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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
SAN FRANCISCO FROM THE SEA
Bret IIarte (1Ssn

Bret Harte QSSp.
Serene. Indifferent of Fate,
Thou sittest at the Western Gate;
Upon thy height, so lately won,
still slant the banners Of the sun;
Thou seest the white seas strike their tent
o Warder of two Continents!
And, scornful Of the peace that flies
Thy angry winds and sullen skies,
Thou drawest all things, small or great
o lions whelp that hides fast
In Jungle growth of spire and mast!
I know thy running and thy greed,
Thy hard, high lust and willtul decd,
And all thy glory loves to tell
OF specious gifts material.
Drop down. o Fleecy Fog, and hide
Her scepter sneer and all her pride.
Wrap her. o Fog, in gown and hood
OF her Franciscan Brotherhood.
Hide me her faults, her sin and blame
with thy gray mantel cloak her shame!
So shall she, cowled. sit and pray
Till morning bears her sins away.
Then rise, O Fleecy Fog, and raise
The glory of her coming days;
Be as the cloud that fiecks the seas
Above her smoky argosies;
When forms familiar shall give place
To stranger speech and newer face;
When all her throes and anxious fears
Lie hushed in the repose OF years;
When Art shall raise and Culture hit
The sensual joys and meaner thrift
And all fulfilled the vision we
Who watch and wait shall never see
Who, in the morning of her race,
Toiled fair or meanly in our place,
But, yielding to the common lot,
Lie unrecorded and forgot
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
Kings Act in tSIpvIy style.
Cleveland Leader.

In the days when kings won crowds
by showing themselves drawer. stronger,
more masterful than other men they were
expected to prove their right to their
thrones by seeking the hard task, the
leaders duty. In these easy-going times
royalty is screened from peril. It is
kept in sheltered luxury. 1t is petted and
pampered. The world does not take It
seriously as a vital force in the heavy
tasks of the age. 1t reigns without rul-
ing Therefore the courage and devotion
shown by King Victor Emmanuel and
Queen Helene in the worst days of the
eruption of Vesuvius stand out like a
beacon on mountain top. 1t is a mani
festation of real royalty
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

from building collapses and conhagra-
tons.
The Bee has been urging for some
time a thorough overhaullng Of OmahO's
building regulations to conform to the
demands Of the most modern construc-
ton. Because Omaha has on the whole
been extremely fortunate in the past is
no good reason why It should be reck.
less Of the future.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

sorrow. That was the death. at the age Of
i6 years, Of their son.
As a monument to their sorrow and to
perpetuate the name Of their son, the father
and mother decided upon the university.
For a location they selected the beautiful
Palo Alto farm, thirty-three miles south
OF San Francisco, a place which the boy
had lived. The cost OF the university was
SS0OOO,OOO
Senator stanford lived just long enough
to see the opening of the university. with
his death the greatness Of his widow be-
came known Senator Stanford left his
wealth to the university. and on paper the
bequest was a magnificent one, but 1898 was
a panic year and when Mrs. Stanford went
into the affairs she found ready cash very
scarce. Then began long, hard struggle
in which many sacrifices were made. Mrs
Stanford manipulated. studied and schemed
Out Of her private fortune she raised $780,
600. which she doled out bit by Bit making
every cent count Gradually the estate
began TO gain, and the university was
placed on firm basis. She gave s11.OOO.OO0
and her splendid home in San Francisco
to the school, and when she died. in
March, 1905, her estate was still estimated
to be worth s. 10000
She left Leland Stanford university one
OF the strongest schools, financially, in the
world.
The failure Of the water supply which
placed San Francisco at the mercy of the
flames doubtless was due to the breaking
OF the many large fiowlines that lead to the
city.
In part this breakage may have been
caused by falling buildings, but primarily
II resulted from the violent movement Of
the earth. Such accidents have occurred
in the past, notably in 1897, when large
fiowlines were cracked during earthquakes.
San Franchises water supply is provided
by the Spring Valley Water company. from
a series Of lakes. and reservoirs formed by
! immense dams across valleys or canyons
In the mountains. The largest Of these
reservoirs are the Pilarcitos, San Andreas,
Crystal Springs and Calaveras. The capa-
city of these four storage places is so large
that the figures carry little meaning 10 the
ordinary minds, but II is more than 1000,
100000 gallons. In addition to these reser-
voirs, which are all on high elevations,
there are six distributing reservoirs-Lake
! Honda, 36S feet above the city with a capa-
city OF 100000 gallons; College Hill, 25l
feet. 100000 gallons: University mound
| 16S feet. $500 900 gallons; Clay street hill
! 375 feet, t41OOO gallons; Francisco street
1879 feet. 100000 gallons; Lombard street
! 500 feet 100000 gallons. This shows a
distributing capacity of 95,00OoOO gallons
and an elevation guaranteeing a supply in
! every part of the city.
The distributing pipe system from -four
inches up to thirty-seven and half inches
has total length Of more than 400 miles
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

