Woman Bound and Burned to Death at Cincinnati Home
Police hold Jesse Van Zandt after the body of his wife Alice Van Zandt was found bound and roasted on a two burner gas plate at their 634 Richmond street home. Neighbors heard muffled voices and a quarrel prior to the discovery, with investigators noting a coal oil–saturated scene and signs suggesting intentional murder.
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Murphy’s Saloon
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Nightingale
McShane
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Richmond
Mrs. van Zandt
Cincinnati Police Department
Glavis Finishes Testimony in Ballinger-Pinchot Inquiry
Louis R. Glavis concluded his testimony before the Ballinger-Pinchot committee in Washington on January 29. He will be recalled Monday for cross examination as he disputes land office and forestry bureau tensions and charges Ballinger aided Kinkaid. He claimed Dennett was crooked and sought copies of Dennett letters, including one from Seattle dated 1909 to H. H. Schwartz warning of the worst situation on the line.
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Associated Press Dispatch
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Congressional Investigating Commission
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Land Office
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California
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Nebraska
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Forest Service
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Glaws
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Ten Sicilian black hand gang sent to prison at Leavenworth
Ten members of a Sicilian black hand organization were convicted in federal court and sent to Leavenworth prison for two to sixteen years. Antonio Vicario, 20, to Elmira Reformatory. Several defendants granted new trials and released on own recognizance.
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Elmira
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Marion
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Bellefo
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Dennison
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Cincinnati
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Poison found in organs of Swope heirs spurs call for inquiry
Kansas City dispatch reports poison detected in livers of Colonel Thomas H. Swope and his nephew Chris man. Heirs demand state investigation into death last fall. coroner's inquiry likely to begin next Tuesday as prosecutors weigh action. Berlin scene shows Reichstag protest over Oldenburg remark on kingly power and military discipline.
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Thomas H. Swope
Chrisman
Swope
Chicago
Associated Press
Berlin
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Herr von Oldenburg
Prussia
Herry Schrader
Oldenburg
Herr Singer
Prince von Hohenlohe
Mackley Guilty of Hunt Murder in Toledo Case
Joseph J. Mackley, 82, a railroad switchman, was convicted of the murder of Caroline Hunt, 18, in Toledo. The jury imposed the death penalty after rejecting mercy. The crime followed her rejection of his attentions. he also shot her parents and pursued her brother. A co-defendant brother Jerry is charged in a separate murder. A motion for a new trial will be argued next week.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Toledo
Joseph J. Mackley
Caroline Hunt
Mackley
Jerry
Hunt
Prospects Bright for an Agreement With Germany
Berlin January 29 The Associated Press reports the foreign office cannot yet announce a tariff deal with the United States but says final negotiations are proceeding smoothly and an early agreement is likely if no new questions arise.
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Associated Press
Foreign Office
United States
General Wilder Joins Shiloh Park Commission
General John T. Wilder of Tennessee is appointed to the Shiloh national military park commission to replace Colonel Cornelius Cadle of Ohio who has resigned. Cadle was chairman, with Wilder to be considered for that role. Wilder is a Civil War veteran who fought at Shiloh.
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Associated Press
John T. Wilder
Tennessee
Shiloh National Military Park Commission
Cornelius Cadle
Ohio
Cadle
Wilder
Battle of
Shiloh
Coakley Named Hamilton Chief Engineer of Public Works
William J. Coakley longtime traveling engineer for the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Railroad was appointed by Mayor Rothwell as Hamiltons chief engineer for public works. He succeeds dismissed city electric plant engineer Chris Eberling and will head municipal motive power projects.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
William J. Coakley
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company
Rothwell
Hamilton Public Works
Coakley
Chris Eberling
City Electric
Seine Floods Subside in Paris After Height This Morning
Paris reports the Seine crest reached at 2 am and by midnight had fallen about four and a half inches. Relief spreads though many districts remain critical as officials monitor lingering danger.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Paris
Seine
Methodist Missionary Bishop Dies of Paralysis
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss retired Methodist Episcopal Church leader dies at Hahnemann Hospital after a stroke on January 18 while riding a trolley. Born 1834 in Kingston New York he served missions in Mexico India and Malaysia and retired in 1900 leaving a son and daughter.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Cyrus D. Foss
The
Methodist Church
Mexico
India
Malaysia
Foss
Knife Fight at Ohio Penitentiary Ends in Wounding
In Columbus on January 29 Robert Woods serving twenty years for manslaughter attacked Patrick Jones in the state penitentiary. Woods accused Jones of peaching and slashed Jones in the abdomen with a knife. Officials have not learned how Woods obtained the weapon.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Robert Woods
Hamilton
Patrick Jones
Clinton County
Woods
Jones
McKinley Day Observed in Canton Ohio
Canton Ohio January 29 observed as Carnation day marking the birth anniversary of President William McKinley. Thousands across the United States laid flowers and wreaths, including ex Secretary of the Treasury George B Cortelyou who sends a wreath annually to the McKinley tomb on Monument Hill.
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United States
William McKinley
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George B. Cortelyou
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Ballinger Prefers Conservation Over Bottling Resources
Secretary Ballinger told Rhode Island clubs that conservation means wise development not hoarding. He warned against impractical views such as bottling or pickling natural resources and opposed government land leasing as landlord. He favored reasonable restraints to curb monopoly and waste.
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Associated Press
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Conservative Club of
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