The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-06
FOR THE $4,000 PLEASURE SEEK
ERS WHO VISITED THE PARK
YESTERDAY.
BIGGEST JAM EVER THERE,
ACCORDING 20 gTIIf1 STATEMENTS
OF PEOPLE WHO OUGHT TO
KNOW.
On Part of the Sport, but Did Not
Seriously Affect the Days En-
jOyment

Fully fifteen thousand people fiocked
10 Como park yesterday. At least that
is the estimate of the park policemen
who were on duty from morning till
might. Certainly this beautiful resort
never held so many people before.
They were SO numerous that they fair
~ MA the surface of the ground. The
pathways We're literally thronged with
them, the pavilion was packed, the
foadWays were crowded with vehicles,
ana the grassy knobs were covered
with hundreds of private picnic palties.
humanity Was celebrating The
F0urth' With all the enthusiasm and
s'4l the good nature that an ideal sum-
illef Gay can INSPIRE.
ihey came early and they would
lhdVe stayed later but the rain came
ana people Went. And how thew VENT
ohortly before 3 o'clock in the evening.
d pllSht have been 5000 people in
Gnu ABOUT the pavilion. In less than
~ q que1ruer or an hour the vast crowd
ttii uilk under the brief rainfall to one
S c1iiu Vi us former size. Those who
go sCdmper away to the street
Gals, iuShed to the pavilion. cOnonlete-
~ hlllng the enclosure as well az ~
c0pylng all the room on the vida
Veranda. " 'ifo "lue
al r''soh 5 FIRST Regiment band pIav-
20 humber of spirited selections
d6eLlntlic, martial and operate for the
u.lectatlon of the crowd of men
G %pilten ana children packed like sar,
casa " s The building. The rain
1TT 0 t some time before o. m. great
~ 10 the delight of the muJtitude 49,
49, :, longing for the fireworks ito be-
81. But they We're to he disan-
pointed, The skies that had sn 1THp
upoh them all day repented of tbair
a NV ohted gayety, and began to wenn
o ooi1iy Then there was another
tho noti;'i 1hose who had not left
thosa paHiIio ~ smiled knowingly, while
oiIoSe VINO had wandered some distances
aWdy AFTER the first shower were
eausnt IN the drenching downpaur he
tole lney could decide which wav to
eui H. some ran to the street car demon
gnu others to the pavilion. The white
dresses OF the ladies fitted bv Ike
apI e' as their fair Wearers soueht
p pf 1o''o.' ot shelter, but the gay peaIs
VI laughter that rang out on Tho a;r
dlspelled any superstitious notina an
siiosts' 10 be caught in a peltine rain
Wneh you are all alone is anVthian
put an enjoyable experience. but q tic.
cloWu seems to like it, There wac ne
partlailty about that rain at CONF
PARK last night. 1t fell on the inst
anu Ib me unjust alike,-except those
W. ~ were lucky enough to get under
the roof of the pavilion.
Inc open cars A ton b11oo,, with =
rupper lap robe would have been 90
uiy as finder box in comnarison
me ram swept through the cars as the
iilotofHlen turned on the full current
hoping, perhaps, to run in between
tne drops. They fairly sailed down
Golllo avenue, Rice and Wabasha
L.
thdt a river steamer would have been
proud of. And the passengers. Did
they complain? Not a bit Tbav
laughed, joked and fairly revelled IN
the wet. Drenched to the skin thei1,
PATRIOTISM was submerged but nor
drowned. Occasionally some efferves-
cent young American would pull a
pop,Suh and discharge the contents of
plank cartridge into the floor of the
car. Screams from the women and
loud laughs from the men would greet
such demonstrations
But so far as is known no accidents
and no unpleasantness occurred to mar
the enjoyment of the thousands who
visited Como park. Not a single mis-
nap was reported to the park police,
and no signs of a disturbance made
| their appearance.
The crowd assumed it's largest pro-
portions between the hours of 8 and s
p. M. Those portions of the park
| in the vicinity Of the entrance and
the pavilion did not begin to accom-
| modate the throng. So onward thew
! moved scattering hither and thither as
they went farther into the park, and
| visiting picturesque hooks and corners
| that many frequenters of this delight
| full resort have never set eyes upon.
| 1t was a day that will be remembered
! by all who went to Como park, as an
| ideal Fourth Of July" in spite of the
antics of Jupiter Pluvius after sun
| down.