The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-21
BOISTEROUS
REJOICING
in ENGLAND.
Terms of Peace Said to Have Been Of
taged by Kruger couched in
a Humble Strain.
PAPERS OF THANKSGIVING
Read in the Churches sunday-ROb-
erts' Troopers IN Good. Form.
Botha Was Not Captured.

LONDON, May Sl-DlSplnyeu IN tne
mos, conspicuous style in the DAILY Ex-
press Is the dominant war news Of the
morning.
we have the best reasons for stating
that ln the last twenty four hours a tel
pgram has been received at the foreign
office, addressed personally to the prime
minister, from President Kruger, pro-
posing terms Of peace.
THE exact terms Of the message can
not be stated, but we believe 1t is
couched in an exceedingly humble
strain,
1T is inconcalvable, Of course. that
Lord Salisbury can have sent any reply
except the one that stands ready on the
lip OF every INSTRUMENTATION sur
render
The bolsterous rejoicing ever the
news from Mafeking have become riot
Gus In parts OF LONDON, Aberdeen and
Belfast and elsewhere in the United
Kingdom.
Boer sympathizers Attacked.
In the Finchliey district of suburban
London mob stoned the railway sta
ttor masters house, and smashed the
windows Of n draper's shop, setting the
building on fre, also, although whether
by accident or design, is not yet known.
Two clerks were injured. The house
Of a Boer sympathlzer at Harlesden
was attacked by large crowd, and
the windows were shattered. The po-
ice charged the mob, and were greeted
with a shower of decayed eggs. Nu-
merous arrests were made, and the po-
lice reserves were called out.
Rloting took plac in Aberdeen from
Ito 10 O'Clock Saturday evening around
hall where a stop the war" meeting
was being addressed by Mr. Cronwrlght
schrelner, husband Of Olive schretner.
A crowd OF students and others tried
to storm the hall. and to break down
the doors. The foot police were una
bic to cope with the dlsturbers, and
sent for the mounted police, who made
some headway with the crowd, but free
fights occurred between the supporters
Of the meeting and the crowd. and the
royal inflrmary, near by. was kept busy
dressing the wounds of combatants.
caused by stones, bricks and clubs, A
number Of arrests were made, and
finally the chief magistrate ordered the
chief constable to call out the military.
The Gordon HIghlanders, from the Cas-
tie barracks. then cleared the streets.
Special Thanksgiving Papers Read.
Special papers of Thanksgiving were
read yesterday in the churches of the
United Kingdom. The lord bishop OF
London. DR.. Mandeii Creighton. who
preached before the Queen of Windsor,
alluded to the relief OF Mateking, and
cergymen generally founa in the event
their topic for the day.
Details Of the relief are stlll wanting,
,he British military authorities being
without dispatches. Lord Roberts wires
THAI he knows of the relief only through
press agency. Lord Lansdowno, how
ever, announces that the war Office ex-
peals direct news to-day.
TIE situation in the field has changed
but Rite since Friday Lord I:oberts
troops are In nne form. and abundantly
supplied. Indications seem to point to
an carly movement His cavalry, rid
iRg over several hundred square miles
IN ssnl-clrcle beyond Kroonstadt,
have received the submission of hum
dreIs Of Free staters.
II now appears tina. the DsWet who
offered logurrendar with 1000 men, was
not the wen known General DeWet, but
C0mmaniant De Wet. He stipulntei
that hls men should be allowed to re-
turn TO their farms Lord Roberts re-
piled that the surrender must be un-
conditional.
stayn Loses His Head.
The Botha who was captured the
ether day was Philip Botha. Those
slaandernE are solemnly warned that
Il ibcy break the oath OF neutrality
"a .r houses wfii be burned and their
farms conAycatcd. Such as do yield
for protection.
Eaportsara following Lord Roberts Mt
headquarters OF the disbursement Of
tha Beers and their willingness, even
t0 the case OF the Transvaalers, to give
49, President steyn Is described as
hy.ug lost hts head several times re-
c.ary
the Daily Telegraph is advised that
o. D.at has been discovered at Pretoria
To- lcpyse President Kruger, and to sur
r"nias The TEansyaal during the present
MONTH Progressive Dutchmon and
maraars Of the Judiciary are asserted
60 aayc been parties to the move
me1t
General Butler Is in front Of Lnings
&'h hnsItatlug to attack positions Of
enormous natural strength. The reports
hat Beers have blown mp portions "
td" tunnel are confirmed
Rundle Advancing on Ficksburg'
General cnlylllo's base Is winburs
General Rumble Is advancing on Ficks-
h1rg, trying to catch up with the Ie-
i,rIng Beers. Vrcde, where the Free
state capital has been removed. Ia
"liRea 1T 200 inhabitants, IN me OK
IRENE northeastern part Of the country
nn The rond from Hcllbron TO Bothl5
ln17 and tho DrakenHburg.
London paid an all day call upon Col
hlhen.Powelrs mother yesterday. Tel
'gnmS, letters and flowers arrived