The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-19

The Prince of Wales, the Duke and
| Duchess Of York and the Portuguese
minister, Senor Pinto do SovereI, occupied
box at the Covent Garden, where
'Lohengrin" was being presented. and
when the relief of Mafeking was an
| nounced they joined heartily in the ap-
plause.
WOULD LIKE FIREWORKS.
The London fire insurance laws make
fireworks impossible, and the city lacked
the blaze of illuminations racteristic
of American cities during similar rejoic
ings. The Britisher therefore relies upon
lung power, and from st. PauPs cathedral
to Westminster abbey and up through
Picadilly to Hyde park, there was Mag
| ara-like roar. incessant, rising and falling
hour after hour, as the surging masses
poured through London's thoroughfares
like the professions on the evening of
presidential election in the United States.
There was lack of pyrotechnic glare,
but every cabby and every bus man III
London had a Union Jack fluttering from
his whip, and the Stars and Stripes were
by no means lacking Patrons Of four
wheelers were not content to ride inside
the vehicles, and tops were covered with
flag waving, cheering, sprawling enthu-
siasts
At Carleton house. which is filled with
Americans, the bands played Marching
Through Georgia." which had been re-
Gently adapted to an English song,
Marching to PRETORIA" 'Dixie" and
other popular American airs were played.
HERO's MOTHER CHEERED.
Ten thousand people stood in front of
Mrs. Baden-Powells house. in St.
Georges place cheering and singing, and
a score Of cabs brought congratulations.
IicC Rod Nr-d1I IL
said:
''The same tale has been brought us
many times during the last anxious
months. The war Office has promised US
the earliest information. We only hope
it is true"
Later in the evening Col. Baden-Pow-
ellis mother sent word that she had re-
tired, and that if any kilograms came she
was not to be disturbed until morning
The boys of Charter House school,
where Baden-Powell was educated, were
aroused from sleep by the news, and the
institution quickly became a pandemo-
mum of noise.
AS soon as the information was received
Mr.. A. J. Norton, the lord mayor, sent
the following message to Col. Baden
Powell:
THE citizens of London are stirred by
the glad news received. Your gallant de-
fense will long live in English annals
Cable me what money is wanted for the
needs of the garrison and inhabitants"
In unrestrained jubilations the prov
inces were not behind the metropolis AL
though London had the start by a few
minutes, the great industrial and sur
rounding towns burst into patriotic dem
onstrations. Bells clashed in their
steeples, village bands turned out and
people gathered in the streets to sing fer
wildly God Save the Queen" From all
parts of the empire comes the same news.
Bombay, Hong Kong and the Australian
cities are rejoicing.
Continental cities, as the press abun-
dainty testifles, received the news quiet
ly. Under the head of How the News
Was Received the Daily Chronicle says:
The telegram to the Associated Press
from Pretoria, the historic dispatch an
nouncing the relief of Mafeking was sent
to the capital of the Transvaal at 11:SO
a. M, May is. 1t reached the London of
fce at 9:l7 p. M, and was instantly dis
patched to every quarter OF the globe
By 1890 p. m. had come response from
far-of Toronto, describing the reception
Of the news there. This is not surprising,
in view of the fact that four minutes
after the receipt of the news here it was
in the Associated Press in New York.
where it was forwarded to the further
most limits of the northern continent"
CHEERS FOR CHAMBERLAIN.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain called at the
war office after midnight and received a
tremendous ovation
The relief Of Mafeking has had the ef-
feet of suspending interest in the opera
tions elsewhere in the seat of war,
Nevertheless it is favorable Lord Meth,
uen entered HCpstad Thursday. He was
then seventy miles from Kroonstad and
fifty from Bothaville. Cen Butler en-
tered Newcastle, Thursday evening Lord
Roberts is not idle While waiting for
stores at Kroonstad, he is using his
mounted men to search wide tract OF
| country. Col Broadwood occupied Lind.
! ley on Thursday and the same day Gen.
| Hutton captured one of the Bothas.
| thirty miles from Kroonstad. Gen. Run
| die. on Thursday encamped at Clocolan.
British successes are thus reported from
every point where news came yesterday.
| Lourenzo Marques dispatch yester-
! day says:
| New peace proposals will probably be
| put forward by the Boer government
! The recent reverses are causing despoa-
! dency. There was a prolonged meeting
| of the Transvaal executive council at
| Pretoria, Thursday, and the destruction
| of the mines was again considered 1t IS
added that the government does not in.
| tend to destroy the Mines
KRUGER MAY YIELD.
According to other advices from the
same point, President Kruger and other
| high officials intend leaving almost imme-
| diately for Lydenburg. The British pris-
oners will be conveyed there and the for
eign consuls are leaving for Lydenberg
At Krocnstad-it is said President Kru-
ger will surrender when Lord Robel is
crosses the Transvaal border
LORD Roberts is accommodating immense
quantities of supplies and the prepare
tions for another march are we'll for
ward The next stop will be Johannes
burg. The next fight is expected at tho
Valsch river. There are 1900 Beers at
Roal Spruit. Accommodating parties are
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