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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1903
Page
4
London prepares for President Loubet with civic celebrations and a grand Guild Hall banquet. The Constitutional Club lauds Chamberlain while MPs debate tariff, social duties and imperial policy amid a bustling royal season.
The Official Bulletin of the Congo Free State denies charges by Sir Charles Dilke in the House of Commons. It asserts the Free State predates the Berlin Conference and upheld free commerce, denies slavery in conscription, notes improvements for natives, and reports punishing cruelty by some agents. An archaeological find at Arenberg Palace and a Liege doll exhibition are also described.
Heavy rains continue in Bucharest and across Roumania injuring crops. Officials report about 20 percent damaged after three weeks of wet weather with fears of total ruin if rains persist.
Advices from Sofia state the Bulgarian Government will protest to the powers over what it calls an alarming concentration of Turkish troops on the Bulgaria frontier. The notice emphasizes regional tensions and calls for international attention to the border situation.
London dispatch reports Gen Manning reached Bohotle unopposed on June 26 and seized camels and sheep from the Mullah. The Mullah and his fighters reportedly crossed British lines due to British pressure and Abyssinian advance. Reinforcements and Abyssinian cooperation bolster efforts, with British losses and costs cited at over two million dollars.
Sidney Lee writes for the Stratford trustees defending Carnegie’s library offer for Stratford-on-Avon. He says accusations of destroying Shakespeare’s birth street are false and that Carnegie’s aid preserves historic structures. Corelli had previously negotiated for the property but negotiations failed due to price.
The White Star Line steamer Arabic departed Liverpool yesterday and sailed from Queenstown Ireland for New York on her maiden voyage. Launched December 18 1902 at Belfast she is 600 feet long with 85 feet beam and 44 feet depth. Gross tonnage 15805, carrying many first second and third class passengers along with ships cargo and dead meat capacity. Powered by twin screws with quadruple expansion engines, the Arabic echoes the Cedric in type.
Leslie Lumsden assistant surgeon and acting quarantine officer and Mrs. Lumsden were drugged with chloral in Hotel Inglaterra lemonade and robbed of money and jewelry. A porter who delivered the drink was arrested on suspicion as the couple recovered from the effects. Lumsden recently arrived from New Orleans after serving in Washington.
In St Petersburg and across the empire revolutionary agitation grows with leaflets, arrests, and anti Semitic incitement. Kishineff reports emigration to the United States while the State Department endorses presenting a Jewish petition to the Russian government and monitors text for objectionable language.
After the Bulgarian commissioner returned to Sofia, the Macedonian Committee shifted to supportconciliation with Turkey. Michailovsky’s speech condemned Russia’s policy, urged independence, and backed peaceful means with the option of arms as a last resort.
The American steam yacht Aztec, owned by Boston’s Albert C. Burrage, has arrived at Naples.
Hot weather pushes Paris society to the coast as entertainments thin. A July dinner for sixteen included Mrs. Ruthven Pratt and guests such as Baron de Ritter, Mme de Lima, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. Cole. Prominent Americans travel between Paris London and Aix-les-Bains with art, portraits, and plans for shooting expeditions.
In the Paris Senate Premier Combes and former premier Waldeck-Rousseau clash over a government plan to replace church schools with lay ones. Waldeck-Rousseau warns the project costs nearly 25 million dollars and urges patient, lawful progress as the Senate votes to discuss the law in detail and passes three sections before adjourning.
French nationalist leaders exchange sharp words with La Patrie Francaise amid accusations against Jules Lemaitre. Cassagnac mocks Lemaitre as a mermaid figure while lamenting his lack of political skill and offering no clear remedy for national renovation.
Paris reports a surge in French language and literature study at U S colleges. James H Hyde urges increased French academic staff sent to the United States to match the numbers Harvard Yale Princeton Columbia and Chicago send to France. M Chaumie weighs the proposal.
Paris June 27 The international revolver contest between France and the United States set to start next Tuesday may be postponed due to the non arrival of standard targets. Targets arrived in Havre from New York June 25 but telegraphs fail to locate them. If not located by Monday the match will be moved to October.
Manila June 27 cable steamer Anglia, countering earlier reports, moved from Midway Island to Honolulu yesterday. At Midway it spliced the shore end of the cable and salvaged spare cable from the Colonia, which had landed there June 22. details of subsequent links remain unclear due to garbled text.
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