Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-10
|[ADYSM|TH At
LAST RELIEVED
General Butler Reports That He Has
Succeeded in Reaching Be-
sieged Town.
GARRISON ON SCANTY RATI0Ns
viii Need Considerable Nursing
Before They Are Ready to
Take the Field,
B0sRS RETREAT BEFORE ENGLISH
Abandon All Positions Recently Oc-
cupicd in lad smiths Neigh
Northumberland Rejoicing
Over News in England.
BOsRS RETREAT BEFORE ENGLISH

'o'b ltNJOICtUs
over News In England.
London, March 1.-The war Office
has received the following from Bul.
| Ter:
"Lyttleton's Headquarters, March /,
in the Morning.-General Dundonald,
with Natal c%arbineers, and composite
regiment entered Ladysmith last
night. The country between Inc and
~Ladysmith is reported clear of the
enemy. ! am moving on Nelthorpe."
A later dispatch from Butler, dated
Nelthorpe, says:
Il have just returned from Lady
smith. Except a small guard north of
Surprise hill, the whole Of the enemy
lately besieging the town has retreat
ed in hot haste to south of the town.
The country is quite clear of them.
The garrison were on n half pounds
man per day and experimenting the
meat rations by horses and mules.
Nv llNh Will NdlI IL lllllt hul oilS
before being fit for the field"
London Mad With JOY.
London, March When the news
of the relief of Ladysmith became
generally known London literally
went mad with JOY and throughout
England the scenes that were wit
messed have had no parallel i'll the
memories of this generation. The
pent up jubilation at the relief of
Kimberley and the defeat of Cronie
could not longer be controlled, and
with today's browning triumph the
national trait of self control was
thrown to the winds. The lord mayor
of London Immediately telegraphed
his congratulations to Generals White
and Butler.
When the queen received the news
at Windsor the bells on the curfew
were tolled out in honor of the event.
The storm of jubilation centered
around the mansion house, and by
noon thousands OF persons blocked
the many approaches TO that grim
building. IT was Il dense black mass
composed chiefly Of business men, the
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jacks. Never before was there such a
sale Of flags as today. Through this
cheering throng there was only one
e open to traffic, and this was
utilized by busses going, some east,
some west.
All traffic in other directions was
stalled for hours. The only way to
get past the mansion house was by
mounting buses, which soon began
to resemble chariots in a triImphal
pageant. Stock brokers, bankers,
clerks and workingmen clambered on
top, and as the busses numbered past
the historic building they stood up,
waving flags, hats and handkerchiefs,
and yelling for cheers for Butler and
Roberts. Mighty shouts answered
them from the crowds through which
they were passing. The procession
became continuous, 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 little flags. Grave old ~financicrs
waved and yelled as frantically and
as often a urchins. who had clam
bered the mansion house steps. that
E~ngland's honor had been saved.
I0ng Strain ut an End.
The strain that for 11S days had
kept the nation in terrible anxiety
was removed. The lord mayor showed
himself at a window, over which
hung the huge city imperial volunteer
flag, and the crowd yelled itself
hoarse. Staid magnates grabbed far
ing posters from boys and brandished
"Ladysmith relieved to the roaring
crowd. All thought of business was
forgotten. Nothing could be done on
the stock exchange except sing God
Save the Queen" and cheer.
Business at the Baltic (the wheat
market for cargoes) closed at l
o'clock. No one wanted to trade on
such o day as this. Stores put up their
shutters and gave their employees a
holiday. Great ensigns foated on the
hundred buildings and little union
jacks lit up the murky city windows.
Lady Butler Congratulated.
The lord mayor wired Lady Butler
as follows:
MY sincere congratulations on your
gallant husbands achievement"
lie also ordered "a holiday for the
people. Later he answered the com
mands of the crowd, that increased as
the day. wore, and made a speech.
Crowds blocked the war office Hobbies,
struggling to see for themselves the
announcement of the glad tidings and
cheering for Butler, Lord Dundonald
and other heroes of the hour.
Outside Marlborough house, the
London residence of the prince of
Wales, a large and jubilant crowd as
sembled. Briefly, from one end of the
metropolis to the other, JOY reigns SUI
preme. Bunting is flying everywhere
and everything is bright this March
morning. Scarcely an omnibus passed
through the happy streets but had
tied to the drivers whip a union jack
or red. white and blue streamers. An
over the United Kingdom these scenes
were displayed. At Glasgow, Liver
POOL, birmingham, Edinburgh, and in
fact in all cities, big and little, crowds