The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 24, 1887, Page 2

Sree { ee AMATCH PEDDLER’S RISE. The Romantic History of a Rich Span- 4 ish Nobleman The Strange Career of Marquis San Basilio, on Whose Estate in Spain Kiles do Smith Will Ficht —Accus By Mexican Papers. dof Four Murder New York, Aug. 16.—The forth coming fight between Jake Kilrain, of Baltimore, and Jem Smith, the English champion, is to be fought in Spain, on the estate of Marquis de San Basilio, one of the richest no- After the fight the marquis will accompany the American party back to this If he does it will not be has been on the blemen of that country. country. the first time he western side of the water, and if the fight takes place on his estate, it may be the océasion of reviving the rath- ér unpleasant notoriety which the marquis enjoyed some years ago when darkly charged by the press of the city of Mexico with having in- atigated no less than four murders. How truthful these charges were no one but the marquis will perhaps quieted down, andexcept for occasional hints in the Mexican papers, seems to have ever Imow. The matter been almost forgotten. The history of this marquis would furnish a plot for a sensational nov- el that would gladden the heart of a Thirty years ago you might have bought a box of matches from the present marquis on the small boy. streets of the Mexican Guaymas. weathiest noblemen of Spain.” and seaport, at one time aspired, it is said, to the band in marriage of the younger sis ter of the late Alfonso, King of Spain. Years ago he was Jorge Car- mona, the match peddler. Now he is the Marquis de San Basilio. over whom New York title worshippers will rave when he visits this city. Even as a match boy the marquis was ambitious, though his ambition never, even in its wildest flights, soared to a king’s sister in those days. He only aspired to become a merchandise vender on a larger scale than his retail operation in matches allowed. And his ambition was sat- isfied. By the exercise of the natur- al shrewdness which he possessed, and by dint of close application to business, he soon found himself the proprietor of a well stocked little atore in which matches formed only 2 unimportant factor. His business flourished, and with it his ambition. He now aspired to the military. The plebeian pursuits of a tradesman were beneath his dignity. Accordingly he:sold out his matches, good will, ete., and with a part of the proceeds of the sale be purchased a lieutenant’s commis- sion in the army of the republic. He was now a full-fledged son of Mars, and he did honor to his epaulets. In the ranks of the republicans, @under Jaurez, he did noble service against the French invaders, under Maximilian. Where the fighting was fiercest, and the bullets flew thickest, Lieu- tenant Carmona could always be found. He became a captain. He became acolonel. Then he was given com- mand of a brigade, whose command- er was temporarily disabled. This was the Marquis’s opportu- nity, or rather one of his opportuni- ties, for he has had many. His ambition, which had made him forsake the humble but honest call- ing of a match peddler, had kept pace with his advancement in life Kn fact, it had alwaps kept a slight lead on his advancement. He was in command of a position of vital im- portance to the republicans. To dislodge him from this position was almost impossible for Maximilian. Now or never was Carmona’s chance, and he grasped it with both hands. He sold out to the invaders. For this piece of treachery Maxi- milian rewarded him by making him master of the horse to Maximilian &. emperor of Mexico, estwhile a matchboy on the streets of Guaymas. Quite a little change. His was the Now he is “one of the most desirable position at the court of the Austrian Emperor of Mexico. He lived in the City of Mesico, and fairly rolled in we alth and 1 He became 2 favori Maximilian, and was by many con- sidered the most power Wealth poured in Everybody was anx- > with court. from all sides. ious to gain the good will of the master of the horse. and he was in no wise backward in lett see how they could do this. his pocket they could find a never- failing route to his heart. Then came the Through the intervention of Tnited States, Napoleon of France. was co- erced into withdrawing his soldiers, whom he sent over to assist Maxi- milian in setting up his throne. Now crash. the it was republicans against royalists in Mexico. The Liberal party, with Juarez at its head, against the church party, with the foreign prince at its head. The republicans triumphed. Maximilian was shot. With the fa- tal six shots which rang out Maximil- ian’s doom at Queretaro, all of the fine things of this life with which his master of the horse had sur rounded himself, was swept away. His palace, his country place, his carriages, his horses, all of which Maximilian had kindly transferred from the possession of his “rebellious subjects” to him, all, all were gone. The unfeéling them. Once Jorge Carmona, with not a penny in his pocket. rebels