Oklahoma Indians on Warpath in Oklahoma City confrontation
Reports from Oklahoma City say nine hundred Creek Indians led by Chief Crazy Snake march to resist militiamen after a clash at Crazy Snake home. Troops pursue toward Tiger mountains while camps shift and mutinous negroes threaten cohesion as Crazy Snake vows to fight to the death.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Crazy Snake
Oklahoma
Tiger Mountains
Haskell
Marshal Baum
Odom
Hickory Hilla
North Canadian River
Deep Fork Creek
Henrietta
Crasy Snake
South
Hickory Hills
Tom Wilson
Exonering Husband as Woman Is Executed for Murder
Mrs Mary Farmer is executed at Auburn prison for the April Brownville murder of Mrs Sarah Brennan. She declares her husband James D Farmer innocent, while witnesses and officials describe the electrification and death, with her final words and farewell.
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J. J. Hickey
James D. Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Mary H. Farmer
Bold murder leads to electric chair for Mrs Mary Farmer
Auburn reports Mary Farmer the second woman executed in the electric chair for the Brownsville Jefferson county murder of neighbor Mrs Sarah Brennan on April 23 1908. The case grew from forged deeds and a trunk containing Brennan’s body found after long investigations by authorities.
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Auburn
N. Y
Mary Farmer
James D. Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Brownsville
Jefferson County
Watertown
Paddy Hill
Brennan
Kentuckian Fatally Shot in Sapulpa Gambling Room
Newt Rivers, a noted Kentuckian, was fatally shot and Clarence Rupert seriously wounded in a early morning fight at a Sapulpa gambling resort. Rupert fired five times into the crowded room where the altercation occurred.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Newt Rivers
Clarence Rupert
Rupert
King Praises Shackleton for Polar Achievement
King Edward paid congratulations to Lieutenant Ernest H. Shackleton for his near south pole expedition. He granted permission to name a new mountain range in the far South after Queen Alexandria in a telegram of support.
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Shackleton
London
Edward
Ernest H. Shackleton
South Pole
Queen Alexandria
Stevenson on Arnold Death Provokes Wry God remark
The anecdote recalls Robert Louis Stevenson learning of Matthew Arnold’s death and pausing before remarking that Arnold “won’t like God.” The quip reveals Stevenson’s dry wit and the era’s literary circles.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Matthew Arnold
God
Wasps to Teach Aeronauts Says Duncan at Royal Photographic
London report cites F Martin Duncan noting photographs of insects in flight could aid aeronauts. He highlights wasp and bee wings as compact yet extended when airborne. The Brasil government operates 1,287 miles of railway lines.
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London
Royal Photographic Society
F. Martin Duncan
Brasil
Beggars Drive Out Silk Hats In Paris Fashion Shift
Paris hatters report a decline of the silk hat among fashionable men, limited to ceremonial use. They blame beggars and hawkers who target hat wearers, noting a similar trend in London as the hat loses street prestige.
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Paris
London
Servia Yields to Demands of World Powers
Belgrade reports Servia has surrendered completely to European demands ending six months of Balkan tension. British French Russian and Italian ministers will inform the Servian government of recognition of Austria-Hungary’s annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They advise closing the question and sending a circular to all powers to acknowledge the annexation and revoke claims to concessions.
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Belgrade
Servia
Europe
Balkan
Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
King Peter May Abdicate and Family Leaving Belgrade
Rome reports King Peter of Servia and his family plan to flee Belgrade with rumors of abdication. Victor Emmanuel is said to have been told Peter may crown Montenegro’s Prince Nicholas’s youngest son, Alexander, as successor. Vienna notes Servian lawmakers discuss replacing the Kara-Beogjevitch dynasty with Duke of Teck or Prince Arthur of Connaught.
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London
Rome
Vienna
Peter
Servia
Belgrade
Victor Emmanuel
Switzerland
Nicholas
Montenegro
Italy
Alexander
Kara- Beorgevitch
Duke of Teck
Arthur of
Connaught
Blind hymn writer Fanny Crosby celebrates 89th birthday
Bridgeport Connecticut March 31 Fanny Crosby the blind hymn writer observed her 89th birthday as a guest at a reception hosted by Mrs Orville Rector and the Fanny Crosby circle of Kings Daughters. An evening reception at First Methodist church featured a specially written hymn. Crosby born in southeastern New York and educated at the New York Institute for the Blind where Grover Cleveland was one of her teachers.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Fanny Crosby
Orville Rector
King's Daughters
First Methodist Church
Miss Crosby
New York
New York Institute For the Blind
Grover Cleveland
Pope hopes Wilbur Wright will fly over Vatican
In Rome Pope John XII wishes to see Wilbur Wright fly. He met Hart O. Berg, Wright brothers' financial agent, and expressed hope that when Wright visits Rome the aviator would fly directly over the Vatican so its occupants could view the aeroplane.
