Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ nọ n'Oregon, Rudolph Spreckels, onyeisi oche nke First National Bank, na Fremont Older, onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke "San Francisco Bulletin", bịakwutere ya, bụ́ ndị kwere nkwa itinye $ 100,000 iji kwụọ ụgwọ nnyocha nke ndị ọrụ obodo rụrụ arụ, ma gwa ya ka ọ bịa ngwa ngwa o kwere mee na San Francisco iji nyere aka nyochaa ma kpee ikpe. Older gara Washington, D.C. ma mee ka Onyeisiala Roosevelt kweta inye onye ọka iwu pụrụ iche nke gọọmentị etiti Heney na ọfịs ndị ọka iwu nke San Francisco. N'ọnwa Eprel 1906, ọ bụ onye otu Kọmitii Mayor Schmitz nke iri ise nke gbalịrị ijikwa obodo ahụ n'oge nsogbu na-esote
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