Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-13

SONORA IsADORA COUSINO.
Gus sorts and those who affect to know
most about her resources declare her to he
worth at least 5000 eco, 900. This is four
times as much as Hetty Green, the richest
North American woman, is credited with
and many times greater than the greatest
wealth of any European woman.
Next to the Widow Cousino in opulence
comes our own Hetty Green, said to be
worth $50, 900, coo, and for long years the
most inaccessible of women, and therefore
the one concerning whom stories We're CON
sidcred the very best sort of newspaper
copy. Some months ago, however Mrs,
Green, worn out by what she considered
unwamantable persecution on the part Of
certain people, appealed to the newspaper
reporters to a certain extent thus making
Hctty Green copy so exceedingly common
that little can be written of her which has
not already been seen in print.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, the well
known English woman banker, worth
500, 600, 0O0 is listed as the next richest
woman in the world. OF her the public
knows much through the press, since she
has been the subject of numberless scrib-
blers all her life, and particularly since the
date of her marriage with the American,
Ashmead BARTLETT, who forsook his own
name to take hers at the time of his mar
riage.
Nine. De Barrios, or more properly
speaking, the Marquise De Roda, comes
next ON the list. Her present husband is
a Spanish grandeo, and she is now living
with him in Spain Her wealth is cSti-
mated at $1,000, 000 and, unlike many
foreign noblemen who have married Amer
lean women worth millions, De Roda has
or ie 4 hat I b., oh
tunes of.the two make them an unusually
wealthy couple Although twice married
and the mother of seven children, Nine De
Roda is still comparatively young. Her
first marriage took place from convent
in Guatemala when she was but II. Dc
Barrios was then president of that Central
American republic and he saw the young
girl one day while he was visiting the con
vent school. She was very pretty then, as
indeed she is said to be now, and the gen
eral fell in love with her without delay,
NOWing that she should marry him or he
would know the reason why He found
what sought to be detcrring reason in
the will of the mother superior of the con
vent, who said that the marriage should
not take place When he found his atfcc
ton returned he promptly locked tho
mother superior up, after the fashion of
South American presidents, and the ole
lady soon learned that the influence of her
will was unequal to the task of reaching
beyond prison bars
De Barrios had lots of money, since he
was virtually dictator of the country and
could take whatever he liked whenever he
liked from anybody He treated his young
wife well, despite his general tyranny, and
the two lived happily together until ono
"A
been despoiled by the Dictator got behind
bush in the suburbs of the capital and
shot a bullet into DE Barrios, thereby con
verting the president into dead body.
After that his widow went to New York
with her children and her money, and
there she lived in great style, entertaining
freely and showily until De Roda came
along. Her children are now at different
schools in Europe and America.
Miss Mary Garrett of Baltimore, SEIZED
uled at $40, 600, 600, and about whom less
that is objectionable has been said than
concerning any other of these very rich
women, is next on the list Some there
are indeed who say she is worth more than
$4,000, 600 and undoubtedly she would be
If her brother, the unfortunate Robert Gar
rett had not succeeded in 6epreciating the
stock of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
so seriously by his mismanagement dur
ing the years Immediately preceding his
mental collapse. Miss Garrett is a woman
of quiet tastes, fond of study and also fond
of business.
Mime. Woleska, whose name is sixth and
last on the list of the richest half dozen
women, is a Russian. She also, is said to
be worth $40, 600, 600 Her estate is chiefly
landed and came to her 10y Inheritance
She is "A thorough business women and de
votes hours every day when at homo to the
conduct of her affairs She is also thor
ough woman of the world and has Travelled
much. She has daughters who are mar
ried to members of the Russian nobility
and she is thus in close touch with the
highest society of the cars empire,