Arizona republican., 1898-01-01
GOSSIP OF NEW YORK.

New York, Dec 31-A big crowd of Americans will sail for Mediter- ranean ports on January f. Among them will be ex-Governor Flower and General George s. Batcheller, the new judge of the international court at Cairo. Alexandria, says Batcheller, is becoming a favorite winter resort for Americans.
 It was known that, in consequences of recent hard times and of higher rates for passage, the passenger busi- ness of the Transatlantic steamship lines decreased this year, but inquiry at the steamship offices shows tha. the rate of decrease has been over 4 per cent in first cabin business and g to 13 per cent in second class bust ness.
 The horse1ess carriages are earning their electricity. One company here has absorbed the other and intends to go into the business on a larger scale. It has placed contracts for the construction of fifty coupes and fifty hansoms, which will be wh:riing around town early next spring. The financial results so far have invited this large edition to the silent rigs tiOW oCdllCl 6u IuIOuSu IuG CdD St rLQS of the town.
 Few die and none resign" is the rule among New York office holders, and when, therefore, Bernard J. York resigns as special jury commissioner and Michael T. Daly and John J. Ryan resign as clerks in the court of gen. eral sessions, it is req sonable to be- iieve that they do so because of az surances they have received that they will be appointed to better positions in the Greater New York government There is trouble over the. fnancia ! affairs of the St. Leo's fashionable Roman Catholic church, of whict 1 Father Ducey is pastor. The diff 1 ullty, according to a prominent bank | CT, is that Father Ducey insists O. attending personally to the tempora as well as to the spiritual manage ment. The banker says that whel l interest on the church mortgage fall
 due Father Ducey usually sends hi
 blessing instead of coin. The goo
 shepherd ought to devote little nor ] attention to the collection than t | the collect.
 The first prize masquerade ball 0
 the so-called Covent Garden serie will be pulled off at Madison squa
 garden tonight. The rules issued b
 the manage ment are so strict ths
 they would probably be o. K.'d by
 board of deacons, but they will onl
 be posted up, you know The, gran
 march will begin at 1:30 a. m. and tn
 distribution of prizes will be at
 o'clock. No one will be allowed O
 the floor until after the grand marc
 unless he or she is in fancy dres!
 By that time the chances are that fe,
 will be able to distinguish between
 fancy dress and lamp post. Pro
 fessional dancers will be encourage
 to take part in the nights frolic, an
 it will probably r7ach a lively stag
 before the last cork pops. The ticke;
 will not cost as much as those issue
 for the French and Arion revels, br
 they will call for about the same quar
 tity and equality.
 The republicans will control the ne2
 assembly by so slender a maiorit that the democrats, under the lead ( Tammany, can make things lively an interesting if they choose to do S.
 It is stated that they will demar five members out of thirteen in eac committee, a demand likely to stoutly resisted. They will also figf for new and more liberal excise lay
 but the republican senate. whic passed the Raines law holds over an will undoubtedly refuse to repeal i even, if the assembly should adopt tt . democratic measure. It is indeed question whether the democrats, if i power, would themselves repeal tt
 Raines law, which has proven to be notable raiser of revenue for the stat and cities and thus a reducer of dire, taxation. But as a minority they ca make capital for themselves by worl ing for a new excise law Dollar gs is also to be a democratic measure. : There are two kinds of bad heart