Arizona republican., 1898-04-17
GOSSIP OF NEW YORK.

IA, that if the American liners are taken as cruisers, and their men serve on them, as they have offered to do, it may be confidently expected that the deck stewards, turned ammunition handlers, will demand a tip from the gunners each time they pass the pow der.
 If Elm street is to begin it's com petition with Broadway by the first of May some one will have to work. Be yond Prince street the way is closed by barricade which looks as though some huge brick buildings had been tumbled bodily into it. Broadway's new rival is still ruin worth looking at.
 Russell Sage has bought for S22,- 275 a plot of ground facing Central park and adjoining the site of the new woman's hospital. Mrs. Sage is much l interested in the new hospital. Wheth- CT MT. Sage intends a charity or a real estate corner, he was very anxious to acquire the plot. He bought it at auction, and ''saw" a dozen $500 raises and went them $500 better without an instant's hesitation
 | One of the oldest members of an old time New York family was removed by | the death of Miss Anastasia Dollard. The Dollard family has lived during the greater part of the last 100 years in an ancient red brick mansion on State street, bordering Battery park. The house, as it stands there today, 1 is a melancholy reminder of the de- parture of the ancient grandeur of this street, at one time the most aristo- cratic in town. It is the only old time residence remaining on the old thor oughfare.
 We will go ahead and let the con- tract for the underground rapid tran sit railroad. That is the next step, and you know the old adage, one step at time'" So said one of the coun- 1 sel of the rapid transit commission to- day when asked what the board in 1 tended to do next. Uncle Russell Sage | intimates that the seven franchises of 1 fered to the IL" outfit by the commits sion will be accepted. The hole in the 1 ground looks like a go, and the met ropolitan magnates will probably do ! the digging.
 Discouraged over the loss of a for
  ability to secure a remuneratiVe posi- ! tlon, Peter Blow, who, up to two years ago was a prominent figure in club life and Wall street, blew out the gas yes terday morning. an dwent to sleep. He was only AS years old, but he had squandered half million dollars. Blow was well known in theatrical circles through his connection with Hoyt & Mckee, both of whom were shocked when they heard how he quit the game.
 Women's neckties this spring are more varied than ever, and many have a representative character. Some are colors of women's colleges and others of clubs. Novel pins abound to cor respond with the ties. Some nave the same kind of significance as the latter, while others, such as whips, horse shoes, brides, oars, anchors, wheels, horns, snOwshoes and geologic ham, mers, indicate the wearer's taste. The haberdashers who cater to the wants of the up to date sisters are evidently working off job lots that were long since rejected by the big brothers.
 Sol Berliner, who was appointed United States consul to the Canary islands because he is a bird" has missed eight steamers, five trains and twenty-four street cars bound for there. The islands are owned by Spain. But war clouds darken there and the Hon. Sol has been ordered to the benches in the lobby of the Fifth Avenue hotel just when his martial spirit most longs to play ball. Since his appointment the consul has had eight farewell banquets rendered to him and has packed his trunks as many times. He will continue to draw his salary at the sub-treasury until the suspense ends.
 There is gloom today in the Cosmo- politan and Grammercy clubs, gilded taverns of the Tenderloin, the latter the old Haymarket, the former Silver Dollar Smiths continuous perform ance. They were creations to circum- vent the law, and by jugglery and strategy they have managed to operate