General Wheaton Retires After Reaching Legal Age
Washington July 15 Major General Lloyd Wheaton ends his active career upon reaching the statutory retirement age of sixty four. He recently returned from the Philippines and will be succeeded by Brigadier General John C Bates, now commanding the Department of Missouri at Denver. General Chaffee commends Wheaton for forty one years of exemplary service and wishes him well in retirement.
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Washington
Lloyd Wheaton
Philippines
John C. Bates
Department of Missouri
Denver
Wheaton
United States
Chaffee
Chicago Freight Strike Paralyzes City Amid 17 1/2 Cent Demands
Chicago's wholesale trade stalls as freight handlers and railroads clash over wages. Curran's Freight Handlers' union presses for 17 1/2 cents an hour while rail managers refuse higher than 17 cents. Merchants warn of heavy losses and possible warehouse shipments disrupted within a week. Secretary Driscoll of the Chicago arbitration board suspends dealings with Curran after accusations of bad faith.
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Chicago
Mittesg
Curran
San
Rion
Poe
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Young
Teamsters’ National Union
State Board of Arbitration
Chicago Business Men’s Board of Arbitration
Driscoll
Chicago Board of Arbitration
German Generals to Witness Maneuvers With Aides
The German Ambassador informed the secretary of state that Generals Corbin Young and Wood will witness the army maneuvers and will be accompanied by an officer as an aide.
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Washington
Corbin, Young
Wood
Efforts Bid to End Chicago Strike and Mine Tragedy
A July 15 conference of the Teamsters union executives, Team Owners association, Freight Handlers union, Chicago Federation of Labor, and Truck Teamsters committee proposed wage concessions for freight handlers including elimination of probation and overtime rules, with 17 cents an hour for truckers. Meanwhile a Klondike mine search in Johnstown Pa reported no more bodies found, and a Lake Michigan squall near Jackson Park capsized Arab IV killing two aboard. others were rescued.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Team Owners’ Association
Freight Handlers’ Union
Chicago Federation of Labor
Truck Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Driscoll
Arbitration Board
Lake Michigan
Arab IV
Jackson Park
Harry Jansen
Mamie Taylor
Chaffee Relieved. Chaffee to Command East Department
General Chaffee is relieved of command in the Philippines and ordered to assume command of the Department of the East. Secretary Root issued the directive directing Major General George R. Davis to relieve Chaffee on Sept 9 1902. General MacArthur to take Fast Department command after Brooke retires until Chaffee can assume the post.
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Pvashington
Chaffee
Philippines
Department of the East
Root
George R. Davis
Division of the
MacArthur
Brooke
Freight Handlers Threaten Walkout Over Pay Demands
July 15. Freight Handlers in Omaha press for a 50 percent raise and union recognition. After several conferences with company officials, no settlement is reached, and President Curran warns future talks must include union officers or a general walkout may follow.
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Omaha
Rai
Curran F
British Cabinet Reshuffle Marks First Day of New Regime
London July 15 Sir Michael Hicks Beach resigns as chancellor of the exchequer initiating a staged reconstruction. Prime Minister Balfour appears as premier amid cheers as peers and MPs fill the house with applause and a tense, hopeful mood.
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London
A. J. Juling
Great Britain
Michael Hicks-Beach
Earl Halsbury
James of Hereford
Duchy of Lancaster
Earl Cadogan
Ireland
Hanbury
Board of Agriculture
Balfour
House of Commons
Assembly
Mr. Balfour
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
Treasury Bench
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Lord Salisbury
Boers Return Home From Bermuda Amid War Restoration
108 Boers, prisoners formerly held in Bermuda, disembarked on the Pretoria steamer. Notable officers include General J. B. Wessels Peter F Steyn J de Villiers and Joubert Reitz. Wessels says they will return home and rebuild after early peace news on June 2. The other item notes US Navy plans to build a battleship at a government yard with a $90 000 electric crane and steel contracts through the department, with specs due by August 1.
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New York
Pretoria
Bermuda
South Africa
J. B. Wessels
Peter F. Steyn
Steyn
Orange Free State
J. de Villiers
The
Free State
Joubert Reitz
Wessels
Washington
Construction Bureau
Navy Department
New York Navy Yard
Government Yard
Jessie Morrison Begins 25 Year Prison Sentence
Jessie Morrison arrived at the state penitentiary in Lansing to begin a twenty five year term for the murder of Mrs. Olin M. Castle of Eldorado. She departed from her home after bidding farewell to her parents and brother and showed signs of distress as she was taken to the women's department.
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Jessie Morrison
Leavenworth
Kan
State Penitentiary
Lansing
Olin M. Castle
Eldorado
Women’s Department
Farmer slays wife and injuries son near Mason
James Conover, a farmer living near Mason, Ohio, killed his wife with an axe and badly wounded his son Charles after an asylum release. He hid the wife’s corpse and warned his son of a second fatal blow before escaping. Charles is in danger.
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Cincinnati
Mason
Here
James Conover
Charles
Conover
North Western Telephone extends lines to 2000 towns
The North Western Telephone Company reports long distance lines and connections reach over 2,000 cities and towns across Minnesota North and South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin. Copper metallic circuits offer first class service and low rates.
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North- Western Telephone Co
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
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