Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-06-06
WOMEN WITH MILLIONS.
New York City Can Boast of n Good
Number of Them.

A New York paper gives the fol
lowing list of women of that city VIII,
are the fortunate possessors of +,
million or more:-
Mrs. Moses Taylor. the widow OF
the famous dry goods merchant !,
carefully estimated to be worth no
less than Sl5, 900, 900.
Mrs. Robert l.. Stuart, the widow OF
the successful sugar merchant. in.
herlted from him $500, 900 outright
ana life interest in $40, zoo, 900.
Mrs. Marshall o. Roberts. who i,
often pointed out as the most desirable
part among fashionable widows, has .
life interest in 81 900 900.
"The Widow Hammerslesr that was
now her grace the Duchess of Mari
borough, has life interest il
IS ,000,0 900.
Mrs. Augustus Schell, widow of the
famous banker, has twelve solid
millions of money while she lives.
Mrs. Frederick Stevens that was
now the Duchesse de Dino, is New
Yorker still to the tune of ten reaI
golden millions of her own, and now
one may say, the dukes, too.
Mrs. Robert |. Livingston, who is
Elbridge Gerry's mother-in-law, i.
worth $5,000,00O. Mrs. Bradley
Martin has $4,000, 900 of her own be.
sides all her husbands money.
Mis-. Robert Winthrop has private
fortune more than adequate to the
maintenance of even such a fine old
family name as hers. She has So.
600, 900.
Mrs. Percy Pyne has $40, 900, 900 OF
her own. Mrs. Fred Nelson, Freddy
Gcbhard's sister, has a cool million
That same cool million represents also
the private fortune of Mrs. Matulin
Livingston. Nobody will be surprised
TO hear that Mrs. Ogden Mills has a
million of her own.
The two elderly Misses Rhinelander
have S5,000,000 between them, and
bid fair to leave it to collateral heirs
with wonderfully fat accumulations!
Mrs. James p. Kernochen has 81
DOC, 700 in money and real estate at a
jow estimate. BY the same appoint
mcnt Mrs. John G.. Green has at least
fS3 900, 900, and Mrs. Mason Jones, SC
often called by queer old people "Lady
Mary Mason JONES'" she has 81 900, 00C
of her own and is contesting the Ham
ersley will besides.
Mrs. Josephine Aver, the widow of
the doctor who made fortune in pa
tent medicines, is said to have received
from him about S5,000,000. Mrs.
Martin Bates was left by her husband
1,500,0 600, which he made in dry
goods, and Mrs. James Brown, who
lives in a fine house on Park avenue
and Thirty-scvcnth street, received
from her husband S estate about "a ,000,-
600, which he accumulated as banker.
Mrs. w. E. Dodge is worth 81 ,O00,-
600, much of the income of which she
sends to the heather. Mrs. Robert
Goclct is worth $4,000, 900, and Mrs.
John G. Green, the widow of the
Princeton College patron, is reputed to
be worth Sl0,00O,000.
Mrs. John Minturn is another wealthy
No York widow; she is said to be
worth 81 1000 900, and her father was
an Aspinwal. Gov. Morgan's widow
is worth several millions; Clarkson
Potter's widow has an immense income
from his estate, and Mrs. Edwin Ste
vens, who owns "Castle Point" at
lIoboken, is one of the richest widows
in America, and counts her wealth by
millions. Mrs. Paran Stevens hus-
band made sc, 900, 600 in hotels and
left her the Victoria and share in the
Fifth Avenue.
Mrs. Craig WadswOrth, who lives
in Washington, but is a New Yorker,
is said to be worth a million. Miss
Sarah Hitchcock is not only a society
woman, but is said to have in her own
right several millions with which to
command society. Mrs. Levi p. Nor
ton is said to have well over million
of her own.
Mrs. Ulysses Grant, from The pen
sion and book of her famous husband,
has, it is said, an income which intitles
her to rank among the rich women of
New York, although her capital is
small. Mrs. Cleveland has about $780,
600 of her own. Mrs. Garfield is a
millionaire, judged by the standard of
income.
But the richest woman in New York
probably in the world, is "Hettie''
Green. She is about AZ years old and
is worth at n conservative estimate
about 1926, 100000. She married f,
ii. Green of New York. Mr.. Green
was worth 800, 900, and it is said Miss
Hetty had an ante-nuptial contract
with him whereby he agreed to pay all
of the household expenses and to leave
her property of $4,000, 900 and more
in her own name. After her wedding
she kept up her activity and through
her husband got into Wall street spccu.
lation. She did the specializing her.
self and made while her husband lost.
She could buy large blocks of stock
and would bull or bear the
market as she thought best. She
made money right along and is now
reputed to be worth forty-odd millions
She is economical withal, and though
her income must be immense her total