Humberts Face Trial in Paris for Forgery Swindle
Madame Therese Humbert and her relatives go on trial in Paris charged with forgery and swindling. Prosecutors say the family obtained about 10 million francs on forged documents while claiming a $20 million American inheritance. Therese Humbert, dubbed La Grande, attends with defiant calm as courtroom tension rises.
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Commercial Tribune
PRIS
M. Waldeck Rousseau
Humbert
Paris
Therese Humbert
Frederic
Romaine
E. D'Aprignac
Leydet
E. D’aurignac
Therese
Marie D’aurignac
la Grande
Crawford
Humbert Trial Reveals Mythical Will Swindle
Mme Therese Humbert and her husband Frédérick face questioning over alleged multiyear fraud linked to a mythical will. Spectators and judges laughed at the claims as the hearing adjourned without settlement of the Rente Viagere collapse affecting thousands.
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Therese Humbert
Frederic
Emile
Romaine D'Aurignac
Mme. Humbert
Mmé
Humbert
Crawford Brothers
Therese
Paris
Fréderick Humbert
M. Valle
Waldeck-Rousseau
Crawford
Mme
Rente Viagere
Hostile Fleet Mimic War I Captured
Bar Harbor Maine August 8 The hostile fleet in the mock battle has been captured with wireless telegraphy proving decisive. The fleet sighted at 3 am by the Olympia headed to Lamoine Government coaling station. The Olympia signaled the Kearsarge to report to Rear Admiral Barker as the flagship spoke to the scene. Fog complicates the Olympia further.
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Commercial Tribune
Bar Harbor
Lamoine
Olympia
Kearsarge
Barker
Mount Desert Rock
Admiral Sands
Texas
Bookwalter Emerges as U S Senate Candidate in Ohio
Columbus Aug. 8. Chairman Harvey C Garber announces John W Bookwalter of Springfield for United States Senator. Garber predicts the state convention will endorse him, citing loyalty in 1896 and 1900 and Bryanites approval. Zimmerman and Johnson factions dispute the move as Bookwalter denies candidacy and plans a New York visit before a state convention.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harvey _C.Garber
Democratic State Executive Committee
John W. Bookwalter
Springfield
United States
Garber
Bookwalter
William Bryan
Willy S. Thomas
John L. Zimmerman
Johnson
Sam Jones
John J. Lentz
Zimmerman
Alter
Chieutenant
Clark County
Thomas D. Wallace
Bryan
New York
Wallace
Ohio
Jones-Cleveland Mayors Clash Over Fusion Politics
In Toledo on August 8 Mayor Johnson of Cleveland and Mayor Jones of Toledo met privately amid talks of fusion. Jones rejected any fusion ticket while Johnson hinted at gubernatorial ambitions and discussed street railway bids and cooperation on renewing old franchises. The exchange touched on Olympia era naval maneuvers with Admiral Sands in a separate dispatch.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo, CO
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Jones
Lucas County
Johnson
Toledo Street Railroad
Columbus
Peewee
Eee
Spet
Ister
Woman inspector sent to see Ohio postmasters
The Civil Service Commission has sent Miss Caroline L. Griesheim on a tour of inspection to Indiana Ohio Wisconsin and other states. The real object is to talk with postmasters of various towns and point out what can and cannot be done under civil service laws and rules.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Aug
Civil Service Commission
Caroline I. Griesheim
Indiana
Ohio
Wisconsin
Walk Collapse Kills Four at Philadelphia Ball Park
Four dead twelve fatally injured and 150 hurt when a left field walk at the Philadelphia National League park collapsed under crowding spectators during a Boston vs Philadelphia game. About 10 000 watched as the wooden supports rotted and gave way sending hundreds crashing onto Fifteenth street and the field. Ambulances and streetcars ferried the injured away as bystanders looked on like a battlefield.
