Crazy Snake Fights Militia Amid Creek Indian Uprising
As Oklahoma militia pursues Crazy Snake and his Creek band with negro allies, reports detail scattered violence near Henryetta and Hickory Camp. Meanwhile in New York state, Mrs. Mary Farmer is executed by electric chair at Auburn prison for murder, with officials noting no brain lesions and revealing a final statement claiming her husband innocence.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Crazy Snake
Washington
Honey Scott
Snake Band
Hiskory Grounds
Roy Hoffman
Farmer Couts
Hickory Camp
Henrietta
Auburn
Mary Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Brownville
State
Davis
Jesus
Mary
Joseph
Woman cremated in mysterious fire near Sharpsburg
In Pittsburg on March 30 Mrs Mart in Bergen of Sharpsburg was burned to death in a blaze that destroyed their home. Her daughter Mrs Lona Young and son in law Frederick Hemke were seriously burned in the fire.
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Pittsburg
Martin Bergen
Sharpsburg
Lona Young
Frederick Hemke
Workers Rally As Wage Cut Protests Spread
In Pa on March 30 many men at several plants of the Ding Tron Company in this vicinity went to work yesterday despite a wage reduction dispute.
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Ending
Ding, Tron Company
Farmer's Wife Declares Husband Innocent in Trunk Death
Mary H. Farmer swears in Cayuga County on March 8 1909 that her husband James D. Farmer had no involvement in Sarah Brennan's death and knew nothing of any plans. She asserts his innocence and states he was not home when the events occurred. Notary B Fr Winegar witnessed the oath.
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J. J. Hickey
James D. Farmer
Sarah Brennan
James D Farmer
Mary H. Farmer
Fr. Winegar
Notary Public
Cayuga County
Denver Shooting Ends in Double Tragedy
John Collins father of Mrs. Jesse McDonald, wife of former Gov. McDonald, fatally shot Miss Sarah Nichols at the McDonald home in Denver and then killed himself. The motive is unknown. Collins, recent Pennsylvania arrival, is believed insane. Nichols was Mrs. McDonald's aunt on her mother's side. Mrs. McDonald says her father showed signs of melancholia.
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Denver
John Collins
Jesse McDonald
McDonald
Sarah Nichols
Logan Avenue
Collins
Pennsylvania
Miss Nichols
50 Years' Wedding Legal Scandal At Bradwell
London reports Buckinghamshire officials announced that all marriages at St James Bradwell parish church during the last 60 years were illegal as the church lacked a proper license. The revelation triggers steps to legalize ceremonies already performed, affecting thousands of couples nationwide.
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London
Buckingham
St. James
Bradwell
Hold Up Ends Game at Chicago Drug Store
A wild west style hold up disrupted a card game in the rear of F. A. Lemke's drug store at 1501 West Harrison Street. Two masked men entered and held up the proprietor and four friends, netting four gold watches and $125 in cash as the players stopped play.
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Chicago
F. A. Lemke
West
Harrison Street
Vote Win in Court Roanoke Court Sets Option Aside
Roanoke Virginia judge in the corporation court set aside the December 30 local option election in which the saloon was voted out. The ruling effectively reverses the vote and returns control to earlier licensing terms.
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Roanoke
Walter P. Staples
Corporation Court of
Prairie Fire Ravages Emma as Crosby County Burns
A prairie fire swept Crosby County five miles south of Plainview on March 29 causing an estimated $100,000 in damages. It destroyed several residences and stores in Emma, the county seat.
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Plainview
Tex
Mar
Crosby County
Here
Emma
Taft Talks Tariff in Long Washington Session
President Taft discussed tariff reductions with Senate Finance Committee member Hale and House leaders Dalzell Hinshaw and Barrett in a twelve hour session. The talk focused on reducing tariffs on life’s necessities while criticizing Payne bill provisions. Senators and representatives debated pig iron, scrap iron, and duties as the House opened under a new 10 am to 10:30 pm rule.
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Washington
Mar
Taft
Hale
Senate Finance Committee
Representative Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Hinshaw
Nebraska
John Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
Payne
House
Ways and Means Committee of the House
Barrett
Senate
Elkins
Gore
Kennedy
Ways and Means’ Committee
Falling Wall Kills Three at Old Jail Razing
In Los Angeles California on March 30 three workers were instantly killed and two others seriously injured when a brick wall of the old jail near the courthouse collapsed during razing. Several more escaped with narrow chances of death as tons of brick buried the site.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mar
Court House
Garfield's Nurse Crump Dead After Long Service
Washington March 30 William T Crump who nursed President Garfield after his wounding has died He served with Ohio volunteers in the Civil War and became an aide to General and later President Hayes
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Garfield
Washington
William T. Crump
Ohio Volunteers
Hayes
Harriman Flies Through Salt Lake City on Special Train
Harriman arrived in Salt Lake City aboard his special train yesterday and was hosted by the Commercial club before continuing to New York.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
N. BH
Harriman
New York
Waives hearing fearing crowd as kidnaper trembles
James H. Boyle, accused in the Willie Whitla abduction, waived a hearing before Justice Gilbert in Sharon Pa. He faced an 800-person crowd at the Erie and Pittsburg station, collapsed upon viewing them, and was returned to Mercer jail with a $25,000 bond. A concerned Indiana town urged punishment to the full extent of the law.
