Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-03-02
LONDON IS WILD
News of the Relief Of Lad yslnith
Causes Populace to Go Fran
tic With Joy.
The Achievement Of Roberts TEN
porarily Eclipsed BY the Vic
tory of Butler
Crowds Around Mansion House
Bloc the Sire Gen
eral I'll Holiday.

he has just returned from Ladysmith.
He adds that the whole country south
Of that place is cleared Of the Beers.
The following is the text Of General
Buffers dispatch:
g NJ elthorIe, March 500 p. MI
have just returned from Ladysmith
Except q small guard, north Of Surprise
hill, the whole Of the enemy lately be-
sieging the town have retired in hot
haste, and to the south Of the town the
country is quite clear Of them.
The garrison was on half q pound Of
meal a man per day and suppl enting
the meat ration by horses and mules.
The men will want d little nursing be-
fore being fit for the field. z
LONDON, March 2. w hen the news
Of the relief Of Iadysmith became gem
orally known, London literally went
mad with joy, and through England
the scenes witnessed have no parallel in
the memories Of this generation. The
pent up jubilation at the relief Of Kim
berley and the defeat Of Cronje could
NO longer be controlled, and with this
browning triumph, the national trait Of
self-restraint was thrown to the winds.
The lord mayor Of London Immediately
telegraphed his cong atn1ations to Gen
erals White and Butler. When the
queen received the news at Windsor,
the bells on the curfew tower Of the
castle were rung ii honor of the event.
This storm Of jubilation centered
around the Mansion House and by noon
thousands Of persons blocked the many
approaches to that grim building. It
was a dense, black mass, composed
chiefly Of business men, the majority Of
them CARRYING little union jacks. Never
before was. there such a sale Of flags.
Through this cheering throng there was
only one avenue open to traffic and this
was utilized by the buses going from
east to west. All traffic in other direc-
lions was stalled for hours. The only
way to get past the Mansion house was
by mounting the buses, which soon
began to resemble chariots in TIL
nmphal pageant. Stock brokers, bank
ers, clerks and workingmen clambered
on top and as the busses numbered past
the historic building, stood up waving
flags, hats and hand kerchiefs and call
ing for
Cheers for Butler and Roberts.
A mighty shout answered them from
the clowds, through which they Rere
passing. The procession became contin-
nous, yet the crowd never tired Of
cheering every time the name Of White,
Butler or Roberts was mentioned and
off came hats and up went the little
flags Grave old fnanciers waved and
yelled as franti tically and as often ais the
nrchins who had clambered the Mansion
House steps, that England Is honor had
been saved.
The strain that for 4 is days had kept
the nation in terrible anxiety was re-
moved. The lord mayor showed himself
at a window out Of which hung q huge
city Imperial Yolunteer flag and the
crowd yelled itself hoarse. Staid
1nagnates grabbed faring posters
from news boys and brand dished
Iadysmith Relieved 4 to the roar.
ing throngs. All Thought Of busi.
ness was forgo often. Nothing could be
done on the Stock Exchange except sing
s.God Save the Queen, q and cheer.
Business at she Baltic (wheat market
for cargoes) closed at i o'clock. No one
wanted to trade on such q day as this.
The stores put up their shutters aud
gave their employees a holiday. Great
ensigns fioated in the sunlight from
hundreds Of buildings and little union
jacks lit up the murky city windows.
The lord mayor wired Lady Butler ss
follows:
My sincerest congratulations on
your gallant husband ID achievement Z,
He also ordered q holiday for the city
schools.
Like scenes All Over England.
Crowds blocked the war office Hobbies.
struggling to see for themselves the an.
nouncement Of the glad tiS1ings, and
cheering for General Butler, Lord Dun.
donald and other heroes OF the hour.
Outside Marlborough House, the Lon.
don residence Of the Prince of Wales, d
large and jubilant crowd assembled,
Briefly, from one end Of the metropolis
30 the other, JOY reigneth supreme, and
bunting was flying every where iii The
bright March morning, and scarcely ap
omnibus passed throngh the happy5
streets but had tied to the driver 's NJ