Loveland Tragedy Casts Shadow Over Sonnycalp Family
Funeral for Lemuel and Baby Russel Sonnycalp held as Loveland neighbors accuse mother of arson and murder in a case that shocks the town. Husband defends wife as coroner and grand jury probe rumors and the weapon used. Local factory, blood on a porch, and a community strained by tragedy.
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Evergreen Cemetery
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Batavia
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Crazed Woman Tries To Sacrifice Her Children
Mrs Mary Lipp wife of Fred Lipp 531 West McMicken avenue set fire to her house decapitated chickens cremated rabbits and mauled the pet dog while attempting to throw two of her children into the flames in a violently insane state yesterday morning.
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Once a fugitive from justice now a Mississippi senator
Jackson Mississippi December 28 Colonel James Gordon of Okolona once sought by federal authorities under a $10000 reward dead or alive for Lincoln assassination conspiracy has been named by Governor Noel as successor to the late A J McLaurin in the Mississippi legislature Gordon fled to Canada after the war and later returned home after surrendering to General Dicks in New York He later took oath of allegiance and settled in Chickasaw county In a separate incident a 39 year old woman Mrs Lipp was detained after attempting to burn her home and children in a lunacy case with neighbors and police overcoming her action and Fire Department extinguishing the blaze.
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Madriz Elected Nicaragua President to Succeed Zelaya
Dr. José Madriz, former judge of the Central American court of justice, has been elected president of Nicaragua to succeed President Zelaya. General Estrada, leader of the revolutionists, opposes the new president and aims to claim the presidential chair.
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Rogers seeks senate vindication after fire marshal suspension
General W. S. Rogers of Cleveland, suspended from the state fire marshal post by Governor Harmon, plans to seek vindication before the senate. The case involves differing opinions on whether he is entitled to a hearing under the statute, with the appointment of Zuber as fire marshal noted in the discussion.
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Ballinger-Pinchot Probe Set For Public Joint Hearing
President Taft and Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania agreed on a public joint investigation into the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy. The panel may include five to seven members and be chaired by a senator, with openness to the public.
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Representative Dalzell
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Minnesota
Seven Children Die In Fire At Skyesville Home
Seven children aged 2 to 12 were burned to death and three others possibly fatally injured when a fire and powder explosion destroyed Stephen Bronosky’s home at Skyesville near Dubois Pennsylvania. All victims were foreigners. Six children were Bronosky relatives, the seventh a boarder. The blaze started from an overheated coal stove and reached a keg of mining powder.
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Ferryboat Passengers Survive Night of Terror
Sixty passengers on the ferry Charon from Belleaire Ohio to Benwood West Virginia spent a night of terror after the vessel became caught in an ice gorge on the Ohio River. The ferry flounded until 5 am. all were landed at daylight without injury. Panic and fear marked the cold ordeal as cries of children and prayers filled the night.
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Cold Wave Grips Chicago and Northwest
The Associated Press reports a sharp cold spell in Chicago and the Northwest with Chicago dropping toward zero after a 10 degree day. Davenport Iowa and Charles City recorded 2 below, Minnesota and Winnipeg hit 16 below, and a local snow storm with 28 mph winds affected Chicago traffic but was expected to abate.
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Ice Packed Ohio River Bridges Halt Pittsburg Traffic
Ice piles against bridge piers on the Ohio River halt river traffic from Pittsburg to Wheeling. Ten million bushels of coal diverted to rail. packets and coal fleets idle. Bridges like East Liverpool to Steubenville under guard as girders era deteriorates. Conditions remain icy with no clear thaw in sight.
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Woman Found in River Believed Murdered
The body of Mrs. Belle Rup, wife of a railroad employee, was found in the Platte River. Police search for a suspect described as a negro who allegedly forced entry the night her husband was away. She warned her children she would summon police before disappearing.
