Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-01

wholly Of diamonds and includes some
very snowy pieces. One of the most
famous of her trinkets is a pair Of link
sleeve buttons which she wore last
summer in the cuffs of her shirt
waists. Each button is composed only
1 of three carat diamond held by an
Invisible setting. The four diamonds
are said to have cost $500.
The great social event of the year il
Mount Vernon is the ball given by the
Westchester County Wheelmen. Mr..
Alvord is not member Of the organ
ization, but through friend purchas-
ed six tickets for himself and wife'and
four friends from New York. One Of
the latter was Mr.. Rice Of Barton s.
Rice, the Fifth avenue jewelers.. At
this ball Mrs. Alvord created a sensa-
tion. She was almost covered with dia-
mond jewels. She wore a diamond
necklace, diamond sunbursts, diamond
presents diamond stars, diamond pins
In dozen different designs, diamond
bracelets and diamond rings that half
covered four of the fingers Of each
hand. Her gown also created a sensa-
ton. 1t was made almost wholly of
cream lace. Women present said it
cost at least $780, and the estimates
of the value of her diamonds ran all
the way from $4,000 to $4,000.
Alvord was a member of the New
York Athletic club and spent nearly
every Sunday at the Travers island
clubhouse. He was in the habit of in
viting city friends to dinner there. He
owns big naphtha launch. which he
keeps at Travers island. He paid
$4,000 for the launch. 1t is big af-
fair, and he employed two sailors to
run it during the summer season He
was in the habit of making long trips
in the launch up the sound Last sum
mer he ran up to Newport in the
launch. While returning the naphtha
tank exploded, wrecking the vessel.
Alvord and the two sailors had to
swim a considerable distance to the
shore. Alvord is not much of swim
mer, but his great bulk kept him afloat.
The sailors helped him to the land He
lay on his back and they took turns
towing him in.
Alyord told some Of his friends that
month at Saratoga last summer cost
him $4,000, as he had lost on the races
and in the clubhouse. He was also a
heavy bettor. 1t was said the other
night that the last time Mayor Fiske
ran for Office Alvord wagered $4,000
that Fiske would be elected, giving big
odds, as Fiske was heavy favorite.
Mayor Fiske, when asked about this
bet, would not deny or confirm, say
ing, "All know is that some big bets
were made on me, and the men who
made them won"
Mayor Fiske and other Of Alvord's
friends were astounded by the news of
his thievery. They regarded him as
an upright, able business man, success
full and wealthy. They all declared that
Alvord kept his wife in ignorance Of
his defalcations. She believed, like ev-
cry one else, they asserted, that Alvord
made his money in Wall street and that
he was very wealthy man.
Alvord lived in New York prior to
his making his home in Mount Vernon.
He went there % years ago. He comes
of a distinguished family In Syracuse
His father, Cornelius L. Alvord, and
his mother are still living there, it is
said. His father is a brother of Lieu
tenant Governor "Old Salt" Alvord.
The Alvords never figured as church.
goers in Mount Vernon. In fact, the
| Nv, hoo In,
with church. The Chester Hill Meth.
odist church bought big plot of ground
two years ago on Summit avenue, oppo
A site Alyord's house. Pending the cree.
ton of a handsome church structure 8
temporary building was erected di-
rectly across the street from Alvord's
4 house. Alvord objected to the pres
ence Of the temporary building. He
said it was unsightly and that he die
not want the noise Of the services sc
near his home. He applied to IT,:
A courts and obtained temporary in
i junction restraining the Methodists
from using the temporary building
basing his application upon the re
strictive clause which pertains to al
the property in that section.
a The case was fought in the courts 8
i full year and was finally decided in IA
vor Of the church. Alvord lore no NAL
ice, however. for as soon as the cas-,
was decided against him he sent his
two eldest children to the Sunda.
school. Once in awhile his wife at
4 tended services in the Catholic Churct
Of the Sacred Heart in the old section
of the town. She was not a communi
cant there. During his residence il
Mount Vernon Alyord was never know
to go to church.
Ox-Blood Tablets are SOC at W. A. Hamler'
drug store, or for three weeks trial treatmen
enclose Zoe for postage and address, The "
A. Henderson Co., Des Moines, Iowa.
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