The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26
our NEW YORK LETTER.
NEw-YoRK, June %. 1878.

OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NEw-YoRK, June %. 1873.
THE woNAN's HOTEL,
Spite OF The efforts Of its friend:
who wished to see Mr.. Stewards kind
intention carried out, was, as predict
ed, turned into q general hotel, on
the pretence that women would not
patronize it, tor want Of mems socie-
". 1t is proper to stamp this as @
coarse AMI shallow excuse for the
%perveTsion OF a trust. The arbitrary
rules, which forbade boerders a drop.
light. a picture, an extra chair, pro-
vided by themselves, made women
hesitate to enter, but as the accom-.
m0dations became known, they would
have given liberal support in spite OF
these drawbacks. Some useless mis-
statements about the hotel deserve
correction. 1t is reported, that il
cost SO, 600, 600, which carries absurd
ty on the fact OF il. The Grand Ho-
tel in Paris, the largest aud most
sumptuous in the world. only cost
81, 600, 900 to build. While the Wo,
mans Hotel, though tasteful, was
not 10 the least expensive. Its $780,
600 worth of pictures belonged to the
Stewart estate, and might as well
hang in the hotel as anywhere, IL
they cost halt the sum named, and she
"vast" library, talked about, thoagb
good, was no larger than a conmon
village library. Women stayed away
because they could have neither pets
or sewing machines, not because they
could not live in the society OF men.
There is more truth in the assertion
that the deprecated income of other
parts Of the Stewart estate made it
desirable ID convert this hotel into
paying property. One ofsae Leland
brothers, the best Known hotel neil
in the United States, said be could
have III the Woman's Hotel at q
paying rate, fer less than It's lowest
charges. The Woman's Hotel was
no more a legitimate failure than
Stewards store.
NEW YORK HIGHWAYMEN.
Visiting friends will come to the
city well armed, and in good pistol
practice and be very careful how
they carry money about them. Last
Monday night, in q driving storm,
the Third Avenue car full of Ger
mans coming from a picnic, with the
receiver of the road taking the days
earnings, some $500, down town, was
boarded by roughs, who showed
pistols to The passengers, beat and
stunned the receiver, tore the bag of
money from him, and fed, before the
passengers fairly knew what was the
matter. Two weeks since, an at
tempt was made to rob a street car
not far from City Hall. The lawless
element, embroidered by the timidity
shown before the rioters and strikers,
make good reason for organizing q
Vigilance Committee here before fall.
The roughs are busy on the Conev
Island roads, which in Summer d, o
larger business than any in the coun-
try: they set a platform acros the
track u night, in May and later,
threw a night train off the track,
killing five men, and the next day
tried to wreck q crowded train by q
tie across the road. But the pusillan-
imous jury, instead of hanging the
mel who placed the distractions,
found that the train was thrown off
by stones falling from a gravel train,
and censured the company for not
taking better care Of tie tracks
With all the gravel trains run in the
United States, it is singular that this
is the first accident from such a
aus But the average jury here
would sooner bring q verdict against
VIM. III. Vanderbilt than against one
of the low. desperate Irish who iafest
New York. n Spirit of violence is
rising in the lower classes of this re-
gion which would frighten the bold,
est who could read its signs.
THE NEW AMERICAN PARTY.
With this state of things, ii is not
wonderful that there is a call for
something like the old native Ameri-
al Party, especially among young
men of good families, and their elders
who like to see the country carried
away neither by Irish revolt, or
French frenzy, or German license.
There is such a party forming, and
NJ Of the best administration dailies
has been approached with proposals
to become its organ. Such a party
may come as n relief. The Republic
was not meant to be q hellbroth,
brewed of the fanaticisms of every
nation under heaven.
RECORDER HACKETT's RAID.
A Daniel has come to Judgment 10
the shape of the fearless and peppery
Recorder Hackett, who means to see
whether New York has a City Gov
eminent or not. BY his direction the
Grand Jury took action on several
abuses, and fourteen Aldermen were
bewildered by indictments as if they
were common citizens, answerable to
the law, and under obligations to
obey it, And for what? The triv-
ial olrense Of giving permits for street
vendors to obstruct the passage end
traffic OF the whole city, and making
q nice little political perquisite of the
privilege. The lofty Board of Health
paid 5000, 600 q year to lock after the
sanitary condition of the citV. found
Itself indicted for allowing New York
10 become the dirtiest and ~unhealth.
lest city in he civilized world, worse
han LoLdon or Vienna, and letting
I 900 common folks and poor peoples
babies die Of foul air every year.
The boards Of the venerable board
have not got over wagging with as
enlistment at the daring, which ex
poets a $500, 900 board to do its duty .
No wonder the Aldermen tried to
make out Recorder IIackett was in-
sane.
MEMS FASHIONS.
Beige and olive standings 10 soft
inished cloths are the ouly gentle
mans wear this season, in Scotch
weed and English home-spun for