Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-04

lleveling character Of conditions 1,
might have been seen yesterday after.
noon. when mike" De Young, Of the
Chronicle, millionaire and political
leader, stood In front Of one OF these
little Offices. Down tho street in an
automobile belonging to ex-Maycr
James D. Phelan came Abe Reuf. ths
triumphant Republican boss. When
he saw De Young he waved his hat
and called out hearty greeting, 70
which De Young responded with a gay
salute. For one not intimate With
San Francisco 10 fully realize What
this means he must be told that 2ouf,
Phelan and De Young are the respec-
tive leaders Of the most bitter and
antagonistic political factions In the
west.
II you stirl doubt that the millennium
Is upon ms so down the street two
blocks to where tho relief COMMITTEES
is working "a hours q day from the
showroom OF vegetable grocer snd
you will find Gavin McNabb and Abs
Reuf with chairs and arms touching.
laughing at the same grim earthquake
Jokes and putting the two craftiesl
heads in San Francisco together for
the immediate relief of the afflicted.
A week ago as the bosses respective.
~ Of the Republican and Democratic
ranks, America could HAYS afforded
no more striking instance o: deadly
rivalry than would have been adduced
by mention Of these two names.
Restricting Dry Goods Store.
- From another cigar stand white
haired, esthetic Raphael Well 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 shah stay here and see 1t all
up again just as it was-wi:s 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 beins
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. I
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.
Cooking their dinners in the streets
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 levelin,
feats accomplished by the fire and
earthquake the most remarkable oc.
CURED In front of the Pacific avenue
home Of Rudolf Spreckels, son Of tho
president of the sugar trust. Thsre
on the sidewalk, behind some screens,
Mrs. Spreckels was safely delivered
of handsome and healthy SOD. It
is free state, everyone beginning
over again, rich and poor alike. Just
az the front rank broke from the line
the day Oklahoma territory vas
opened to settlement.
Not Fair Shake; Start Again.
Young men who can swing a smsh
capital to-day will be millionaires In
a few years. Millionaires 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 q 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: "It's not Q fair
shake; start again."
Rescue Insane People.
Many stories of heroism lie buried In
the ruins. but some tales that make the
heart Jingle are slowly altering through
official sources. This is the story of tho
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 weight
tense nervous emergency and the otncsr,
the detention hospital, which was on
the ground door. Steward Manville was
so badly injured by the falling ruins
That he died two days later Mrs. Kane
and Policeman Mclean, however. man
aged to rush outside to momentary
safety. Both Of them are we'll advanced
In years, but the nurse Is woman OF in
tense nervous energy and the officer
Is man Of giant frame. As soon rs they
reached the open court they were greet
I'd 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
into the chaotic debris.
New Buildings Are Planned.
The work Of rebuilding San Fran
cisco will proceed rapidly. Mrs. Her