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Sharon
Miller
Mercer
James H. Boyle
Willie Whitla
Gilbert
Erie & Pittsburg
Boyle
Mercer Boylé
Sheriff Chess
Indiana
Lininger
Reminston
Ind
M. J. Lininger
Whitla
H. Randall Lookabile
First Christian Church
Parker
Kansas
City
Helen Boyle
Willie” “Whitla
Kansas City
Helen Parker
Frank A. Parker
East Twelfth Streat
Parkers
Tune
Judge Refuses Order for Lemp to Pay Divorce Appeal Fees
Judge Hitchcock yesterday refused to issue an order requiring William J. Temp Jr to pay Mrs. Lillian Handlan Lemp s lawyers fees for prosecuting her appeal in the divorce suit. The ruling protects Temp from bearing those costs in the ongoing case.
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Towle
William J. Temp, Jr
Lillian
Handlan Lemp
Hitchcock
Lemp
Lawmaker Seeks Move of Missouri Capital to St Louis
Jefferson City March 30. A resolution to change the state capital from Jefferson City to St Louis will be introduced in the legislature by Representative Brassfield.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Brassfield
Railroad and Coal Concern Fined $13 000 in Utah Case
In Salt Lake City the U S district court fined Union Pacific Railroad Company Oregon Short Line Union Pacific Caral Company and J M Moore each 3000 Everett Buckingham division traffic manager of the Oregon Short Line was fined 1000 The Sharp Coal Company alleged conspiracy to refuse hauling coal and the jury found the defendants guilty of restraint of trade and anti trust law violations The railroad defendants plan appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mar
United States
Marshall
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Oregon
Union Pacific Caral Company
J. M. Moore
Union Pacific Company
Everett Buckingham
Coal Company
D. J. Sharp Coal Company
Sharp Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Roosevelt Lands on Azores in Brief Hamburg Stop
Theodore Roosevelt and his party arrived at Horta Azores aboard the Hamburg to mail a short port call. Governor A de Freitas greeted them ashore and the party toured the town with no official reception. Roosevelt did not dance, but son Kermit danced with several ladies aboard the ship. All members of the party are well.
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Horta
Fayal
Azores
Mar
Hamburg
Theodore’ Roosevelt
A. de Freitas
Roosevelt
Ariven
Kermit
Marshal killed as posse corners bandits near Jamesport
In Trenton Missouri on March 30 City Marshal George Caraway died after being shot while leading a pursuit of bandits. Three robbers were cornered at Me Cue farm two miles south of Jamesport. A fierce exchange occurred with one robber killed while the other two surrendered.
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Trenton
Blowers
George Caraway
Cue Farm
Jamesport
Civil War novelist Daisy Howard dies at 9
Fort Scott Kansas reports the death of Myra D McCrum aged 9 known by the pen name Daisy Howard a Civil War novelist and story writer who died here yesterday.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Myra D. McCrum
Daisy Howard
Beveridge Leaves Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
Senator Beveridge of Indiana departed Johns Hopkins Hospital after several weeks as a patient. In Sapulpa Oklahoma a Kentucky figure named Rivers was fatally shot and Officer Rupert seriously wounded in a gambling resort melee yesterday.
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Beveridge
Baltimore
A. A Beveridge
Indiana
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Sapulpa
Okla
Tom Rivers
Inventor Davidson Killed by Traction Engine Accident
Ada Mar 30 Noble H Davidson inventor of the traction engine was killed when struck by the engine of a Pennsylvania passenger train. Davidson, who devised the traction engine in 1877, helped bring the first engine to market that year. Steamship director dead Heinrich Wiegand head of North German Lloyd died yesterday in Homburg Prussia.
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Nventor Davidson
Ada, ‘O
Homburg
Prussia
Mar
Heinrich Wiegand
Lloyd, Steamship. Com
Pany
Yeaterday
Watchful church scene in Des Moines unsettles congregation
Police search after a tense Lenten service enduced by an unknown man who paced the St Ambriee church pews with a suspicious pistol pocket. Witnesses recall the man’s odd appearance and evasive movement before fleeing as priests and parishioners remained on alert.
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Des Moines
St. Ambriee
Pather Fav
F Flavin
Weathers
Joseph Distle
Devine
Halloran
Indian School Commencement Opera Held in Carlisle
Indian students at Carlisle Indian School opened commencement with a baccalaureate service in the school auditorium. A dress rehearsal of the planned opéra was staged, prepared entirely by the students, marking a distinctive cultural showcase.
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Carlisle
Murder at McDonald Home Ends in Tragedy in Denver
John Collins fatally shot Miss Sarah Nichols at the McDonald residence on Gan Avenue then killed himself. Authorities deem the motive unknown as Collins, recently arrived in Denver, had prior ties to Mrs. McDonald on her mother’s side.
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Denver
John Collins
McDonald
Sarah Nichols
McDonald Home
Gan
Collins
Nichols
Taft's Son Heads Yale Club President elect
Taft's son was elected president of the Yale Club for the coming year. The club aims to study reforms in government and public policy.
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Taft
Yale Club
Clu
Slain by Black Hand in Shamokin Case
A report from Shamokin Pennsylvania describes a fatal assault linked to the Black Hand mystery. Authorities investigate alleged threats and possible mob involvement as clues unfold.
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Dynami Shamokin
Asloet
Black
Washington TM 1 officer and governors’ visit in Paso Robles
Fragmented notes report Cosgrove of Washington and local board members arranging events in Paso Robles. A wealthy mine official’s hearing was postponed. a Chicago Chinaman case of alleged embezzlement and conspiracy to smuggle China inhabitants into the United States is noted, with bail set at 1000 dollars.
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Chicago
Chinam
Chin
Foat
Boh Leung
Hi Pang
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Canadia River
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Mr. James
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James
Salt Lake
Waives Hill
Sharon, Pa
Railroad and Coal Concern
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Cosgrove
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Tole
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