Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-02
LETTER FROM NEW YORK
Fer Failures hlmsrOus-POh Of tnlTi
Too Small IOi Dig Ocean STEAMERS,
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE

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Decombor 2G.-Wcu. Christmas
boz here and although thv festivities
viii continue ior a week. the sfcatcat
excitement has passed AZ midnight
Thursday night one OF Che managers
e toe large storcg cftimatcd that mo-
I.ss than f6.OO0OOO had been spent
on Christmas Gifts this year while
: veteran fealCr I'm Christmas greens
70 authorit, l1r the statement that
Nov Yofa p.r' $1,000 900 for ita
rhrlstmps trp.a. w.st.Ctno and holly
nngllsh holly log ,u mostly iu New
hrracv
For the drst time in tHo history Of
toe Academy of nofIEn. American ar.
tsta who have attained fame in for
sirn countries. will be- represented
in this years exhibition which heriua
seyt Friday Another new feature
~ tho exhibition which viii De- at.
tended barely ry society win Do the
varnlahus day reception ON the open
tnE. from 3 until q o'clock. after The
nanner of the Paris salon Tho
pnvatc Wow and reception which have
heon held ln previous years viii De-
uvon up
Monday reeiua tro lust f,D days Of
Mayor Lows administration for next
b'flday Mayor Elect Mcclellan viii hc
inaururatod with great ceremony and
eiAilon in Tam many circles. The
newBuapofa have boon busy printing
ere news Of gambling rCforta that I'm.
tend upouiur un Cor business ou New
Years day and 8F result the rcrt.
srnu Boo tho various uDirhhorhoods
have made strenuous protests to Dis
frirt Attorney Jerome Bu1 appealed
Tor protection.
K1uallv as interesting to politicians
~ tho installation of Mr Mcclellan
into once Vlll De- tho opening of the
LEGISLATURE NJ Albany one of che ro'
porird bills which will probably cause
Tammauy much concern lB that Great.
iue = state constabulary Senator
Iaatt be- responsible Cor this bin and
80 he virtually has control of che lcr-
stature the act will probably 90
throurh. but not withot, hght Tam.
nany hall stands ready % raise a fund
ar tho purpose OF defeating such a
hill for n wants 20 retain its control
over tho most lucrative department IN
ne city rovornmont-th police force
This season has been remarkable
tr failures in the fur trade despite
tns fact that go many fnr garments
vcre never before purchased in 'hls
city aud 40 such stlm prices How.
ever n local dealer gives nR reasons
for thcaa failures several ~ which
tare boon among houses of long stand.
tnv that fur bearing animals are be-
o0mlnr scarcor This country Do ln.
rrraslue n wealth and people are
spending fabulous sums for furs
mere afe Two or three society women
tirs Aston and young Mrs Clarence
uarkay among them who own fur
,'oaks COSTING $4,000 with the great
Iemand the supply has been shorten
cd or che 10000 Alaskan seals
caught tH.s season only 10000 are di
Dob make zap into garments and 10 takes
an average of Eve skins to make "a
garment How many women then can
obtain Healskin coats whom there are
only 10000 skins tn furnish the entire
vorld7
Pneumonia Is running up thc death
rafc rapidly u Nrw York For ths
uast two weeks the rate nas been
higher than last year 40 the CORE
.pondIng time aud tho difference D.
due almost entirely tn deaths from
pneumonia
The movement t1 erect O. costly me-
mortal Jo Che late Henry Ward bee
cher seems to have come to r. stand
.UU subscriptions Wcru not made "a.
freely and generously as was expect
.i and lt iF uDw suggested that Ply
mouth church Iu nrooklyn ba repair
"a with the money already raised an,
now building erected on the SIKH
OFF the present lecture room. thIs build
ing tn hr memorial tn Hrgchpr
The plan adopted by the board o
education t0 rollOvo the congestion 90
the public schools is meeting viii
much success This plan. In brief 4.
10 begin school earlier ana close later
Tho new system substitutes two sca
siOus for each gr0up OF classes on par
time. instead of morning session to
one group and an afternoon session
Tor the other The number of par
tim0 classes is not decreased
Blackwell Islands almshous1 which
is famous the country over will Ho0I
be closed and a new system Of Carinl
hor the clty's paupera instituted.
large farm on staten Island has hoel
purchased on which the agoi and dcl
utute viii be cared for This viii Civ
the ablo bodied men and women VIII
have become a charge up on the cit