The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09
Crowd So Great at Hotel Cecil, Lon
rived, He Found No Place to Rest.
PRAISE FOR AMERICAN WOMEN
LADY ABERDEEN SAYS THEY KNOW
MORE THAN EUROPEANS.
Review of 10000 London Volunteers
ted, but Judgment Suspended.


Copyright, 1899. by the Associated Press.l
LONDON, July s-when Mr.. Joseph H..
Choate. the United States ambassador. de-
clared at the banquet here July that the
presense of a thousand American ladies at
the reception held at the embassy during the
afternoon was the most impressive evidence
he had yet received IN regard to the I'M
portance Of the Enthusiastically to the court
Of ST. James he gave only a faint idea Of
the crowds of Americans now in London.
So great Is the rush that the steamship COM
panies admit their inability to cope with it,
All the transatlantic companies have or
dered from one to four new ships. But it is
impossible for many Of these to be ready in
1900. The American and North German lines
are pushing work on their new vessels to
the utmost possible. but shey hardly hope
to have them ready for the Paris exhibit
ton. The Atlantic Transport Company has
four vessels. averaging 1900 tons, in course
of construction. They will be COO feet long.
The new Leyland liner Winifredian, for the
Boston trade. had her trial to-day. Even
the cargo boats are constantly increasing
their passenger accommodations with the
view Of meeting the growing demand for
passages. The Winifredian will accommo-
Williams. of the Atlantic Transportation
Company, VINO was among the representa-
tives of the Ship Owners Society appointed
to confer with the Thames Conservency
Board. with the view of having the entrance
Of the Thames improved, has been holding
up the New York harbor management as a.
model for the Thames people. and the fact
that New York has contracted for the an
nual remoyal Of hugo o,ra ntitiac Of ell ba
startled the guardians of London's water
way. which is now so seriously threatened
by the increasing silt deposits.
The scenes at the Hotel Cecil, Metropole
and other hotels on the arrival here Of the
Majestic and st. Paul passengers at mid
night Wednesday were the most exciting of
the season. Many Americans waited De
Wolf Hopper's arrival at the Hotel Cecil.
His towering form cohtrasted strangely
with the diminutive jockey, Martin, who
was carried off by Tod Sloan. who had
already secured Martins license. An idea
Of the pressure may be gained from the
fact that De Wolf Hopper was unable to
enter the Hotel Cecil, and was compelled.
at 2 o'clock in the morning. to seek tenn
porary quarters elsewhere, while patches Of
chorus girls were still riding about at 3 a.
m. in o hopeless quest for shelter. Sloan
was greatly rejoiced at the arrival of Mar
tin. He says the English Jockeys, who
have been using every device to prevent him
from winning will now have two Ameri-
cans to look after. Sloan thinks he and
Martin will keep them busy.
Although they only landed Tuesday. the
Canadian rifiemen were already practicing
at Bisley Wednesday. They had an I'M
pleasant experience Tuesday. The visitors
arrived in London late, missed the last train
at Bisley and drove about London for hours
seeking lodgings. Finally they had to sepa-
rate and each man hustled for himself.
Bisley Is already white with tents The at
tendance promises to be unprecedented and
the entries have increased immensely, ag-
gregating hundreds above those of 1898.