Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-16
QUEEN OF MonEv-ooos.
shrewd Mrs Green Taxes Charge of Wal.
street.


n \. Morning Journal
Everybody In Wall street knows that
the bold, dome-iike forehead OF Banker
Henry Clews covers an intensely bullish
intellect ia so Gar as the value OF Ameri-
can railroad properties Is concerned, and
the report GOT abroad yesterday that Mrs.
Edward r. Green. Familiarity known as
the Queen Of the street, had become Ia
fataated with the great banker, all be-
cause he believed that the power of the
ieonoelasts, the ghoals in financial circles,
had seen their best day.
Il was stated that the Queen had taken
up the gauntlet thrown down 70 her, aud
that she proposed TO show the gentlemen
In Exchange Place that. though woman.
she was as adroit a manipulation as they.
When spoken % about the report that he
was Interested with Mrs. Green an e
fort 20 sustain the stock market and
Louisville q Nashville shares in particu-
lar, Nc. Ciews sad there had be sn some
mistake. He bad often met Mrs. Green in
social life. recognized her astuteness as to
things financial. but was not acting for
her on the Stock Exchange.
One intimately acquainted with affairs
of the dethroned banking firm of John j..
Cisco & Son, with whom Mrs. Green kept
for over twenty years her vast wealth of
$4,000 0 in securities. in measure
cleared up the report that the lady had
again appeared ON the street, but said her
presence was only the result of deter
minatioa 20 protect, and, il possible, adj
vance, the stock OF the Louisville a Nash :
Vile She wasn't AFRAID OF Baron Woeris-
hotter, Addison Cammack. Big Bear Hen
Smith. or any OF the iconoclasts. All she
wanted was fair fight.
She visited a certain brokers' office in
Broadway, just below Wall street, every
day. She patronized the twenty -fve-cent-
s-mile black -and-tan cab, aud cams down
regularly every morning from her modest
boarding house in Eighteenth street. She
was accommodated wits comfort able
easy -ehair in the inner Office. and occa-
sionally looked at the tape TO see how her
pet--the Louisville &eNashville-was pro-
crossing, and by her shrewd directions she
had advanced the stock In three weeks
from y 3-s 20 81 3-4
Another version OF tho Queens deter
mination TO do all ia her power to brace up
the stock market was given by one who
admitted the lady's pluck. lie said:
''When the Ciscos failed much unfavOr-
able criticism was passed upon Mrs. Green.
She, - IL was said, re use1 To hon II her
husbands. s.debt TO the tirm OF SS)o,0o0 ad-
vanced on Louisville & Nsshv lie. She
said she had not guaranteed il aud could
not be responsible. But when il became
known officially that this loan, the ina
bility Of Mr.. Green, who was for several
years the Vice-President Of the road, aud
the refusal Of the Queen 70 honor il, were
the direct causes OF the failure, she felt
her position keenly. She had banked with
the firm for many years; they had bes n
very kind TO her. and finally she bscame
40 appreciative that she gave her check
for the amount. Then she learned that
the firm had still IN hand a big pile Of
Louisville & Nashville. and upon it's rise
depended 20 a great extent the ultimate
settlement Of It's affairs Mrs. Green then
said she would do all in her power 20 help
the frn out. ard she has succeeded adj
mirahly in the last two weeks o. course
in helping them she helps herself and bus
baud for they own much Of the stock"
sMrs. Green." said anofh broker, ''is
the Queen aud King combined. now that
Mr.. Gould Is gone, aud she iils the bill
very successfully"