Arizona republican., 1898-04-14
GOSSIP OF NEW YORK.

New York April 13.-The first spring party of coleens landed here yesterday When a big steamer arrived at heI dock there peered over the deck rail the pretty and fresh faces of 100 Irish girls, nearly all from Counties Leitrim Sligo and Cavan. They will soon be enjoying life below stairs in the man. sions on the private streets, as this | species of imports is eagerly sought by good housekeepers.
 1 In New York and Brooklyn alone a | conservative estimate of the money which will be spent for flowers on the two days before Easter places the amount at $70O,O00. There are 25O l florists in New York and Brooklyn who keep stores of considerable size. Five of these florists will sell $2O, ,00O worth of flowers on each of the two days mentioned. At the rest will cas- | lily sell $600,0O0 worth. It costs almost as much to be good here as it does to be bad
 At the same session of the Methodist conference yesterday which adopted resolutions denouncing Spain report from the conference committee was adopted which declared that "the con- ference favors local option;" that i've commend the Raines law only so far as it confers local option," and that i've believe the fundamental princi- pals of the Raines law to be wrong" The followers of Wesley hereabout are certainly striving to keep up with the procession.
 A big insurance company has offered to loan the government $10,000 0OO on any terms deemed just by the admin istration. This patriotic action was much talked about yesterday, particu- larly in financial circles. "It is not unlikely" said an official in the sub treasury, "that other big moneyed con- cerns will follow suit and make similar offers to Uncle Sam. I do not doubt that war fund of more than $2OO ,OOO,- 900 could be raised right in this city within forty-eight hours"
 St. Bartholomew's is the Wander bilt church. It fronts on the Wander bilt property, and the shadow of the Grand Central station falls athwart it It is the worshiping place of the whole Vanderbilt family. During the pauses of the services they can hear to their satisfaction the puffing of the trains belonging to them and the roll of the cabs bringing travellers, and conse. quently dollars to their coffers. Ii you want to see millionaires at wor. ship, visit St. Bartholomew in youl best go-to-meeting togs
 The classification sharps of the up raising end of Uncle Sam's custom. here have solved a chemical conun drum. Today they decided that dulcir and saccharine, while both product. i of coal tar are similar in appearance character and use, differ greatly i1 their component parts. Saccharine ii
 anhydoorthoosulphaminbenzoic acid
 while dulcin is paraphenetclcasb bamid
 If these gems ever find their way to tn
 list of 'speels' fired at civil servic,
 victims, the public service will b, brought up to high state of efficiency
 The Daughters of the Irish Revo lution" is the latest. The primary ob ject of the organization is to presen
 an Irish and American flag to the pil
 grims who will go from here on July on the flagship Berlin, which has beer
 chartered by the '98 Centennial asso
 citation of this city. But it is intende,
 to perpetuate the organization an,
 keep alive the spirit of '98 by havin
 a celebration in this country annually
 simultaneously with that in Ireland
 and to gather together the descendant