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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
LAWYER SHOOTS POLITICIAN
ttssken n, rattsy 90 Tulsa, T. u,
AttsSPt. 60 KIN a. y, retsss ss
Resatt 90 Fsaa,

Tulsa, l. r. AaS N-'iassen y raney,
NeuNs lawyer aRd politician, te,saS shot
"A D. rettps cousin ~ senator fettUs "a
Alabama ana leader N oklsbssaa aeinc
cratic politios fhe shooting Nee0Frea cn
= principal street cegpeF ena vas witnessed
by dosep perpans II he sllespa that an
teviing existed between tbe aea teF several
years stpWtns out % rusgpu Fvht-sl g. ss-
eept rsilyS a. sattot fag the hand 10 his
daughter Recenta business uoebles A.
eeptustra tbe NtteFness eetWesa che mrR
ana when lbeS met ths sheoShz e,llswea
rpius % eee time vas candidate f0s
state seeeflptenaset % Faelis lasggaStsa
tis v ul iesaNeA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
KURoN VISITS NEW HAVEN
Makes TriP Co Vale University. where
Many Japanese omcsrs Have
neen Edacated.

NEW HAVEN Conn. May N-'rhe visit
10 Yale university ot General Karoki today
waa hrOusht about by the desire ot the
distinguished soldier Co $50 the institution
In which many japanese onaeers resolved
portion of their education, Many of these
ofhocra served with distnctipn az Rort
Arthur ana on tho battlunoid On Manohu.
rian soii
General KurokrP party Included uvepral
o W, Wuod, u, \ A tretirpdl and Aajor
lynch ef the general star Vhe PARTY
visited the various departments Of tho col
ieso and a. Woodbrldss hsn was received
BY President tiadley Here also the Jana
neae students. twenty IN number we're a.
stumbled ana presented an address
Luncheon was served a. che Graduates
club There were present Secretary II
state Rect OoveFaor Woodruff, President
Aelisa II the New iiavsn fsilreaA ana !,
humber 90 professors snd faculty men
The party then visited the university hau
Whsre Vale men numbering i,o0o aFoas and
save the Ions Nais cheer Az o',s,cA
tho general ana PARTY legt teF New York
NEW YORK, MaS M=ovnefai hsron
kuTeei ana hls party returned ftesN a y.sll
10 Yale uAlvpFaiti early this syeHIng II
wee announced that The paFty would mead
temeueN IA rect
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
BOARD TloHTeNs down LlD
Decides 49, rssfsu tfesss-s ~ asr
w." visis's Osssss ssS ps"sihit
asiss ~ n.s~sts

