The Portland daily press., 1896-10-02

mained . spinster and still occupies the
family mansion. Another 10 Niss Annie
Le6s, whose wealth 10 among the mil
lions and who, with a bachelor brother,
resides on 9th avenue when not passing
the summer ut her Newport cottage. OF
Miss Robinson married; the Othors re :
manned single. Ann Leary was Hstty 9
bridesmaid.
Mr.. Edward 81. Greeu. the husband Of
Hetty, was born in Bellows Falls. VT,
and fol mum Der Of years after he be-
came Of age was clerk in q store Mt that
place. his intimate friend was fellow
mile. away. This young man 10 now the
vel. known Chicago loan agent, Mr.. 2.
4. Chandler, who isaalways consulted by
Mrs. Green before she makes any invest
ments in this city. In his younger days
and middle life Mr.. Green was splen-
did specimen of an American, over. O. feet
in height and weighing 900 pounds. His
he WAS not successful. He was later on
engaged BY the Russells of London and
sent by them to the East Indies, whore
he remained nearly twenty years and
made fortune. Through commercial re-
latlons he became acquainted with Mr..
Robinson, the father Of Hetty, and in
1864 she became his wife.
az uASo UAAuC 0lb I4OOW0 Wdo pOV,OoO q
year. Mr.. Green became interested In
railways and was 81 subsequently, president
of the Louisville 3 NASHVILLE line with
heaquArters in New York. For q num-
Der If years, having amassed a sufficient
| competence, Mr.. Green has retired from
active business life and resides in his
native town. Besides the parents, the
both born in London-Edward H. r.
and Sylvia. The former, Familiarity
this city. Recently he has entered the
political arena and Is chairman Of the
| state Republican committee of Texas.
He ia also president Of the Texas Midland
railway. 1870 miles In length. .purchased
house ct Terrell, Tex. with few kin
dred spirits. he has a valet and q pro-
fessional cook. He Is now in his a8th
year. Hetty fondly oherishes the hope
| that he tuherits her ability and shrewd-
ness and not only will be the heir to
an immense fortune but as tho years ad-
vance will display extraordinary talent
| and become leader in the political, rail-
way or financial world. sylvia, the
daughter, her fathers companion and
pride, II In her 26th year. She IL some
what delicate, tall, slender woman of
| retiring disposition and decidedly femi-
nine in her tastes. Had she social as
pirations she could easily become So
| ciety belle either at New York or New
port.
ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY.
But what blood runs In the veins of
these children and how were these mil
lions acquired? From tho best New
England stock came these descendants,
for Hetty Robinson Green has every
reason to be proud of her ancestry. She
can trace her descent from John How
land, one of the signers lof that famous
compact, drawn up on board the May
flower. His wife was the daughter of
John Carver, the, 6rst governor of the
Plymouth colony. A nearer ancestor
was Isaac Rowland, who died in 1895.
He bequeathed his fortune, made in
that former lucrative New England In
graDddaughters, one tho mother and the
other the aunt Of Hetty Robinson Green.
Abbie' married Edward Mott Robinson
and Hetty.. the ironly child, is now the
famous Mrs. Green.
Combatiyenees, heretofore a marked
| characteristic of Mrs. Green. has Of late
years been trapidly developed. She is
ever In litigation and usually wins her
suits. Possessing legal mind she her.
self would ha We been an able disciple of
Blackstone. Her predominant trai t, love
of accumulation, inherited from her
somewhat parsimonious father, has
strengthened from day to day until 1t
has Become the one aim Of her existence.
Hor conversation is surs to drift into a
has her being in the domain of finance.
The eccentric Mrs. Green believes all
mankind ID in league to wrest from her
the wealth which 10 rightfully hsr own.
To have and to hold the Go, 900, 900
inherited from her father and maternal
aunt. andthrough her own manipulations
to see these ten millions Transformed into
three score has not satisfied her ambition.
She seems to possess the Midas touch
with iss.accoppanytng evils. Investments
In bonds. stocks, mortgages and re ! es-
tate are to her more profltabl subjects
OF conversation and consequently the
topics with which she ID most familiar.
Tho question 10 .often asked where
does Aetty Green Liver During the sum-
at Round Hill, Mass., whore she has a
house in which her ancestors have resid-
cd for three centuries. but Mr.. Green
prefers Bellows Balls, Vt. Last winter
the family had apartments at St.
Georges hotel on the height at Brook
lyn. and but two days Was Mrs. Green
National Bank building. Among the
many transactions In which she has in
creased her wealth WAS the purchase Of
Louisville & Nashville railway stock at
80 and selling ~ at ITO. realizing aprofit of
q, 100000. Her manipulation of the
Georgia Central made her small for
tune, and of the Reading road another.
She IL a large owner OF the stock of the
Chicago & Northwestern railway.
Mr.. Chandler paid $50, 600 taxes In
1895 for her unimproved property in this
city. She has acquired all her real estate
ia this city by foreclosure. In 1892 Mrs.
Green loaned George ". Gage $3.50, 600
on real estate. At the..sale of the proper
ty she bid it in and It's present value is
81. 500. 900. In 1894 Judge Henry Hilton
Of New York was in urgent need of
money, and in financial circles 1t is
known that Hetty Green has from IS, O0O-
600 to IS, 600, 600 always on deposit at the
Chemical national bank Of New York an
institution of which she is large STOCK
holder. To her Hilton applied, Offering
gtlt-sdged oollaterals, which are now in
the hands of William Qujnlan, Jr., the
cashier of the Chemical national Mrs
Green complied with 1the request, i'm
posing the condition that the amount