the palm of
being 1.-The richest woman in the world {"
Dona Isadora isn't as young by half as Mime.
Barrios, and while she may in her time have
been as beautiful, she hasn't even now as
many pretty daughters to plead her cause.
Dona Isadora's agents here began preparing
"a palace" for ler on Fifth avenue, but the
tickle and fascinating alt-gold-coal-ranch-
and-cattle queen seems 10 have changed her
mind She has not yet dep.ived Chill of the
golden splendor )f her presence
Mrs. Maurice 3. Flynn, who was Miss Moss,
Is no doubt worth a million or almost that
sum, since her husband left his entire estate
TO her. 1t is more and more customary for
rich men IN this country to leave their prop
erty TO their wives. San Francisco, Chicago,
st. Louis, Denver, Philadelphia, Boston and
Pittsburg have plenty of wealthy women
whose millions come in this way.
PHILADELPHIA LONG LIST.
Mrs Alexander Ray Is one of Washington's
millionaire widows Her husband was a well
known miller. Aiss Jennie Riggs is said to be
one of the richest single women at the ma
tional capital Sle inherited a million or two
from her father 20 guard zealously from for
tune hunters.
Mrs. Rogers, one of the Texas cattle queens,
becnme by her b lshand will owner of "a herd
OF 10000 cattle She married N preacher
twenty years younger than herself He had
had seven children and she took care of them
She also takes care of her cattle business, with
which the younS husband is not permitted to
interfere. Texa,, however, is full of cattle
queens. Colorado has sev sral said TO be worth
their millions.
Philadelphia is said to have several women
milhonaires, as follows: Mrs j. Campbell
Harris, said TO be worth 5000 900; Mrs.
Thomas A. Scot, $3,000,0O0: her daughter,
Mrs. Howell Bicl,ley, 5000, 600; Mrs. Joseph
Harrison, 5000 90; Mrs NJ W Baldwin,
e., 100000, Mrs Bloomfield Moore, 5000
600; Mrs. j. Edgar Thomson, 81, SOC, 900,
Mrs. II. S. Benson, 81 800, 600, Mrs Richard
Townsend, one O the prospective heirs TO an
estate of sl5,0OO, 1OO; the three daughters of
Mr.. F. A Drexe, each worth several mil
lions, and one OF them now married; Miss
Helen Erben, worth sl,OO0,OOO; the Misses
Pugh, s5OO,OOO; Mrs. Thomas Clyde, more
than 81 ,OOO. 900; Mrs. John. Bohisn, $500, 900.
Mrs. st. George Tucker Campbell, $500, 900,
Mrs William W lstach, 81, ,OOO, 900, and Mrs
Thomas Balch ar d her daughter, s500, 900
The richest wo nan on the Pacific coast is
Mrs Mark HoIkins, widow of one of the
Central Pacific syndicate. Her husbands
estate proved up to $a15, 900, 100, and the only
two men in Calf Drnia who could justify on
the widows boni as executrix were Leland
Stanford and larles Crocker. They were
compelled to justify in twice the amount of
the estate and eah swore that he was worth
$i6,OOO,OO0. Mrk Hopkins is an elderly
woman. The He pkinses had no children, but
had adopted a son whom Mrs. Hopkins mar
red to Miss Crttenden, protege of hers.
providing her wi b the dot of a princess.
The richest young and unmarried woman
ON the Pacific coz st is said to be Miss Jennie
Flood, only daugI gIter Of the bonanza king.
The richest respective heiress In California
is Miss Hattie Croker, the only daughter of
Charles Crocker, another of the railroad
syndicate. She als lie, like Miss Flood, rather
plain In appearance. She is noted for her
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