The Bssfd ~ rift aeG PpH.s fSur's
siDnhfs gsfiGF8 iHst riEfi fhHt aH sst<'r.
Frst,sfs phS sh03iH fe fs4r1 E1.fy ~ a-Ii.
irR iiqYof m Sunday ~ sftsr tl,-,fE r.7fs
have ihhf IFfrsrs ts1ss..s0 Tts f<sf4
alsY uas ~ 'hf YtsDi.u ihat Irasrls'h 81
shlnorkteprrs fav ~ ann3sI IFrrrt ~
81 pG thHy were entitled ~ fsff ffsy 4t0
Hsiion prevailed pfDhii5unE 'ts So -
beer ~ Dfbsf il4uDfs ~ srg forsss ~ r-
frpuis st any zine phatso~gst NJ "fitf
- frii,s Nas irs'fB,isG - 80 p.st ne
prGrf is rnfhftsG
The matter ~ aIDuipK si9hs ~ ssH
HqJ0r ~ its rfmtssfs uss discussed. Tfis
question prfarrisG soffis itksi 73rs'itr.s
uhlrh were rs' dear 20 enc u.en.'ssfs = ths
bpaf1. and ~ usz qs-ia-0 ~ test 'ts r's'-
isf m ne eoYf's ~ ins'iisflrK "a irirnd.g
s1t Azarst s,fns ei1D ~ Drhi,a' r 'fpr'
selling Iqpors ~ usrisfs tntu 'hs 1Dff-
iion is settled ~ ss.h e s.4i' f uss &C.
'ide1 ~ take m ssfbr 3 ro,rar1i''ss Was
appointed - atffn1 ~ ths e4rYinE ysi
~ no prypyse1 rrpashrr.
The chief n tlu.s ras Instructed y, sSe
me glf1,si 1niRsnts - rrf pyt n 'hs frsE
stores are rDmDiyinx uith 's@ isw .n re
SAFE ~ Bquor
5 request Pr a. legal in'srp-stz'lDn n
secilOn n the gibsJ- Isp. frohiutrE
brewing COMPANIES ffDro engaging 20 80
retail lg1Dr bus.nss uss READ. b8t m
aetirn wss taken.
The ferDft ~ ne committee ~ uhlrh Uss
referred tie matter 9f fbf aptreval u fh@
prYpossd r0nfract " rfrswa - crnfraTt
between the SsDraska Trisph9rs ef1nca1y
ard the city fOT the maintenance zn9
operation 4 IRE alarm bozss ara pD3ies
patrol stations wa read and zDpfDvsf- Ias
report shows that the eity nss re IRE
alarm boxes and foTtJ-f,sT pecs pa'fpi
stations. which ance m have ten
operated ~ the tslsphons c9rr pa-tT gr.'es
two hve-year contracts ;1r D.8b pr YszF.
with y ter month, extra Tor zach FIRE alarm
box IN sEcsas of "a and 80 extra. f0T' sach
patrol t.o1 W excess of f0rty-fDsr: thst
I from iSl1 70 10 Inclusive the city main
I tained and operated the same at a c1s,
. Of g5.9a4Tz The board rso1mrasn,fsd ts-a {
the city enter into two oT thrse-Ysar ?
contract with the Nebraska TsIsps0ns cDry-
pauy.
+ An anonymous letter received ~ tks
board vas read. In Uhich The winter tclf
of diFreputzble houses which were h@sug
conducted OUTSIDE of The pTDsrrit@1 f,s-
triet- The CHIEF vas ordered % invest
gate
The resignation of Sergeant Rsnfrov vas
ACCEPTED. but no s5cceasOr 20 ire pizce
was named
. The resignation of OHicer J. Z Jchnsoa
was accepted.
The salary of J z. Taylor. ts1ito- - re
city jaiL vas raised from ~ % - -
month
{ An expense allowance of 800 was v-tst
Z for Chief Donahue 70 attend TIE rsti0usl
convention Of chiefs % police
/ The question q adopting 4 ten-hour shift
: for the police department was Discussed
and II was decided 70 hid an setoz-nst
meeting on THURSDAY night at uhica tin.
definite action will Be taken
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
ARMY CIRCLES ARE AROUSED
D-oi-ies ef Haprssne CopT, is nsows
case oveTtsrns Masr Dspav'a
neat rre~sd~s,s

WAHffNuTON May ~ There is grave
apprehension ~ the War department, thHt
The Hupteine court ~ the United HiRiss
haa invaiidated the status ~ eyety feE
uipr army oficet who has hrld n' The SANS
time n volunteer commission. ono has hlso
invalidated the legality of the proceedings
~ every court martial ~ volunteer Of
ncer or enlisted man. on which has sat
an ofncut holding both regular ana vOlupl
tncr commissions.
The court last Monday handed down m
opinion declaring invalid the court t-nhrtini
Of Lieutenant tnwis D.. Brown. n negro
volunteer officer who was tried ana dis
missed from tho service w cuba The
court-niartlai WINS invnldated becnuse an
of1cer of tho regular army, who WIS also n
volunteer officer sat on the court tnder
the decision Brown will be entitled 10 drhw
pay until the dato Of the mastering out of
his regiment and the expiration Of his
commission.
War department officials regard n NJ the
logical conclusion 10 be- drawn from the
courts decision that the nndinR ~ every
court.martial on which sat regular army
oficer who also held volunteer commits
sion and which tried volunteer officer
or enlisted man. are invalidntsd and claims
for pay TO the end of the commission or
enlistment may be made.
The basis OF the courts decision r. that
n regular army officer holding a volunteer
commission at the same time n not a vol
unteer. but regular army officer. The
War department has always held exactly
the reverse: that is, that n regular army
offcer holding volunteer commission was.
during the time he held such commission,
o volunteer officer, und not a regular army
officer The pay OF such Officers has been
regulated on that basis and many officers
OF low grades were given commissions 20
higher grades IN the volunteer service
during the civil war. the spanish-American
war and the insurrection in the Philip
pines. and by reason Of such commissions
drew largely increased pay. Under the re-
cent decision OF the court this pay will
have to be returned: that is, II the de-
cision is really as broad as at present It
appears
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
MANUFACTURERS IN COUNCIL
American Association begins Tts
Annual Convention in
New York.

