Evening gazette, Saturday, December 12, 1896 · page 2

 

 

 

 

 

DEATH FOR HIS ACCUSER.

Cots Kills Alvarado For Proton-ing
Charges Against Him.

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 12 -—News was received
by the steamship Pacheco from Lower
California of the murder of Major Thom-
as Alvarado of the Twelfth infantry, sta-
tioned at Torin. His slafar was Captain
Vicente Cota, a descendant of a famous
family in Mexico. Captain Cota had been
undergoing a court martial, for alleged
insubordination, the charges being pre-
ferred by Major Alvarado.

The superior Officers alleged that on a
short campaign against the Yaquis Captain
Cote. was insubordinate on several occa-
sions, refusing to go over a certain route
on the way to the Sierra Bacatete, failing
to detail certain men as ordered for special
dutyland- using language toward his su-
perior both in defiance of orders and in an
insulting manner

Cota was furious when he learned of
these charges. He was kept closely guard-
ed during the progress of the court martial,
with two soldiers at either hand, and his
weapons were taken from him. After sev-
eral days, however, the vigilance was re.
laxed, and Cota, seizing a favorable mo-
ment, snatched one of the carbines and
leveled it at Major Alvarado, who was not
ten feet distant.

The shot took efiect' 1n the major’ 15 breast
and neck, killing him instantly. The
guards beat Cota on the head with their
carbines, injuring him severely. Great ex-
citement was caused among the soldiers,
and it was with great difficulty that an
outbreak was averted. The captain, who
now faces death by shooting, is a son of
the famous Don Clodomire Cota, a lieu-
tenant of General Marquez in many battles
during the French occupation.

AN EVANGELIST ARRESTED.

30'. Samuel Bailey Taken Into Custody
Charged With Uxorlcide.

WEST CHESTER, Pa. , Dec. 1.2 ——Rev.
Samuel Bailey, an evangelist, is under ar-
rest here on suspicion of having murdered
his wife, whose dead body was found in a
pond by some school children.

Mrs. Bailey owned some property in
Media, Pa-., and this property was the
bone of contention :between husband and
wife. Bailey tried by prayers, threats and
entreaties to get his wife to sign over the
property to him, but ,she absolutely re-
fused to do so.

About a week ago Mrs. Bailey ran to the
house of a neighbor and said that her hus-
band had attacked her with a butcher
knife, and that she had escaped him only
after a desperate struggle. The husband
Went to the neighbor’s house later, and
after he had begged forgiveness from his
wife they returned together to the store.

The row took place on Friday, and on
the following morning Mrs. Bailey disap-
peared and was not. seen again until late
yesterday, when her body was found in
the pond. Doctors say the body had been
in the water about 24 hours when found.

' Bailey, when arrested, admitted that he
and his wife had lived unhappily and said
that she had often threatened to commit
suicide.

 

Swift Just on in Georgia.
ALBANY, "Ga. Dec. '1~2.—l§ra.nk Cun-
ningham, a negro, charged with assault,
reached here from Macon under escort of
Macon military. The four courthouse en-

. trances were guarded by troops. Within 20

minutes a jury was impaneled. The tak-

ing Of evidence closed in 15 minutes. The .

jury returned a verdict of guilty and Judge
Spence sentenced Cunningham to be hang-
ed on Jan. 1. The trial occupied one hour.

The Arrest of Edward Records.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-—.Detective Charles
Geidxicn, with requisition papers from Bos-
ton, came t 1 police headquarters today after
Edward Records, said to be president of
the Massachusetts Car company. Records
was arrested in this city a month ago by
Captain O’Brien’s detectives on a charge
of having absconded with $33,338.33 be-
longing to the car company. The detective
will take him to Boston.

Failure of a State Bank In Iowa.

HARLAN, 19... Dec. 12.—The Harlan state .

bank has closed. The original capital was
$50,000. The bank was organized in 1872.
The officials have turned over their prop-
erty to be used by their creditors. Two
local firms are involved, one having as-
signed.

The Weather.
Increasing cloudiness; continued warm-
er weather; westerly winds.

