The Washington times., 1895-04-28

| in her tastes and goes out but little iu
| society.
MRS. WoLCoTT's RICHES.
Mrs. Wolcott, wife of the junior Senator
from Colorado, ,ispossessedofa a largefortune
in her own right. Before becoming the wife
OF Senator Wolcott, she was the widow Of
Hon Lyman K Bass, President CIeveland's
old law partner in Buffalo, the firm being
Bass, Cleveland & Bisseil. Mr. Bass was
quite wealthy and when he died the most OF
his property went TO his Wife. Senator
Wolcott is worth a great deal, one of his
mining interests at one time paying him
nearly thousand dollarsa day +, so il is more
than likely that even now in the hard times
he and bis wife contribute very largely
under the law.
Mrs Audenre id, the mother of the
Countess Divonne. is a very weIl-off lady
and heTiDcome is stated to be about 81 > 900
year. She is the widow OF an officer
in the Army, but her wealth was probably
her own before marriage. On account OF
her large income her daughter and she have
had some little trouble in regard to money
matters. and the countess has gone abroad
never, it is said. to return 10 America. If
report be true, Mrs. Audenreid viii make
good donation TO Uncle Sam from her
purse.
Mrs. Blaine is believed to have been left
Secretary. and now lives in a handsome
mansion in a fashionable part OF the city
While the Blaines lived in a very unos-
tentatIous manner during the lifetime of
the Secretary, it is thought that this way
of simplicity was through choice and not
Necessity, and IL has been TumOred that
Blaine was largely interested in railroads
and other business in West Virginia. Mrs.
Blaine has now enough to live on in excel
lent style, and it is probable that she is
also obliged TO make a contribution TO
the government
Mrs. Nellie Grant sartoris, the only
daughter of Gen. Grant, has come back
TO America from England, and now makes
| her home III Washing ton, where she has
beautifui house OF white stone on
street. Mr.. Sartoris was very rich man,
| and he left his widow a comfortable in
come, which enables her 10 live in nice
style at the Capital As most of the
money must be Invested in England, it is
doubtful If foreign property can be touched
by the ne " law.
: Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page is another
rich Washing ton woman. She is the
wife OF the well known Virginia author,
whose books on Southern life have been so
popular. As Mrs. Field, of Chicago,
she was rated at several millions, and If
tie property is yet in her own right
she Will be obliged to pay a pretty big
sum to the government. The Page estab-
lishment here in the city is kept up in
grand style, their handsome mansion hav-
ing fun corps OF servants and a large
stable Of fine horses.
MISS CARROLL'S MONEY.
Miss Carroll, daughter of the Ex-Governor
of Maryland, is girl who has large in
come in her own right This revenue is
said to amount to a sum as large as
$4,000 a year, but it is doubtless much
exaggerated. 1t is certain that she has a
vast sum OF InOECy 10 spend. and her
objects are often the worthiest OF charities.
Mrs. Zach Chandler is very wealthy
woman, though Just how the money is in
vested it is Impossible To tell
Mrs. ". b. Moses OF this city. will likely
b, touched by the tax, for she is one OF
the best-off widows III the city.
Mrs. Vance, widow of the late Senator
from Carolina, is quite rich, aud must be
called upon 60 meet some of the de-
maTlds of Uncle sam.
Mrs. Sheridan probably comes. if at all =,
very slightly within the law, while Mrs.
Logan may rank in about the same class.
Mrs. Admiral DahIgreH has d handsome
home in fashionable quarter. but if her
income is within the law it is not possible
to tell
Mrs. George W Childs, OIL Philadelphia.
is building q fire ma anSion in the city on K
future home. In that case she will be
able to swell the receipts in this city
to considerable extent
or course, there are many ladies of equal
wealth with those mentioned, who live so
quietly that their means are unknown. All
inquiry among business men as TO the
wealth of their clients is unanswered, and
no barker viii disclose the amounts on de
post by their customers. OF course, this
is very right and proper
As great deal OF the property of rich
Washington women is held out of the city,
that is another difficulty in deciding their
means. The tax Will be paid by the owners
lust where they please, either here on iD the
state where the interests areIOcated.
II is well known fact that most of the
women whose husbands have LETT them
fortunes often come TO the Capital to spend
their money, for no other city in the Union
offers such varied and unusual attrac-
uons In fact, 1T is safe TO say that at least
one half of the rich people who have made
Washington their homes in the last few
years are women.