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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1901
Page
4
Thomas Bowles and John Redmond push government on Gibraltar and Belfast riots as Parliament nears major votes and royal pageantry marks war morale. Milner returns to South Africa while Kitchener and peace rumors swirl amid war finance debates.
London notes report changes in opera and drama. Carl Rosa English Opera Company to stage Much Ado About Nothing. Covent Garden season improving. Van Rooy departs for Baireuth. Tamagno in Otello. Calvé in Carmen. Bispham and Plancon at Worcester festival. Beatrice Forbes-Robertson to perform with Johnston Forbes-Robertson. Jules Tiercelin and Louis N Parker collaborate on Merlin. John Drew returns next winter as Major Christopher Bingham in The Second in Command.
Clyde Fitch at Carlsbad has agreed to write a new American society play for Charles Frohman to be produced by Annie Russell at the Lyceum Theatre New York. Fitch will also stage Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines in London next season.
London observers weigh American locomotives in public discourse with opinions for and against. The piece notes favorable press use and cites Punch fantasizing London’s American makeover with skyscrapers and numbered streets, including the Stars and Stripes pictured atop major landmarks.
The London dinner in honor of Sir John Tenniel drew notable figures such as Mr. Balfour who excelled in impromptu remarks. Augustine Birrell, aged veteran of Punch, struggled to maintain flow while Balfour steadied him. The scene offered a rare mix of satire and culture as the crowd witnessed a draughtsman’s honored moment.
Dr Theodore Herzl in London expresses strong faith in the Zionist plan to colonize Jews in Palestine. I Zangwill serves as president of the movement. At a Maccabaeans dinner in his honor Zangwill calls Herzl the Jews' first statesman since Jerusalem's destruction. Herzl says only funds are needed to move plans forward.
Large subscriptions fund lupus treatment experiments using electric light at the London Hospital. Disputes arise with London Skin Hospital over Roentgen ray use which is cheaper but carries patient danger. London Hospital results under Queen Alexandra’s patronage are deemed more satisfactory overall.
Ernest Parfait is convicted in Havre of deliberately throwing a missile at French Prime Minister Waldeck Rousseau. He is sentenced to imprisonment amid debate over whether the object was an egg, orange, or tomato. The trial portrays Parfait as a Royalist, possibly a fool, not a radical.
London dispatch reports ex Gov Hazen S Pingree of Michigan suffering a severe dysentery attack. Physicians say he has not improved and face possible peritonitis while hoping for a favorable outcome. A morning consult is planned as his condition remains critical.
Lisron June 15 reports a law gazetted to establish a meteorological station in the Azores under an agreement signed in Paris between representatives of the United States and Portugal.
St Petersburg reports Russia expects an early settlement on how to pay the Chinese indemnity. Moscow objects to arrangements reducing Chinese autonomy but accepts any method not violating core policy. Officials say lack of detail agreement with the United States does not signal opposing aims. Russia values American friendship and cordial ties.
Washington reports from Peking indicate the British American scheme to settle the indemnity uses Chinese bonds to each power bearing 4 percent interest with 0.5 percent amortization, tied to earmarked revenues and a committee to oversee repayment over thirty years. Default would be to the committee rather than individual powers.
J F Hooper, adviser to the Japanese Government, arrives in Victoria to push an American Japanese bank with Baron Iwazaki steering half the capital. He says war sentiment remains strong in Japan but the government seeks peace. He fears Russia may push Japan into war when ready and expects a clash.
Washington June 15 Minister Conger and his brother Dr Con ger of Pasadena Cal visited the White House for a conference with the ee he Minister reviewed the Chinese situation with Acting Secretary Hill Afterward he plans trips to Boston and Michigan before returning to Iowa and then China.
The Princess Yolande, daughter of the King and Queen of Italy, was baptized at the Quirinal with the king and royal family present. A crush on the palace square injured many school children as dignitaries attended the ceremony.
Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria that General Elliot’s column clashed with De Wet near Reitz on June 6. After heavy fighting 71 wagons 45 prisoners 58 rifles 10000 rounds 4000 cattle were captured. Boers left 17 dead 3 wounded. British casualties 3 officers and 17 men killed and 1 officer 24 men wounded.
Albany reports the State Agriculture Department struggles to enforce the ban on bob veal sales. Large quantities are said to be shipped from upstate farms to New York City via New Jersey, complicating enforcement under interstate commerce protections. The department maintains inspectors in New York City and aims to arrest both buyers and shipper markets.
London reports a British steamer bringing a prisoner charged with murder robbery and arson from Colchester Essex in 1893. The case centers on a mistaken identity claim by Charles Lilly White who says he is not Arthur Blatch but an American naturalized after 1885 with ties to Chicago and Washington state. Documentary evidence lends support to the prisoner’s defense as a painter and musician.
Charles S. Pringle, a well dressed man claiming English citizenship, was arraigned on mailing threat letters to public figures. Judge Alexander found him insane and discharged him into British Consul Charles Fox’s custody after noting no threats in the letters. He was arrested at the Eastern Hotel on Battery Place by Marshals Blake and McEvery.
National Metal Trades Association backs piecework architecture and defends against union pressure while stressing fair dealing and progress. Edwin Reynolds says strike concerns are about defense against unfair demands, not opposition to unions. Also report: Crocker Wheeler plant in Ampere, Newark reduces state detectives. strikers receive about $500 to aid needy cases.
More than 1000 youths attended the opening of the Amsterdam Play Grounds for Children on West Sixty-eighth Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. The Protectory Band performed, numerous flags flew over the enclosure, and Outdoor Recreation League president Charles B Stover organized the event. The grounds feature forty rigs and gymnasium apparatus including pole vaulting machines, horses, hurdles, and rings. An instructor will offer daily lessons from 2 to 6 PM.
Viscount Deerhurst, son of the Earl of Coventry and husband of Virginia Bonynge, arrived on the Umbria yesterday. He came to visit his father in law Charles W. Bonynge of California. He said his men were not formed and he did not know how long he would remain in the country.
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