NEW YORK. May 2O.-The preliminary
meeting OF the twelfth annual convention
OF the American Manufacturers association
was held today at the Waldorf Astoria
There VIII be two sessions tomorrow and
two Wednesday. banquet will be held
Wednesday night. II Is expected that be-
tween 500 and 900 members will be present.
At the meeting today the president James
w. Van Cleve Of ST. Louis, presided. Re ,
ports were presented by the secretary.
Marshal Cushing and the treasurer. r II.
Stoliman Of this city.
The secretary. in his report, first took
up the fight which the association has made
IN pursuance OF resolutions passed nve
years ago at Indianapolis against certain
legislation proposed az washington. Two
Of the measures so proposed related 20
labor matters and there was one other
bin opposed. the bill To make the use OF
the metric system compulsory, One Of the
labor bills II one applying the eight-hour
system 10 all work, OF whatever kind. done
for the national government
The association has fought measures of
this character through the last three sea-
aionH of congress The other labor measure
opposed was that popularity known as the
anti-lniunction bill, This measure tho as
sociation also takes credit for having killed
The report OF the treasurer showed ox-
penditures during tho wear ended March al
last of tiG.g7d leaving a balance on hand
of t2i.u1
Tho speakers As the banquet "wednesday
viii include Oscar straun. secretary of com.
merce and labor. Senator polliver OF Iowa
and Major General J, Franklin He'll. chief
81 stan OF ths army
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
FIRES BULLET THROUGH LUNG
Ensign DEisbia, whs was Ia Dtm-
cuIty ~ saRtiaEo, RsPsTtsa Ia
ssFisas Csaatttan.

WARRINGTON, May 0-Ths Navy de.
paFtment today received a dispstoh from
Santiago, Cuba, statinE that ensign Alfred
r hHshiR who was ln difncuity with the
polite 81 Santiago about a fortaight asa
IN company with sailors from the Tacoma.
had shot himself tAf rough the luns aud
was 10 q serious e,nditson, nasign nristin
ID IN Santiago,
1he ofnelai Investigation % the trouble
With the Santiago police appears % have
developed che fact that nHshih vas duhk
ins with the sallufs. which would daubt.
less have resulted in hls helRa court
maftiaisd- nFlabsa entegvd the Aenspolls
NAVAL academy from Pennsylvania Ia tsu
asd graduated Ia ipa ns wee sefa IN
Idaho,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
CITY TO TAKE OVER ROAD
saa FTaaeiseo GO Have Experiment la
Municipal Operation OF
Traetion LIns.

BAN FttAECHsCO. cal. May san
FrhHoisoo is 90 have an experiment Ia
municipal ownership 90 public utilities The
city will take over tho peRrY street rail-
way This decision was arrived a today
~ District Attorney tanzden. after q con-
ference with Chairman Gallagher % the
Board 81 Supervisors THAT body Will al
once appropriate tho sum % ttlo0o fof
the ppi pass ard this amount viii he added
IN ths }ane budget % The laaoooo already
appropriated Cor the assumption OF the fsil.
fesd Ths road Will easploy q osmpetsni
engineer o. dFaw ap plans fof the con-
version u The rasd from eahie system to
an electrical tandnit system.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21