The brunt of the transportation Of
supplies to stricken San Francisco will
fall upon the Union Pacific as the orig
inal and shortest overland route. An
emergency like this will make the ma.
ton proud of the part it took in helping
TO construct this great highway of com
merce. now the main artery between
the Atlantic and Pacific.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

The famine threatened people of Cali,
fornia will have an opportunity to
satiate their hunger from the surplus
products of Nebraska, Iowa and adjoin.
ing states, which every year raise
enough to feed the whole nation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Some democratic spies who have been
peeking in at republican campaign head
quarters have decided that things there
do lOt suit them because not sufficiently
evidencing business. If that were really
the case, these democrats would shake
hands with themselves and keep still
instead of yelping about it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

1t is unfortunate that John Sharp
Williams could not have waited to begin
his campaign for the admission of Okla
homa until after the bill to give Ne
braska volunteers standing in the pen
sion office had passed the house. Being
one Of the reliably republican states
Nebraska has no hope of fayors at the
hands OF the minority.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
specinI Interests to the Fore,

PtttSburg Dispatcn.
1t seems almost impossible to present
any legislation in the public interest at
Washington that does not hit some special
interest. Here is the wood alcohol crowd
opposing the denatured alcohol bill, al
though as a matter of fact its passage
will greatly increase the demand for wood
alcohol in the denaturizing process But
the facts never appeal to these special in
terests. The beet sugar opposition TO
Cuban and Philippine tariff revision
proved that.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Omaha contributes $4,000 in one day
to the victims of the earthquake and
the next day Kansas City announces
that it will sell supplies to contributors
at the usual rate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
LINES TO A LAUGH.


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., ! have called to
ask II YOU will give me some reminis-
censes of your public career
Senator with dignity)-Not much, young
man, do | propose to let any man with a
rake run amuck through my past history.
Baltimore American.
yes, she's swell enough" said the Chi
SBut her forefathers?" suggested the
'oh, gracious, don't make It any worse
than It really is. She's only had three
Philadelphia Ledger.
Are you going to run for congress
rum" repeated the permanent states
man. Il don't have to run. IL is in
variaby a walk-over for me now" Wash
ington Star.
II suppose the Galleys will summer at
Newport"
"I don't know. They told me they OK
pected to spring in Bermuda"
Gracious l wonder where they'll fall?'
Philadelphia Press.
Il saw the doctor go into your house
this morning, Quiverfull. Anything hap
9eHed?"
''Two things have happened blame the
luck!'-Cleveland Leader.
How do you like the presidents latest
portrait?'
"Quite rakish, isn't it?"-Clevcland Plain
Dealer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

The candidate who is running for
mayor on his backbone keeps harping
that his word is better than his bond
and that he never went back on prom
Use. That suggests the question how
many promises he has out, and whether
he has not been giving his word so in
discriminatory that to keep faith with
one would be to break faith with an
other
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
Tidal wave of Immigration

The invasion Of America by alien hosts
rivals in magnitude the historic migrations
Of olden times-of the Dorians, OF the
Goth and Vandals, of the Saxons. Of the
Tartars and others. But we hope the ma
ton they are invading is big enough and
strong enough to receive them without be
ing materially changed or dominated by
them
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
Everybody works the Consumer.

The operators fatty reject the coal
miners arbitration proposals. Until the
surplus stock of anthracite coal has been
sold to the public at exorbitant prices
Il is not likely that work will be resumed
in the mines. The periodic stopping Of
production gives the miners a vacation,
enriches the operators and adds another
wrong to the public's list.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

The Bee does not have to boast and
brag about its superior news service on
the Pacific coast earthquake. The Bees
various regular and extra editions speak
for themselves, and more particularly
when compared with the efforts Of the
local yellow journals.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Miners who reject a proposition to
arbitrate matters in the hitum!nous field
have no logical right to oh Get to the
same position taken ny operators in
the anthracite district Arbitration
seems to be popular for either side
chiefly when it is known opponents will
not accent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Springfield, Mo-, lynchers are doubt
less grateful for anything which turns
the eye Of Governor Folk away from
them until his indignation has had time
to subside
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Ten thousand dollars for the privilege
Of beating a rival TO a contract for
hauling goods is higher price to pay
than most traffic managers can afford.
The directors will be expected to relm-
burse them at the expense of the stock
holders.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS LAW.
Drastic Feature, of the Measure En-
acted in New York.
T7rooLIyv ole

