Armed Maniac Slaughters Five in Somerville Plant
John Murphy, 50, armed with a long knife, killed five coworkers at the North Packing and Provision plant in Cambridge and Somerville, wounded four, and attacked a physician. Two of the wounded were dying. Murphy chased workers across six floors, was beaten by a worker with an iron bar, restrained by police, and now confined in a padded cell after a failed attack on City Physician Towne. Witnesses say he had sharpened his knife recently and behaved oddly for days.
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Somerville
Mass
John Murphy
North Packing and Provision Company
Hubert Smith
Cambridge
James Catro
Thomas Croome
Michael Janicus
Daniel G. Hayes
Waltham
John Cheevus
John Lewis
John Patterson
Hayes
Cheevus
Murphy
Dr. Hayes
North Company
W. E. Clark
West Somerville
United States
Clark
Will Play Baseball Under Arc Lights
In Cincinnati the practicality of night baseball will be tested at the park. President Garry Hermann has supported the trial as five tall towers and artificial suns are installed. The first night game is set for June 19 with the Cincinnati team facing amateurs from the local Saturday league. If successful, a summer series will follow.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Park
Garry Herrmann
Cincinnatis
Four Masked Robbers Hold Up Merrymakers at Tavern
Four masked highwaymen robbed a crowd of about thirty at the Petersburg Tavern near Denver last night. They seized diamonds valued at over 3000 dollars and 200 dollars in cash, escaped on horseback, and evaded pursuit by a sheriff and posse as the revelers watched.
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Denver
Petersburg
Bridge breaks in center as train plunges forty feet
A passenger train on the Oregon & Southeastern Railroad plunges through a central Roe River bridge near Cottage Grove Oregon. Engineer W H Ostrander is badly hurt and not expected to survive while about fifteen people are injured. Fireman John Cooter swam ashore uninjured and assisted rescue efforts as a work train and locals aided the victims.
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Cottage Grove
Ore
Oregon & Southeastern Railroad
Wildwood
Bohemia Mines
Roe River
W. H. Ostrander
Ostrander
John Cooter
Jone
Lynching figures spark at national Negro conference
At a New York gathering Ida Wells Barnett challenged the claim that 2264 people were lynched in 25 years. She cited John Temple Graves’ remark about mobs as a shield for Southern women and urged Christians to confront the record’s hypocrisy. Taft was criticized for his stance on race.
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New York
Ida Wells Barnett
President Taft
Taft
Wooley
Frederick Douglass Center
Chicago
Tillman
Booker T. Washington
White House
Crowd Tries to Bury Two Detectives Alive in Bronx Pit
In New York on June 9, two central officers attempting to arrest a contractor amid heavy dynamite blasts were attacked by foreign workers. They were tossed into an excavation and only escaped as the embankment shifted, prompting police reserves and multiple arrests. Italy reports 230 convicts per million inhabitants, a high national rate.
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New York
Bronx
Lightning does much damage in St Louis thunderstorm
A severe thunderstorm hit St Louis on June 8 causing flooded sewers and property damage estimated at 10000 dollars. The brief dispatch notes widespread lightning strikes across the city and related destruction.
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ST. Louis
Churches Too Numerous at United Presbyterian Assembly
At the Knoxville gathering Dr. Henry Wallace argued the nation is over-churched and that the church would fare better with fewer preachers paid at higher salaries.
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Knoxville
Tenn
United Presbyterian General Assembly Today
Henry Wallace
United States
Cold Water Cure Triggers Burglar Acquittal in Chicago
In Chicago Judge Clifford's court, Max Kaplin was acquitted of burglary after confessing. Kaplin testified police used a "water cure" at Harrison Street station, keeping him awake for five days with hourly buckets of cold water and beating with black sacks, leading to a signed confession amid fear of further brutality.
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Chicago
Clifford
Max Kapling
House of Correction
Kaplin
Harrison Street
Schuetter
Riots Ripple Through Philadelphia Over Strikebreaker Plan
Philadelphia riots erupted as non union crews attempted night service. Mob beleaguered motormen and conductors, fires and dynamite caps on tracks, five Kensington riots, police injuries, and one officer reportedly dying after being shot. Several cars were burned or wrecked as crowds roamed Kensington Avenue.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Kensington
West Philadelphia
Kensington Avenue
New York
Lely
Harriman Sees Solid Basis For Prosperity Though Cautions
New York June 7 1907 E H Harriman departs for Europe to visit Paris Vienna and perhaps Australia He analyzes causes of the 1907 panic and argues prosperity rests on farmers and favorable weather He warns against fake projects warns that future panics could stem from shrinking business and notes tariff talk is unlikely to matter He quips about a theater outing and calling home between acts.
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New York
Europe
Paris
Vienna
Australia
E. H. Harriman
Mr. Harriman
Refugees Face Famine After Adana Massacres
Beir ut June 7. Asia Minor unrest worsens as 14 800 people on ration lists in the Adana camp show severe hunger. Thousands live in ragged shelters, many children with measles, hundreds of wounded in one hospital, crops at risk, and Turkish guards alleged to shoot harvesters.
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Beirut
Asia Minor
Adana
Constantinople
Gaghche
Jewelers defend toads with horns in Oregon
June 9 Portland Jewelers of Oregon oppose slaughter of horned toads used for hat pins by fashionable women. J J Jaeger leads the push with the Oregon Humane Society, plans to notify the Los Angeles jewelers of Oregon’s stance. Toads inhabit California Arizona Texas and New Mexico plains and eat insects.
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Portland
Oregon Retail Jewelers’ Association
Poe
J. J. Jaeger
Oregon Humane Society
Jewelers” Association of
Los Angeles
Oregon Association
Sacramento and
San Joaquin
California
Arizona
Texas
New Mexico
Coroner to Inquest Over Man's Leg and Foot
Coroner Brewer of Brooklyn will hold an inquest into the death of a man whose right leg and right foot were amputated after a street car accident. Dr. Gould of the Norwegian hospital filed a death certificate naming amputation as the cause of death and sent the dismembered limb to the morgue, prompting the unusual procedure.
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New York
Brewer
Brooklyn
Gould
Norwegian Hospital
Board of Health
Miner cleans old shaft and strikes oil near Tacna
YUMA Ariz June 8 Locators from the new district near Tacna report great excitement over what is believed to be oil, found by Henry Lauderilk while cleaning an abandoned shaft on the 11 foot level. News spread quickly and many land claims have been filed as Yuma parties show strong interest. An oil expert is expected soon to assess the district’s value.
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Yuma
Ariz
Tacna
Henry Lauderilk
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Oregon
National Negro Conference
John Temple Graves
South
Italy
EL Paso
Tex
Mescalero Indian Reservation
Tularosa
Frankfort
John Maxeny
B. C. Bowers
New Orleans
Bessie
William B. Blessing
Hamilton
Ohio
Middletown
Darton
Perry McNeal
Bureau of Buildings
Manhattan
Delaney and Chris‘tie Streets
Williamsburg Bridge Plaza
Evansville
Ind
Alpena
Mich
Detroit and Mackinac
Joseph Jesonski
Landis
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