Wheaton confident Otis to command 46000 troops
General Lloyd Wheaton asserts the Philippine war could end by spring if the United States fields a well-equipped army by the next campaign. He cites expected 46,000 troops to reach Manila by late November and outlines a campaign plan with Lawton MacArthur in Luzon and Wheaton Bates Wheeler in other departments.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lloyd Wheaton
Manila
Wheaton
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Otis
Summit to Lake Calumet route linked to river avoidance
The piece notes engineers backing a summit to Lake Calumet to route a proposed line away from Chicago river, which is described as overcrowded with boats. In a separate item from Little Rock, William T. Somerville reports Senator James K. Jones is much better after a Geneva Switzerland missive stating plans to return home and be in New York by September 1.
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Lake Calumet
Chicago River
Launenea
New York
Central Federated Union
Clarendon Hall
William J. O'Brien
Walking Delegates
Granite-Cutters’ Union
T. M. Daly
Ernest Bohm
Patrick McCarthy
Richard Cooney
Sympathy for Strikers Cheer Ohio Militiamen
Ohio dispatch reports increased streetcar ridership amid a boycott, with Fourth Regiment soldiers cheering for strikers and groaning at non union workers. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers sent $100 and censured its chief for backing the company, while troops were recalled as police preparedness continues.
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Cleveland
Big Consolidated Street Car Company
Miles Avenue
Newburg
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Lodge
P. M. Arthur
Axline
Chillicothe
Delaware
Moorman Arrested as Toll Mounts in Oronoque Crash
Bridgeport Conn Aug 8 motor man George Hamilton arrested on coroner warrant after Shel ton Extension trolley car ran off a steep grade at Oronoque and fell into Peck s mill pond Sunday killing twenty and seriously injuring twelve. Hamilton faced manslaughter charge, bail set at 2000, case continued one week.
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Donlin
Shelton Extension Company
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Hamiltom
Justice Court
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Arthur Holmes
Joseph Rugels
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Frame Ballou
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Victor Anderson
Watchman
M’donald
Howard Baldwin
Stratford Morgue
Fred HiMerkus
Shelton
Charles Delaney
New York
Connecticut National Bank
Cogswell
Frank R. Krapp
China Refuses Cavalry Horse Purchases for Philippines
Washington reports China bars the sale of horses for U S cavalry use in the Philippines, labeling such animals contraband of war. The move signals possible implicit recognition of Filipino insurgent belligerency and ends Gen Otis's China plan.
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Washington
Philippines
Otis
Celestial Empire
State Department
Gen. Otis
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