The Presbyterian general assembly re-
fcrrcd to tho presbyterics four ovorturoB
providing for the appointment OF COM
missions to represent each Unit In the
church government between annual ses-
sions. The action caused n spirited de-
bate, during which IL WAS charged that
thers is an EFFORT to create Catholic
hierarchy. The report on temperance
was made a special order for wedncs-
day, Page ]
Democratic members OF Oklahoma con
stitutional convention state their side Of
controversy to attorney general and ASK
for construction OF enabling act defining
powers OF the convention under Il.
Page .
Work OF securing jury FOR Haywood
trial proceeds slowly. only nine OF the
venire OF 100 talesmen remain unquos-
toned and there are nine peremptory
challeges unused. Page /
FoREIGN.
Odessa superintendent of police and
two detectives killed by explosion of in
fernal machine. Warrant issued for arrest
OF Nikolai Lenin, social democratic leader
now attending conference in London,
charging him with high treason. Page 1
NEBRASKA.
State Railway commission informs rail-
/ road company what is wanted In the
| matter of reports on passes. Montana Ie-
quires federal health certificate from
range cattle entering that state. Page q
LOCAL.
/ L. r. Higgins murderer Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Copple of Pender, may decide to
! offer the plea of insanity as a means of
defense. Page :
Frank Mitchell buys tract of SUBURBAN
land which was held by the Starr family
/ for period Of fifty years. Page IL
Rev. Lucius o. Baird at Ministerial
union declares the theological training OF
candidates for the pulpit must keep pace
fully with the preliminary education.
Page {
Governor Sheldon definitely decides tc
accompany the Nebraska trade boosters
on their invasion Of the great northwest
for commercial conquest Page !
The initiative and referendum law is
to be invoked by the anti-dog muzzling
advocates as p means of defeating the
! Dahlman ordinance. Page Z
In Woman's Realm-Hair trinkets, cam
eos. high combs and other relics of antiq
uity In the jewelry line are now in vogue
Page
Board of Education arranges TO senC
pupils who win the Rosewater scholarship
TO Armour and Case schools, they having
offered TO ad free tuition. Contract or
dered let for the Vinton street sch0o
building Census enumerators chosen.
/ Page
Superman, the 3-year-old son Of Com
mandO. carrying the Keene colors, win
the Brooklyn handicap. Page
Results of hall gamaas
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
FENCE SUIT IN WYOMING
Government seeks 20 ReEata ceatrei
Of xT.TSo Acres OF Land Near
CheyeAAe

CHEYENNE. wyo.. MAY @-Aceico Wss
0rouEh, IN ,he Vetts1 states eesTs t2ssN
bv the federal governnert against tee
wyoming cattle ana Investment c0sriESsry
ana the FEDERAL LAna are Sc,nr't,es c,-''~
pany O. ccTrpel thsn g rv'sov~ te7ccs
around 2 ~ acres - govern-vas lsr3
twenty mites east 90 C'eseeas ms -
the nrst satt instituted ss resale - re
Investigation rS,aeotly easua - goysye-
ment LAWS aSents
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
MANY INJURED IN WRECK
rssts - e~SFEta cwstr~i NsttE~-s
WFsSNsa NeAs atn.s~ss a~a
rwsASs~Sts Ass a~Fe

ATLANTA ~ MAJ aa-NsFsrts hVse
Nacca ia, ssS a rarsrnEef treH, ss ths
opntfai - Oesfets Wes ~fvske3 frst i-~
taFe pg~,a 81 tmls,ssF0 sna yesy t~esys-
slN feIsehs svgv tefsge,id sat rsas a..
tAltv
tgNisysSe h ,hRtv.rssa e,i,es essta sf
Mas,A ~ shs lpss g. AlAsa. a. ~
ya1sAss NslN sNNgtsTss1
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
DETERMIED TO KEEP COOLEY
Mayer nus.e 90 ChlrSss Formally No
Aesr. ei9At members 90
aaAra ef EaNrattea,

CHICAGO Nsy M=MsyNs Farssr t2sssy
favnally REMOVED eikht rsecerys - t>r
school hasFa Whs hs3 refasea o. res,s- as
requested TIE a'sNer reccrtN eseVste1
the rvsiGrsticrs ~ twelve rsee,,~Fs % ne
t,>af,A. pgy entv fevr % thew rcss-,shs,l
NJ, ta,sse's sct,oA ls sss3 90 ~ h's tsr
parposs ef sssUrtps tse rvyvpttsa - Is
u c,,slsN - safefipteA..sst ~ sca.,sis
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21

The clerical delegates srNm the Omaha
rrcshyteyy are Rev W johnson,
Omaha Rev Andrew RrnWick, south
Omaha. and Rev. }, NJ watlace, Rush
willie
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
SUMMARY OF THE BEE


FORECAST ron NEBRASKA Showers
Tuesday courr In west portion, Wednesday
probably fair
FORECAST ron tOWAaS Showers N
warmer Tuesday afternoon and night SsN
ncaday partly cloudy aud cooler. ,cN ,cN
in east portion. NN,,M
rnmnnrhluIn az nmhhn Nnatr "
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
HaaieeaF, ea waT Eas,.

