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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
3
After the disaster, San Francisco faces vast losses with total damage estimated around $406,000,000. Officials warn complete reconstruction will take years, while insurance payouts reach about $190,000,000 and the city faces a multi‑billion dollar shortfall per capita as rebuilding plans spark optimism and heartache.
General Greeley reports slight improvements yet a severe food emergency in San Francisco with 300000 people needing meals cooked in the streets. He praises public courage and notes orderly conduct aside from nearby towns. Mayor Schmitz opposes closed saloons. Red Cross to ration aid on alternate days and assist camps under military control.
Postmaster General Cortelyou recommends a seven member commission to study second-class mail matter and suggest reforms with a Dec 10 1906 report deadline. The panel would include senators representatives postal officials and publishers from daily weekly semi weekly and periodical sectors. An appropriation of 25000 is proposed to cover investigation costs.
A distant report from Woodland to the Sacramento Union states Capay valley flood risk grows as earth slide forms a 1000 foot dam across Cache Creek. Waters behind the blockage rise as measurements show substantial depth. failure could flood a large region, with some hope debris may absorb water gradually.
Chicago May 10 The government shows a lead witness ready to testify that Standard Oil used money to bribe railroad employees to crush independents. Testimony, tied to Manager Mayer of Kansas City, could reveal payments from $10 to $60 monthly for inside information and bring many railroad men before a federal grand jury. Mayer may face perjury charges for prior denials.
Otto Senftenleben, a former Berlin government clerk, and Konrad, a mechanic, were found guilty of treason for selling mine drawings and an anchoring device to representatives of the American legation in Brussels. They allegedly supplied similar drawings to Aweela and built a mine in Brussels bought via a French intermediary. Senftenleben received four years, Konrad three, plus civil rights loss and police supervision. Aucke was acquitted.
San Francisco May 10 A powerful earthquake caused extensive damage to ships at the Union Works docks. Freighters Mexican and Columbia under construction for the Hawaiian American Steamship Co suffered about 15,000 each in damage. The Columbia, long on the Portland run, and the City of Puebla were also harmed. Total losses to the Columbia are estimated at 100,000 while the docked vessel or vessels suffered additional wreckage.
A garbled report suggests Secretary Taft directed reductions in sugar and rice for the Philippines, mentioning May 10 and references to the Senate and Meagere. The text is fragmented but implies action on commodity prices and aid to the Philippines.
Southern Pacific announces fine vestibule trains chair cars and Pullman cars on routes to California and points in New Mexico Arizona Texas and Louisiana including elegant Deer case cars for passenger service.
Schedule shows multiple times and routes including Portland and San Francisco with partial times. Mentions Stage Connections at Drain and requests to contact Southern Pasile agents or addresses for full information and advertising matters.
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