Tremendous Attendance At Chicago Baseball Opener 1907
Thousands filled the National League park in Chicago on Wednesday as the Chs cage and New York clubs opened the 1907 season. The Cubs defeated the Giants 8 to 2 after a lively crowd reaction and a stirring parade with music and banners. Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 1 to 0 and Philadelphia topped St. Louis 8 to 2.
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Chicago
National Baseball League
Chscage
New York
Board of Trade
Magsey McGraw
Giants
Cubs
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Orchard Confesses in Haywood Case Amid Bomb Plots
Boise June 6. Harry Orchard, in the Haywood murder case, testifies to a string of crimes tied to the mob, including setting a mine blast at Cripple Creek, firing on a Denver detective, plotting to assassinate Governor Peabody, and supplying weapons to associates. He describes meetings with Haywood Pettibone and Adams and says plans extended to bombings and killings, with payments varying and a Denver confrontation noted before shifting to treaty news from Tokio.
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Ida
Harry Orchard
Haywood
Orchard
Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Couer d’Alenes
Cripple Creek
McCormick
Beck
Vindicator
Florence and Cripple Creek
Lyle Gregory
Denver
Governor Peabody
Steve Adams
Independence
Fred Bradley
San Francisco
Haywood and Pettibone
Peabody
Colorado
Capitol
Grant Avenue
Pettibone
Adams
Steve
Adaams
Federation
4Hack
Lyle Gregogy
Gregory
Jack Simpkins
Moyer
Telluride
Simpkins
Sherman Parker
Pollard Stands by Opinion on Baskin-McGregor Bill
Assistant Attorney General Claud Pollard will not recall his opinion on the Baskin McGregor bill. The measure would keep saloons closed while new licenses are issued, with current licenses expiring July 11. Despite visits by liquor dealers’ attorneys and several legislators, Pollard’s written view remains, barring further unanticipated changes.
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Atttorney
Austin
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Claud Pollard
Pollard
Senate
House
Davidson
Saloon Owners Hold Key Meeting In San Antonio
A largely attended San Antonio meeting of local saloon men was held and they are believed to remain open for twenty days. Assistant Attorney General Pollard states liquor selling will be illegal.
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San Antonio
Pollard
Wreck Leaves Fifty Seven Hurt On Southern Passenger Train
A Southern railway passenger train No 2 plunged from a fifteen foot embankment at Black Branch near Lebanon Tennessee injuring about fifty seven of sixty aboard. Two coaches the mail and baggage cars left the track with no clear cause given though a spreading rail or tender derailment are reported. Wounded were rushed to hospitals by a relief train.
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Nashville
Southern Railway
Black Branch
Lebanon
Tenn
Assessments Revised in Mississippi Railways and Phone Firm
The Mississippi railroad commission acting as a board of equalization raised common carriers property assessments by 2.5 million dollars, bringing total to about 48 million. The Mobile Jackson and Kansas City line saw the largest rise near 1 million, and Cumberland Telephone Company added about 250 thousand.
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Birmingham
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Board of
Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City
Cumberland Telephone Company
Mutiny at Tsarskoe Selo Guards Station
A mutiny by a squad of Huzzars at Tsarskoe Selo near the imperial residence was quickly surrounded and disarmed by loyal troops. Order was restored with no bloodshed.
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St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe- Selo
Knife duel ends in Ashland. Marvin Mathers killed
In Ashland Mississippi on June 6 Marvin Mathers died instantly after a knife duel with his brother Don Mathers who suffered multiple wounds and is not expected to recover. The two men reportedly fought while drinking.
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Ashland
Miss
Earthquake Shocks San Francisco for Ten Seconds
An earthquake lasting ten seconds was felt in San Francisco on Wednesday morning causing no damage or injuries. Residents reported a light tremor as buildings lightly swayed during the brief quake.
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San Francisco
Dies Sitting In a Chair in Fort Worth Hotel
Henry Clay Henwod aged eighty two died at the Avenue hotel while sitting in a chair. Local authorities reported no foul play and the death is under routine inquiry.
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Fort Worth
Henry Clay Henwod
the Avenue Hotel
Banquet to Vice President by Chattanooga Society
The Society of Chattanoogans held a banquet for Vice President Fairbanks in Chattanooga on June 6. Attendees included local leaders and prominent residents as they saluted the vice president.
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Chattanooga
Society of Chattanoogans
Fairbanks
Paved streets planned for Quanah Texas soon
Brief items report Quanah Texas will soon get paved streets. In Enloe Texas lightning killed three mules. The Lotus club in New York plans a 600000 dollar home. Grayson county sees a large peanut acreage this year. St George hotel in Dallas will add a five story annex.
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Quanah
Tex
Enloe
Lotus Club
New York
Grayson County
St. George Hotel
Dallas
Dr Shoop’s Restorative Aimed at Kidney Nerve Health
An advertisement claims kidney weakness stems from nerves not organs. It promotes Dr Shoop’s Restorative tablets or liquid as a monthly treatment, noting benefits for back pain urine issues Bright’s disease and other kidney distress. Drugstores stock and sell the remedy.
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Germany
Darmstadt
Dr. Shoop
Shoop
Cigarmakers Strike for Higher Pay in Salt Lake City
About 100 cigarmakers walk off the job in Salt Lake City demanding better wages. The action disrupts production and reflects labor tensions in the local industry during June.
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Salt Lake City
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