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

Closing Quotations of the New York Stock ‘

Exchange.

NEW YORK. Dec. 11.—Money on call easy at
1% per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 4@5 per
cent. Sterling exchange steady. with actual
business in bankers‘ bills at 54. 86W. 80% for
demand and 34. W. 83%for 60days. Posted
rates. [email protected]}6 'and [email protected]. Commer-
cial,bills, 84.82%. Silver certificates. We;
no sales. Bar silver.65%c. Mexican dollars,
510. G0vernment bonds easier. State bonds
quiet. Railroad bonds firm.

Closing pr1ces: .. .
Atchison .......... 14% New England..... —
Bur. & Quincy... 77% N. J. Central......102
0., C.. C. & St. L. 28 North Americam. 4%
Chesapeake &0.. 17 Northern Pacific. 14%

Chicago Gas ...... 74 Do. pref ......
Cordage ........... 5% N. Y. Central ..... 9:;
Cotton Oil ..... 29% Omaha ............ 49

Del. & Hudson. Aft-5% 0ntario& West... 15%

Distillers' Trust. Pacific Mail.. .. ... 25%
Erie ............... 1' 9% Reading .......... . 27%
General Electric. 32 ’ Rock Island....... 68%

Hocking Valley” 18%, Silver Bullion. . . . .- 65%
Lackawanna......158 St. Paul........... 74%
Lake Shore ...... 154% Sugar Refinery. . .118”
Led .............. 25V Texas Pacific ..... . 9%
Louisville &Nash 49% Union Pacific. .... 10
Missouri Pacific. 21% Wabash pref ..... . 16%
Northwestern. . .103 ' Western Union. . . 86%

General Markets.
an-Yonn. Dec. 11.—FLOUR—State and
western quiet, but steadier; city mills patents,
85216115.:45 winter patents, [email protected]: city
mills clears, s4. [email protected]; winter straights, 84.70

@4-80

WHEAT—No. 2 red opened stronger and ad-
vanced sharply on active covering by shorts
and stronger English cables: January. 86@

56940.: May. 84%@85%c.
CORN—No.2 quiet. but firm. with wheat;
May, 31%@3l%0.

OATS—No. 2 dull, but firm. track, white.
Itate.22@&c.; track, white. western,223..
PORK—Dull: mess, $8..25®8 75; family, £10.50

@11
LARD-Steady; prime western steam $4.1m,
nominal.
BUTTER— teady; state dairy. 11@200.: state
28 c. '
' CHEESE— Quiet; state.

WNW-1
small. Mlolvfic.

EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania, 20@
23c.: Western. lSch.

SUGAR—Raw 'easy; fair refining, 2%@
215-160.: centrifugal. 96test, 85/4@3 5-160: ., refin-
ed quiet; crushed. 50.; powdered, 4%0.

TURPENTINE—Steady at ”@280.

MOLASSES—Dull: New Orleans. 26@34c. for

new.
, RICE—Steady.‘domestic.'3%@60.: Japan,4'/

. creamery. 1

large,

84%:-
TALLOW—Dull: city. 3150: .'country . 3540.
HAY ——Dull; shipping. 5m; good to choice,
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FIRST " IMPORTED ELEPHANT.

Brought Here Eighty-five Years Ago, and
Created Great Excitement.

The first elephant was imported into
America eighty, years ago. There
stands to-day a monument in the lit
tle village of Somers, Westchester
county, to the memory of “Old Bet,”
the first elephant in modern times to
tread on American soil.

Somers is not alone famous as the
home of this elephant, but it was the
birthplace of the circus, and Hacks-

,rle Hack, ” was the father of the first
show. “Old Bet” was the only attrac.
tion. '

It was in .1821 that Hackaliah Bailey
gave an exhibition under a tent on a
farm. The site is now occupied by a
church on the main rdad of “the vil-
lage. Many of the great showmcn of
the country were trained by him.

“Old Bet” made the trip to this coun-
try in a sailing vessel in 1814. Hacka-
liah Bailey's brother was a sea cap-
tain, and purchased the animal while
making a tour Of the world. He named
her after his vessel, which was called
the- Bet. It took many months to
transport the huge pachyderm to the
United States, for she was exhibited
by the captain at European seaports
on his way home.

