Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
M fnrther nroof were needed Of the

leader, stood in front of n of these
little Offices. Down the street In an
automobile belonging to ex-Mayof
James D Phelan came Abe Reuf, the
Republican boss. When
he saw De Young he waved his hat
and called out a hearty greeting. to
which De Young responded with a gay
salute. For one not intimate with
San Francisco to fully realize what
this means he must be told that Reuf,
Phelan and De Young are the respec-
tive leaders of the most bitter and
~antagonistic political factions in the
west.
If you still doubt that the millennium
is upon us go down the street W
blocks to where the relief committee
is working "a hours a day from the
showroom of a vegetable grocer and
you will find Gavin McNabb and Abe
Reuf with chairs and arms touching,
laughing at the same grim earthquake
jokes and putting the two craftiest
heads in San Francisco together for
the immediate relief of the afflicted.
A week ago as the bosses respective
ly of the Republican and Democratic
ranks, America could have afforded
no more striking instance Of deadly
rivalry than would have been adduced
! by mention of these two names.
Restricting a Dry Goods Store.
From another cigar stand white
haired, esthetic Raphael We'll is resur'
recting the most fashionable dry goods
store in the city. He is old, wealthy
and practically retired. He could
easily turn his back OF San Francisco
and live the rest of his days, the on
other place of his delight; but says
he: 81 shall stay here and see it all
up again just as it was-with perhaps
one difference, it will be about twice
as good"
Up and down all the streets one
can see curbstone fires, where the peo'
Pile are cooking their meals in obedf'
ence to the municipal order to light
no fires in the houses. They being
without large ranges, small kitchen
stoves, improvised sheet iron ovens
and the old brick Dutch ovens are
used and from which are turned out
some wonderful connections.
Most of the servants have either run
away or been sent away and the PEG
pie who get their own meals out OF
doors are among the best in the city,
Cooking their dinners in the streets
may be seen girls who have been edu.
Gated at Stanford, Berkeley, Vassar
and Bryn Mawr.
Spreckels Heir Born on Sidewalk.
But of all the astounding ~levelins
feats accomplished by the fire ant
earthquake the most remarkable oc
Cured in front of the Pacific avenue
> home Of Rudolf S%preckels, son of thu
president Of the sugar trust. There
1 on the sidewalk, behind some screens
Mrs. Spreckels was safely delivered
$ of a handsome and healthy son. I
: is a free state, everyone beginning
: over again, rich and poor alike, jus
as the front rank broke from the lin
Z Lu6 udy OhldlloHld tSlliIoiJ "~
p opened to settlement.
Not Fair Shake; Start Again.
Young men who can swing a small
capital to-day will be m%illionaires ii
: a few years. Millionaires who to-da.
are walking the streets mournin
a over their ill-luck will never agai
e be flush. San Francisco, queen cit
Of chance, born of the gambling fevel
bred of the gambling energy, dreame
out of a gamblers visions of wealt
! and glory, with a fierce and terribl
g grandeur, has smitten all who love
d her and said to the half million VIII
had sworn by her: "It's not a fai
d shake; start again"
& Rescue Insane People.
Many stories of heroism lie buried
l the ruins, but some tales that make tn
heart tingle are slowly flltering throug
official sources. This is the story of th
n noble work performed by Mrs. Kan'
d matron of the Detention hospital, an
Policeman John Mclean, who. was dc
tailed there the night of the great eartt
IS quake. The insane patients at the RUNE
e city hall were kept in locked cells, frol
which only the keys of the stewarc
s could free them. At the hour of daw
on that fatal Wednesday morning, tn
structure in which the courts wei
te housed was the first to fall. The weigh
n tense nervous emergency and the Office
the detention hospital, which was Q
ii the ground floor. Steward Manville WE
so badly injured by the falling ruiz
lie that he died two days later. Mrs. Kar
and Policeman Mclean, however, ma
ut aged to rush outside to momental
Of safety. Both of them are we'll advance
b. in years, but the nurse is a woman OF Il
er tense nervous energy and the offic'
in is a man of giant frame. AS soon as the
reached the open court they were gree
ed by the terrified shrieks Of the insal
that pierced through the smoking rCIi
around. They refused to leave the
? helpless charges, and both went BAT
into the chaotic debris.
New Buildings Are Planned.
The work OF rebuilding San Fra
= cisco will proceed rapidly. Mrs. He
ho man Oelrichs of New York has agre
VI to repair the Rialto building and
~ build again on the site OF the Crosslt
cd She and her sister, Mrs. w. K. Vandt
If bilt, Jr., have also stated that they "
A. put up solid office structures on TIL
Montgomery street site.