Arizona republican., 1898-03-03
GOSSIP OF NEW YORK.

S1c1an sent back word that ne would not come unless he received his fee in advance. In justice to the fratern- ity, however, it should be stated that such birds are rare, even in this catch as-catch-can community.
 There has been considerable dis cussion in purely American circles here as to the proper pronunciation of Vizcaya. Captain Eulate-pronounc- ed "Ay-oo-lah-tay," with the first two syllables run together a little, the third accented and the fourth very short-pronounced his ships name ''Bith-kye-ah," or as near that as an English tongue can get it. The sec
 ond syllable rhymes with Rye" and 1 is really two syllables, but the two vowel sounds are run close together.
 Spain knows more about the ins and outs of diplomacy than she does about
 diphthongs.
 A cook here who quarreled with the
 owner of the restaurant got even in this way: After making the soup he 1 improved it by the introduction of
 several foreign ingredients, such as a quantity of sand, half a cupful of red pepper, pound of tacks, bunch of
 
 pie of kid gloves a la noodles. The feeders sat down as usual last even ing, but as soon as they sampled the
 soup they rose again en masse and all
 most mobbed the whole shooting
 match According to the evidence
 produced at the preliminary hearing a
 more fearful brew than this soup was
 never concocted, even by Macbeth's S
 weird sisters. The cook is now in the | consomme.
 The march of progress has trampled
 out another of the old landmarks of
 New York. Contractors began today i to tear down the old Sharon mansion at the southwest corner of One Hun dred and Fourth street and Columbus avenue. The historic mansion was ! built in 1911. It derived it's name from the beautiful variety of Sharon roses which filled it's garden and the grounds surrounding the house. Pre- vious to 1855 the stage coaches be- tween New York and Albany passed almost in front of the door, An old sun dial which stood in the garden has 1 been saved by the last owner as the most precious of all the relics, while portions of the house will be sold by the contractors as souvenirs.
 1 Encouraged by the movement to en- dow permanent orchestra here with i himself at the head, Amos Seidl has had the courage to decline the conduc- 1 torship of the Berlin Royal opera. a l life position, which is considered the most desirable within the reach of a conductors ambition, and which Mottl, the conductor of Bayreuth, has been glad to accept. MT. Seidl may, | fhnr I1 nent possession of the metropolis, a fact which gives the utmost satisfac- tion to the lovers of good music Ere quent meetings are being held by the i promoters of the scheme of a perma- nent orchestra, and there is every req son for believing that the necessary money will be raised
 The Havana horror is the all-absorb- ing topic of conversation on the East side. At several cafes the talk at most of the marble tables turned up- on the national calamity and the ques- tiOn of war with Spain. As many of the frequenters of these resorts are foreigners of the fire-eating kind the remarks were of the fan-the-feeling sort. In one of the Hungarian cafes this afternoon a dark eyed young wo- man chided her swarthy escort for his gOry utterances, whereat he bowed deeply, and with broad smile of gal lantry supplanting the look of martial enthusiasm on his bewhiskered face. ] he said: "Mademoiselle, love is the vocation of your sex. I may feel like remarking that it is for the sake of love that I advocate war, but who dares oppose you?" At another table an It. allan family ragged against the Dons. Asked why, he shouted: Spanish people bad people. A Spaniard lived in this house; owed me s4; ran away; never paid me. All Spain bad'' In too many instances patriotism only stretches from the mouth to the pocket.
 R. o. Williams, for many years con sul general at Havana, and who lives in Brooklyn, was asked today to ex- plain why, during all the time he rep resented the United States at Havana he had never asked for a warship He replied that he had not thought one to be necessary, and, moreover, did not care to expose the sailors to the danger of yellow fever. Being asked : if there was not more important req son, he replied "None that I have ever made public, nor that I would now care to make public, especially as there i is already a board of inquiry investi- gating the cause of the disaster to the Maine." Mr. Williams said further: The Spanish government never re- i fused any assistance but on the con- i trary, offered to do anything reason able within its power. I feel sorry for the Spanish people, because I real 1ze that they are in the wrong to try to hold Cuba, but I will do them the justice to say that during the twelve years that 1 acted as consul general to Cuba, and the ten years previous, when l was the vice consul general, they al ways treated me, as the representative of the United States, with the greatest consideration
 AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.