St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-23
OUR RICHEST WOMEN.
Wealthy Ladies Whose Fortunes Mount
to Millions.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DIVES.

THE DAUGHTERS OF DIVES.
Mrs. Green, the Witch Of Wall Street,
Mrs. Moses Taylor and Miss
Rhine.ander.
Philadelphia Times.
There are dozen very rich women
| in the United States whose af1uence
has so often been exploited in the So
ciety journals that the public has be-
come tolerably familiar with their daz-
zling finances. These are the Goulds,
Vanderbilts, DreXels, Mackays, STAN
| fords, Astors. There are many other
| rich women in the world of whom the
| public has heard but little.
| III what follows some personal gossip
/ is given concerning forty-three women,
married, single and widows. whose
fortunes. as obtained from the best
sources. aggregate the magnificent sum
of s26S, 100000. These may be classified
as follows:
Fourteen spinsters, worth 49,. 93.0Oo,0OO
Ten married women, WORTH. 37,0O0,00O
Total. ........ .....S26S, OO0,00O
The list that follows does not include
any of the wealthy actresses:
The richest woman in Pttsburg is
Mrs. Schenley, whose fortune, mostly
in real estate, is estimated at $40. 000, 600.
Mrs. E. D. Standlford, of Louisville,
worth $3,000,0O0, is reported the richest
woman in Kentucky. She was left a
widow recently at the age of twenty
three. her husband dying before the ex-
piration of the honeymoon, leaving her
his entire estate.
Mrs. Leonard Church. of Hartford, is
one of the richest women in Connecti-
cut. She is worth $l,00O,OO0, and, be-
sides being faithful church-goer, she
is conspicuous at the races at Charter
Oak Park, in an antiquated carriage not
worth over $50 except as curiosity.
Mrs. j. Frederick BetZ, of PhiIadel-
phia, is rated at 100000 and has for
tune in precious stones. She is a hand
some woman, goes much in society and
entertainS in splendid manner.
Mrs. Griswold Gray, widow, of New
York. is worth S2,000,0OO. She is the
daughter of the late Richard Irving.
Mrs. Thomas A. Scott, Philadelphia,
has $5.000,000 in her own riget and is
one of the richest women in the city.
She was Miss Riddle. of Pittsburgh.
Miss May Calender, New York, is
worth s2,O00,O00. She is an orphan,
fond of books and horses and a special
f0ndnesS for German opera.
Miss Daisy Stevens, New York, eld-
est daughter Of Frederick Stevens, has
a fortune in her own right of g. UOt 600.
Miss Evelyn Van Wart, New York,
inherited s2,0O0.0O0 from her grand
father. the late Marshall Roberts. She
is brunette, tall, and good horse
woman.
Miss Mary Dolores Beales, New York,
is debutante, nineteen years old and
worth S1,000,0O0. She is of Trish-Span-
ish origin and handsome.
Miss Anne Cutting, New York, has
100000 and will have Sl,000.000 more at
the death of her mother. She is dark
and plump, a great traveller and society
woman.
Mrs. Robert Goelet, New York. has a
fortune of s., 600, 900, which her husband
made in hardware.
Mrs. Jayne, widow of the patent med
icine man, has large income.
Mrs. Hetty Green, the eccentric old
lady sometimes referred to as the
witch of Wall street," has real estate,
stocks, bonds and diamonds reputed to
he worth S40.000,OO0. Mrs. Green
dresses with uncommon plainnesS, has
an aversion for society, and weighs $50
pounds. She has diamonds valued
at S150,000, but rarely wears any of
them, and regards them simply as so
much valuable property. BUY till tell
you to stop" is the pertinent order Mrs.
Green usually gives to her broker when
stock. In this way the has Often doomed
certain stock, and when the profit
suited her she would give the order to
half dozen other brokers': ''Sell till /
tell you to stop"
Mrs. Sarah W. Gates. Kansas City, is
a widow with fortune Of $4,000, 00O, a
portion of which was realized from
real estate investment of $1,000.
Mrs. Josephine Nj. Aver has 5000, 600,
made in patent medicine.
Mrs. Joseph Harrison, widow of the
man who built the first railroad in Rus
STA, is worth S4,000,000.
Mrs. Jane Brown. widow of the
banker, has fortune safely invested
worth 5 100000.
The richest Indian woman in the
world is Mrs. Captain Tom, of Sitka.
Alaska. who has money and property
worth 100000. She is past forty, and
has in her time supported two husbands
at the same time. When she Joined the
Presbyterian mission she consented to
give up one of her husbands, much to
that gentleman's disgust. She is shrewd
trader, but is not regarded as handsome.
Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, widow of the
paper manufacturer. lives in Philadel-
phia and has a fortune estimated at
$3,0OO,OOO.
The two Misses Armour. of Chicago,
are said to be worth in their own right
and prospectively $5,0O0,0 G0 each.
Another cattle queen of vast wealth
is Sonora Manuela de Moncado, of
Mexico. She owns immense tracts of
land and has one ranch stocked with
100000 head of sheep. She is nearly
sixty and owns fine residence on
Fifth avenue, New York, where she
spends part of her time. She also
owns handsome residence in the
fashionable quarter Of the City of
Mexico.
The widow of the late Charles
Croker, of San Francisco, is rated at
$13,000,O0O.
Mrs. I'll. V. Alexander. of New York,
wife of lawyer and daughter of
Charles Croker, is worth Ss,OOO,O00 in
her own right.
Mrs. Moses Taylor is said to be the
richest woman in the country, if not in
the world. The latest estimate on her
wealth is S41. 100000. She lives in New
York, Long Branch, and other places,
as the mood strikes her.
/; Mrs. Leland Stanford has jewels
valued at 100000. among them the
collection of ex-Quaen Isabella, OF
Spain, valued at S1.0U0,000.
| One of the richest unmarried women
in the United States is Miss Julia
Rhinelander, of New York, who has in
hpritpd thu f0rtunpc of half a dozen