NEW fOnh May so.-f ffsffis tfudloauft
con ilssisafef flnm ifaVU 20 the psaoa
eeAafsss "a ~ '.ngae. anifea here today
safeute " Europe
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21

Iaft LsaasH - ffsaeIaia
HONOLULU. Nay y. led Isnaan's
yaSh. The sasFE" mud hers this
lasfHlas twssiT ssysa d4gs 'ss,a san
9saaeiaua
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21

JUL
7-Des Moines VS. Omaha.
4-Philadeiphia VS.. Cincinnati--2.
ST. Louis VS.. New York;.
3-Ptttsburg VS.. Brooklyn-0.
6-Boston VS.. Chicago.
S-Washington VS.. Cleveland-0.
1-Philadelphia va. Detroit-O.
Chicago VS.. Boston-0.
3-St. Louis VS.. New York;.
Indianapolis VS.. Columbus-O.
10-Kansas City VS.. Milwaukee,.
10-Minneapolis VS.. st. Paul.
6-Toledo VS.. LOUISVILLE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
FOREIGN.

Odessa superintendent of police am
two detectives killed by explosion of in
fernRl machine Warrant issued for arres
OF Nikolai Lenin, social democratic leade
now attending conference in LondOr
charging him with high treason Page
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
At the carriek.

Manager Dockstader presents a big bill
for Easter week. and one which patrons
OF the Garr.ck Theatre will hardly be slow
TO appreciate. DIAL and Armstrong; big
scenic novelty, ~rhe Eight Vassar Girls. "
head the list. This feature was seen here
two years ago and scored a decided nit.
Il is one OF the most delightful Of the
many big novely acts Ia vaudeville. Tom
Hearn, the lazy juggler. direct from a
successful tour through Europe. opens IN
this country Monday afternoon at the
Garrick. HcIrn Is the mcst eccentric crc-
alton In the way OF juggler that vaude-
Vile has ever produced lie is sure to be
the hit OF the Easter week show. John
Birch "the man with the hats" IN an
original comedy number; Gardner and
Stoddard, musical comedians; Norton and
Russell character comedians; The I.aTour
Sisters clever entertainers; The Clipper
Quartette, a strong singing number and
The Kinctograph complete the bill 1t is
"a very promising aggregation to say the
least.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
GOMPERS ON
WALL STREET
Says Railroad MANAGERS Want
to Check Further Action.
Speaking Tour

BY Our Own Wire, Publishers Press.
WASHINGTON. March 9-President
Samuel Gompers. of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. believes that railway ma
nipulators and hnaclal geniuses have
brought about the present condition Of un-
rest, for two reasons
THE main object sought by them" he
declared TO is ITO give rise "a popular
thought that the railroads have suffered
through the rate legislation of the hast
Congress. and that further action will be
a source OF de.riment Their other object
is to so manipulate the market as to
squeeze out the small stociSholder, and
gobble up everything for themselves"
Gompers Will on Monday, Aprl 1. be-
gin a weeks campaign Of education. in
addressing mass meeting of laboring
men at Buffalo. His principal speech will
be before the professors and students at
Ann Arbor. Tuesday, following a norm
ing's conference at Detroit with labor
leaders. st. Louis will be his stamping
ground on April 4 and 8. on the 7th he
will go to Dayton to take up the diff
ferences between the printers and the Ma
tlonal Cash Register Company, growing
out OF the latter's refusal to give the
printers an eight-hour work day. Com.
pers will return to Washington the follow
ing Sunday.
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
MAY GET MOTOR
BAGGAGE TRUCKS

