Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-01-09
NEW YORK GOSSIP
WEEKLY RESUME OF
MEN AND EVENTS

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller)
NEW YORK. Jan. 9.-New York
democrats are interested in the al
legged movement afoot to make State
Senator Patrick McCarren the success
sor of Norman f. Mack as committee
man from this state. Mr.. McCarren
has become a great power in Brooklyn
and should he be made national COM
mitteeman a few of the enthusiastic
might press him for the craftsmanship.
1t is doubtful if such would be posi-
BILE. however. Tammany with all its
loyalty knows that McCaner is not
the man 10 have charge of the national
campaign, SO for the present many of
his friends will be content if he can
be made merely the representative of
this state on the national committee.
Not in many years has New York had
so many snow storms as this winter
These have been followed by big drops
in the mercury and numerous COM
plants are heard of cold cars on the
local surface and elevated lines. To
such conditions is attributed the prev
alence of pneumonia. Efforts to rem
edy the matter have failed as the New
York officials can not be reached by
the present laws. Perhaps the legis-
lature will amend the laws so that
death dealing cars will be eliminated.
Not only is pneumonia rapidly run
ming up the death list here. but diph-
iberia and scarlet fever are prevalent
to an extent that is causing anxiety.
A proportionate increase of other con-
tagious diseases such as measles and
chickenpox is recorded. Prominent
physicians say that the high death rate
over the city and in Brooklyn, in par
ticular, is doubtless due to the failure
to use antitoxine at all or an INSULT
cient amount, or not soon enough.
The large and interesting collection
of curios gathered from every part of
the world, which is now in the museum
of the Maritime Exchange building will
shortly be disposed of. Most of the
relics are from vessels which were fa-
nous in their time. There is an orig
inal manuscript by Sir Walter Raleigh,
taken from one of his shops; pair Of
iron knuckles from a. vessel of the
Spanish armada; a cane made from
plank of Commodore Perry's flagship
Lawrence a box of matches found on
an arctic glacier by Greeley: a quad
rant made in 1850 and taken from
French frigate several years later and
hundreds of other articles of similar
nature. The souvenirs include roll on
which the signature of every mayor of
New York appears, a United States
treasury check for ! cent and lettef
which went around the world on test
time in ninety-four dave.
New York society is greatly interest
ed in a report from Newport that AL
fred G. Vanderbilt has been asked to
be colonel of the New Port Artillery
company. The company is the oldest
artillery organization in the United
States. having been granted a charter
by George II. 1t is independent and
has in it's ranks many of the best
known young men of Newport and sur
rounding towns.
There is much talk of operating a stage
line on the new Williamsburg bridge,
pending the instalment of a regular
car service, and the matter will likely
be considered by the authorities. The
section around the Manhattan terminal
is decidedly unprepossessing and if
stages should be put on they will con-
meet with the elevated railway stations.
Unless the satisfactory makeshift If