Last Search for the Indian Messiah on the Tongue River
Indian agent J J Clifford reports breaking up two secret Messiah meetings among the Rosebud and Tongue River Indians in spring 1900. He urges removal of Porcupine Crook and Beaver Claw and notes arrest actions, patrols, and a sequence of agency orders aimed at quelling the Messiah movement amid Cheyenne tensions on the Tongue River and Rosebud reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
J. J. Clifford
Tongue River Agency
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Washington, D. C
Crook
Clitvord
Air Porter
Porcupine
Rosebud
Nowling Wolf's
Tongue River
Clifford
Beaver Claw
Rosebid
Porter
Custer County
Croox
Indian Office
Messiah
General Wade
Wade
George Snyder
Indian Department
Sitting Bull
Bannacks
Chase
Bannack
Miles City
War Department
Iast
Gangecame
Big Soldier
Carter
McLaughlin
George Bird Grinnell
Wooden Ler
White
Grinnell
Howling Wolf T
Howling Wolf
Meessiah
White Elk
Col
James McLauchlin
United States Indian Inspector
Washington
Foy
1St Cavalry
Fort Keogh
Nofe
Kern No 2 A California oil well drills to 13400 feet
Continental Oil Company completes the Kern No 2 A near Wasco in Kern County California reaching 13400 feet or over two and a half miles making it the deepest hole drilled by man into Earth. Subsurface formation depths and oil gas encounters are listed in companion columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontinental Oil Company
Wasco
Kern County
California
Grand Canyon
Continental
Mythical switchman's wife hoax rocked Anaconda crowds
A historic Anaconda prank wave lured strangers with a phony switchman wife, prompting elaborate dresses and staged scenes. Victims were duped into confidence, then chased by fake lawmen and gunfire theatrics ending with mock injuries and arrests in a long running practical joke admired by locals and feared by outsiders.
Police praise custody action amid supporter morale rise
The speaker notes that keeping him in custody will bolster police efforts and steady followers. He calls it a strong signal of approval for law enforcement and mentions Howling Wolf planning to speak on issue day while his son-in-law is missing. A police appointment at Hutton is stationed to prevent any escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howling Wolf
Hutton
Helena Fish and Game Wins Federal Trout Stocking Aid
The Helena Fish and Game association will receive 150000 black spotted and 150000 rainbow trout from the federal bureau of fisheries for stocking streams in the Helena area. The state adds 500000 more trout, totaling about 800000 fish to be planted this spring as officials note shipments run April to October. Senator Murray helped deliver the club’s request, and the bureau indicated the stock will be forwarded when available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington, D. C
Helena Fish and Game Association
Helena
Helena Fish and Games Association
Montana
Sen
James EB. Murray
Helena Club
Anaconda Jokes End as Pranks Leave Town Lore
The Anaconda joshers conducted a long running prank scheme involving fake arrests and demands for payments. Victims included a Maine researcher and a Boston man who blamed friends or sought lawyers while reporters and sheriffs pressed for statements. The caper ended after a damages award of 500 dollars halted further hoaxes and Maud and her highwayman husband vanished into local lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Chicago
Anaconda Boys
Maine
Husband of Former Poplar Girl Killed
The husband of Alma Chaput, a former Poplar girl, was murdered and burned on a Langdon area farm by a farm hand. Andrew Chaykum allegedly killed Chaput with a pitchfork, burned the body in a straw stack, then surrendered to police in Langdon. Chaput left two young sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Chaput
Poplar
Langdon
N. D
Andrew Chaykum
Lemieux
Dona Chaput
Bottineau
Chaykum
Chaput
Bismarck
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Interior Office
Camp Merritt
Oregon
Laurel
Vernie Kamp
Wong Sun
Wong Sun Company
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Anaconda
Switchman
West
Butte
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
Livingston
Nalispell
Peoria
Baraboo
Spokane
Jim
Portland
Ore
Maud
Peerless
HARDY
State NurSery & Seed Co
Melena
Northwest
Mont
Rice & Scott
Owsley Block Butte, Montana
Charles M. Russell
Montana Newspaper Association
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