Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-05-04

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might have been seer yesterday after
noon, when mike" De Young, Of the
Chronicle, millionaire and political
leader. stood in front Of one Of these
little Offices. Down the street In an
automobile belonging to ex-Mayor
James d. Phelan came Abe Reuf. the
triumphant 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 g he must be told that Reuf,
Phelan and De Young are the respec-
tive leaders OF the most bitter and
a~ntagonistic political factions in the
west.
If you still doubt that the millennium
Is upon us go down the street two
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 adduccd
! by mention Of these two names.
| Restricting a Dry Goods Store.
i 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 on San Francisco
and live the rest Of his days, the one
! other place Of his delight; but says
he: II shall stay here and see 1t all
up again just as 1t 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 PEG.
pie are cooking their meals in obedi-
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 peo
pie who get their own meals out OF
doors are among the best in the city
| NnnkfnO xhotr ltpuorc q, Tho g<roatc
may be seen girls who have been edu
Gated at Stanford. Berkeley, Vassal
and Bryn Mawr.
Spreckels Heir Born on Sidewalk.
But Of all the astounding l%evelin,
feats accomplished by the fire ant
earthquake the most remarkable oc
Cured in front of the Pacific avenue
home Of Rudolf Spreckels. son OF the
president OF the sugar trust. There
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 lint
the day Oklahoma territory wa
opened TO settlement.
Not Fair Shake; Start Again.
Young men who can swing a small
capital to-day will be millioraires II
a few years. Millionaires who to-da,
are walking the streets mournin,
owe their ill-luck Will never again
be flush. San Francisco. queen cit.
Of chance. born of the gambling fever
bred of the gambling energy. dreamed
out of a gamblers visions Of wealth
and glory, with a fierce and terribl,
grandeur, has smitten all who love,
her and said to the half million whit
had sworn by her: ITS not a fai
shake; start again"
Rescue Insane People.
Many stories of heroism lie buried II
the ruins, but some tales that make tn,
heart tingle are slowly altering through
official sources. This is the story of tn,
noble work performed by Mrs. Kane
matron of the Detention hospital, ant
Policeman John Mclean, who was de
tailed there the night of the great earth
quake. The insane patients at the ruine'
city hall wero kept In locked cells, frou
which only the keys of the steward,
could free them. At the hour OF dawI
1 on that fatal Wednesday morning, tn,
structure In which the courts werl
housed was the first tn fall. The weigh
tense nervous emergency and the office
the detention hospital, which was OF
the ground floor. Steward Manvilie wa