New-York tribune., 1886-07-05
A HO1 SATURDAY IN TOWN.
WHAT THE STROLLER SAW AND HEARD.
THOUSANDS GOING AWAY, BUT GREAT CROWDS
LEFT BEHIND.

ruorsANDs GOING AWAY, BUT GREAT CROWDS
LEFT BEHIND.
Il was hot when The TRIBUNE stroller
started out on saturday. Salt air is inviting on
.nch day and the beginning OF the Saturday half
n,,dav the for Coney Island and Glen Island anu
,nsr nopuar places were loaded with heated people
.ssug relief from the close confines OF the city Inc
"a, steamship whsrves where vessels were outward
hound were packed with friends and relatives OF the
,r,uuate persons who going abroad The railroad
| .,.,,ops we're crowded and each outgoing
| ,,n swept away with its full load OF
..,ger. II was said that psrior car accomoda-
,,ons could not be had for love or money having al
| been engaged days in advance Hudson river ana
sound steamer staterooms were all similarly engaged
nv night thousands Of people had fed away from tho
reaected heat OF brick, stone. iron and mortar Yet
| millions are left. When hear talk about everybody
eong ont of the city reminded that Mr. Trow told
| me within q day two that his new city directory
will contain names to Indicate population in tho city
OF nearly 100000. How few. indeed, OF al tnese
people leave city In summer! Down In the East
side where tho tenement-houses are thick. you may
count at night thousand people on single block all
| as.. ali conditions men and and children.
| rney swarm the sidewalks They I'LL the doorwaya
They lo out OF the windows to escape the cosene OF
air IN :bsir heated rooms and to catch tho cooling
| dampness Of tho night air. UP along tho west
side of the city population though not so dense "
nevertheless great item OF the ctys CROWN III my
or these localities not person In thonsand gets
! sway from the city With all she departures nave
.trset cars were crowded the elevated roads had
seats and up to the shops and stores In
favorite shopping localities were filed with peopie
| But when the stroller strikes Madison square anu
watches for tho faces and equpAges that havei roed
nm and down Ffthave. for months ne nnds Voa' Aho
Central Fifth-ave and Fifty ninth
st. which from o'clock to o'clock was wont 10 pese"'
gay and fashionable scene. is now dun and tame
! those hours Fashionable New-York aud wealthy New
/ In h.aVA
barrcadcd and the wtndows are locReu Anu p@iieu U
| the streets are comparatively deserted.
As 1 stood In Madison Square wondering Wnere
,bould direct nv steps, three prominent races
| ,wept across my vision. There was James f. Joy
pres,den; OF the Michigan Central Railroad short man
with heavy stomach that gives MIN the Appearance Va
standing mn 20 straight that he leans backward, with
| face fringed with short gray whisKers' pu'
| clean shaven around mouth whose ups arc
firmly pressed indicative OF decision OF Character
! Here too is John Paul Jones, United STATES Seha''
from Nevada gray rat but still active anu ViS"-
Gus both tally and physically He seis ne tns ntS
.iaska gold mines are making him comfortably happy
not TO say wealthy. Everybody lk's the senator ana
his jolness contagious II fortune is to come 10 any
man he one in whose good luck the pu5llc can take
plessure-an openhearted, generoussouled "eS'eFher
In the corridors Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel the stroller
meets Genera Charles II. Grosvenor Congressman Oh
| OHIO who SAYS: am on my way up to "oodstocR 10
July Grafton on the SUBJECT OF tho oA-
ot" He talks little about the Ohio senatorship matter
which ia before the United States Senate. saying:
There are two ph ases Of this matter which are pad
One s that the petition Of such persons as nave ssHeu
for this investigation should be disregarded Ihat
violation Of the OF fair play which should actuac
All public men in public life 1t hurts us very uch IN
Ohio that blow of kind should TO US from our
friends and especially FROM Gonera Logan tne otngi
of this matter Is mat IT VIII hurv tue @
ID United states Senate that AL we nave ss, ~ rs
| erence to Senator Payne's election 10 mere
moon shine and when before the people OF OGio
m the next campaign We have our mouths cIoseu "
in the State of Ohio outside of IT, single Democrat
who was willing ts stand up and make tne assertion
that he confidently DeileVeu IEae oena'oi i"'"S' WV
ton uuboGght"
Congressman Leievre. OF Ohio, was wandering In the
neighborhooi OF Madison 50 He gets gooh deaI
Of notice from sheer bulk lie is enormously large
man H is not at all a small mau in poitica 1t does
not do to Ignore him when considering the pohuoa
forces that sway Ohio. where he mOws pretty wide
swath along the western border OF the state can
not understand for the life OF me- the Oenerai
says walk along together why there IS 80 m1en
bitterness among certain ONO hePuocans auou ~ =,
Payne matter senator Payne ssuch nice od man tnat
ieeIns Of snimosity toward hin, even in natter OF
politics In all this matter have yet TO hnd any one
who single moment charges aud suspects or nlht1
any wrocg doing on his part wnstevsr es' M nay S
worked up tremendous feeling Of bitterness toward
MIN. To me IL - incomprehensibe."
Charles D. Jacob, United states Minister TO Columbia
S Of the AOenarlo HOTEL lie uah COME
home he says TO secure medical treatment for scl
daughter and not resign. has been reported. HI
saws. too that the reports OF a fight between himself
and DR.. Valentine KlLg. secretary Of Legation a
Bogoto. have been much exaggerated. The affair oc
CURED in the Legation with no one nut themselves
present Nj Jacobs nlimates that be IS not hghtn2
man but that when attacked he does not run away
which all thu explanation he mas 10 oncr
Colonel Levi X. Fuller, Of Brattleboro W.. the Repu0
lcan candidate for LeuteuantGOvernor OF Vermont Is
in the Fit Avenue Hotel He is a tall, nne-looking
man. with a handsome face OF the bloude type, and
light mustache and goatee. lie wears stylish high
white hat and a first glance might be mistaken for
NewYorer He understands that he 10 10 be elected. o
course that there Is necessity 10 be Inter
viewed" declare opinions OF do any spcca! work
The Republican nom nation settles the eIec-
ton in Vermont. talking with Colonel Fule
about the Edmunds matter In his State. when he re-
marked that he had gle article any
where that reflected the real state OF affairs When
asked MIN to tell the situation he replied We'll
that I hardly DO either You sec. Vermonters are
pecuiiar They do not want 10 themselves as New
Yorkers them, yet as MASSACHUSETTS, people see
them. They care only to see themselves as II 10 mir
ror OF their own"
Iu the Hoffman House, P. T. Wall, OF Richded Springs
tells me that headq uarters OF the Republican,
state Committee to be opened in few days at tina
resort which means that Messr% Cole. Hackett and
Vrooman intend to take hand IN the legislative con
tests and electlEg Senator MiileTs successor.
HOTTEST DAY or THE SEASON.
II was a regular Fourth of July day YESTERDAY