Brooklyn Eagle.
Governor Higgins signed the bill forbid
ding contributions by corporations doing
business in this state for any political pur-
pose whatever. Therefore, it is now law
of the state.
disposition is apparent to call this
law the big insurance law" While 1t
is true that the bill was reported by the
Armstrong Insurance Investigating COM
mittee, it was an insurance bill only as
insurance companies are corporations
within the meaning of the law. With equal
Justice It might have been called "a big
bank bill" or railroad bill" or manu-
featuring corporation bill" In its appli-
cation the law will affect each and every
corporation and joint stock association Of
the state, no matter what business It may
have been organized to do. And i'm that
wide application It will more seriously
affect the size of the campaign fund than
If it were limited to insurance corporations.
That it is big" will be admitted. 1t is
big in the wide area of its applicability. 1t
is big in the effect it will have on politi-
cal campaigns. And it is big I'm its sweep
ing provisions, which make officers, direc-
tors, stockholders, attorneys and agents
of a corporation who laid, abet advise, or
consent" to a violation. guilty of misde-
meanor. AS will any person who solicits
or receives the money from corporation
for political purpose is made guilty. 1t is
big" also in the feature which puts a pre-
MUM on information as to the violation
of the law. A person offending against II
is made a competent witness against an
other person so offending and he is saved
from indictment and punishment in giving
such testimony. There is no doubt about
the "bgness'' of the law nor as to the dras-
tic nature of its provisions. 1t would APP
pear as If there were no loopholes in it.
| Yet it is quite possible that in time the
| ingenious campaign manager will find a
| way to circumvent it's intent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
CensoIation of an Exile.

ApdAAillpiN <hAiANAANtsAAs
Gorky has one consolation. His troubles
on this side are not near as great as those
he might experience were he still in the
land Of the car. and he has not yet given
any indications of wishing to sing There's
no place like home"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

San Francisco people will some day
take an unholy but natural delight in
paying those bakers who increased the
price of bread to 81 loaf the day aftel
the disaster back in their own coin.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

The famous Cliff house, perched on the
rocks and partly over the sea- is reported
among the earthquake wrecks Command
ing a magnificent view of the Golden Gate,
the Seal Rocks, the far-stretching beach to
the south, and 1.-THE restless sea, it was a
mecca for tourists as we'll as San Fran
cscans. The old building was burned in
1895 and was succeeded by a costlier stone
structure. The building and ground, the
adjoining salt water baths as we'll, the
floral park and museum on Sutro heights,
were planned and owned by Adolph Sutro,
famous as a mining engineer.
The first Gin house stood on the edge Of
the bluff that rose abruptly from the sea.
The waves of the Pacific pounded against
the rocks below the generous piazzas from
which the visitor looked out and away 10
the horizon with nothing to break the
vision except on a clear day, the tops Of
the Farralones far to the southwest, SEN
tinels that told the voyager that the Golden
Gate and San Francisco were near.
The rocks and the seals were as much
part Of the whole wonderful picture as was
the Cliff house and no one that went there
ever thought of either without the other.
But II was within the walls Of the old Cliff
/ house that memories were formed. Stories
have been written about it; plots have been
! laid therein story books-"A Trip to
Chinatown" the late Charles Hoyt's laugh
able farce, had its inception in one of the
dining rooms. In a way the Cliff house was
| TO San Francisco what the big hotels or
clubs are to other cities. Strange things
! happened there, sometimes, friendships be-
gan, romances built. midnight suppers
cards and wine. A visitor would no more
| think Of missing the place than he would
| pass by unnoticed the Waldorf-AstoTia IN
| New York or Monte Carlo on the continent
tai trip.
To reach the Clin house you passed over
"a winding drive OF nearly six miles from
the city, through the Golden Gate park OF
more than 1900 acres. There was a sudden
turn when you came out Of the trees and
/ before you was the Pacific
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
WAKES Happy and Robust.

Philadelphia Press.
According to the London papers President
Roosevelt is suffering from too much popu-
larity, and yet his sufferlngs on that ac-
count do not seem to hurt him any.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Advices from Los Angeles would indi-
cate the state of the public mind to
he such that the discharge Of shotgun
might precpitate panic.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Now that Australia has engaged in
raising sisal hemp, Filipinos have an
other excuse for asking tariff conces-
sions at the hands of the United States.
But il will be bard TO convince users
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
Peace, Brethren!

