CORRUPTION IN 'FRISCO.
Mayor and Bnef* Committed for Trial. ;.■;: _ i\ [(Eeoeived 8.39 a-m.) "'- NEW YORK, March 17. Tie notorious Abraham Ruef, and tha Mayor of San Francisco (Schmidt) have tern comnu'tted for trial in connection vi& the municipal bribery charees in the Cffifbmian city. '
[Tie Times" (London) in a three™nam article on January 23 endorsed ■utSsß-Prancisee newspapers' denunciation of their city officials as individually aid collectively thieves, bribe-takers and Hfflnttukrs. The writer declared that ttemnmcqial government by the labour anions in San Francises was the most tofldy corrupt administration America M produced,, and denounced Abraham —jf-J* o controlled the Mayor .(Sandfft), as the most cunning and unsnqmtous "boss" in America. He uaDy asserted that these "grafters" Jfae -responsible for the delay ia the Wraflfling- of the city.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 66, 18 March 1907, Page 5
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