Oklahoma Militia Battles Crazy Snake Force Near Henriet ta
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Chief Crazy Snake and about one hundred followers retreating before five militia companies. A clash began Thursday with six killed and a dozen wounded as deputies and state troops moved toward Henrietta. The Guthrie militia, reinforced by Lawton cowboys, prepared to strike. arrests numbered in the forties as authorities vowed to capture or kill the band.
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Oklahoma City
Crazy Snake
Oklahoma
North Canadian River
Deep Fork Creek
Henrietta
Hoffman
Lawton
Okla
Cracy Snake
Guthrie Company
Ganten
Shoul
Wim
Cestars
Ganten Tonteht Srtel
Charles Coker
Haskell
Henrvetta
Welock
Hickory Bills
Stidham
Tonigeht
Piero God
Grant Johnson
United States
Harjo
Johnson
Bloody Battle Looms as Oklahoma Militia Attacks Crazy Snake Band
Five companies of Oklahoma militia march from Henryetta toward the Hickory Hills to confront Crazy Snake's Creek Indians in a growing conflict. Six men killed, numerous wounded, and a regionwide sense of terror follow dating from Thursday's clashes. Crazy Snake, in command, fortified his band while awaiting the expected confrontation.
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Chieftain’s College
Hostilities escalate as Crazy Snake followers clash in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma City and Hickory Ground near Henrietta fighting erupts as deputies chase Crazy Snake and his kin after two deputy sheriffs are killed. Militia moves in with sixty thousand rounds. Crazy Snake's son Chitto Harjo is captured and hanged in a tense, deadly scene.
Indian uprising ends as Crazy Snake son helps crush band
A Creek Nation crisis unfolds as Crazy Snake's son confesses key facts about the attack, implicating his father and Charles Coker in the killings. Troops push into Henrietta and Pierce, the Snakes retreat in scattered bands, and militia encircles the region to prevent an outright clash while arming civilians for defense.
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Washington
Jones
Charles Coker
Cathin
Daum
Odom
Harjo
Light Horse Guards
Crazy Snake
Sapulpa
Henrietta
Henriette
Pierce
Flatreach
Lenah
Hickory Ground
Hoy Hoffman
Henryetta
Hoffman
Frank Canton
Mnakes
Mulitars
Council Hill
Vanderlip races to Chicago to be with dying mother
Frank L. Vanderlip president of the National City Bank of New York flew a special New York Central train from New York to Chicago in under sixteen hours to reach his mother, Mrs. Charlotte Vanderlip Hie, dying in Chicago. He arrived twenty eight minutes after her death, with rapid advances across multiple states.
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Frank Vanderlip
New York
Chicago
Frank L. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Vanderlip
Charlotte Vanderlip Hie
New York Central
Buffalo
Cleveland
Cleeland
Toledo
Elkhart
Ind
Englewood
Indian Uprising Fights Seen Near Weleetka and Crazy Snake
Deputy marshals pursued Crazy Snake's band as clashes erupted near Weleetka Oklahoma. Charles Coker killed an ally then Odom was wounded as deputies pressed through brush to capture leaders including young Harjo. Records show Crazy Snake organized a liberty uprising with no negro involvement reported.
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Odem
Varjo
Young Harjo
John Tiger
Muskogee
Mountain
Plieree
Weleetka
Crazy Snake
Charles Coker
Doum Instantlvy
Odom
Coker
Carr
Hatemany
Jones
Daum
Pierce
Checotah
Cheicotah
Sheriff Odom
Indiana
Harjo
Oklahoma clash between Indians and black fugitives described
The article notes Indians dominate much of the gathering while Sheriff Odom plans to arrest Crazy Snake with troop protection. He seeks the honor partly due to his son's death as Henryetta residents blame outlaws from other states, especially negroes, who have fled to Oklahoma and allied with unsettled Indians to dodge the law.
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Odom
Crazy Snake
Henryetta
Oklahoma
Arab Pirates Attack Vessels Suspend Tigress Service
In Constantinople on March 28 Arab attacks on steamers along the Tigress persist, forcing the British line to suspend service. A government steamer was riddled, several passengers killed or wounded. the vessel carried a machine gun and troops, but Arab fire disabled the gun.
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Constantinople
Sharp fight over Hides and Lumber in tariff clash
Washington notes a tariff battle over lumber and hides within the proposed law. Conflicting views between east and west lawmakers promise sharp debates as senate and house conference reports approach approval. Negotiations center on Payne bill rates and possible 20 percent adjustments with separate votes on lumber and hides.
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Washington
Senate
House
Lodge
Committee On Finance
Youth in Defense of Mother Slays Father
In San Francisco on Fulton street Josiah Hall, 22, shot and killed his father Josiah Hall, Sr. after a quarrel sparked by a $1.50 gift to the mother. The youth charged his father attacked his mother with an axe, prompting his intervention and the fatal shot through a window.
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San Francisco
Josiah Hall
Fulton Street
Taft Lingers Over Planned Western Summer Trip
President Taft remains undecided about a Western and Pacific coast tour with a possible Alaska detour. He cites budget concerns and unresolved tariff bill timing as reasons to delay speaking engagements and any extended travel while Congress is in session.
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Washington
Taft
Pacific
Alaska
Taftle
Congress
Experiment With Leprosy Vaccine
Manila report says Dr Moses Clegg a bacteriologist at the bureau of science has cultivated the leprosy bacillus using organs from living lepers and leprosy victims. The bureau prepares a leprosy vaccine and plans experiments to establish a specific treatment.
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Manila
Moses Clegg
Bureau of Selence
Captain Carter Vietin of Pneumonia in Chicago
Captain Carter Vietin of Pneumonia Chicago March 28. Captain Ober Lin Carter former Leavenworth prisoner survived severe pneumonia tonight doctors say out of danger. Carter was accused of defrauding the government.
