Arizona republican., 1898-02-18
GOSSIP OF NEW YORK,

New York, Feb. 17.-There is talk of another stock exchange rule This would prohibit members from having any business transactions with per sons who have been expelled for fraud from any exchange or board of trade in the country. Such a rule would work for the protection of the public.
 The stock exchange governors have called Deacon White down for inviting spectators not afraid to lose to send their money to him to be invested. They also warned members that in flu ture overtures of this sort would mean violation of the rules and a severe penalty. But the good deacon only smiles
 Another palace will soon be reared on upper Fifth avenue. O. H. F. Bel mont has purchased lot near Seven ty-seventh street, paying about $33,- 900 for it. It is stated that the new Belmont mansion will be one of the finest in town. Today's real estate transactions by private parties amounted to more than $1,000, ,0O0
 The total budget for Greater New York for 1898 will be about $73, ,OOO,- 900. Another piece of news given out by the mayor was that the budget, as already fixed, will not be changed. no matter what happens. There is weeping and wailing on the part of heads of departments and bureaus, for the cuts in the estimates have run all the way from 10 to 80 per cent.
 Hetty Green raised hubbub in an elevator today because she had lost her veil. Her walls were so pitiful that the operator of the lift reversed the lever and hauled her aloft again, much to the disgust of his load. When Mrs. Green reappeared at the gate she triumphantly displayed the rusty face protector and descended in peace. The only thing that the richest wo- man in America loses without a kick is her temper.
 The first official estimate of the pop- ulation of the new city of New York was given out by the health board which is obliged to make the estimate in order to compute the death rate. Its total is 3,43S, ,S99, of whom 1.911,- 755 live in the borough of Manhattan, 137,073 in the Bronx. 1,197, ,10n in Brooklyn, 12S,042 in Queens and 64,- 927 in Richmond. This is 2OOO, 900 less than London's population, but l. 100000 more than that of Paris and
 
 lin and Vienna combined
 "This is great sawed off month" said a Wall street broker today as he slipped "high ball." Then he began to count mentally, and continued: Eight holidays. my boy, legal, sen- timental, ecclesiastical and otherwise, you know. It has St. Valentines day. Lincoln's birthday and Washington's dav as repI1l1r aOnua1 fotoc oboro petres of it's own, and this year Ash Wednesday is added on, and, besides that, it has four Sundays to itself. And only a bobtail month at that! We'll have holidays to burn" In Newspaper Row, however, it's differ ent.
 It has long been question of dis pute in medical circles whether the bfte of a cat could result in rabies such as may result from the bite of a mad dog. It has been pretty conclu- sively proved today that a mad cat is just as dangerous as mad dog, and a patient lies strapped down in a Brooklyn borough hospital suffering from the attack of a feline It is be- lieved that he has hydrophobia, as all the symptoms point that way. The medical fraternity are watching the rather peculiar case, the outcome of which is said to be problematical
 "They may look as if they were in tended for a fancy dress ball, but they are for Miss Ks wedding" said a Fifth avenue milliner. as she lifted a cloud of white tissue paper, disclosing t oview a half dozen white satin cock ed hats. "An attempt is being made