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lege and returning the Queen was greet
ed enthusiastically by the crowds of Ma
feking demonstrators.
Both the Queen and Lord Salisbury
have replied to many kilograms of con-
graduation from the Mayors of provin-
cial towns.
During the course of the afternoon, s1e
police found difficulty in keeping the spir-
IT OF unruliness down. deal OF rough
morse play was INDUCED in and every SOL
der and sailor in uniform was seized and
carried upon the shoulders of the cheer
ing demonstrators.
A tie deum service was held In ST PauI's
Church this afternoon. The Lord Mayor
and the Sheriffs had intended to be here
at the services, but they were forced to
telephone that it would be hopeless for
them to attempt to leave the Mansion
House, which was besieged by an impass-
able crowd.
Fenians for the Beers.
CHICAGO. May IA special to the
Times-Herald from Vancouver, b. c.,
says: Fenian sympatn,zers with the
Beers have made an attempt to blow up
the British Notifications at Esquimalt
The big naval docks, where $4,000, 600
damage could have been DONE were the
objective point of the leaders in the plot.
who barely escaped from lIe guard with
their lives.
Major Bennett of the Duke of Con-
naughts Own Rifles made a statement of
the circumstances today He saws that
three weeks ago the officer commanding
at the Esquimalt forts was advised TO
look out for the possibility of a Fenian
military authorities at San Francisco and
with 1t the description Of three we'll
known Fenians, who were few days
later recognized at Vancouver.
Orders were given to the sentries to
shoot after the failure to reply to a sec
ond challenge, and to shoot to Kill. On
men We're discovered by the sentries
within the line of the first outpOsSs and
they We're just abreast of the Fort Ma
caulay works and within a short distance
of the large docks of the North Pacific
squadron and two guards challenged al
most simultaneously. There Was re-
sponse and the dimly outlined figures
crouched to the ground.
The guards challenged again, and at
TINS several other sentries Immediately
hred. BY the time search party had
been formed there WAS much confuslor,
and the men succeeded in runnlng past
the latter outposts. The guards have
been doubled
Close on Boer Heels.
LONDON May l9.-The War once mas
received the following dispatch from cscI,-
eral Butler, dated Newcastle, May ~:
/ General Clery moved to Ingogo to-day
and General Dundonald to Lainss Mex.
We almost caught up with the tall of the
enemyS column and have captured 4 few
prisoners and wagons
The men have marched very well IN
deed. 1 left Ladysmith May 10, and by
the road used am now 13s miles from
there.
''rhe telegraph section has been ilda-
! faugable and the army service corps
has kept ns fun of rations all the time.
| the Fifth Division also has hone great
! service"
The Queens Qualification.
LONDON, May 20. 4:25 p. m-Last
nights Court Circular contains the fol-
lowing: THE Queen received on Friday
night with the greatest qualification and
thank fulness the news of the relief of
= Mafeking, after heroic defense Gf over
seven months by Colonel Baden Powell
and troops under his command"
The significance of this, which refers
to the receipt by Her Majesty OF copy
of the Associated Press dispatches from
Pretoria, is that it is the first official IN
timation of the relief of Mafeking. and
doubt existed in the official mind to
the correctness of the news.
Meanwhile, the usual Saturday nights
silence covers the seat of war. Cables
are mainly composed of reports of en-
thusiastic jubilation over the relief of
Mafeking at various points In So.th
Africa.
A dispatch from winburg dated May 10
says:
General Rumble reached TrommeI
: twenty-eight miles from here, on Friday.
traversing exceedingly mountainous coun-
try. Commandant Olvier's commando is
several days ahead of him, but stray pa
2 trolls of Beers are watching Rumble
movements. His men are in excellent
fern, in spite of the long daily marches. E"
A dispatch from Pietermar. .tzhurg says:
"The occupation of Newcastle by Gener-
al Butler has caused great jublation. The
magistrate and his staff, the Mayor and
the Corporation have left for Newcastle.
/ Many fleeing Beers have gone to the
/ Free State by Mullers Pass; others have
2 gone to Wakkerstroem. Most of them
/, however have gone north as a disor-
E ganized mob.
: Safeguarding British Warships.
NEW YORK, May ia special to the
: Sun from Durham says: The story Of a
plot to blow up the British warship Forte
in Delagoa Bay is confirmed. and the
conspiracy appears to have been much
: more extersive than was at first believ-
ed. An explanation of the proclamation
: issued a month ago that boats approach
ing too near warships without Iermissior
would be fired on is that the Admiral
commanding the South African station
: thus gave an early intimation to the
!; Boer emissaries who had been appointed
i to visit Durham and Cape Town and at
: tack the warships with Internal ma
: chimes that a strict surveillance would
he maintained every night on all men-of-
war.
j Relief Column Attac} ed.
. BERLIN, May ia special from Caps
= Town says that the relief column as II
approached Mafeking from the South wa.
Y attacked by strong fo"ce of Beers. who
, were repulsed. The column then pushec
: on and the Beers retreated hurriedly. Thr
rear guard continued in action for som.
q time. The British Casualties were SLIT
Visitors Greet Envoy.
= WASHINGTON, May 19.-Tnree very
, tired Boer ENJOYS stood up all morning
: in their apartments at tAl -.-!.ngtor
s shaking hands with constant stream oi
: visitors acquiescing in the numerous re
: quests and sugges ,iCnS q ming
: ton reception committee and cautiously
8 parrying the rapid fire of inquiries from
y a small army of newspaper correspond
8 ents. Mr.. Fischer was the spokesman oi
$ the party.
i I'VE are playing wholly unaccustom-
r ed role diplomats said he, and it is
of the utmost moment that we Should not
give offense to the American Government
T by violating any of the technical rules OF
s the game which we know nothing about
e We have a mission to perform to the
g State Department and there are things
t connected with that mission which the
= State Department has a right TO know
r befCra We them in OIIhlic