Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-02

more and Newport, and Harold Ady,
Prichard, of Brostol, England. Th
ceremony was performed at high moo,
and the church was crowded with tn,
brides fashionable friends, attracte,
by this unusual reversal OF the custo
mary order of things in Anglo-Ameri
can marriages. Charles Gardner.
friend OF the groom from England
acted as best man. There were nc
bridesmaids. Following the ceremony
reception was given at the Hutton
summer home, Shamrock Cliff. on
Ridge road. 1t was one of the largest
social affairs of the season. as the
bride, as well as her parents, is high.
ly popular In the more staid and sub
stantial Newport set The Huttons
are among the most prominent and in
fiuential of Newports summer resi-.
| dents, and their villa, located on the
bluff overlooking the entrance of the
| bay, is now on the show place of the
| city.
London, Aug 24.-The rush of
Americans for their homes has been
unprecedentedly heavy and many in.
| experienced holiday-makers who have
postponed bookings for their berths
until the last minutes are now regret
ting their proscrastination. More
boats, of course, are In the service
this year than ever before, but the
number of passengers is fully 5000 in
ercess of last year. The situation for
the next six weeks may be summed up
this way: Boats to sail, 90: number
of passengers. $4,000; pieces of lug
gage, 100000.
perspiring porter at Euston sta
tion declared Thursday that he had
broken all records by carrying I'm
twenty minutes forty-two pieces of lug
gage for passengers by the trial boat
train for the steamship Baltic at Liver
pool. He was not grumbling. however.
as he had been tipped handsomely.
London hotel and shop keepers prob
ably never have had greater occasion
10 rejoice over the American invasion
than this year. Attempts have been
made from time to time to estimate
the amount of money transatlantic
visitors leave behind them In London
The Daily Express, which now has
tried its hand at the problem, calcu
lates that something like 10000 Ameri
cans have come over this year and
have left $7,5OO,0OO in London. The
calculation probably is inside the
mark. 1t Is based on figures supplied
by one of the largest hotels, which
alone has housed 6,60O Americans
since March, and the average bill oil
each has been $3.50. There are a,
least five public houses that can give
similar figures, and. II the average
man spent $3.50 in London, the total
stated soon is reached. Some, OF
course, spend next to nothing and live
in boarding houses for 40 shillings a
week, but others spend hundreds OF
even thousands of pounds on jewelry
and dress.
Americans come to London for the
specific purpose of buying" said a
west end tailor. MANY of the men
come here with half-empty trunks and
buy a completed outfit OF socks, ties
collars, shirts, clothes and hats.
have been kept busy with orders for
lounge suits and frock coats at time
when business Is at standstill SO
far as my regular customers are con-
cerned."
"They will have flowers" said a
florist, "and might as well shut up
my shop, for all OF my best London
customers are out OF town, but the
American visitors keep things going.
There roses that you see here" point
ing to a magnificent bunch Of pink
roses, "are sold to wealthy American
customers. Roses are their favorite
flower"
American visitors also have STAYED
off disaster from the river this year.
but hotels and boarding houses get
by far the largest share of the money
which these travellers circulate In Lon,
don Next come the antique dealers,
for the tourists are particularly keen
on old china and Sheffield plate: ther
follow all kinds of tradesmen.
New York. Aug. 29.-The stock mar
ket is active and prices are again ad-
Sancing and the general tone of the
market indicates n much better feel.
ing.
Quebec, Canada. Aug. 30.-Ninety
men were plunged to death last even
ing when the superstructure OF what
was to have been the greatest canti-
lever bridge In the world collapsed and
| sank into the depths of the st. Law
renee river. five miles from Quebec
| All that remains OF the grand struc-
ture are its huge abutments on the
shores and in the river a great mass
of tangled steel work that holds down
the bodies OF men that had been work