The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-23
GOSSIP or GOTHAM.

| New York, January 21.--A census or
| tho finest" shows that there are 1882
men in the department Including one
chief, four insl ectora twenty-three cap
| tains. 1854 sergeants, thirty-seven detective
sergeants, 12i roundsmen, 1871 patro.men
and seventy-two doormen The vacancies,
| including the hundred new men required
for the annexed districts. number 800.
There are 100 patrolmen on probation and
not one in Jail.
The Tendcr.oin is sadder than ever to-
night The excise board today revoked
the llcense of the Spanish restaurant in
West Twenty-eighth street. near sixth
avenue For some time the police have
been accommodating evidence against this
lively rendezvous OF the remnant stili
cllngng to the once famous district ana
when they exhibited 1t the fate oil the
resort was sealed. The elephant, like bust
ness, keeps moving higher up here.
There are two saloons in the Tenderloin
district that arc to all intents and pur-
poses clubs for walters out of work or Off
duty. They are so well known in tine
profession" that 1t Is not unusual for
head-waitcr or a caterer to send to the
proprietor of either for from one to TWEEN
~ walters on short notice. and even the
latter commission is easily filled.
While talking with a downtown police
man this afternoon n gentleman who had
the appearance of being a well-to-do bust
ness man approached the officer ana
asked the loan of cents. explaining that
he wanted II for car fare up town, and
had thoughtlessly lef, his office without
cent of change. The policeman gave the
man the nickei. and later told me that
such request was not infrequently made
ntit n
the loans were returned.
Early In the morning It was whispered
about the Hoffman House that Nine.
Bernhardt would presently astonish the
town by taking a spin up Fifth avenue on
her bike, att,red in close fitting boomers
a crowd loitered in the lobby, hoping to
see the divine Sarah appear in Partisan
outfit, but all We're sadly disappointed.
Many refused to leave until word came
down from the Bernhard suite that
madame would positively not appear on
her wheel until she crossed the Canadian
border It was splendid day for cycling
at that
1t Is not necessary to cross the Atlantic
to see the Palais Royal and the bon
marche. or to gaze upon the marvellous
creations of Worth, Felix and other mo-
dist men milliners. The wealth and good
taste If our own land have brought them
5000 miles and put them in condensed form
In this city. You can see 1t all thoroughly
in one day, during which time you need
visit Fifth avenue, Broadway Sixth ave-
nue., Fourteenth and Twenty-third streets
and the upper part of Third avenue. The
shops which attract the mothers wives
sweethearts and sisters really look unusu-
ally attractive Just now, as they display
the coming spring and summer novelties
in fetching array. The window dressers
Of the metropolis are certainly artists,
and their handiwork is ever pleasing to
look upon.
The latest landmark marked for demoli-
tion is the old Worth House Broadway
and Twenty-fifth street 1t will soon be
torn down to make room for a sky-scraper
oihce building. The old Townsend man |
1on, in the rear. may also GO Adjoinin,, |
II, on Twenty-fifth street. is the house in |
which for many years Cahrlic Ransom |
conducted the finest gambling establish |
ment in this city. After Ransom's death |
in ISL, a club OF sporting men continued |
10 run games there, but were soon forced |
TO close down. Since then the house has
been let to bachelors who can afford ey- |
pensiVe apartments. Alongside this once |
famous lair of the tiger" stands Trinity
chapel and rectory, just as It stood In
the days when Ransom dealt a no-lirntt
game Tor all ccmers. The saint and the
SINNER touch elbows here without n muir
muir so long as neither is rude