Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-14

publican and were likely TO remain so.
But they were compelled to fight the
manufacture of fraudulent French
wines in New York without cessation,
and to resist all legislation hat might
give "A new lease Of life to that nefarious
business.
THE MURDERED FIREMAN'S FUNERAL.
The citizens of San Francisco feel
very strongly about h shooting busl-
ness in the republican county committee
rooms, and steps are being aiken that
will rescue the city from the domina-
ton OF Boss Buckley. 1t is felt that if
such methods of political action as he
has re-introduced are not summarily
crushed, San Francisco will be in Ian
ger of returning to the state OF things
from which the vigilants rescued it.
There is no use in mincing matters. A
large criminal and "a larger Quasi-crimi-
nal element exist in this city, and this
comes uppermost when the democracy
is on top with just such results as the
Harrington shooting scrape. How ex-
cited the people are was shown by the
funeral of David Donahue, the fireman
shot by Harrington. The in
which the coffin lay was p~rofuseiy deco
rated with California flowers, many
prominent men not politicians sending
Spltuulu UIlDubCS. VI SouTSC Jllc ICpuD-
lican organizations we're fully repre-
sented, and also the firemen of the city.
Long before the hour named for the
lifting of the coffin, the streets in
the vicinity were so blocked with citi-
zens who came to take Off their hats as
the hearse passed that there was consid-
cradle difficulty in making ones way
through the crowd. In front OF the
hearse was a delegation of tiremen, each
company throughout the city sending
four men in uniform, but wearing black
gloves and having on the left arm q
badge of black Grape. The Young
Mems Institute, of which the deceased
had been an honored member, followed
the hearse in great numbers, the entire
association turning out. Then came
nearly u hundred carriages and hacks,
and among the former were many sent
by the leading families of the city
though they were not present them
selves. The Hon. d. Mcclure partici-
pated in the proceedings from the first
to the last. He was present iG the house
and left after clods of earth had been
thrown upon the coffin in its deep grave
at Mount Calvary.
III GILBERT ISLAND SAVAGES.
From grave to gay, from lively to Sc
severe" Such is life. While all San
francisco was sLlrreu up ny the funeral,
there was one group that looked on
most attentively without comprehend
ing much OF the situation. Four Poly
nesians belonging to the Gilbert group
Of islands have arrived among us after
a most romantic experience. They
were in a proa, and were blown out into
midocean by a hurricane. They sup
ported themselves by catching fish,
quenching their thirst by the blood Of
their prey. They we're picked up by a
schooner that had loaded up with capra
or dried %cocoanut, and beche de mer,
and was proceeding to San Francisco.
Arriving in a dense fog the skipper got
confused and ran the schooner ashore
at San Pedro. which is about fif-
teen miles below San Francisco.
Nobody was drowned, and the four saw
ages preserved their confidence in their
white friends in spite of the mishap.
Perhaps they thought hat was the
white mans way OF landing his big
proas. When they arrived in San
| Francisco, TO which they came by the
narrow gauge line, they found a pro-
tcctor, a wealthy Australian, who is
spending his time very pleasantly in
Frisco, finding it more lively than New
South Wales. Mr.. Buchland can speak
their language huently, and was deeply
interested in their adventure, and more
particularly by the strange light in
which they saw all occurrences. He