New-York tribune., 1901-01-23
SORROW IN THIS CITY.
FOREST OF FLAGS FLOWN AT HALF
MAST
ARRANGEMENTS STARTED FOR A PUBLIC
SERVICE IN MEMORY OF ENG
LANDS DEAD QUEEN.


| torias death yesterday with many heartfelt X
pressions of sorrow for the loss of a noble woman
and of sympathy for the bereavement of her
subjects. The outward symbols of this grief
were the tolling of church bells. the hosting of
flags at hafmast the sending of messages of
coincidence and the arrangements for a public
memorial service.
On the water front and about the Battery.
where many of the foreign consulates and
offices of steamship companies, the homage paid
TO the memory of the Queen was almost unan-
nous. There was display of hafmasted bunt
ing Of different nations such is not fire.
quently seen shore The representatives of
foreign governments steamship companies city
officials and mercantile organizations We'd with
one another in their eagerness to show their
sympathy.
FLAGS APPEAR AT HALFMAST
The flags began to appear soon after the fact
OF the Queens death was known. An American
flag appeared on the big. square. red tower Of
the Produce Exchange and the offices of the
Department OF Docks and Ferries shortly after
o'clock. At the same time could be the
flags of the White Star, the Leyland and Will
son lines over the Bowling Green and Cheese
brough buildings Then one by one flags began
TO show everywhere. The British flag, the Rus
sian flag and the green and yellow flag of Brazil
were raised on staffs on the Chesebrough Build
ing, in which the consulates of those
tries. Had there been other staffs besides these
and the one from which floated the United
States flag, doubtless there would have been seen
the flags of the other nations having consulates
in the building.
over the Bowling Green building was raised
the German flag by the German Consul-GeneraL
Further up Broadway the italian COnsul-Gen-
eral and two or three Italians threw out Italian
NTVgIH
iam-st. the French flag was displayed. The
Cunard Line raised a British flag over the en-
trance to its offices. and in front of the offices
Of the Hamburg-American Line two United
States flags We're put out at halfmast The
offices of some of the English steamship COM
panies Will be draped in black
The homage almost as marked along the
waterfront as on the land. The many vessels
flying the British flag and some of other ma
tionalities reduced their ensigns TO halfmast-
In the North River were the steamer Campania.
OF the Cunard Line. the Toronto the Marengo
and the st. Fillan. Of the Wilson Line; the
Majestic and the Georgia. of the White Star
Line; the Manitou, of the Atlantic Transport
Line. and the Red Star Line steamers South
wark and Vaderland. the latter Of which arrived
here from England only yesterday afternoon.
On the Hoboken side Of the river were the Rot
terdam. OF the Holland-America Line, and the
Patricia and the Prinzessin Victoria Luise. OF
the Hamburg American Line All had their
flags at halfmast
WALL STREET SHOWS SYMPATHY.
The news OF the Queens death reached Wall
Street soon after l O'Clock being received at the
New-York Stock Exchange. It is said, before
II was reported on the London Exchange Many
houses in the financial district at once ran up
flags at halfmast their buildings. The flag
the Sub-Treasury was also placed at half
mast. Late in the afternoon British and Amert-
can flags. draped in black, were placed in posi-
ton over the entrance Of j. F. Morgan & Co.'S
office. and preparations were begun for placing
emblems Of mourning on the Broad-st. side OF
the building
Not since the death of President Garfield has
there been such a general display OF signs OF
mourning in the downtown district seen
yesterday afternoon. From the head OF Wall
St, where stands Trinity Church. right down 10
the East River. almost every other build
ing, was a flag at halfmast. a large majority
OF these flags were the Stars and Stripes. but
the Union Jack unfurled at many places.
From the branch office OF the Royal Insurance
Company, of London at No. 30 Wall-st.. was
suspended the royal standard. flag rarely seen
here. In the insurance and underwriting dis
trict, where British interests are especially
prominent. almost every building displayed one
more English flags at halfmast.
The great office buildings, such as the Equit-
able and others, followed the example Further
uptown. in the shopping district the cere-
mony was observed. Arnold Constable & Co
and the Constable Building were among the first
places to be so decorated. Aitken, Son & Co.
at Eighteenth-st. and Broadway, had large
British flag and half dozen American flags
all at halfmast. Among other buildings where
this tribute OF sorrow paid were Tiffany's.
Stenway's and the University Building, in
Washington Square.
OLD TRINITY'S BELL TOLLED.
AS word of the Queens death was
received the bell OF Old Trinity Church was
tolled for the first time since the death OF
President Garfield, the tolling being continued at
half minute intervals for thirty minues. The
sound barely audible above the roar of
traffic in Broadway and the surrounding streets.
and comparatively few persons were aware that
the tolling in progress.
The announcement Of the Queens death had
no perceptible influence the stock market
quotations other than cause trifng halt
There seemed to be a general feeling that the
effect Of the Queens death had been discounted
several days previously. After few minutes of
indecision the market hardened and grew
stronger Toward the close many issues went to
the highest point of the day. The advances in
cluded stocks listed in London as well as here
1t seemed TO be the opinion Of the prom
inent fnanciers that the Queens death would
work very little if any, change in the policy of
the British Empire. Cecil Barring. head of the
banking house OF Barring. Magoun & Co. and
member of the Barring family, of London, said
that. in his opinion, affairs in the British En-
pire would go along without the slightest hitch
He looked for no change of policy, and thought
that the present campaign in South Africa
would be continued to a successful end, and that