Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-05-04

ficducr, aLDcQ IN 'front.' OF one OF Lho11
little Offices. Down the strset in an
automobile belonging TO ez-Aayo7
James d. Pheian came Abe. Heuf. tbs
triumphant Republican boss. When
ne saw De Young he waved his ha,
and called out a hearty greeting. 10
which De Young responded with a gay
tsalute. For one not intimate with
San Francisco 10 fully realize what
this means ne must be told that Rsuf.
Phelan and De Young arc the rszpcc-
tive leaders OF the most bitter and
antagonistic political factions In tins
west.
II you still doubt that the millennium
is upon US go down the street two
blocks to where the relief COMMITTEES
is working "a hours a day from the
showroom Of 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.
F, 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
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: Il 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-
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 concoctions.
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. vassar
and Bryn Mawr.
Spreckels Heir Born on Sidewalk.
But Of all the astounding leyeling
feats accomplished by the fire and
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 1t
is a 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 small
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 1
out of a gamblers visions Of wealth l
and glory. with a fierce and terrible 4
grandeur. has smitten all who loved 4
her and said to the half million who
had sworn by her: Its not fair /
shake; start again"
Rescue Insane People.
Many stories of heroism lie buried In I
the ruins. but some tales that make the
heart Jingle are slowly altering through 4
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
in which the courts were
housed was the first to fall. The weight
tense nervous emergency and the oficer
the detention hospital, which was on
the ground floor. 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 well advanced
in years. but the nurse is woman OF in
tense nervous energy and the officer
is a man of giant frame. As soon as they
reached the open court they were greet
ed by the terrified shrieks of the insane