When “Old Bet” was landed in New
York Hackaliah Bailey became her
Owner. There being no railroads
eighty years ago, Bailey "and his farm
hands drove “Old Bet” along the coun-
try roads fifty miles to Somei's. The
trip was made at night, and the huge
elephant was exhibited in barns in the
daytime.

Peisons in the towns through which
the elephant passed flocked to see her,
and as money was scarce the farmers
flickered with Bailey in all sorts of
ways for admittance to the barns. Men
pawned their farming implements and
'boys sold their jackknives to raise the
necessary dime.

She was exhibited by Bailey for sev-
eral months on his farm, and was
viewed by hundreds of persons who

- had to pass through. Somers to the

county seat, which was then at Bed-

. ford. Bailey then put her on the road.

“Old Bet” became troublesome and

' killed several of her keepers. One night
, in 1827 she broke loose in South Caro—
:' 1111a, and after being chased several

:miles by a mob was shot to death.

True Politeness.

An old friend of Dr. \Vendell Holmes

2 once took a few friends in to call upon
3 ‘him. Among them was a. young mar-
: .1'ied woman, who had never read any
. of Dr. Holmes’ books , and insisted
‘ upon her friend's [“coaching” her a lit-,
31 tie in advance.
. Works,

“I told her about his
therefore,” said the lady,
“dwelling especially upon the Auto-
«crat of the Breakfast-Table as being
perhaps the most famous of them.”
Everything went swimmingly till just
as the company was taking leave.
'Then the “young married woman”
broke out in a pretty burst of enthu-
siasm, “011, Mr. Holmes. I must tell
you how much I have enjoyed your
books, and particularly the Autocrat
:of the Breakfast-Table!” Her friend

and sponsor was ready to drop through

the floor. But her alarm was need-
“less. Holmes smiled in his kindest
manner, expressed his thanks, and re-
marked that many people thought the
Autograph the best thing he had ever
done.

An Excellent Prescription.

There are doctors and doctors;
among the most intelligent of all these
friends of humanity was one who had
-the courage recently to give a bit of
advice to the head of a family not
many miles from New York. The head
of the family was robust but exacting,
healthy but irritable. “I don’t know
what is the matter with my family,
doctor,” he said; “but my wife is ner-
vous, my children are suffering from
something—I don't know what—in
fact, the whole house is upset. Even
the servants seem vacillating and bet
dering on nervous prostration.’ “I
think it would be all right,” said the
doctor, “if you took a six months’ tour
of Europe alone.” “I,” cried paterfa-
milias—“the only well member of the
family?" “Yes,” said the doctor.
gravely; “you ought to travel for the
health of your family.”

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BREVITIES.

The peace that is unspeakable, is :11.
ways speaking for itself.

The wise carry their knowledge, as
they do their watches, not for the pur-
poses of display, but for use.

Scene—Sunday school. Teacher:
“What are the two things necessary
to baptism?“ Small girl; “Please, sir,
water and a baby!“-

An old lady said lately that she did
not care so much about a lecture she
had been listening to, but she did love
“them stethoscopic views.”

An English advertisement reads:
"Mr. Brown. fuirier, begs to announce
that he will make up gowns. caps, etc.,
for ladies out of their own skins.”

The King of Ashanti sits on a golden
stool instead of a throne and always
wears an old plug hat. He has 3,333
wives and is very assiduous in offer-
ing human sacrifices.

Admirals and generals are of equal
rank, but the former take precedence
whenever two officers belonging to
each grade meet together, the NaVy be.
ing considered the more distinguished
service-

Those who hold that no man can
avoid his fate may find [support for
their doctrine in the experience of
Charles J. Weller, of Elkhart, Ind. . He
was employed in grinding at an .em-
ery wheel, but, regarding the position
as dangerous, handed in his resigna-
tion. Five minutes before the time
for ending his last day at work the
wheel burst and k illed him. - Philadel-
phia Ledger. 1. ’ F.

 

 

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Art of Being Patient.

