Evening star., 1900-05-19
Commanding Mafek,p- Garrison.

Six hats Were equally with the worlmans
cap enveloped in union jacks; frock-coatcd
business men did not hesitate 10 don sash
Of the national colOrs and stock brokers
WED with street urchins in hurrahlng for
"B. r" and Mafeking and venting their
enthusiasm through tin horns. while ladies
of high degree participated In the high car
niyal with markabIe zest.
Outside the Mansion House.
Memorable demonstrations had been pro-
ceeding outside the Mansion House since
early morning. A dense mass of swaying
heads, frightened by the national colors,
formed unbroken platform over the i'm
mems. open space. stretching far up the
adjacent streets Ever and anon the crowd
burst forth with the national anthem
''Rule. Britannia, or THE Absent Minded
Beggar.'
The huge picture of Col. Baden Powell
was cheered until the people were hoarse,
and every now and then some one with a
cornet or flute started a patriotic air \
few hundreds broke off the edge of the
mass. and. forming an impromptu process
sion. followed musicians through the neigh
boring highways.
y similar feeling of qualification found
expression in the West End and in hardly
less exuherant fashion. while all the reports
from the provinces re-echo the stories of
I-ondon's demonstrations
The members Of the stock exchange mus
tered cary ana bought all the flags and
hunting available. Every one sported a
union Jack a badge of some sort The
opening of business was delayed, owing to
the excitement. But the jubilant stock brol-
ers had little inclination for business and
amused themselves by connecting by tele-
phone through to the Paris bourse, so that
the singing of God Save the Queen by-
Iusty-lunged patriots might be heard there.
Excitement increases With the Day
As the day proceeded the wild turmoil and
excitement increased. and when the re-
manning places Of business closed for the
usual half holiday the released clerks form
ec huge PROFESSIONS and paradcd all quar-
ieTs of the town. singing and hurrahing
and thus adding to the extraordinary ex-
element Of the throngs of holiday makers
whose v"lleys of cheers kept up an increas-
ing roar.
All the naval and military centers honor
ed the occasion by dressing ship and firing
salutes.
\ Cape Town dispatch undrr toaay's dare
says the relief force entered Mafeking un-
opposed. the Siege having been already
raised.
The American community at Cane Town
displayed great satisfaction at the news;
OF the RELIEF and the prospects of a speedy
termination Of the war.
The latest news received at Cane Town
from the relief column, which left kimber-
ley secretly, : bows il passed the Taungs
and Nryburg districts without encounterine
the federal column. II 1,Jso strong
and composed of Cape police diamond
felds horse, imperial ycomanry and the
Kimberley mounted regiment. with three.
Maxims. The force reached Naritzan river
twenty miles south OF Mafeking. Nav IL
The baggage was conveyed on led horses
and light mule wagons. Quantities of live
stock were captured.
The most intense excitement prevails at
Cape Town where the buildings are ablaze
with flags
Colonel h T Mahon who. 1t is under
stood. commanded the relief column served
In the Dongola and Nile expeditions with
General Kitchener.
Crowds Grow BOisterOuS.
During the course of the afternoon the
police found difficulty in keeping the spirit
play was indulged in and every soldier and
sailor in uniform was seized and carried
the shoulders of cheering demonstrators
A Te Deum service was held in St PauT :
this afternoon. The lord MAYOR and The
sheriffs had intended TO be present at the
services. but they Were forced to telephone
that II would be hopeless for them to at
tempt To leave the Mansion House which
was beSieeed by an impossible crowd
One Of the most curious professions of the
day WAS formed by some hundreds Of South
kcnsingtoH art students Of both sexes
headed by a mounted khaki-clad comrade
The girls wore their studio smocks and
reaped golden harvest along the route OF
the parade for Lady Georgianna Curzon's
Mafeking fund. In the midst of the pro-
cCSsiOn a great model of Col Baden
the model of lion. The students indulged
In "A mild demonstration In front of the
residence occupied by Col. Baden-Powells 5
mother.