confiscated more he was plain What was he to do now! Contact with all the fine people at Maximilian’s court had polished his tastes to that extent that to go back to his old honest calling of selling matches to the walking public he found impossible. nauseated him. No; he would live like a gentleman—by his wits. For years he had knocked about the City of Mexico. As acard sharp he scored his greatest triumphs. He was a complete master of all those little tricks which are employed by not over scrupulous “gentlemen” when their pocket books are slim. But as a card sharp he excelled. He could produce the ace of spades, or the king of clubs, or the queen of diamonds, or the jack of hearts, when they were most wanted, with a grace and skill born only of long practice. He became so proficient that after a while his victims failed him. He was such a regular winner that playing with him became mo- notonous to his former lambs. Then he became shabby. Dreadfully shab- by for a “gentleman.” He was getting into desperate straits when another one of his great opportunities turned up. And he pursued it with all the vim ofan old huntsman to whom game had become searce. 5 M. Vestegui, a Frenchman. who had become immensely wealthy over- night by the discovery of a silver mine on a piece of land he owned, died after marrying his cook, a Mex- ican woman, begetting three chil- dren, boys. His cook must have been a most excellent cook, for as his widow, he left her half of his for- tune, amounting to nearly 12,000,000. This was Carmona’s opportunity. Through the good Madame Veste- gul he would royally replenish his pockets. He would marry the form- er cook of the late lamented Veste- gui. No sooner said than done, or at any rate begun. The Marquis de Basilio never was a man to let the grass grow under his feet. Heman- aged to meet the bereaved widow when she had worn her weeds six months. The buxum lady was charmed with the polished Senor Carmona, who was clothed in his most elegant court manners and a new suit of clothes obtained for the Occasion from a coafiding tailor. He pressed his. suit from the start with an ardor worthy of the big stake in sight. Mme. Vestegul was willing, nay, she was more than will- ing, to become wife to the gentle- manly Carmona, whose supreme ele- gance fairly awed her. But there was an obstacle. The departed. Vestegui had left his relict half of his fortune unem- cumbered in any way. He had, however, appointed a famous lawyer, The very idea | for the joint benefit of the them | | Through Jose Bolado, executor of his will, | and Bolfdo was managing the estate widow nd the three children, to whom the other half had been willed. The | widow's love for her ardent admirer | was great. but her respect for Bolado | 8 i, his de- or intelli His iron wi ion and his superi - had inspired her with a fear of him her love for Carmona could master. And Bola lo frowned down on the proposé d union. He would have none of it. Here was a seemingly insurmount- able stumbling block in the way of! | Carmona’s dreams and desires. He pleaded with this widow. He im-} plored her in the name of his over-| whelming passion to wed. Day af- | ter day his love was poured out in| which not even her willing ears—but it availed not. | If Senor Bolado would only consent, | yes, then—but Senor Bolado would | } not. | For months matters stood thus. | Then one day in broad daylight on | one of the most frequented streets | in the city, in front of the national library: Senor Bolado was murdered. He was shot down in cold blood by a young Mexican of the lower class, H Ignacio Rosales by name. who y employed as brakesman on the Vera | The assassin was capt- | Cruz road. ured red handed and placed in jail. | During the night he escaped. | Gold, and much gold opened his } prison doors and he walked out. Three weeks after Lawyer Bolado had been buried Jorge Carmona and Mme. Vestegui were married, and | immediately after the ceremony they left for Europe with the three chil-/ dren of the woman. For five years | nothing was heard of them in the | | newspapers. From this source it | City of Mexico, except through the was learned that shortly after the ar- | rival of the couple in Europe the wife of Senor Carmona died rather suddenly, leaving her entire for- tune to her husband. The wealthy widower spent his mourning year in Spain, and during this year two of his step-children died. The third boy left his step-father and went to England with friends, after his sec- ond brother's death. With-him the marquis is now engaged in litigation for the estate of the children. Some moaths after his bereave- ment Jorge Carmona was made a marquis by Queen Isabella. Why this honor was conferred upon him was not learned. But the former match boy was now a marquis. Well, at the expiration of the five years, the Marquis suddenly appear- ed again in Mexico. His arrival, by some strange coincidence, happened to be just ten days after the police had succeeded in capturing Rosales, the murderer of Lawyer Bolado, for whom they had