Show ile el I 1 I 1 WEALTHY WOMEN ladies who boint their wealth by the millions the united states is fast butr outrank ank I 1 kotlic off lie other countries of too I 1 in n 0 res act to rich women writes a c correspondent of tile alic cleveland herald herc a id the american heiress lias has become one of the characters of european travel and at this date there is not 1 a I city of bf any considerable size in the united states slates which has not one or more women whose checks are arc good for any sum from a ill thousand 0 u dollars up to a millo million new cw york city has two s score core of ladies ho art worth 0 or r more 1 in their own ri right 0 lit philadel philadelphia p bia can call show perhaps half as anif many ly and washington 0 baltimore boston t oil and chicago are arc not far behind I 1 in ii their quota of heiresses miss hiss ilizabeth elizabeth garrett who nho inherited one third of john IV gar was her fathers confidential secretary while abile lie was president of the baltimore and ohio railroad and she lie has advised him on many occasions mark hopkins II widow who is building the million dollar residence at great barrington a mass is perfectly able to manage ilae her find and can drive driven 1 bargain as much t tact accas as could her husband she has bas a broad grasp of financial matters and rid knows the value valtie of stocks as well jay gould could speaking 0 of wall street the sharpest business women connected with it is imettie green who ho is perhaps tip the richest riel lest woman in new ne ir york she is over 10 40 years old slid and she numbers her fortune by is as many millions as there are arc years in tier her life her was somewhat of an in heiress and tier her father had increased the family pile to at a the time of his death this fortune imettie as tile the only child inherited he and she at once went h ell to I 1 work to increase it much of her fortune was invested in ili ships but these site considered dangerous and sold said them and placid tile hie proceeds in ili 0 good interest paying mortgages 0 she bot bought these bortma mortgages s in small c 0 cje towns all over new ei u c about and investigation investigating the securities security se curit c S for herself shortly aler after her fathers death a maiden aunt of hers died and left her more mere the that alettie green thus inherited site she had increased by careful speculation to about nt at tile the timo time she married sir mr E 11 II green of new york sir green was worth and it is said miss imettie had an all ante nuptial contract with him whereby hereby in lie he agreed a arced to P pay iyall all household anti and to leave tier her property of and ami more in it tier her own name after her wedding n she kept up tip her basin business work luti and I 1 through a her husband got ot into wall ivall street ct speculation tie site did ill tile speculating herself however and made while lc her husband lost she could buy large blocks of stock and in would mould bull and bear tile markot market as she thought 0 best site she lias has made money light along and is now said to be arth worth forty odil odd millions she is very economical withal and though her income must bo be several milli millions oils a year tier her total household expenses acs arc ale not oi 0 er cr she alic ri rides des down broadway W ay in ill a 1 rive five cent con bus carrying perhaps iii id tier ret reticule icile and she ilse used to walk to parties through lie snow pulling sa old woolen stockings ing s oi 01 cr her shoes to keep her feet dry and save buying 0 rubbers when got ot to tile place of entertainment she ile would pull oft off tier her socks and if 11 hang aliff then them on oil the 1 alrack to ity dry she kept tier her securities and silver it at jolin john ciscoe bank and tile hai hankers kers say site she c kille came periodically peti to the bank willi 1011 a 1 box bot of alii fiig 0 a and nd polished tier her sillier herself I 1 when vile cisco failed not lot long 1011 ago a 0 it took two ano cabs to c carry arry away th alic e plate wild and the securities curi ties which sirs mrs green hall had on oil de decoit Y evcic ic found to be over 25 I 1 11 imettie e atie green has two 1 a b boy OY and a girl tile the girl ift is 13 hild and tile boy I 1 11 I 1 years old alie ile boy is an invalid but liis his molli cr says she intends to make him the richest kliest luan all in america it if she keeps on oil piling up money at her present rate she will probably