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Cincinnati Ranks Highest in City Per Capita Debt
Cincinnati leads large American cities in per capita indebtedness at 123.85 dollars, just behind New York’s 142.56. Among cities over 300,000, San Francisco is lowest. Detroit near the bottom for 100,000–300,000 populations. The Census bulletin details debt increases, with New York driving much of the rise, and outlines total city expenditures led by education and public safety costs.
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Brokaw's Testimony Strains Courtroom Tensions
New York Dec 28. In Mineola L I Gould Brokaw faced tough cross examination as his wife sues for separation with alimony of 60000 yearly. He admitted accusing her of loving another man and of drinking port wine and smoking. He also acknowledged his secretary helped break down a bedroom door. The plaintiff smiled amid the tense session as witnesses offered by friends were declined.
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Syracuse
Definition of a drinking man cited in Brokaw testimony
During the afternoon session Brokaw defined a drinking man citing his testimony that he does not drink. The lawyer pressed whether a fan qualifies as drinking, and Brokaw replied he would not call anyone a drinking man unless they take seven or eight drinks daily.
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Faulkner Charged Over Seized Legation Funds
Washington dispatch reports Frederick Faulkner of Kentucky, formerly a clerk at the U S legation in Peking, is accused of taking legation funds but the amount is not disclosed. Earlier rumors of a hunting trip and possible murder are considered unlikely.
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Virginia claims fifty million against West Virginia
An internal debt dispute from the Civil War era centers on Virginia's claim for fifty million dollars against West Virginia. Special Master Charles E. Littlefield heard the case in New York, seeking apportionment of debts from the period when West Virginia was part of Virginia. A special report will be filed with the Supreme Court.
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Master In Equity
Hearst Threatens Arrest Over Election Fraud Claim
Louis A. Culliver, attorney for Francis Dolan amid charges of aiding in the alleged Tammany theft of Independence league machinery, said he would seek a warrant for William Randolph Hearst within 24 hours. He argued the case hinges on Hearst’s alleged failure to obey the election law injunction requiring delegates named at primaries to be summoned to the convention.
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New York
Louis A. Culliver
Francis Dolan
Independence League
William Randolph Hearst
Culliver
Hearst
Taft to propose unified reforms on commerce and antitrust
President Taft plans a single special message to Congress detailing amendments to the interstate commerce and Sherman antitrust laws. He also will propose a voluntary federal licensing system for corporations, defying critics and pressing ahead before the Supreme Court ruling on Standard Oil.
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Taft
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Standard Oil
Hailey's Comet Visible To Naked Eye In New York
The comet is visible to the naked eye in New York for the first time since its arrival. Prof Eastman of Columbia University has studied it without a telescope. It appears in the northeast about twenty degrees above the horizon and remains visible for about two weeks with clear viewing for several nights.
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McClellan Vetoes City Improvements Budget
Mayor McClellan vetoed the $6,999,000 city improvements appropriation passed by the board of aldermen. He said the funds should be disbursed by the Gaynor administration after December 31.
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Tolstoi Reported Suffering Bronchitis and Liver Inflammation
YASNAYA POLIANA Russia Dec 28 Count Leo Tolstoi is diagnosed by physicians as suffering from bronchitis and liver inflammation. The high fever yesterday dropped today to a lower temperature as officials report his condition.
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Poison Theory 13 Held By Coroner
Washington Ind Dec 28 The county coroner ends his inquiry into the Ritter deaths in Elmore township finding a poisoning theory. He will send both stomachs to the state chemist for analysis and inspect all foodstuffs at the Ritters home. Nearby resident Charles Enoff recalled hearing Mrs Ritter scream last Friday but ignored it due to her hysteria.
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Waishington
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Divorce Sought on Plea Wife Has Negro Blood
W S Horton files for annulment of marriage in New York claiming his wife has Negro blood. Justice Seabury orders a commission to take testimony from the wife’s Connecticut relatives.
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