Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-11-03

I famous ST her trinkets is n pair of link
I sleeve buttons which she wore last
summer ID the cuffs of her shirt
waists Each button is composed only
/ of d three carat diamond held by an
Invisible setting. The four diamonds
are said to have cost s., SEQ.
4 The great social event Of the year 10
/ Mount Vernon Is the ball given by the
4 WeStchester County Wheelmen. Mr.
Alvord Is not q member of the organ
4 ization. hut through friend purchas-
"a SIX tickets for himself and Wife and
/ four friends from New York one Of
/ the latter was Mr. Rice of Barton Il
/ Rice, the Fifth avenue jewelers.. At
/ this ball Mrs. Alyord created a sensa.
\ tion She was almost covered with tlia-
mond Jewels She wore diamond
necklace. diamond suubursts, diamond
| crescents diamond stars. diamond pins
! IN a dozen different designs. diamond
| bracelets aud diamond rings that half
covered four Of the fingers of each
4 hand Her gown also created a sensa-
ton. 1t was made almost wholly of
cream lace Women present said 1t
cost ar least 500, and the estimates
of the value of her diamonds ran ali
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. lie was in the habit of in
viting city friends to dinner there He
owns big naphtha launch, which he
keeps at Trayers island. He paid
| $1,000 for the launch, 1t is a big af.
fair, and he employed two sailors to
run 1t during the summer season. lie
was In the habit of making long trips
in the launch up the sound. Last sum-
| mer he ran up 10 Newport In the
launch. While returning the naphtha
tank exploded. wreeking the vessel.
Alyord and the two sailors had TO
swim a considerable distance to the
shore Alvord is not much of a 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
Alvord told some of his friends that
month at Saratoga last summer cost
him $4,000, as he had lost on the races
aud in the clubhouse. lie was also "a
heavy bettor. 1t was said the other
night that the last time Mayor Fiske
ran for Office Alyord wagered $4,000
that Fiske would be elected, giving big
odds. as Fiske was a 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 thieyery, They regarded him as
an upright, able business man, success
full and wealthy. They all declared that
Alyord kept his wife in ignorance of
cry one else they asserted, that Alvord
made his money in Wall street and thar
he was a very wealthy man.
Alyord lived in New York prior 10
his making bis home in Mount Vernon.
He went there % years ago. He comes
of distinguished family in Syracuse.
His father, Cornelius l.. Alyord. 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
only row Alvord had in tile town was
with church. The Chester Hill Meth
odist church bought a big plotof ground
two years ago on Summit avenue, oppo-
site Alvord's house. Pending the cree
ton of handsome church structure
temporary building was erected d.
rectly across the street from Alvords
house Alvord objected to the pres
ence of the temporary building. He
said 1t was unsightly and that lie did
not want the noise of the services so
near his home. He applied to the
courts and obtained a temporary in
junction restraining the Methodists
from using the temporary building,
basing his application upon the re-
strictive clause which pertains to all
the property In that section.
The case was fought in the courts a
full year and was finally decided in ia
vor of the church. Alvord bore no NAL
ice. however, for as soon as the case
was decided against him he sent his
two eldest children to the Sunday
school Once In awhile his wife at
tended services in the Catholic Church
of the Sacred Heart in the old section
of the town. She was not a communi-
cant there. During his residence in
Mount Vernon Alvord was never known
to go to church.
strike Forces "a Shutdown.
Quebec, Oct 26.-Thirty shoe facto-
ries employing 900 men, shut down
yesterday as the result of difficulty be-
tween the union and the manufac-
turers. The trouble grew out OF the re-
fusal of a union man to work for week
/ ly wages instead of piece work. lie
was discharged and a non-union man
engaged. AS a result all the men IN
the factory went out The manufac-
| turers committee thereupon decided to