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Fifteenth Street
Huntington Street
Lehigh Avenue
Casualties Mount From Seats Collapse at Event
East Liverpool incident leaves four dead and many injured. Thomas Kane Douglass McCaulley John Murphy Peter Barrett Joseph McConahy Joseph McGarrigle W Snyder Joseph Larkin A D Robinson Lewis McGrath John Radcliffe Nicholas Moser Jacob Stein among the injured at the scene. Nearly 100 suffer fractures, lacerations, or contusions though not in serious condition.
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Thomas Kane
Douglass
McCaulley
John Murphy
Peter Barrett
Joseph McConahy
Joseph McGarrigle
W. Snyder
Joseph Larkin
A. D. Robinson
Lewis McGrath
John Radcliffe
Nicholas Moser
Jacob Stein
East Liverpool
Keene's Revenge Now at Hand on Wall Street
Wall Street faced uneasy trading as prices fell to multi year lows with Union Pacific sliding six points before partial rebound. Rumors tied the drop to James R Keene and his allies with a prominent banker denying direct fault citing heavy selling of a long hostile stake in Union Pacific. Brokers said Keene’s action could still influence the market and keep his influence alive.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Wall Street
Union Pacific
James. R. Keene
Keene
Tornado kills two and injures sixty in Pittsburg area
A tornado plowed through the mining district north and east of Pittsburg Kansas killing Michael Muller and Mrs Antone Sarto injuring about sixty others. The eight by two mile swath destroyed hundreds of homes mine tipples and buildings repossessed by coal companies. The injured are expected to recover. A second storm damaged standing grain near Minneapolis Kansas.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Michael Muller
Nelson
Antone Sarto
Camp Seventeen
Destructive Windstorm Wrecks Fruit and Trees at Carthage
A strong windstorm in Carthage Missouri destroyed thousands of dollars of fruit and shade trees and damaged buildings early today. Reports indicate widespread impact across several blocks with uprooted trees and shattered storefronts. Local crews assess property losses as residents begin cleanup and salvage efforts.
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Carthage
Reformers Send Appeal for Help
New York August 8. Chinese Empire Reform Association appeals to Secretary Hay to cooperate with Shanghai’s British Ambassador to save reformers under protection. Kwai Pang says reformers support the Emperor but oppose the Dowager Empress and seek better government. The group claims about six million members worldwide and three thousand in New York with fifteen branches in America.
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New York
United States
Hay
Shanghai
Chinese Empire Reform Association of
Kwai Pang
Reform Party
America
China
Pettit Returns to Cincinnati After Sudden Exit
George W. Pettit once bookkeeper for the Dayton Coal and Iron Company and his wife return to Cincinnati after a hurried departure on July 7. He says he fled after fearing a bookkeeping mistake would ruin him and left to start anew in the West, later deciding to face the matter. The couple now stay with brother in law William Barr at Ferris and Corbett avenues.
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George W. Pettit
Dayton Coal and Iron Company
City
Cincinnati
William Barr
Ferris and
Corbett Avenues
Pettit
Halpin Avenue
Fine of 75000 Imposed on Pueblo Cotton Mill
Treasury Department pursues stamp law violations. A large Pueblo cotton mill was fined 75000 for fraudulent book and document stamping. A nearby candy factory faced a fine over 1000 for stamp tax infractions.
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Mexico City
Treasury Department
Pueblo
Identified Dead in Philadelphia Incident
Philadelphia reports list the identified dead as Edward Graham Alfred Rodgers and Edward Williamson aged 60. The brief notice states the names and age of the deceased in the local incident report.
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Philadelphia
Edward Graham
Alfred Rodgers
Edward Williamson
Cincinnati Traction Company Targets Transfer Abuse
Officials led by Superintendent Robert E. Lee probe transfers amid daily losses of 600 to 800 dollars. Investigators ride cars to expose schemes and unveil a new transfer with bold line branding to curb misuse. A rider exchange incident at a corner prompted the inquiry into public transfer abuse.
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Cincinnati Traction Company
Robert E. Lee
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Thomas Ewing
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