The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-20
corner to the extreme west, similar
scenes are being enacted.
News Scarce From Mafekine.

corner to the extreme west, similar
scenes are being enacted
News Scarce From Mafeking.
The war office at 9 o'clock tonight
had no further news regarding the re
lief Of Mafeking. Outside the build
ing there is a scene of indescribable
enthusiasm.
From provincial towns everywhere
comes the same tale Of rejoicings. The
queen this afternoon visited Yelling
ton college, in company with the Duke
of COnnaught and Princess Beatrice,
to see the latter's son, Prince Albert
Of Battenberg, who is a student there.
General French's son is also student
at this college, and he was presented
to the queen. The queen inspected the
cloak worn by the Duke of Wellington
at aWterloo. Both on her journey to
the college and returning the queen
was greeted enthusiastically by the
crowds of Mafeking demonstrators.
Both the queen and Lord Salisbury
have replied to many kilograms Of con-
gratulations from the mayors of pro-
vincial towns.
During the course of the afternoon
the police found difficulty in keeping
the spirit of unruliness down.
queen IS Happy.
London, May 20, ALB a. m.-Last
nights court circular contains the fol-
| lowing:
THE queen received on Friday night
with the greatest qualification and
| thankfulness the news of the relief of
Mafeking after heroic defense of over
| seven months by Colonel Baden-PowelI
| and troops under his command.
The significance of this, which re-
| fers to the receipt by her majesty of
a copy of the Associated Press dispatch
| from Pretoria, is that it is the first Off
/ cial intimatiOn Of the relief of Mafe-
| king, and it would not have been made
] had any doubts existed in the official
| mind as to the correctness of the news.
| Meanwhile, the usual Saturday
! nights silence covers the seat of war.
/ Cables are mainly composed of reports
| of enthusiastic jubilation over the re-
| lief of Mafeking at various points in
/ South Africa. A dispatch from Win
! burg, dated May 10, says:
General Rumble reached Trommel,
| twenty-eight miles from here on Fri
! day, traversing exceedingly mountain
! Gus country. Commandant Olivier's
! commando is several days ahead of
: him, but stray patrols of Beers are
/ watching RunGle'S movements.
I His men are in excellent form, in
! spite of the long daily marches. -
Joy in New Castle.
A dispatch from PieteTmaritzburg
says: THE occupation Of New Castle
/ by General Butler has caused great ju-
| bilation. The magistrate and his staff,
/ the mayor and the corporation have
/ left for New Castle. Many fleeing Beers
/ have gone to the Free State by Null
/ ler's pass. others have gone to Wax
! kerstrOOm. Most Of them, however,
have gone north as a disorganized
mob"
News From Butler.
The war Office has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from General Butler,
dated New Castle, May 10:
General Clery moved to Ingogo to-
day and General DundonaId to Laing'
Mex. We almost caught up with the
tail of the enemy's column and have
/ captured a few prisoners and wagons.
1.-THE men have marched very we'll
indeed. left Ladysmith May 10, and,
by the road used, am now 1913 miles
| from there"
Bothaville is Taken.
Kroonstad. Friday. May 1S.-General
| Hutton, with his mounted infantry,
today made a dash upon BOthaville
| and captured three commandments and
nineteen prisoners, mostly Zarps, The
Colt machine gun section, commanded
| by Atlumney, has arrived here.
/ Owing to the derailing of two trains
at the Vet river progress toward the
| completion Of the railway deviation
/ will be delayed for some days.