The morning news., 1894-11-11

the hack drivers in the city refusing 70
acknowledge the justice of claims against
them. Deprived Of their police backing
the cabmen have adopted a new mode Of
asserting their grievances. Whenever
hackman sees a delinquent patron on the
street, he whips up his steed. bawls "cap
sir" at the top of his voice and makes
straight for his victim. The victim in one
or two cases narrowly escapes being run
over and in one instance a prominent
member Of the Union club was knocked
down In the shape of a new way to col
lect old debts this eXpedieut of the cab
bies attracts attention and at the Union
and other clubs the outcome is awaited
with interest.
Thanks to the truly MachiavelIian gen.
ius of the Astors, that little trouble in the
Yzanga family has been ttded over There
will be no divorce in that direction, al
though enc was said to be imminent Tho
Yzangas are a very powerful family in
New York, socially, and a divorce among
them would Utterly convulse the Four
Hundred. Mrs. Fernando Yzanga is the
young matron who is admitted to have
humbled the pride Of Mrs. Langtry, who
long claimed to possess the most exquisite
~ shaped back and shoulders in all the
world. Mrs. Yzanga certainly has peerless
endswnments in that line and to her is due
the excessive vogue of costumes calculated
to aeeentuate any loveliness latent in that
portion of the feminine anatomy. All the
society women of Gotham for many
months did nothing but study the contour
of Mrs YZanga's back and shoulders and
the loveliness of pose natural to her was
copied far and wide. To this circumstance
New York women for having themselves
painted an6 photographed in a backward
attitude.
Now that there is to be no divorce, the
society of the Metropolis will presumably
continue to revel in its favorite anatomical
exhibit.
1t has all along been supposed that
Grover Cleveland, However successful po-
litically. was no great hand at flnancier-
ing. Fer instance, he has been most un-
fortunate as an investor and in one case
lost some thousands of dollars in real es-
tate. The President, 1t appears, does not
like to invest money in ordinary stock
transactions, as he might be accused Of
having sources of Information superior
to those of the average speculator. Be
this as it may, Mr.. Cleveland has not fig
ured much as a man of means, being
| deemed simply comfortably off, and this
impression is in reality correct.
But the President has lately been Civ
ing some lavish orders to New orlx brio.
a-brac dealers. and his new libetality in
| that direction has aroused wonder as tc
how he can afford IL. One of his recent
purchases was a vase which was spir-
itedly bid for at a recent auction in the
house of a hard-hit millionaire and there
was a murmur of surprise when the bid.
der's name was taken by the auctioneer
Mr.. Cleveland does not hedge about his
transactions by any mystery and lis
doings are pretty well known in New York
In bric-a-brac alone he is thought to have
! spent fully $4,000 within the past month
| Presumably it goes to his two homes, anc
| they ought to be lovely ones by this time
| Why do New Yorks noted politicians
] make such a rendezvous of Brooklyn
bridge? They are doing it in a very no
! ticeable way just now, and if their OBJ
| ject is to hold conferences unobserved
/ their end is defeated. Mayor Gilroy
/ Bourke Cochran and Tim Daily met reg
| ularly there for days, and talked and
walked like the trio of Endor Loitering
I is supposed to be forbidden on Brooklyn
bridge but when Richard Croker loiters
there, it is, of course, all right. That per.
! sons of importance should choose the
| bridge but when Richard Croker loiters
/ testimony to the thoroughness with which
noted citizens are observed. 1t is whispered
! that the bridge police are tipped" to keeG
| an eye upon all persons of suspicious
| aspect who manifest a tendency to SPY
| upon the mighty men during their talks
/ 1t Is to the credit of Tamany to have Iii
| upon so novel use for the mighty struct
Ure spanning the river that separates the
| twin cities of the east But as for spe
/ cially instructing the police to guard
/ against intruders. that would be pro
/ nounced by Mr. Gilrey an extreme state.
ment. Still politics on Brooklyn bridge
/ is anew ana totally unprecedented brand
/ in a city long accustomed to politics II
/ every guise~ David Weehsler.
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