The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-27
HELPS CANAL CHANCES
VictOria's Death Improves Pros
pect for Treaty.
INSURANCE on QUEEN
SCORES OF BUSINESS MEN HELD
POLICIES.

AEfiAu0lls jan -1--title OF NUG in4tl-
rect effects ct the death of the lament
ed queen is the improved state of fee
ing between England and America. The
tributes 20 her memory have come
from every quarter OF the globe. 3 -
those from America have been unique
in sympathetic appreciation ana have
touched the hearts of EngiiShmen. The
hOnOrs paid in Washington. New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia and many iegis-
lative capitals have been rightly re-
sarded as exceptions and unprecedent-
ed and general regret will be felt if the
foreign office finds it necessary to en-
phasize any point of diplomatic differ
enCe with the United States. There will
be a feeling of relief and pleasure if IL
takes advantage of an early Opportu-
nifty for bringing TO a close a cOntTo-
versy of long standing like the canal
question.
The prospect for the acceptance Of the /
amended treaty has cleared. There has
been no further exchange of views be /
tween the embassy and the foreign Of
fee, but public opinion has been pre-
pared for welcoming the adjustment
Of the troublesome question. II is not
probable that the foreign Office viii act
upon Che treaty for a fortnight. The
cabinet has not discussed it, and it win
be held in allegiance until the queens I
burial and there has been an Oppor-
tunity for ascertaining the kings own
" ANfAANHf- AAio uEA14 II ally lAlA4tSs " tAA
be helpful in promoting a friendly ad
JuStment.
Vital Effect on Business.
The after effects of Queen Victoria's
death on business is vital and remark
ably widespread. 1t partially affects
dealers in all sorts of clothing and fur
nishings and all goods connected with
amusements, festivities, theatricals
and dinners Black is the only color
displayed in the shop windows through
out the empire The milliners' stores
are filed with black bOnnets, and other
establishments have a funeral show of
black cloths, gloves, neckties and hats.
In London every Englishman who 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
crepe 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 society business. |
On the other hand. dealers in black
goods VIII be able to sell their entiTa
stocks at a good profit. In fact. a
famine in black goods threatens the
British markets and offers an oppor-
tunity for American enterprise Brit
lSh orders are already exhauSting the
stocks Of the French and German man
ufacturers. 1t is said that Lyons.
Dresden and other continental centers
are already refusing more orders. One
of the principal wholesale firms in Lon
don, it is announced, has already de-
clined 1000 orders. The same story
comes from other factories which are
running night and day to supply de-
mands. Says one wholesale dealer:
1t is difficult to say where the de
mand viii end Assuming that the
4 Of TO-
for whole seasons, trade will be revOiu-
tiOnized and some branches will be
paralyzed. Another authority estimates
that by the week end $500, 900 had been
spent in mourning
How Queens Life is Insured.
Extraordinary reports are current as
to the amount of insurance on the
queens life by stOrelzeepers and theat-
rlcal managers to prevent losses under
the conditions prevailing. The sum Of
[z0U,UU0 IS one estimate of the total.
Theatrical mana gers FASTENED to ap-
ply to the insurance companies when
her majeSty's illness became known
but the reports from the beginning
were so grave that they found the
rates of most of the companies pro-
hibitive- The shares of certain insur-
ance companies have fallen this week
from One-quaTter TO one point but the
majority are unchanged. Reputable
stock brokers informed a representative
of the Associated Press that the
amounts are exaggerated The best
companies considered the risk too spec
ulative, but the majority of the in
stances were taken so long ago that
plenty of reserve has accumulated
The premium on the queens life
month ago was > per cent. When her
illness was runiy5-ed it rose to Is per
cent in day Saturday last it was
30 per cent.
Theatres Are Closed.
The majority of the leading theatres
are draped with Grape 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 con
ference and afterwards published the
facts that the halls would reopen until
the day of the funeral. on account of
the loss their employees would sustain
if they were closed This action is IN
popular. The people think the man
ayers might carry their employees
through the mourning season. instead
of using them as an excuse for their
own unwilHngness to foregO d fort
nights receipts.
English Journalism Shocked.
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 before the lodge gate. following
the proclamation announcing the
queens death. certainly did not fit the
occasion. A crowd Of reporters assem-
bled with cabs. horses and bicycles.
Hardly had the words, Her majesty
has passed away" fallen from the Of
ficiaTs lips when the reporters and
messengers, C-I-h wild whoop. started
to race down the steep hill. half mile
to the telegraph station, some of them
bawling to their assistants below. ''The
queen is dead" one English reporter
sent rival spraWling from his bicycle,
which skinned his face in the dirt
whereupOn he knocked down the ag-
greSSOr-
The court officials have been exceed
ingly active in runnluE 20 earth false
reports. like the fictitious deathbed
scenes, and have ALREADY secured the
recall of two correspond They are
now investigating the sources of the
premature announcement of her ma
iesty's death published in America. for
the purpose Of acting against the au-
thors. Having access to all the tele-
graph and telephone message they
have discovered that no report was
sent from Cowes before the queens
DEATH therefore. it must have been
faxed" in London or America.
How Traditions Are Followed.
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