site cc iccil oll yew new york lias has a number of rich w n bidou s sirs mrs josephine ayer is the relict of the pill doctor who made a 1 I in patent medicines and left her about mrs dales bates was left by her husband liu 1 1 it which aich lie made iu in dry 0 goods and it a mrs james bron it m who to li bics es in ill a fino fillo house 0 on 1 baik 1 I 1 ilk avenue I and thirty y seventh sheets received from tier lius estate about 1 I 1 which lie accumulated os ns a banker bankel mrs IV V K E hodge dode dod e is worth S much clinich of tile the income of 1 w aich she sends to the heathen mrs dobri t t is borth vo wa maiac de in ili hardware antl anil mrs john C green the llie widow or of tile I 1 e patrol pit rou is p orth 1 mrs Commodo ic receive pd ell from froin iier her estate m hiell she lias has c increased to half as much more mrs A T stewart lias his an all estate 1 of ill bui but she lives like a tin in ill her bi baij bij Z white palate palace on oil fifth 1 ielli aie avenue title nud anti the bachelor fortune hungers might 0 ns as uell woo a statue of minn diana mrs john minturn is another wealthy new cw york widow blie is worthy ii und and tier her father was an all aspinwall govoni or morius 1 widow midow is worth se in illion il ll lioi lions R Potter widow lias his an immense iii toino frodi ills ilis estate fiul mrs edwin bleil ells who owns baue 1 10 points it at IIo Ilo boken is one of the richest willow in america Aw erics bild counts bet me alth by tells lens of millions mrs liars paran stevens Sl ovens ILUS husband bAnd ellade SG in ill hotels and lie has left her the alic it victoria ictoria find a share 11 in tile 1 aifili avenue ind and mrs mar shall 0 lio llo beils the alic ei ciglio lit aire of a iii lu inn illius itin fiig nas talked of while 3 mr ir artaur was lit in the white house as aa the hie prospective asife s hasa lias a few rich m irs craig wadsworth ot of new cw york has a fine biome on oil jj scotts avenue j I 1 anil sliu is said to lo be ai orth a million willi air alexinder r hay is tile I 1 cifu ife 0 a 1 miller I u hose flour i ia n ell kio k io it au all over the united unite stat stats slates s atilt sirs 1119 9 uyer buyers 9 boso those husband was chief of th tatt signal service ballio bomo time before lie he died bicili is worth at least mrs admiral Dibi gren who ho wrote the much criticized criticised book on washington society a year or eo ago 0 lias has several fine houses bousch in ili the fas fashionable hi part of washington and mrs john 0 evans the alic widow of tile the late president of 0 the mutual union telegraph company owns A n great rent deal of f washington real estate anil and jias hns a good income the widow of dirk dick merrick the noted lawyer who died the other tiny day will have a fortune when tier her father dies PhilAdel phlas wealthiest widow is mrs jolin john ray isay barton who is worth seven million which aich she inherited from her father dr john pijush tom scotts widow is worth 0 O which tier her husband left tier from bi his 9 railroad speculations ond anti tile widow of 31 IV baldwin tile locomotive co builder is estimated bied as on ning ili 2 worth of this worlds 0 goods henry diston the saw illan manufacturer left 0 million dollars to his w i ife nud find the quaker city has a half dozen more moie rich widows whose bank bankbooks books register 7 accounts is as large as the dealt h of brasus Cra sus the rile richest single siale woman in tile the country is catherine wolfe site basan has ait income estimated at half a million ft year anti and the she owns rent real estate all over new yolk her father peter wolfa married peter leril lards sister find and with her 0 got got a dowry of a million dollars ills his wife died soon and lie married another of the lorillard sisters and with tier glicr got another million in 1 a I bhart time she died also find and wolfe after speculating with liis his two tuo million or more died himself find and his pro property petty C came to his daughter catherine catharine she has invested it il well from year to year and now at the time age e of 50 she thinks too ran much eh of it to permit any roan ninn to aid her in ili spending it slie she fear it is said fortune hunters A and n d it may ila be that flint her fortune has brought more of misery than of happiness I 1 into tier her life another rich single woman of new york is miss sarah hitchcock who is worth twel 0 million 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