The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-31

London Owners Of Buildings
Practice HOldup Game.
CROWDS WILL SWARM
TO LOOK AT SHOW
Two More Kings Arrive to
Attend.

London, Jan 30.-The demand for
seats along the route of the queens
funeral is unprecedented. Ordinary
window seats are selling for SO each
Since two or three days ago the prices
have risen very rapidly. One tenant
in St. James street obtained $50 for d
window on the top floor. Store windows
have been let for $50 to e2OO But
the store keepers mostly prefer to let
single seats at SO and e15 each.
Stores and hotels ir PicadiHy COM
handing a view of the incline from
there to st. James palace are getting
immense prices, balcony seats fetch
ing G25 20 ESQ.
The newspapers protest against the
lack of arrangements for the press in
London and Windsor. Eouseholders
along the route are asking a years
rent this evening for single windows.
4 member of the United States en-
bassy sent an agent to secure a window
for his family but neither influence
nor anything else could procure
small window even on a side street
near st. James street for less than
9l0G, an6 places of fair vantage have
already been engaged at prices pro
hibited TO any but milliOnaires.
London learned last year how totally
inadequate the police and military are
TO protect and the apprehensiOns .~Of
Saturdays crush are enough to appaH
LondOners, but apparently these con-
SideratiOns do not deter thousands Of
every rank from f0ckins to the
metropolis.
All Business to Be SUSPENDED.
During the morning King Edward
presided at a meeting of the privy
he he zfur n
proclamation suSpending business Sat
urday throughout the United Kingdom.
The closing down Will be so complete
that even the restaurants and saloons
Will be shut up for four or five hours
in the middle of the day.
Some of the afternoon newspapers
viii not be published Saturday
LOndOnerS are just awakening to
the full proportions of the obsequies
and the result OF days of mourning
which to numerous tradesmen and
others. means absolute closure is Caus-
ms CONSERVATION Suddenly to stop
every industry in the United Kingdom
and to turn the masses into the streets
with millions hoping to concentrate all
along the two miles of the procession.
is an undertaking which has begun to
be fully appreciated by the police. but
the public of London is disEayed to
find that all the great markets,
Covent Garden. Smithfield, and others.
where the food of the metropolis is
supplied, are to be absolutely closed at
the end of the week.
The railways of the United Kingdom
will reduce their arrangements to the
Sunday schedules, restaurants and
bars viii be shut, and the crowds will
have to wander in the streets. Lon
don is a world in itself. living from
hand to mouth and the CLOSING OF the
accustomed avenues for the sgpuiE nd
distribution of food, drink an4 anuse-
ment from Friday To MONDAY VIZ
mean loss and inconvenience That no
American city could appreciate.
Kings Arrive for Funeral.
King Carlos l Of Portugal. with his
suite arrived at Dover at 10 o'clock
this morning lie was received with
a royal salute and military hOnOrs. The
royal party boarded a train for London.
They were accompanied from Dover by
the Portuguese minister Senior Pinto
de Several. and his staff.
They reached Victoria station at
noon. King Charles was met at the
station by Prince Christian of Schles-
wig Holstein, in behalf of King Ed
ward. and various officials of King Ed
wards household. His majesty 5
equerry delivered an autograph mes
sage from King Edward 90 King
Charles. ard the latter and his suite
were at once driven in royal carriages
to Buckingham palace. King Charles
was warmly greeted by the fair-sized
crowds which gathered along the route
in anticipation of his arrival. There
was no military escort
King Edward visited the king Of
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