Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-23
BOB LINCOLN In ENGLAND.
Stirring Reception Awarded Him
at Liverpool.
WELCOMED BY THE LORD MAYOR
The Splendid Trip of the City OF
Paris-Dignitnries and omciais
Turn out in Forcc-OT
For London.

Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett

tCOpbrfght 1883 DIV James Gordon Bennet.I
LONDON, May 22.-TNew York Herald
Cable-Special to TUE BEE. Robert T.
Lincoln, American minister, reached Lon.
don last night and was driven with his fam
lily direct to his house at Cadogan square
Mr.. Lincoln came over on the 1nman
steamer, City of Paris, which reached Liv-
erpool at o'clock yesterday. A Herald re-
porter went over with party of Lincoln's
friends to welcome him. Among them was
Hon. Henry S. White, charge d. affaires of
the United States legation at London. On
reaching Liverpool, it was found that elab-
crate preparations had been made by the
mayor of that city to give the new minister
not only royal reception, but a banquet.
Charles T. Russell, the retiring American
consul, and Mr.. White had little steamboat
placed at their disposal by Mr.. James Spen-
Ger, the Liverpool manager of the Inman
line, to meet the City of Paris and bring Mr..
Lincoln ashore. A great throng of spec
tators gathered along the water to view the
scene The City of Paris, with her three
great smokestacks, lay at anchor In mid
stream, with some seven hundred cabin
passengers on board. When the tender put
off for the ship at least three thousand peo-
Pile were gazing at the spectacle from the
docks. 1t was perfect day, with
fair air, skies and summer sun.
Among the guests of Messrs. White
and Russell, on the tender, were
Sir James Poole, Sir James Picton Admiral
Geough, Thomas Barker secretary of the
Liverpool chamber of commerce, and James
Spence, manager of the Inman line.
With flying colors the tender steamed out
TO the City of Paris, and Mr.. White and Con-
sui Russell went on board and introduced
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very much pleased with the announcement
that the mayor and other distinguished
Liverpool representatives were on shore
awaiting him. The impatient passengers on
the great ship were naturally very anxious
to get ashore; but their baggage and custom
house officials were forgotten IN the wei
come to the new minister. Mr.. Lincoln and
his party boarded the tender to go ashore,
and through the courtesy of the custom
house officials there was no delay with lug.
gage; and when the signal was given to
steam for shore, the 700 passengers on the
ship gave three old fashioned United States
cheers for the departing minister.
At the landing stage in Liverpool the po-
lice cleared wide space and fenced off 9
lane through the crowd from the water clear
~ up to Main street. There stood Mayor E. H
Cookson, with acres of spectators on every
side of him. In his immediate presence were
Sir William Forward, ex-Mayor Okshott; ID
Wetherell, editor of the Daily Post; Thorn a:
H. Ismay, chairman of the White Star Steam
ship company, and several representatives O.
the city government. AS Mr.. Lincoln an(
party stepped on the shore they were mos
heartily welcomed by the mayor. Minister
Lincoln was evidently touched by the sin
cerity of the greeting and, shaking hand:
warmly, he expressed his very great pleas
ure in meeting the mayor and his friends.
He spoke of his remarkably quick voyag
from New York, the excellent accommoda
tions on board and the kind attention showl
himself and friends, during the passage H
said he was not a stranger to England, hav
ing visited the country in former years. Il
response to the invitation to remain for tn
banquet proposed for his honor, Mr. Linco
said that he regretted his inability to remain
even for one night, railway arrangement
had been made for him to go through to Lon
don that night. The minister was driven il
special carriage to the Northwestern sta
and the party left almost Immediately on tn
afternoon express for London.
In conversation with the Herald represer
tative MIR. Lincoln SAID he was pleased t
find 30 cordial greeting on every hand an
he trusted that the future would be as sat:
facaory as it promised Consul Russell sal
he wished through the Herald to thank Nj
Spence, the Liverpool manager Of the Inma
line, for his personal attention to the Olsen
barkation of Mr. Lincoln's suite, and I
the transportation of the guests, which b
had provided for the occasion