Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-26
BL LACK PREVAILS
London Shops and Stores Dis
 play No Other Color.
ARMY OFFICERS WEAR GRAPE.

And Every Man and Woman That Can Display of Mourning Is Universal Many Rumors as to Amount of h. surance Carried By the Queen-Hay- Pauncefote Treaty Lost Sight of for the PresenE
 London. Jan 2G-The after effect of Queen Victoria'S death on business Is vital and remarkably widespread. It particularly affects dealers i'll ail sorts of clothing and furnishings and all goods connected with amusements, festivities. theatricals and dinners. Black is the only color displayed ln the shop windows throughout the en- pire. The millinerS' stores are filled with black bonnets and other estab- HshmentS have q funere2l show Of black clothes, gloves. neckues and hats. In London every Englishman whp can afford it is wearing black clothes, black necktie and black gloves. The women are all attired in black, and the officers of the army and navy have crape bands on their arms. All army flags are draped with black. Naturally. there will be loss on stocks of colored goods. particularly in the case of London firms accustomed to depend on court and socfety business On the other hand dealers in black goods will be able to sell their entire stocks al a very great profit. In fact. Il famine in black goods threatens the British markets and offers an oppor- tunity for American enterprise. Brit ish orders are already eNhausting the resources of the French and German manufacturers. It is said that Lyons, Dresden and other continental centerS are already refusing more orders. One of the principal wholesale firms in London. it is announced. has already declined 2,O0O orders. Tie same story comes from other factories. which are running night and day to supply or derS.
 Extraordinary reports are current as to the amount of insurance on the queens life by Storekeepers and the atrical managers 10 prevent losses under the conditions prevailing. The sum of G2oO,OOO is one estimate of the total Theatrical managers hastened to apply to the insurance companies when her maiesty's illness became known but the reports from the be- ginning were so grave that they found the rates of most Of the companies prohibitive. The shares of certain in surance companies have fallen this week from one-quarter to one point, but the majority are unchanged. Reputable brokers informed q repre- sentative of the Associated Press that the amounts are exaggerated. The best companies considered the risk too speculative. but majority of the in- sprances were taken so long ago that plenty of reserve has accumulated. The premium on the queens life 8 month ago was , per cent. When her illness was rumored 1t rose to 1o per cent in q day. Saturday last it was 80 per cent.
 The majority of the leading theaters are draped with crape and have posted black-bordered announcements that they will be closed until after the funeral of our beloved Queen." The music hall managers held a confer ence and afterwards published the fact that the halls would reopen until the day of the funeral. on account of the loss their employees would sustain if popular. The people think the man. agers might carry their employees through the mourning season. instead of using them as an excuse for their u,iwillingness to fbrego fortnights receipts.
 Sober English journalism was shocked at the display around Osborne house by the correspondents of the new English sheets Of what the Times terms American methods" The scene tefore the lodge gate, following the solemn announcement of the queen death certainly did not fit the occa sion 4 crowd of reporters assembled with cabs, horses and bicycles. Hard ly had the words, Her majesty has passed away fallen from the officials l;Ds when the reporters and messen seIs, with wild whoop. started tc race down the steep hill, half mile to the telegraph. some of them bawl ing to their assistants below: ''Tht queen is deadn'
 Tho court officials have been exceed :nSly active in running to earth falst reports, like the fictitious deathbet scenes, and lave already secured tht recall of two correspondents. The! are now Investigating the sources O inc premature announcement of he maiesty's death, published in America for the purpose of acting against tn authors. Having access to all the tel earaph and telephone messages the. have discovered that no report wa sent from Cowes before the queen death, therefore 1t must have beel .'faked" in London or America.
 A unique liluStTGllOu OA DIltlSu s11 herence to traditions marked the sign ing of the proclamation at St James palace. The lord mayor is always on of the signeTs. whereupon, aceordin: to the view of the privy councillors, u must retire before the king enters ant thc speeches are made. An ancien picture represents the lord mayo among the receivers of the king, there fore the mayors invariably claim thi right. Wednesday, however. the Duk of Deyonshire, lord president of tn council, requested the lord mayor t A6ave the room, which he reluctant. 4jd.
 *The Hay-Pauncefote treaty amend mont among the portentious events Q sz fhe week, were lost sight of, and tn
 l,anet may be unable to reconside ss 5e treaty for some time. owing to tn HE tftant bueiness incidental to tn Is = I6fon Of King Edward VII.