The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-05-03

little Ofhces. Down the street ia an
automobile belonging to ex-Maysf
James ID. Pheian came Abe Reuf. tbs
triumphant Republican boss When
he saw De Young he waved his hat
md called out hearty greeting. to
which De Young responded with a gay
7niule. For one not intimate with
San Francisco to fully realize what
Ibis means he must be told that Rouf
Phelan and De Young are the respec-
live leaders OF the most bitter and
1ntagonistic political factions in the
west
If you still doubt that the millennium
10 upon us go down the street two
blocks TO where the relief committee
Is working "a hours a day from tho
showroom Of a vegetable grocer and
you will find Gavin McNabb and Abe
Reuf with chairs and arms touching,
laughing Mt 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.
Resurrecting 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
tigul Il
easily turn his back on San Francisco
and live the rest OF his days, the one
other place OF his delight; but says
he: 81 shall stay here and see IL all
up again Just as 1t was-with perhaps
one difference, II will be about twice
as good"
Up and down all the streets one
can see curbstone fires. where the peo-
pie are cooking their meals in obedl-
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.
away or been sent away and the peo-
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.
ft,f nc al
feats accomplished by the fire and
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 handsome and healthy son. It
is free state, everyone beginning
over again, rich and poor alike, Just
as the front rank broke from the line
the day Oklahoma territory was
opened to settlement
Not Fair Shake; Start Again. !
Young men who can swing a small
capital to-day will be millionaires in
a few years. Mlllionaires who to-day
are walking the streets mourning
over their ill.luck will never again
be flush. San Francisco, queen city
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 terrible |
grandeur, has smitten all who loved |
her and said to the half million who |
had sworn by her: TITS not a fair |
shake; start again"
Rescue Insane People.
Many stories of heroism lie buried in |
he ruins. but some tales that make the |
heart tingle are slowly altering through
official sources. This is the story of the
noble work performed by Mrs. Kane.
matron of the Detention hospital, and
Policeman John Mclean, who was de-
tailed there the night of the great earth
quake. The insane patients at the ruined
city hall were kept in locked cells, from
which only the keys of the stewards
could free them. At the hour of dawn
On that fatal Wednesday morning, the
structure in which the courts were
housed was the first to fall. The weigh.
tense nervous emergency and the officer
the detention hospital, which was on
he ground floor. Steward Manville was
SO badly injured by the falling ruins
hat he died two days later. Mrs. Kane
and Policeman Mclean, however, man
lged to rush outside TO momentary
safety. Both of them are we'll advanced
n years. but the nurse is woman of in
.ense nervous energy and the officer
S man of giant frame. AS soon as they
reached the open court they were greet
ID by the terrified shrieks of the insane
hat pierced through the smoking ruins
around They refused to leave their
helpless charges, and both went back
nto the chaotic debris.
New Buildings Are Planned.
The work OF rebuilding San Fran
isco Will proceed rapidly. Mrs. Her
nan Oelrichs of New York has agreed
o repair. the Rialto building and to
'uild again on the site of the Crossley.
The and her sister, Mrs. w. X Wander
Iilt Ir have also Stafad that thav will