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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
5
A London telegram reports strong Australian approval for Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's tariff reforms. Officials say unity across Commonwealth and state governments supports the plan, with ministers preparing for a cabinet meeting and a possible general election.
A Paris Times interview with a well known foreign diplomat discusses protection versus free trade, noting Britain France Germany and the United States as central players. The diplomat stresses that it is men and schools, not tariffs, that have made Germany powerful.
Paris dispatch notes Edmond Rostand elected to the French Academy in 1901 will be welcomed with a reception today. Rostand is praised as a sympathetic, popular figure whose poetry is seen as unique and generous, surpassing mere verse for stage effect.
June 3 Lordon report explains the Duke of Arey sent Iona Island to the Carthusians after a monastery sale. The historic island 3.5 miles long, 1.25 wide, sits near May Strait and holds St. Columba’s legacy. Abbey Church dates to the 14th century with two remaining crosses.
Paris reports a severe clash between French troops and insurgents near Fighig with an unclear outcome. Another skirmish at Wjen aheldar reportedly kills three French soldiers. Ombrés says France will maintain the status quo in its Algerian possessions and ensure order at any cost.
Dispatches report the Pacific steamer Arequipa sank at her moorings in Valparaiso harbor during a violent gale. Captain Todd, his wife, and many crew members perished. about fifty crew and passengers are missing or drowned, while seventeen were saved from the eighty aboard. The steamer, 1,387 tons, built in Barrow in 1880, belonged to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company of Liverpool.
At a Liberal meeting in Bucharest Premier Stourdza and Finance Minister Costinescu urged Romanians to resist outside influence amid oil field plans. They warned Americans have gained unfavored footing and backed British and Continental capital to develop fields. Standard Oil reps are in Fiata mania inspecting Romanian petroleum progress.
Rumors circulate from Belgrade that King Alexander King of Serbia died by his own hand at the royal palace after being detected in an attempted poisoning of Queen Draga. The report comes from Vienna dated June 3.
A fire at the Monte di Pieta in Naples last night gutted the strong room and its valuables. Damage is reported to be around 2,400,000, with authorities investigating the blaze and its cause.
June dispatch reports the Austro Hungarian battleship Arpad completing speed trials at Pola. The ship reached 20.12 knots during a six hour run and is equipped with three 10.16 cm guns and twelve 15 cm rapid fire weapons. Built by Trieste Shipbuilding Company, the vessel is described as fast and capable in the test results.
Caracas reports the Venezuelan government refused authorization for French monks, who recently arrived after expulsion from France, to open a college or hostel in the capital.
BERLIN June 3 Henry Wolfsohn has engaged Alred Reisanauer the pianist for a long tour in the United States beginning next January.
June 3 report details prompt Board of Trade action halting warrants over alleged pretended grain trades. Directors and operators Fyfe Manson Logan Bryan Tamson and Lamson face charges following raids on George T. Sullivan’s establishment. President Chandler calls it retaliation by bucket shop rivals seeking to undermine the board’s quotations.
The Times correspondent reports foreign ministers in London consider relaxing indemnity payments to China. A proposed plan would accept silver until 1910 and gold thereafter, with deficits to be settled later and China to sign gold bonds as part of an equitable interpretation of the Peking protocol. The United States remains excluded from this condition while noting Britain’s influence and China’s view that the American demand exceeds actual losses.
London dispatch confirms Lin-nan-Foo captured by government troops. Yun-Nan Province returns to normal after the action, per cable from the Peking correspondent of The Times.
A Times correspondent reports hundreds of refugees fled to Bulgarian villages near the frontier in the past six weeks. Searches for arms and punitive measures sparked turmoil in the Istranga Mountains between outlaws and fugitive peasants versus Turkish troops and Bashi-Bazouks. Burgas district authorities have not yet arranged formal relief, leaving villagers to support the arrivals.
A Odessa dispatch notes Jewish defense committees arming thousands of people after Kishinev killings. Weapons reached many residents with gifts for those unable to buy arms. A warning network and neighborhood defense plans are set, with cooperation from workers groups and distribution to other Russian cities.
A St Petersburg dispatch reports a law listing 101 Russian towns where Jews may acquire land and reside without restriction. Jews are temporarily forbidden to buy outside these towns, a concession indicating relief from prior land ownership prohibitions by the government.
Delegates from 34 local associations and about 5 000 members will attend the National Credit Men convention in St Louis June 10 and 11. The program includes discussions on creditor and debtor legislation and related procedures. Notable attendees include J K Adaire and executives from American Felt Company Colgate & Co Edison Manufacturing Company and International Paper Company among others.
At a Board of Health meeting the New York Butchers' Dressed Meat Company received a permit to erect an abattoir at Eleventh Avenue and Thirty-ninth Street. The permit parcel had been refused earlier, and a bill urging approval aided the decision. Swift & Co of Chicago had six similar applications denied. An abattoir in Wallabout Market from Benjamin May was tabled.
A mass meeting at the Academy of Music denounced Russian Jewish outrages with addresses by Mayor Weaver ex Mayor Warwick ex Judge Gordon Judge Sulzberger and Rabbi Krauskopf. A Cleveland letter urged action to protect Jews in Kishineff and press for equal rights and protection under law in the United States.
A large audience watched three Yeats plays at the Carnegie Lyceum under the Irish Literary Society. Cathleen Ni Houlihan impressed with patriotism and fate. A Pot is Farce provided jovial mischief. The Land of the Heart's Desire offered fantasy with a noted performance by Mabel Taliaferro and Nora O'Brien.
Keiths vaudeville bill features Lillian Burkhart in A Strenuous Daisy. The act shows Burkhart in a new tender role, with pathos and restrained sentiment. Mabel Marvin, a Wild West flower studying at an Eastern college, contrasts with mining camp life and family pride themes. The plot centers on George Butler and his heiress scheme, creating comic situations around marriage and financial worries.
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