Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-02
AFTERMATH Of
s[OCUM MATTER
Rerslstisnary Method Of Chang
Ing Attitude Or officials
1swards Fire Traps
WEBER AND MAIDEN
WITH DREAM EYES
Continuation of ImmIgrant
Rates Nsk4 Condition. On Xiii.
Island Worse Every Day

i.land Worse Every DAY
AEW YORK, Juiy TIE
~ 49, "A ga taig retefea tfass
tae Fhco& xhIeh was eaassa ny me
terrible apasser III ~ Gen s1ocpu
me ~ II sAe aead "a slfeaay vAs
sed ths w Thousand a1 and near
ii eYery cay ole "a f,aIe ase
foun1 ant rev natae st d the
TIE witnesses Il fha aqges ~ clear
~ fndaatIbg Hso nagfaut Reg
bert II every pgae&assOa agasset Ere
Or Taipafe las ssfrred I'D popular
Indignation sra aroused b peferpp
tory deuand sor reform TIE out
come IA TIE otfseiai inytaegatlon ii
awasasd With great snteress and there
aesxasAa determination on The part of
the citizsng 10 see 10 A. that the gull
AZ pefsoss shall he discovered md
punished. Il ia ! strange fact. tina,
II Invariably Requires q powerful si
nufus. lie he froqaoss theafer ire
ri ne O. slocana disaster 70 aroase
iAe dssire fr rsaprna. which, pe1haps
for hsif ! century kss been dormans
bit never asserted Itself
For seyefai generations the puDlc
and ne authorities permitted he
erection aDa use of Inc mos danger
oas firstrsDs for theatre purposes
Every 10 and then d voice of warn
ing would b. raised, boz. az no NJ
riona aceidelts happened. the public
WAS Iuiled into a deceptive feeling III
safety. The awakening Was terrible
and tbs reaction positively TeYolue
tsonary. With O feIi stroke every
thing mas % ts changed from i state
q the q appalling insecurity 10
state q abosiute security. The
tkeatera we're closed. and not only the
real fisstrkps. but also those that.
heretofore, had BEEN considered mo
deis " safety. Such violent reactions
however, rarely tsst long. 30 In This
ease Anyone who doubts this has
only 70 70 10 y N the smaller. out
lying theatets and figure ous, after due
consideration. ~ existing conditions.
what would happen. should ever i
fire brtak ont ID one of those hOases
-
Bef6fsJong ne Gen sloeurn disaster
Will "a for9otten, careless or corrupt
offlclaIs viii continue Ia nh Import !
ant ofiees ana ID 4 rev years eondl
tlofs uiIl probably be ripe again for
another terrible lesson The present
agitation has had III least one good
effect Y has made The people more
cautious and the excursion and plea
ssra boats have not been half NJ crow
ded aimee the disaster as they psed u
% Do before ~ occurred.
While thousands N private indisl
dusis and specplstors lost fortunes
through the fluctuations Of y. 8. steel.
> few men, who happened 10 be on
The right side of the market. made
fortunes out Or the same stock. Among
The fortunate ~apeeulators was The
Mayor Robert A. Van wyck.
cf New York. He wal ID comfortable
circumstances. before the beginning
" the present year. but ~ no means
rich. The other day. however, he re-
bred from business and went on d
long European tour. after be had
over n million two hundred
thousand dollars BY his speculations
IN steel,
Joe Weber. Of The old Weber.
Field combination, quite recently d.
has found consolation by
ormins . partnership with Anna Held,
he Maiden with me dreamy eyes.
u rather her husband and manager.
florence zicgfeld. II has been an
|ginced. that the ncn combination
NJ attempt Il put on productions ~
Kind similar 20 those that have made
Yeber Z Fields famous all through
! country, A new constellation of
Iei ling stars Is to be gathered with
temple OF the comic muse and
VIII I'D ID u 10 The brightest among
'dins 4. Those ynso know Anna
','ssdetiy ca|falatIng how long
Slr p~arthership vii, pre-
There are already RI. =
tiorr ihst some Of the
.ttars are not Inc
luster dimmed