been laying in wait all these years. The murderer had been caught lurking about his old haunts and promptly jailed. Pre- cautions were taken this time against that powerful key, gold, which had unlocked his jail doors before. Four- teen days after his capture the trial of the young assassin was begun. All the best talent in the city had been retained for his defence. The Marquis de Basilio never was out of the room while the trial was in progress. The prosecution presented its case. was a hired assasin. They proved he had never known the dead man, had had no dealings with him, consequently could have no objectin killing him unless it was for pay. The prisoner's escape had been com- passed immediately after his capture by the free use of money, yet he was notoriously poor, at the time of t homicide working for 75 cts a day- Then they proved that the prisoner after escaping from jail had fled to Europe, where, during the five years intervening, he had lived likea prince, spending money lavishly, traveling fromplace to place. Where did the means come from to pay for all this unless it was a part of the blood money received for murdering Bola- do? Where did the money come from to pay for the array of legal | talent agsembled for the defence? | Surely not from the defendant. They | accounts with the county. reviewed Bolado’s blameless lif They claimed the defendant | tate; his influence over the widow, his opposition to her marriage with Jorge Carmona, now the Marquis de Basilio. who. they pointed out, was present taking a great interest in the trial. They went beyond Bolado’s ith and showed that the marriage to which he had been an obstacle was consummated a few weeks after the murder. Here they rested their case. The defense admitted the killing of Bolado by Rosales. but claimed it The defendant another men, a was an accident. was shooting at brother brakeman who had crossed him in a love affair. But this brake- man was dead or had disappeared, and they could not prove his pres- ence on the street at the time Bola- do was killed. The able lawyers for the defendant labored hard, but had ahopelesstask. Their client was sen- tenced todeath. A monthafterward was shot. While he was standing before the open grave, ready to re- ceive him, when the six rifles loaded for his execution were pointed at him, the judge before whom he was tried asked him if he had any con- fession to make before he died. “None,” replied the doomed man. “Did anyone hire you to do the deed for which you are about to die? Answer truly, as you hope for par- don in the next world.” “No one hired me to kill] Bolado,” and a few minutes afterward he was dead. The papers made a great outcry duiing, and for some time after, the trial against the Marquis. But he managed to meet the members of the Press association at a banquet given by a notoriously stingy editor, who had never given a banquet be- During the festivities the ami- proposed that the Press association give semi-annual banquets, at which two plates be re- served for him, absent or present. If his proposition was accepted he would pay half the expenses of these semi-annual banquets. After that banquet therefwas noth- ing more said against the marquis in the newspapers, except now and then by some new sheet. Pavt Latzxe. fore. able marquis My liver was fearfully disordered and I telt so feeble and languid that I scarce- ly took interest in anything. Tried all the so-called remedies without reliet un- til I used Pazker’s Tonic, which effected a permanent cure. 36-tm. David Bash, Little Rock, Ark. Suffering to be Beantiful. From their earliest youth the Bur- mese men tattoo their legs from the thigh down to the knees with designs both floral and animal, and puncture the upper part of their bodies with numerous round holes, into which they rub vermillion powder. The operation is such that opium is often administered to deaden the agonizing pain that it causes, and I have heard that deaths frequently occur from inflammation, the result of these punctures. But there is a proverb which says: “Il faut soufirir pour etre bel;” and the admiration and envy excited afterward may, perhaps, compensate these victims of vanity for the torture to which the deco- ration subjected them. The tattoo- ing is effected by thg juice of a plant which stains the designs an inky black.—Fortnightly Review. Backlen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cnts Bruises, Cuts, Ulcers Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Cancers, Piles, Chilblains, Corns, Teter, Chapped Hands, and all skin erup- tions,and postively cures piles, or no ay required. It is guaranteed to give pertect satistaction, or money refnnded. Prive Per box, 25 cts For sale by all Drug- gists. A Defaulter About to Return. Galveston, Tex., Aug. 16.