1t looks as If the campaign in Iowa would
become scurrilous. Governor Cummins has
been denounced as a mUckraker by one Of
his enemies If this is not libelous, what
is?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

1t, required something unusual to
drown popular surprise over the holding
of traffic managers to trial at Kansas
City '' '.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Those absentee city councilmen may
come back with full assurance that
they can draw their pay to the end of
their terms without being overworked
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subs cribers leaving the city tenn
pOrariIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often ms requested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Having been guaranteed immunity by
both present and prospective mayors,
the umpire may call time for the Sun
day ball game as soon as he pleases.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
Tempting the Bie stick

lineage NEWS
II the anthracite operators really wish TO
attract the attention Of the man who Yields
the big stick, refusing offers Of arbitration
is the way to go about IT,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

The scientist who discovered that the
greatest earthquake shock was at Palo
Alto was not gauging his estimate from
newspaper reports.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Have you contributed to the relief
fund for the earthquake victims? Every
little helps.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

In raising money and rushing sup
plies to San Francisco there is some
danger of forgetting Santa Rosa and
some other places needing relief.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, IS:
G. G. Rosewater, general manager OF The
Bee Publishing Company. being duly sworn,
says that the actual number OF tull and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month OF March 1905 was as follows:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Of binding Irvine that tariff on hemp
viii be a good thing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Kearny street, in the heart of the
stricken district of San Francisco, is said
TO be the most cosmopolitan thOroughfare
in the world. Its beginning is at Market
street and its end in the bay, over
ragged cliff, the dumping place for old
iron. 1t starts with smooth pavcments,
runs into board walks and terminates on
soil so rough that even the goats a nu-
merous as in Hoboken, find difficulty in
their meanderings. It's mile and a half
of length harbors every business and every
degree Of business, and all races walk there
and dwell in its houses. Italians, Greciuns
Chinese, Japanese Filipinos, Malays
Arabs, a few Americans, French, Germans
all are to be met In Kearny street There
are Offices that shelter millionaires; princes
of commerce are building fortunes there
and where it tops the hill beggars and
peddlers haggle with housewives over a
slice Of fish or handful of onions Car
riages roll along, half it's length; trolley
cars hum merrily along until they reach
the hilI-Teegraph hill-and there they
stop People climb the remainder of the
| way on cleats in the walk. You can see
every form of worship in Kearny street,
/ from the Christian singing in the open TO
| the Chinese burning punk to their favor
| lite gods. Mohammedans are there, turn
| ing their faces to the east at sunrise The
great, the rich, the poor. the besottcd, the
| lost and the vicious are in Kearny street
Few well dressed persons are seen north
| of Bush street 1t is a great place for
| souvenirs" of a cheap Kind that are sold
to tourists who know they must see the
street to know San Francisco.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

Leland Stanford university, reported de-
stroyed in the California earthquake. was
the tribute of Senator Leland Stanford OF
California and Mrs. Stanford 70 the MEM
DRY OF their son, Leland Stanford, jr. In
the lives OF this couple. whose estate was
worth perhaps 100000, Was oRs great
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

net lOldl Sdles.. ssssssssssssssssss sVOcse W
Daily average 31,I6I
c. c. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this Jlst day OF March, 1905.
(SeaD Nj. b. HUNGATE.
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21

The city hall reported wrecked, occupied
a diamond-shaped block bounded by Market
street on the east, I.arkin on the west
McAllister on the north and Leavenworth
avenue on the south. The building cost
about S6OO0,0OO some say nearly 100000
The Market street side for one-quarter the
depth of the block was used as a park.
where hundreds rested in the cool shade
Of trees and the fragrance of flowers. The
entire building was used for city offices,
legislative and executive. For years it
sheltered the Jail and courts but a few
years ago a hall of justice was built a
few blocks distant from the city hall. All
the citys court machinery is there the
Jail, the police court police headquarters
and criminal court.
Mechanics pavilion occupies the entire
block across Larkin street opposite the
city hall 1t is an immense 'barny' struc-
ture, where prize fights were held when
the law allowed It and where horse shows
and similar entertainments are given. 1t
is frame building and old
The city hall was the last public building
on Market street as you go west From
that point east to the ferry house was an
unbroken line of business houses.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
LANDMARKS AMONG rue RUNS.
San Francisco Institutions Leveled
by Earthquake and Fire.

san EEnmcAaen AnhNaNuNhohH AffNNANN
by Earthquake and Fire.
The Chronicle building, which was de-
stroyed among others, was erected by the
De Youngs in 1889, and was in reality the
forerunner Of the skyscraper era in San
Francisco. 1t occupies one Of the angular
corners at the intersection Of Market
Kearny and Third streets For years this
structure was the marvel of the city, but
along in the late 'sOs the spreckels, the
sugar kings of the Hawaiian islands, put
up the Call building across Market street
on a sort OF diamond, a tall shaft Of a
building like monument, dwarhng
everything else In its vicinity. Then, a
few years later. came the Hearst. or Ex-
aminer building, at Third and Market
streets. The Palace hotel was built
around a courtyard that opened TO the
sky I'm the manner Of early-day Spanish
houses. There was a wide carriage en-
trance through which conveyances drove
I'm and deposited their fares. Magnificent
palms and Towering shrubs grew in pro-
fusion in this courtyard. and potted plants
of tropical growth added color to the creamy
white galleries on every floor to the top Of
the building. With thousands OF electric
lights flashing, and the spray from a
fountain in the center cooling the air. no
fairer scene could be desired in a great
city.