The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-22
THE Beers DRIVEN
FROM MAFEKIhG
The British Relief Column
Reaches the Town.
P0CRC, hAcERC CHEIIF0
BOERS' LAA6ERS SHELLED
They Abandon the Siege and the Brit
ish Enter Mafeking.
PRESIDENT SIEYN GOES TO PRETORIA
He is Now in Close Conferenc. With the Trans
vaaI Government. Butler Wires the
War Office That He Has Ac-
cupied Newcastle.
cuDied Newcastle

London. May 1s.-D0:iG p. NJ
Marching has been relieved. :
The dispatch OF the Associated
Press announcing the relief OF Mafe
king VAS posted outside the Mansion
House and the news rapidly spread
\ large crowd collected and at this
l. hour all the streets in the ~nei@hbor
hood are already ~rcsoundino Will
cheers.
The War Office al 9 o'clock had
announced that no news had been re
ceiyed. but at $50 the Lord Mayor
Mr.. y. j. Newton. in his official
robes Of office. announced the joyful
news % the crowd outside. The Lord
Mayor vas accompanied by the Lady
J Nayoress to the front Of the Man
sion House. where an immense por-
trait OF Colonel Baden-Powell was
displayed. bearing the inscription:
"Mafeking Reiieved.'
While the attendants were waving
Union Jacks the Lord Mayor briefly
addressed the aeSemblage. saying:
Il wish your cheers could reach
Mafeking.
IN cI1'Nh was DtNtt
by r~edoubled cheering and the sing
ing Of Rule Britannia" after which
the Lord Mayor remarked:
I'VE never doubted what the end
would be or that British pluck and
courage would conquer at last.
The ord Mayor then led the
crowd in singing God Save. the
Queen" and "Soldiers of the Queen"
and with renewed cheering and the
waving of flags by the assembled
multitude. and the singing Of For
He's 4 Jolly Good Fellow" the Mayor
and his party retired.
Masses OF people outside the Man
sion House soon grew to such dimen-.
SONS thai the police were cOmnelled
to divert all traffic. omnibuses. etc.
through the side streets.
The cheering is now incessant.
The news was also nnOunced i'm
special newspaper editions and the
tickers IN all Of the resorts.
In the West End leading thorough
fares were eventually impeded by a
constant stream OF the Dopuiace
cheering themselves hOarSe and sing
ing God Save h Queen" and Sol
dlerS OF the Queen"
The enthusiasm as this dispatch is
sent already promises to outrival
even the scenes which followed the
relief Of Ladysmith.
The dispatch Of the Associated
Press containing the news of the re-
lief OF the long besieeed place wa
sent to the houses Of Parliament.
where IT created a great deal of ex-
tl1ement in the press gallery and
loDbIes and soon began to be circu-
lated among the members Of the
Mouse OF Commons.
\ Lorenzo Marques correspondent
'e~leSfaphlng yesterday says:
New peace proposals will probably |
De put forward by the Boer Govern
ment. The recent reyerses are cans
ing dependency. There was q pro-
-'oleed meeting of the TransvaaI en-
ecutlNes at Pretoria Thursday. and
the destruction of the mines was
again considered. 1t is understood
mat the government does not intend
TO destroy the mines
Lord Roberts is accommodating i'm
mems quantities OF supplies: and the
preparations for another movement
are we'll advanced. There are 10000
boers at Rhenoster Spruit. Recon
lnolfering parties are sighted daily by
the British patrols.
n british prisoners will be con
"iiu TIC loIt1SI cOnSl1IS
at Pretoria are leaving for I.vden-
burg.
In kroonstad it is said thai Pres
ldent Kruger will surrender when
Lord Roberts crosses the T~ransyaaI
frontier.
1ommandant Mel. with the .Jo-
ha~nnesburg .Zarps' is actively com
Wandering fifteen miles northwest
or h~roonstad. All exemptions have
been cancelled. The civil Administered
non IS reduced to the lowest limits.
II Beers have dynamited Laine'sj
Mex tunnel and the railway is com
plefel.y wrecked. The work of repairs
VIII occupy many weeks. The Beers
now mold tn" best positions for de-
Tending themselves.
PRETOHlA GIFTS TIE NEWS.
Pretoria. MAY lS.-Ir was Off
'lailN announced today that when the
aagers and forts arouno Mafekino
mad been severely bombarded the
'ieSe was abandoned. a British force
rom the south taking possession
of the place.
President Steyn left here for tie
rec State last night. Addressing
I crO"d on the platform he urge 5.
mem 10 be Of good cherr.
- Is reported that 1000 British {
foops nave surrounded Chlistiania ;
that the Landrost and other Off
;lals have been taken prisoners.
Beers FORCED TO RETIRE J
London. May 1S.-GO:15 p. NIL .
rom the mention of the laagers in !
he Pretoria dispatch il is understood 9
1ere that prior to the raising of !
he siege of Mafekino the Boer laao- 3
rs around that place were vigorously :
'ombarded by the British relief col .
and that the burghers were :
practically compelled to abandon the /
iege. :