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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1906
Page
2
Reports from around the globe mention Premier Stolypin’s alleged insanity and Cuban unrest affecting sugar markets. Notices of epidemics, opium bans in China, revolutionary fires in Moscow and Zion City, shipwrecks near Hong Kong, and dynamite blasts in Jellico and Montana underscore a period of turmoil and international tension.
The Isthmian Canal commission received four bids for supplying Chinese labor for the Panama project. Proposals set wages by class, with common laborers from 9 to 12 cents per hour and foremen up to 60 cents. A $60,000 bond was required and awards await commission review before contracting.
Eastern and Western railroads objected to Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association testimony in an Interstate Commerce Commission case against 25 Western railroads. Lumbermen seek adjustable racks on flat cars to ship lumber, claiming railroads provide facilities for other goods but not for lumber, constituting discrimination. Case delayed indefinitely after lengthy arguments by both sides.
Washington September 21 The acting attorney general’s decision is accepted by the secretary of agriculture regarding provisions of the new meat inspection law. The issue focuses on whether foreign meat products and foods containing meat may be barred from entry and if England Germany and France must provide government inspection and labeling acceptable to the U S government.
Fragmentary notes reference a president, indigenous groups Comanche and Apeshe. unclear sequence hints at letters and themes. Missing context leaves the event and actors unresolved.
Havana Sept 22 Moderates agree to any peace plan propsed by Taft Bacon but Liberals refuse to yield. US battleships and cruisers arrive yet insurgents remain defiant saying they cannot be swept into the brush. Taft Bacon favor a mediator backed settlement and Roosevelt may set the next steps.
Washington reports new rulings on enforcing the meat inspection law after October 1. Labels must avoid false names or deceptive images and may use geographical terms only with style or brand qualifiers. Rules define pure lard and allow lard compound labels for mixed products.
The London city corporation tonight resolved to press for compulsory meat inspection at slaughter and to pursue action against J Byrne, president of the local government board, for introducing the bill. The measure aims to ensure meat is free from disease.
A fragment reports General Euangetika completing a beck re war near Potersburg on September 28, noting the title as Kurepathin's Mystery of War. The readable text is incomplete and lacks full context or confirms events.
Eight people died and about 20 were injured when Rock Island train No. 12 plunged from a three mile river bridge near Dover Oklahoma. The disaster followed a swerved bridge from driftwood and swollen currents. engine and cars sank, with desperate rescue attempts hampered by treacherous water.
Washington reports a fresh Dominican crisis as Commander Southerland warns of an imminent insurrection in Santo Domingo. A 400-man force is said to have been sent to Monte Cristo and the Dixie may be recalled from Cuban waters to Santo Domingo. The danger is described as acute and the navy weighs withdrawal implications.
General Frederick Funston, en route to Washington on War department orders, may command the army in Cuba if intervention is deemed necessary. The force stands ready for rapid deployment, and Funston's experience in the Philippines and the San Francisco quake aftermath marks him as a strong candidate for important duty.
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