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Rome
Wilbur Wright
Hart O. Berg
Wright Brothers
Vatican
Pin Enters Woman After Four Months Inside Body
Cincinnati report states a glass-headed steel pin swallowed by Mrs Oakla Bry Jennings traveled four months through her body piercing the stomach and lungs before appearing in her mouth Wednesday night and being removed from the soft palate. The pin formed a complete circle, became rusty, and a hard coating developed. The article also notes the Nile has greater fish variety than any other body of water.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Oakla Bry Jennings
Nile
Terrible hardships met by explorers on Antarctic trek
Lieutenant Shackleton's Nimrod returned to Christ Church New Zealand with the expedition crew all in good health. Professor David and companions describe extreme heat at the start, massive sledges loaded with provisions, a grueling climb inland, and near starvation on the return. They warn future explorers require far more food as the pole lies on a high plateau with extreme cold and storms. Shackleton avoided comment on Australia’s protest despite a $25,000 vote toward expedition costs.
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Christ Church
N. Z
Shackleton
David
Magnetic Pole
Sea Sea
Nimrod
Pole
South Pole
Commonwealth of Australia
Stewart Island
Commonwealth
World 1908 Commerce Record Shows Sharp Declines
Washington reports that international commerce in 1908 fell in nearly all major countries compared with 1907. UK imports down 256 million and exports down 235 million. Germany imports down 162 million with exports down 23 million. France imports down 25.4 million and exports down 62.5 million. Belgium imports down 32.0 million and exports down 23.0 million. Canada imports down 83.0 million with exports up 9.5 million. Argentina shows slight imports drop but exports rise. Average monthly imports for 23 nations ran 997 million versus 1,069.5 million in 1907. exports 901 million versus 978 million.
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Washington
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Belgium
Canada
Argentina
Ashland man seeks $500000 indemnity for false imprisonment
Wm. M. French of Ashland petitions the legislature for half a million dollars claiming false imprisonment and conspiracy. He names jail in Ashland county and multiple asylums including Waupun Northern Hospital for the Insane and Richland Center as places of confinement after his 1891 murder verdict was reversed and his insanity declared.
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Ashland
Wis
Wm. M. French
Ashland County
Waupun
Northern Hospital For the Insane
Iowa County Insane Asylum
Insane Asylum
Richland Center
Irench
Galvin M. Steel
Supreme Court
French
Oshkosh
Mouse Scares Brooklyn Knit Mill Crowd
In Brooklyn at 753 Lexington Avenue Mary Bloan and nine coworkers feared when a mouse ran up a stocking clock. The scene sparked screams across all machines, dozens fainted, and Dr Hartzell from Bushwick Hospital was called to aid. The mouse escaped.
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New York
Hickory
Mary Bloan
Miss Bloan
Lexington Ave
Brooklyn
Dr. Hartzell
Bushwick Hospital
Kidnaped Woman Found 25 Years Later in Chicago
Mrs Jason Warner was located by South Chicago police after being kidnapped from Montreal at age five and taken to a farm. She had appealed to Canadian police who traced her family in Montreal. The item notes a stray line about the Norwegian army on skates.
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Chicago
Montreal
Jason Warner
Warner
Social leader Mrs Pierre Lorillard dies by gas poisoning
Washington reports Mrs Pierre Lorillard Jr aged 49 wife of the tobacco magnate died at her home near Dupont Circle from gas poisoning believed self-inflicted after a late dinner at Mrs Townsend's. Coroner’s certificate confirms death by own action though family cites heart failure. The Lorillards, prominent in Washington society, hosted and attended a large social set including diplomats and naval officers.
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Washington
Pierre Lorillard, Jr
Dupont Circle
Lorillard
Mrs. Lorillard
Lorillards
Hillyer Place
Dupont
Sheridan
Massachusetts Avenue
Skin graft suit alleges grafting at doctor’s hands
O. B. Raynass files a $5000 trespass suit in Rockford alleging Dr. W. R. Franklin grafted skin from Raynass’s thigh to his foot without consent and used extra epidermis on another patient.
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Rockford, Ill
W. R. Franklin
O. B. Raynass
Franklin
Steamer Minto Marooned With Forty Four Men
Forty four men on the steamer Minto have been marooned on ice in Northumberland Strait since Tuesday. Rescue prospects were unclear and work to free the vessel could not be forecast. Separately a New York builder estimates buildings under construction in the city could total over 100 million dollars in value.
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Pictou
N. S
Northumberland Strait
Minto
New York
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