—The defaulting ex-treasurer of Galveston county, W. J. Burk, has written a letter to a friend in this city in which he announces his intention of return- ing to Galveston and giving himself up to justice. It has only been about eight months since Burk dis- appeared. He had been county treasurer for several terms, and it appears that his defeat at the last election so preyed upon his mind that he concluded to disappear in the usual mysterous manner, at the same time forgetting to settle his They brought ont all the events of | $30,000, irrespecti . gat } 000, tive of confiscated his stewardship of the Vestegui et- | bonds. 2 The | Dr . | total sum of Burk’s defalcation was‘ A DEMOCRATIC OFFICIAL | Orders Milhons Acres of R. R. Lands Thrown Open to the People. Washington, D. C., Aug. 16.—The secretary of the interior revoked the order of withdrawal of indemnity lands for the benefit of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad company, and in a long letter to the commissioner of the general land office directed that they be restored to settlement under the pre-emption and homestead laws. It is stated that between 25,000,000 and 30,000,000 acres are involved in this decision in the case of the At- lantic and Pacifie company alone. Mr. Lamar contrasts the liberality shown to the railroad companies as compared that shown the homestead settler, and adds: “The department is not now to be charged with in- justice or illiberality because it does not propose to keep in perpetual reservation a territory. of such vast extent as was withdrawn for the benefit of this road. Criticism upon the alleged shortcomings of the gov- ernment with respect to this grant comes with an ill grace from this The people whom the some company. government represents had rights under the grant as well as the company.” ‘THE COMPANY NOT SUPREME. Mr. Lamar quotes at length the original contract between the govern- ment and therailroad and asks: “Did the company comply with this clear and specific contract?) Did it com- mence the construction of its road in the two years named? Did it prose- cute the work as required? Did it complete its main line at the time In fact has it yet completed the main line? On a full ?eonsider- ation of the whole subject I conclude that the withdaawal for {indemnity purposes if permissible under the law was solely by virtue of executive authorityZand may be revoked by the same authority; that such re- vocation would not be a,violation of the law or equity, and that said lands having been so long withheld for the benefit of the company,"the time has arrived when public policy and justice demand the withdrawal should be revoked and some regard had for the rights of those seeking and needing homes on the public domain. I prefer to direct thatjall lands under withdrawal heretofore madeand held for indemnity purposes¥underSthe grant to the Atlantic and Pacific railroad company begrestored to the public domain and {opened ffor’fset- tlement under the general land laws, except such lands as may be covered by approved selections; provided the restoration shall not affect rights acquired within thelprimary or'grant- ed limits of any other congressional grant. As tothe lands covered by unapproved selections, applications to make filings and entries thereon may be received, noted and held subject to the claim of the company.” named? A man in Baltimore played ghost the other night by wrapping him- self in a sheet, and then sallying forth ona dark street to frighten people. He was so successful that one man in his fright pulled outa pistol and shot the ghost in the mouth. The ghost fell to the ground and howled until an ambulance was summoned and carried him to the hospital. All such ghosts should be promptly suppressed. They are en- tirely too funny to be allowed to run at large. There is a fat men’s club in Hud- son county, N. J. The president weighs four hundred and twenty-one pounds and the reception committee’s combined weight is fifteen thousand pounds. This is rather a robust organization. The Splendor of Dress and the artificial effects ot cosmet- ics, no matter how dettly applied, can never make beatiful and attract- ive one who is subject to emaciation, nervous debility, or any torm ot fe- male weakness. These must be reached by inward application’ and not by outward attempts at conceal- ment, and the ladies may take hope trom the fact that thousands of their sisters have made themselves more radiant and beautiful by the use of + Pierce’s ‘‘Fayorite Prescription” than they could ever hope to do by = aid of the appliandes of the toi- et, | THE BUTL Are now ready for busines, Atteation Siven ty CUSTOM THe Such as Roll Cording, Spinning and Wea Will exchange BLANKETS, — FLANNELS, JEANS and’ YARNS fe Sciatica, Lumbago, Sprains, Strains, Burns, Stitches, — Orff Joints, Bites, Galls, Bani Spevia ions, bench. ‘The Minor needs it in casset The Pleseer The Farmer needs it in and his stock yard. 3 The Steambeat mas er tt {tin Hberal supply afloatand The Herse-fancier nesis friend and safest reliance. x The Steck-grewer nests thousands of dollars and a world ‘The Railroad man needs long as his life is a round of. The Backweedsman ing like it as an antidote for economy. 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