The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-13
The SEARLES' PALACE.
One of the Magnificent Houses
Owned by the Widow Of Mil
lionaire Hopkins.
The Most Costly House in New
England, Beautifully Decor
ated.
How an Adopted Boy Lost His Chance at
Forty Millions, but the Widow
Gained a Husband.

Upon arriving at Great Darlington the
casual tourist who leaves the train and
wanders Town the main street of the town
soon reaches a massive stone wall, varying
in height from six to eight feet and topped
by an ornamental iron railing, says the
Boston Globe. 1t is not q feudal castle
that rears its walls behind this forbidding
barrier, stretching for nearly a quarter of Il
mills along the street, although the building
within it's gates is woll-nigh as imprsgnable
as ever was baronial castle.
1t is simply one of the homes of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward +. Searles, the latter being
moro widely known as the widow of Uncle
Mark Hopkins, the many times million
aire of the Pacific slope.
A house in Paris, possibly one in New
York, another at Methuem~ the birthplace
of Mr.. Searles; still another at Block Is
land, and the one at Kellogg Terrace, Great
Darlington, are numbered among the
abodes Of this couple, not to count their
magnificent home on Mob Hill, San Fran
cisco.
The mansion on Kellogg Terrace, as we'll
as the wall that surrounds two sides of the
200 acres of the promises, has a history saw
oring not n little of Aladdin in the light of
his lamp and Monte Csisto in the glitter of
his gold.
Once upon a time a man named Mark
Hopkins. accompanied by his New Eng
land bride, started for the undeveloped
west in search of fortune. History has
told US how Mr.. Hopkins and others inter
ested in the Union Pacific road were vel
coined by the tickle goddess, and how she
showered her treasures upon them.
One Hagan, who worked for Uncle
Mark" had a bright son, Tim" they
called him. Tim" came under the notice
of Uncle Mark" who agreed to take tho
boy and educate him. limo passed and
Tim" Hagan became known among his
fellows as Timothy HOPKINS. "Uncle
Mark" made HIS SEC, 600, 900 or $780, 600, 900
and died. In time his widow come east
and incidentally visited Great Bar iuRton,
where. as a girl. che had attended the KEEL
!ogg school.
soon it became known that Now York
nrchitecta were preparing plans for a hons
FOR the orty-times-millionairs widow, to be
known az Kellogg Terrace. A quarry was
opened on East Mountain, and hundreds of
men found work in and about tho terrace,
so that the trade of Grent Ba rington
learned the meaning of the word BOOM"
Young Timothy also came east and 1t was
noticed that he bore his honors mcekly. A
blue flannel suit, n leather thong for q
watch guard. and other similar modest ap-
p".S' ~ " III adNeiib VI ~ bSIT ui'I'tI-
ent to $4,000, eco. Hc had been born with
an iron spoon in hin mouth, II had been
changed Tor a gold one. and yet young
Tins oemo.nor WAS such as to wiz for him
hosts of irienda. His acquaintance with
MisS Crittenden, a niece of Mrs. Hopkins,
was followed by an engagement and anbse-
quent marriage ut the Windsor hotel in
New fork. Mrs. Hopkins approved of the
marriage to the tune of a handsomely fur
nished home III San Francisco and 500, COO
In cash.
In the meantime work had gone on salts