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Carter Vietin
Chicago
Oberlin Carter
Leavenworth
Kan
Captain Carter
Lone Bandit Robs Train Conductor in Fairfield
A masked bandit boarded the Fairfield train of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, held up the conductor, and robbed the passengers. The incident occurred tonight after departing Clay Center, as the thief brandished a revolver during the hold up.
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Fairfield
Ind
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Clay Center
Daring Highwaymen Hold Up Francarolli's Saloon
Two masked men burst into Francarelli's saloon at daybreak in Albuquerque, forced the three occupants to surrender, pried through the cash register, and stole about fifty dollars plus personal items worth more. The robbers escaped. police had noticeable descriptions but no arrests.
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Albuquerque
Francarelli
Second Street
Atlantic Avenue
Francarolli
Louis Francarolli
S. A. Canfield
Charles Jr. Bach
Santa Fe
Canfield
Frank Francarolli
Cash Register
Conductor Barry coerced passengers as robbery unfolds
A conductor led by force to the rear of the car compelled passengers to surrender their money. The suspect escaped after the tension escalated during the in‑car confrontation.
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Barry
Come
Three Die in Train Wreck Near Brandon Manitoba
Three men die when the regular Coast Limited train of the Canadian Pacific crosses onto the wrong track west of Brandon Manitoba near Kemnay. An engineman brakeman and a passenger train worker were killed in the collision.
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Winnipeg
Brandon
Manitoba
Here
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Kemnay
Drowning in Cedar River Falls After Boat Upset
Three men drowned after their duck hunting boat capsized on the Cedar River near Waterloo. Christ Anderson Henry Boethman and Frank Beng attempted to cross the river above the falls with Beng already having jumped when the boat overturned and sank. Police and bystanders watched helplessly as the tragedy unfolded.
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Bulls
Waterloo
Christ Anderson
Henry Boethman
Frank Beng
Cedar River
Queensboro Bridge Opens to Public This Week
The Queensboro bridge known as Blackwells Island Bridge will open informally to foot passengers and vehicles Tuesday or Wednesday. Built over eight years, the East River span to Long Island City covers 8 617 feet in length and cost 12 500 000 dollars.
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New York
Queensboro Bridge
Blackwells Island Bridge
East River
Long Ialand Elty
Kiss Bestowed On Dying Woman Fatal To Nurse
Cumberland Maryland March 28 Haveing become infected from a kiss bestowed by request on a patient dying of blood poisoning Miss Marion Spier a trained nurse died tonight Miss Spier attended Mrs Virginia Callan Carder wife of Dr George L Carder a prominent society woman at the Allegiance hospital and displayed such a lovable disposition toward the sick woman that the latter asked the nurse to kiss her as she was dying The request was granted and in a few days Miles Spier was stricken with the same malady.
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Cumberland
Marion
Spier
Miss Spier
Virginia ‘Callan Carder
George L .Carder
Allegiance Hospital
Miles Spier
Brakeman Claims He Is Charlie Ross in Lost Kidnap Case
William Grant Kyester of McKee’s Rocks, a former Shamokin miner turned Pittsburg and Lake Erie brakeman, says he believes he is Charlie Ross the 35 year old kidnapped child. He claims body markings and life details match the missing boy and has evidence of identity but won’t pursue family confrontation due to notoriety.
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Pittsburg
William Grant Kyester
McKee’s Rocks
Shamokin
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
Charlie Tom
Germantown
Chariie
Charlie
Tie
Condemned Woman Awaits Death in Auburn Prison
Mary Farmer, sentenced to die in the electric chair at sunrise, sits unmoved in Auburn jail after bidding farewell to her husband. She maintains faith that a statement by her husband may exonerate him in the same Brownsville murder case that also left him sentenced to death.
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Auburn
Mary Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Brownsville
Rich Chinaman Seized for Conspiracy in Smuggling Plot
Chicago March 28 Chin Yen Quai a wealthy Chicago Chinaman was arrested by Deputy Marshal Rigeheimer as an alleged participant in a plot to smuggle Chinamen into the United States at El Paso Texas He was released on $1000 bail The case will be heard tomorrow Plummer Chinese inspector reported the arrest of R W Stevenson Bob Leung and two Mexicans at El Paso The plan allegedly involved hiding Chinamen in dining cars and smuggling them across the border with profits of 300 to 500 per cinaman
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Chicago
Chin Yen Quai
Rigeheimer
el Paso
Tex
Chin
Lorenzo T Plummer
Plummer
R. W. Stevenson
Bob Leung
L In
Naples Awaits Roosevelt Visit To Last Only Twenty Four Hours
Naples expects ex President Roosevelt to stay just a day on his return trip. Authorities planned multi day demonstrations and an excursion to Messina to view earthquake ruins but those plans were shelved due to the brief stop.
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Naples
Roosevelt
Messina
Floosevelt
Aeronaut fatally hurt by fall from balloon in California
Los Angeles March 28 aeronaut E Rt Leorifed of Chutes park was fatally injured after a 50 foot fall during a balloon ascent. He reached about 5900 feet then parachute jump ended when the parachute hit a telegraph cross arm, throwing him from his seat. He was alive but in critical condition.
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Los Angeles
Cal
E. Rt
Leorifed
Chutes Park
Roosevelt hunting Africa tame for sport says Estes
Dana Estes, Boston publisher, who just completed a 26060 mile journey, says former President Roosevelt will hunt big game in Africa. He describes African animals as so tame they roam near rail lines and ignore passing trains.
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New York
Dana Estes
Boston
Europe
Iran
Roosevelt
Africa
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