10 May 1906
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
1
Insurance firms announce they will immediately pay losses to fire victims in San Francisco. The move is expected to boost circulation, aid banks, and hasten normal business. Policyholders can salvage saved property without risking claims, and wrecking work resumes with insurance guidance.
At a reconstruction committee meeting in San Francisco on May 9 the panel adopted a resolution fixing wages for ordinary and unskilled labor at 2.50 for a nine hour day. The building trades council has set this rate. General Greely urged business leaders to cooperate to restore normal conditions and ensure workers can buy meals.
At a reconstruction committee meeting the California Promotion Company was tasked to prepare articles and photographs about San Francisco’s conditions after the disaster. The U S Army Signal Corps is balloon photographing ruins for a comprehensive panorama to aid the War Department in Washington. Underwriters report damage to vessels at Union Iron Works, with losses totaling around 206 million dollars for the city’s blaze.
Ground figures show actual losses to insurers not less than 125 million with some estimates reaching 156 million after salvage and earthquake deductions. Underwriters debate liability for quake versus fire damage and seek depreciation schemes, while British and other firms weigh payout scopes. A dynamite squad catalogues destroyed property and twenty mercantile buildings are listed as rescued from the burned district.
In Orchestra hall the professional billiard tournament sees Willie Hoppe lead with two wins in as many games. Jake Schaefer matches the percentage but has played only one match. Slosson defeats Cure 500 to 219, then Sutton loses to Hoppe 500 to 226 in a one sided night bout.
Cromwell refuses to answer hypothetical questions during a Senate inquiry into a letter he wrote to the late Secretary Hay about Panama Canal concessions. He insists the letter speaks for itself while Morgan presses on bond issues and sales as Cromwell cites executive committee records.
The schooner Algeria sank about two miles off Cleveland harbor with possibly three lives lost after a May storm battered Lake Erie. The Iron Queen was foundering outside the breakwater. eight crew were rescued by the life saving crew. The vessel strike disrupted shipping as strong seas persist and many ships remain at dock.
Harvard overseers vote to permit intercollegiate football during the 1906 season with new rules, testing the sport’s propriety under conditions set by the athletic committee. Nine oppose, fifteen in favor, decision allows play no later than December 1.
Fire at the Masonic Temple on Washington Street and Capitol Avenue in Indianapolis today caused $9 in 1920s terms 825000? The report states 15000 damage and 825000 total loss. Three firemen were slightly injured by a falling cornice.
Edwin Greenfield head clerk at Harrison Snyder and Son is charged with embezzling over 100000. He confessed and is held on 106000 bail awaiting further hearing. Creditors filed bankruptcy against George Snyder. Vollum named receiver as audits indicate losses may reach 125000 to 175000.
A wreck at Edenvale seven miles south of San Jose injures forty or more passengers. The overland limited hit a switch at 50 mph, telescoping nine cars. Twenty one Chinese prisoners under guard were killed or seriously hurt. fireman M Stone lost a leg. Engineer William Brown escaped unharmed. A relief train moved the injured to San Jose.
After talks between President Keefe of the Longshoremen's union and dock managers, the longshoremen return to work on last season wages pending a new conference. Tug firemen oilers and water tenders stand with the union as lake traffic resumes, with dozens of ships idle in Detroit Buffalo and other ports. Freight rates likely rise temporarily. No disorder occurred.
Washington reports postmasters confirmed including Dora W Howard at San Marcial, New Mexico, as of May 9. The appointments expand federal staffing of regional offices.
Former President Grover Cleveland presided at the opening of the 33rd national conference of charities and corrections in Philadelphia. Mrs Cleveland sat in a proscenium box as delegates from the U S Canada and Europe filled the Academy of Music for the event.
St Petersburg May 9. The radical parties call for calm as Russia prepares for a new birth. Count Witte is conspicuously absent from the emperor's council list signaling a possible break with the monarch. Witte may depart for a foreign country.
St Petersburg May 9 M Goremykin the new premier has long been Witte's foe since 1899 when Witte exposed famine claims. Goremykin presided over the agricultural commission before his rise and faces Witte’s retaliation as he governs from Novgorod province. His dairy estate and supply to Petersburg are noted.
Secretary Root and Mexican ambassador Cacasu work toward a treaty to govern Rio Grande waters for both nations. The accord complements a broader set of water rights talks touching St Johns river Great Lakes Milk river and lands altered by river changes.
The debate centered on navy supply costs as the House considered whether the navy should buy anchors chains and cordage in open markets or keep production in navy yards. a substitute allowing purchases if cheaper was adopted 5 to 76. A proposal to cap coal transport to Manila at $5 or $6 a ton failed.
The Senate spent most of the day debating separating coal and commodity production from transportation. Eskines McLaurin plan adopted as modified. Parliamentary sparring continued but confusion eased. A La Follette proposed long and short haul amendment failed by a near party-line vote. Allison compromise options not considered.
From Vancouver report the Imperial Limited was stopped on the Canadian Pacific main line near Kamloops about 250 miles away. Robbers forced the engineer to uncouple the mail car and move it a mile away to seize registered letters but mistook the express car's location and fled into the hills. In Omaha Judge Munger orders 25 cattlemen to remove unlawful fences from government land within five days or officials will destroy them at their expense.
The canal commission chairmen Shonts reports improved conditions on the isthmus and urges an immediate decision on the canal type. Water supply issues in Colon are eased by emergency measures, while health conditions on the isthmus show fewer hospital patients and no recent yellow fever.
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