Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-19

| mate drama holds the boards the Oc-
cupants OF stalls, boxes and galleries
sang Ia chorus "The Absent Minded
Beggar' and Soldiers OF the Queen"
between acts. IN order 10 give vent 10
their eqthusiasm,alth0ugh they settled
down 20 the program afterward. AZ
the music halls. however no one pre-.
tended TO take interest IN anything not
having military color
The prince of Wales, the duke and
duchess OF York and the Portuguese
minister Senior Pinto de Several occu-
! pied a box az Coyent Garden. where
! "Lohengrin' was being played, and
when the relief OF Marching was an.
nouncod they Joined heartily I'm the APP
! plause.
SHOUTS AND SONGS.
The London fire Insurance laws make
! fireworks impossible and the city
lacked the blaze of illumination charac-
teristic Of American cities during SINH
lar rejoicings The Britisher, therefore,
relies upon lung power. and from 81.
Paul's cathedral 90 Westminster abbey
and up through PiccadHly To- Hyde
park there was q NIAGARA roar iuccs-
SAINT rising and falling hours after as
the surgiug mass poured through Lon
ion Is thlloughiarea.
There was a lack of pyrUtcchnic glare,
but every cab boy ana every bus man
in London had a union Jack fluiterIng
from his whip, and the Stars and
Stripes were by no means lack
ing. patJ1ns OF four-Wheelers were
not content 20 ride inside The vehicles,
and tops We're crowded with hag-Way-
ing, cheering. SPRAYING enthusiasts
At Carlton hotel. which is filled With
Americans the bands played March
ing Through Georgia. which has been
recently adapted 10 am English
song entitled Marching TO Pretoria. %
Dixie and other American airs We're
played
NEWS TO MRS. BADEN-POWEI.L.
Ten thousand people stood IN front
OF Mrs Baden-tOWel's house in ST.
Georges place. cheering ana singing
and score of cabs brought C0Usratu-
lations. Miss Baden-P0well the colo
nels sister. said; "Ihe same tale has
been brought us many times during the
last anxious months The war Office
has promised us the earliest inlormg-
ton. We only hope Il is true" Later
IN the evening Col Baden-poWclrs
mother sent word that she had retired
end that ~ anything more came she
was not TO be disturbed until morning
The boys OF the har,erhousa school,
where Col Bldan-powall WIS educated.
were aroused from steep by the news
and the institution quickly became q
Veritable panaem0n,um " noise and
enthusiasm
MESSAGE 10 MAFEKING's DE-
FENDER.
as soon as The morn. tlos o. the H.
lief was received the lord mayor. Mr.
a. ]. Newton. sent the following dis.
patch 10 Col Baden-PoWcil: "The CHI.
zens Of London are relieved. They TO-
l0ica IN the hoOd news receiyef Your
gallant defense win long live In British
annals Gable me what money Is want
ed for the needs Of the garrison and in
habitants after long plv8ions'
In unrestrained jubiIatious the pro-
Vinces were not behind the metropolis
Although London had the stare by
few minutes. the great industrial and
surrounding toNns soon burst into pl.
triotic demonstrations Bells clashed ,n
their steepes. village bands turned Qua
and people gathered ~ thC squares 60
chant ferydly God Save the Queen
From all parts Of the empire comes the
same story. Bombay. H0ngkong.
Colombia and the Australian cities are
rejoicing. Continental cities. as the
press kilograms abuudaniy teslfy. re-
cc.vad the news sadly.
SPREADING THE NEWS QUICKLY.
Under the head Of How the News
was Received the Daily Chronicle
says. ''Ihe telegram 10 the Associated
NNH.H NNa.a. "a .H|
patch announcing the relief of Mafe-
king. was sent from the capital Of the
Transyaal at 1885 a. m, May 18th. II
reached the London office az 9:l7 p. M.
and was instantly dispatched 10 every
had come "A response from fur-dn To-
ronto, describing the reception Of the
news thsrr.
This is not surprising, IN view of the
fact that four minutes after the le-,
celpt OF the telegram 81 was In the As
ISOLATED Press office In New York. where
it was forwarded 10 the further linz
its Of the North American continent"
A. Joseph Chamberlain called az tie
war oifc' hi'Gr midnigh. AID received
a tremendous ovation.
DEFENSE WITHOUT PARALLEL.
That not only Mafeking but the /
whole United Kingdom is relieved Is
f-'pu-u tg by tie stterlts-s .. tnr /
papers. rhe DAILY Telegraph |
sas F.. "Never will England forget the |
happy, hopeful thrill mat came 90 her |
whop Col Baden Powell said, 'Mafo- |
X. cannot oe taken hy sitting down /
and looking az a.. There is no adj |
yanoement viii h the natl1u would not |
hail as a fair reward for tne brilliant |
capacity. cheerfulness and iron cour-
age OF the hero OF the empire"
The Times says. The demonstra-
tons last evening "a London have had
no parallel IN recent times. Nor was
this surprising There has been moth
Ing Ike the defense OF Mafeking IN
modern history Kars and Lucknow
We're fine examples OF valor and en-
durance ana resourcefulnessi but the
means OF defense In those cases was
Infinitely greater than wnat was at the
disposition Of Col Baden Powell and
his valiant comrades,
From the mention Of laagers IN the
Pretoria dispatch Il Is understood here
that prior 10 the raising % the siege Of
Mafeking the Boer laagers around that
place were vigorously bombarded by
lAN ANA NANNNA ANNNtA N'NlAAAAtH AAA NV
Durghers practically compelled TO aban-
son ttr s,'gr
REJOICING IN CANADA
New York, May l9-Aocordlng TO the
pecials received by New YORK papers
rom various points throughout Canada
here Is general rejoicing among the
English speaking residents OF the Do
ninion over the relief OF Mafeking,
Montreal was alive last night with JOY
Iver the news Numerous torchight
PROFESSIONS and union Jacks were
20 Doe seen. Kruger has been
Hanged IN efigy In a dozen different
faces In Montreal and half dozen
images OF Baden Powell were carried
N the shoulders OF the crowd.
A bonfire was built IN front Of queen |
'lctora's statue on Victoria square ana
he city echoed with "Rule Britannia
md God Save the Queer"
The news came too late for any large
rganized demonstration but mere wan
one this week.