Railroad officials are said to be pleas
ed with the new style of baggage and
mail trucks, which have been placed
i'm the Broad Street Station at Phil
ade,phia. They are in a sense expert
mental. but the satisfaction which they
have given points clearly to the fact
that they viii ultimately take the place
of the old hand pulled tracks in the
larger stations.
1t has been decided TO supply some
Of the stations with this new style Of
trucks. each one being allowed about
two in number. If they prove satis-
factory to the persons using them, more
will be supplied. II is expected that
two will be put into service at tho
French street station in this city
Six OF these trucks are now I'm use,
Eve being built by the Pennsylvania
Railroad and one by an outside con-
cern. Their operation is being care
fully watched by railroad men and be-
fore long Improved methods will be
gotten out which it Is believed will
even suwass these in point Of efh-
cheney
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
MOTHER -IN-LAW TOO
MUCH FOR PRINCESS

BERLIN, March 2g-The Crown
Princess Cecilia is suffering from too
much mother in. law. For some rea-
son the Empress has taken a dislike
TO her eldest sons wife. and makes
her life burden, cloudlng the matri-
monial happiness Of the young couple
to a painful degree.
The Empress is so suspicious that she
insists on the Crown Princess notifying
her personally when she wishes TO 60
out. and 10 tell where she is going, am
On her return she has also to report
herself personally to her mother-in-
law.
The Empress is trying hard TO get
the little Prince out OF his mothers
control. A favcrite remark of hers to
the Crown Princess is: "A woman
who has been brought up like you were,
by a mother like yours. is not fit to
raise children-at least not the heir to
"A throne"
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
Personal and Pertinent

OF the best known and beloved secret society men
in this section Of the country is Thomas s. Taylor
grand recorder OF the Grand Lodge Delaware Ancient
order OF United workmen.
Taylor has achieved his present high Office through
force Of merit and close attention duty
having since 1892 every succession in the
subordinate and grand bodies OF order his present
coming him the unanimous wish OF the State
representatives. who gathered here in annual session
short time ago.
With a winning personality and an ever ready help
ing hand. Mr.. Taylor has made hosts friends and
been the means Of making the order of the most
popular and strongest in the State. is a wilmington
boy and has earned the reputation among those who
him OF being model citizen an energetic and
efficient official
Evening journal., 1907-03-30

som and beauty. So virtue love, Kindness and
hope swell, to break the cold crust that they may
for time encase them and reach up into a world
of eternal warmth and sunshine-the everlasting
sprngtme of the soul 1T is not possible that
He should be holden OF death" AS Professor
John Fisk once said Such crownng wonder
to our own lives, seems to me no more than fit
climax to a creative work that has been ineffable
beautiful and marvellous in all its myriad stages
To Jesus we give the undisputed right of origi-
nal discovery of the spiritual force-this is i'm
mortal honor but this is not enough, He is the adj
ministrator of this power we'll "He that be-
leveth on me hath everlasting life. / am the res
direction and the life; he that belicyeth on me-
though he were dead, yet shall he live, and he
that liveth and believeth on me shall never die"
We'll may we be glad that He hath brought to
us the powers OF an endless life" AS we have
borne the image of the earthly, we also bear the
image Of the heavenly
Evening journal., 1907-03-30
ONE EFFECT OF THE EARTHQUAKE.

I JUDGING from the reports from San Fran
cisco, large coterie of more or less promi-
nent politicians in peril of going to jail. The
district attorney appears to be man who means
business, and he will get at the bottom Of the
grating that has been going on out there for.
years.
Before the earthquake graft reigned supreme
and Haunted itself without rebuke from the pub
lie. 1t took earthquake to arouse the people of
the Pacific coast city from their indifference. The
crucial test, however will come when the ac-
cused actually face trials before jures 1t is one
thing to start prosecution against public Off
cial and quite another to convict him. San Fran
cisco, like many other large cities had begun to
tolerate graft as a necessary evil of public life
The community permitted itself to be imposed
upon. There was resistance until after the
earthquake which has caused a moral shake-up
The progress of the prosecutions will be watched
with much concern in other cities Convictions
of some of the grafters would strengthen the
hands of those who are laboring for good State
and municipal government elsewhere.