Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-24
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.


| The World Newspaper-The Gossiu
About It-JAy GOuld,s Ownership-St
Patrick's Dny-The Duell0 and it.
Fiasco-The SOrosis Club-Disordcr In
Theatres-Apartment Aouses-Etc.
Special Correspondence OF The EVENING STAR.
| NEW YORK, March g
| The kick up In the World office Is Just now thu
| pet topic In journalistic circles The paper has
| been steadily going down for some months IT.
| dissolution was foreseen sometime ago. Whe1
| Mr.. Gould took charge OF the World he sought tt
advance his financial projects through its col
umns, but people found out on the second or thirt
| day that Mr.. Gould was controlling the paper
| and, as they lost all confidence In 1t, it ceased
| to have any influence Nevertheless, Mr.
Gould kept the thing anoat in the hope that II
could be built up into paying property, but its
editor, Mr.. Hurlbut, though man of high lit
rary attachments, has totally failed in his effort te
| make the paper a financial success The paper
lost from three to i've thousand dollars a week all
the year round, and this Mr.: Gould was obliged to
make up from his own pocket. For some months
he made this deficit good, 80 he desired an organ
| In which he could express his personal opinions
| but when he got ready to go abroad in his yacht
| he decided that the paper would be OF no further
use to him. Therefore he dropped it as he does ali
investments that , 40 not pay, and put 1t in the
to put 1t on paying basis; but Mr.. Gould said il
was useless to sink any more money. Mr.. Hurlbut
insisted that 1t could De made to pay its own ex-
The first thing he did was to discharge his musical
and dramatic critics. i've night editors, sixteen re-
and eight compositors, without a days notice
Then he cut OF half the business force. These
men were simply told that their services were NO
longer needed and were turned out into the street
Then Mr. Hurlbut made arrangements to get some
OF his city news from local press agency here,
n 5as hs
right, II, as he suspects, people will continue to
buy paper which has no original news, and that
which has almost no circulation. Very few peopIe
bought the World formerly. but now that it has
not circulation cannot demand adver-
Use en- Tho and e result Of this policy
One Of the meanest things about the new move
was the sudden discharge of Ex-Mayor A. Oakley
Hall, who was the principal editorial writer. and
was not even allowed chance to resign, but was
shipped in the same summary manner as were the
9ohn Of see
rer, was to buy the paper, is am informed on ex-
cellent authority, without foundation. asked
IL was so, and after looking at me for few min
! utes the man said: John Mclean buy the Worldl
Wen, guess not He may be rash man, but he
Is not quite so reckless as all that"
ST. PATRICKs DAY.
Tie back OF st. Patrick's day is broken This
year the celebration could scarcely be dignied by
that name, as it was meager and unsatisfactory In
every way. Only few men appeared on the
streets, and they were unheralded and marched
disptritedly to miserable music. The fact is the
majority OF Irishmen here have grown out of the
habit OF celebrating st. Patrck's day, so that now
no vestige OF its former grandeur remains It
USED TO be one OF the greatest days in the year.
The procession often stretched several miles
Regiments OF the state militia were called out.
and the streets were lined with flags. Now, there
Is nothing at all OF this sort 1t was q meager
and unsatisfactory parade, and conducted without
spirit or enthusiasm.
New York has laughed at Partisan duels for
many years The hot-headed Frenchman's pro-
pensity to rush forth and light with anybody who
would give or accept an insult has been the SUBJ
Ject OF innumerable screeds from our alleged
humorists, from Mark Twain to Bricktop, for
many years No end Of fun has been poked at the
Partisan journalists who wandered out day after
Gay, peppered one another with toy pistols. and
strikes me that New York can 20 Paris one better
in point OF duelling, for though in the great
French capital they do not usually do each other
semblance OF fighting. But SO far in New York,
ana particularly during the last few months, the
lighting has been entirely confined to words, and
each duel Is more ridiculous than the one that
went before. The Turnbull-Loubat business was
an awful nasco, and the spectacle OF Mr.. Loubat
gore as bis purpose and blood in his heapt iook KING
for Mr.. TurnbuIl while he was perfectly well
aware that that gentleman was securely locked
UP in hts residence In this city, has been fully COM
mented upon. Then the two cotton brokers who
slapped each other in the face and appointed a
hostile meeting the next day followed. In this
place, although the time was right they agreed
to fight at am. the following day, but did not
onds understood the meeting place to be in Long
Island City, while the other thought it was the
EIysa9 Fields In Hoook k So each went to the
upon, and after waiting an hour returned to the
city: Both men considered their honor satisfied
by this, because the other had not shown up at
to have been clever trick 80 of the
by OBrien, and the meeting was arranged to take
place In Hoboken, but Mr.. Rosa did not show up
The next day Mr.: oBrien and his hackers went
would meet them at Albany the next day The
hostile party went to Albany at the proposed time,
ana Waited Tor MI Rosa. but that eminent Fenian
part of valor, and remained in New York. So this
duel, like the rest, fell through The ridiculous
their subsequent attempt to tight q duel is fresh
In everybodys mind and 1t is followed by the case
Of son Of Seligman, the banker, and Baron
we have had yet 1t Is exciting and terrible. The
Purim ball was given q few nights ago, and as it
Is the Hebrew ball Of the year. is natural that
family In New York should be present Young
Mr.: seligman was paradlng through the corridor
with girl, in domino, on his arm, when the
Baron approached him slowly, and, looking him
In the eyes, raised both hands at the side of his
face, waved them simply back and forth, and said
"Bah!" Then the Baron gave palpable sneer
turned on his heel and walked on. Upon this the
great Seligman rushed frantically up the stairs.
deposited his lady love In place OF safety but.
toned his dress coat tightly about his loins and
went in search OF the Baron. He found him drink
ing champagne In the wine-room, surrounded by
party OF convivial friends "Wel. SIR" said Mr.
Seiigmah- "Sir to you, SIR" said the Baron. 81
will see you In the morning, SIR" said Mr.. Selig-
man." "And will see you," said the Baron; and
then both men glanced at each other
for moment, the Baron sat down and Seligman
went his way. A few moments later 1t was Whis-
pered about that Sellgman was to fight the Baron
and as the great Jewish bankers son was seen to
hurry away with two friends great excitement
prevailed among the feminine guests at the ball
as to the outcome OF the affair. The next day the
seconds OF the TWO gentlemen waited upon each
other and meeting was arranged for shutdown on
Communipaw fats. Up to this time the men were
DenC on Dood and talked OF each other in the most
insulting manner: Nothing would satisfy either
one OF them but the others death. At this point
IL occurred to one Of the seconds to ask Seligman
What ne was going to Aght about. Seligman said
ne was going to kill the Baron because the Baron
nad 1nsulted him. Then the second went
10 the Baron and asked him how he had
insulted Sel1gman. The nObleman said he
naa not lnsulted Seltgman, but Seligman had in
suiCed MIN. The second then explained that It
was not possible to fight a duel unless one man