The Bishop of Manchester, in an ad
dress to young men, advised them tc
learn the hardest lesson in the world
the art of being patient. He said, “Dc
your duty, and leave success to .take
care of itself, and then you will sec
the wisdom of the old prover,b ‘Every-
thing comes to the man that can wait.
You know, for instance, how hard it is
to learn a difiicult subject. All the

'ideas are unfamiliar, all the words are

unfamiliar. We go on laboring, and
seem to make no way. Now that dis-
heartens nine students out of ten—the
nine out of ten that will always be ob-
scure people—but the tenth man 'gms
on. He works harder and 11211110", he

\lets his mind play around the s' 1bjcct

he lets the ideas of that subject soak
into his brain, he is determined that
nothing can possibly resist effort, and
one fine day a great flood of light
comes in—he suddenly sees all aboui
it; his work is easy, his work is de-
lightful. Everybody says of him.
‘What an amazing amountof ability
that young man has!’ No it was no!
ability—it was patient perseverance.
The man had learned to labor and tc
wait."

'33.; nnvav- hear-{i n1; ragga than Own
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commanding General who, upon tak-
ing the field against an enemy, has :1
horse, or a relay of horses, in readi-
ness for use in case it should be the
safe thing to take to flight before the
end of the battle, 01' after the-end of
it. It was not in a horse that chler,
the Spaniard, trusted for safety the
other day, at a moment when he was
apprehensive of danger. When he
started out in pursuit of Mace‘o, he
made arrangements that a railroad
trainshould be held at Mariel for his
service, in case it were needed.

 

 

 

 

dommnatlen Legging and Bloomer. ' "

Here is a novelty which the Winter
bicycle girl is sure to welcome with
joy. 11; is a combination bloomer and‘
legging, and for neatness, convenience
and warmth it has no equal. This

bloomer-legging has but recently been
. invented and patented by a New York

manufacturer.

The new invention is especially
adapted for women who obiect to the
regular bloomer or other ordinary -
bifucated garment.
jection to the old bloomer was its lack
of neatness. It: is true that some we
men looked well in them, but the gen-
eral opinion was that, as .11 iule, they
were a failure and about as attractive
as football tiousers.

The bloomer-legging is :1 distinct
style. A skirt is to be worn over the
bloomer to the knee, but below the
knee the legging part ends in a sort of
gaiter, covering the stocking and shoe.
and serves the double purpose of pro;
tection from cold and dampness. The
upper part is not bulky, and the lower
part fits the leg snugly from the knee
down. The garment resembles a pair
of full tights.

 

\Irs. Cumso—“John, dear, I wish you.
wouldn’t get your hair cut as short as
that. ”

Cumso~“Why?”

Mrs. CumsoJIt looks like arefiection
on your amiability.”—Life.

That trusts are of no value to either
the people who have to pay higher
prices for their products or the mem-
bers of the trusts is shown by the fail-
ure of the Nail Trust which, although
it advanced prices over 100 per cent,
cost so much to run that the members
protested against the drain upon their
resources and broke the agreement.

 

 

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a?” tried to throw a shovel of coal into the back of a 3
3 furnace and because of the ‘. M -, “$0
7” small door had your shovel { A ' ‘ I; “:0
(£0 strike on the edge and throw ’ «Y»
i” half of the coal on the base- v ($1
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«in we call your attention to the fact that 1 " - . , 3
3 ,-’ the Bay State has Wide doors for both 1.-‘;1$ka°='9
=9, Consult the feed and the ash- -pit. It is because ' ‘ "-19
if! your of our development in the little things which go to QID
9.3, 100,11 make a convenient and practical furnace that the «39
9:” dealer Bay State ranks first among heating apparatus. a?"
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'52" BARSTOW STOVE ($0., 228 Water 81., New York .3,

Boston Office—56 Union St. 9%,

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For the last 20 years we have kept Piso’ s Cure for Con-
sumption in stock, and would sooner think a groceryman could
get along without sugar in his store than we could without

iso’ s Cure. It is a sure seller.——RAVEN &: CO., Druggists,
Ceresco, Michigan, September 2,1896.

 

 

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