Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-06
To LORD ROBERTS

~ LULU uUUIuU
HIS HEALTH DRANK BY THE
QUEEN AND ROYALTY.
ALL ENGLAND CELEBRATES.
Capture Of Pretoria Occasions General
Rejoicng-Boers Capture I'm
perial Yeomanry.
London, June 6, 4:30 a. m.-Queen Vic
toria. surrounded by the Duke and Ouch
ess of York. Princess Christian, Princess
Victoria and many other notables of her
court, drank to the health of Lord Rob
erts and the army at Balmoral last even
ing. A great bonfire, lighted at her ma
jesty's command, blazed on C~raigtown
mountain. illuminating the country for
toast. clarifying Lord Roberts and turb-
ulently rejoicing in his victory.
The dispatches of Lord Roberts, telling
of the incidents before the s~urrendering
of the capital by three civilians, stand
alone, as the correspondents with him
nave not had their turn with the wires.
Lord Roberts postscript announcing
the loss Of the yeomanry battalion came
too late for the public to know it last
evening. The newspaper Commentators
consider the incident deplorable, but as
having no weight to speak Of in the re-
suits. The battalion numbered W
400 and 500.
General Botha and most Of his men
got way from Pretoria. This IS inferred
from Lord Roberts message but the pre-
sumption is that the Boer commandant
general cannot escape the British DISPOSE
tons without a light.
Operations elsewhere seem to have
dwindled to nothing. General Baden
Powell Joined General Hunter on Sunday
at Lichtenburg. Sir Redvers Butler has
not moved.
ennet Burleigh. wiring from johann
nesburg. says President Kruger took two
million pounds in cash to Middleburg.
Mr.. Burleigh and Guy H. Schulz. an
American correspondent, entered johann
nesburg tire night before Lord Roberts
occupied the city and made a tour of it
! unmolested by the armed burghers.
England has been celebrating tonight
the fall of Pretoria very muchsas she
did the relief Of Mafeking. Drunkenness
Powell was the hero of the moment.
but in London and in other large towns
the scenes last evening were practically
a repetition of those which marked the
! other victories, and long after midnight
uproarious yelling. the footing of horns
/ dIlu ulSCOludIll SIldulS Ivy
streets usually at such an hour as silent
as the grave. During the evening pro-
cessions marched along the Strand, Pic
cadilly and other leading thoroughfares.
In fact, so great was the crush that the
easiest method of locomotion was to join
one of the professions for whose strident
choruses and waving flags all traffic was
stopped Coaches and cabs were freely
chartered. in honor of the joyful occas-
ion. Inc these We're soon packed with in
vited and unlimited guests that they as
sumed the aspect of living pyramids OF
bachanahans. Babies in arms, white
haired women, girls on the street. club
men in evening dress and White Chapel
costermongers intermingled along the
thoroughfares ben upon celebrating the
victory. Into the faces of all We're con-
tinually thrust huge peacocn feathers,
described for no known reason as "kru-
gers p~ersuaders.'
Girls were unfortunately kissed, jost-
led and tossed around among the ecstatlc
jubilatiOn of the crowd. A species OF
/ confetti, which stuck to the clothing OF
the recipient, proved a poular form OF
showing ones exultation, until the stores
of the peddlers ran out. The big crowd
grew and rowdyism of the worst torn
held sway. From almost every bar room
came sounds of inebriate attempts Y
sing God Save the Queen and Rule
Britannia" At the music halls and the,
aters last evening the mention OF Lore
Roberts at Pretoria brought every audi
ence to it's feet in a second, and 1t was
almost Impossible for the performers t.
hold the interest of those in front o
them. very building possessing an IL
Illuminating device used 1t for all 1t wa
worth until the metropolis was aDlaz
with light. The clubs on Pail Mall wer
lit up with a huge torch and the staid oil
recognizable.
London, June S. IL m.-Lord Robert
reports to the var office that the Ut
battalion of the Imperial CONAN
Irish) was overwhelmed by the Beers a
; Lindley. Lord Methuen made a mag
l nificent march to the rescue, but was to
: late" Following is the text OF the dls
|, dispatch from Lord Roberts a~nnouncln
: the disaster to the 18th battalion OF IN
:. Imperial Yeomanry:
t ..pratoria Station. June 5, 1855 p. M
I regret to report that the 18th 1mperia
: Yeomanry la to surrender to a very su
\ perior froce of the enemy on May 81, nea
Iindley. On receiving information OF tn
:: battalion being attacked, l ordered Metn
! ,,en to proceed with all speed to its as
!. ~siStance.
y "Methuen was then on the march, o.
y the Hebron side of Kroonstad. and nal
{ an hour after the receipt of my Telegram
, on June 1 he started off. BY III a: M. Q
the following date he had marched 4
: miles in Is hours, but he was too late I
$ rescue Colonel Sprays yeomanr~ Meth
Z men attacked the Beers. who were DE
e tween 1900 and 5000 strong. n atter
+ running fight of five hours omplete
routed the enemy
at is a very regrettable circumstanc
brt 7 trust 1t will not be very long befor
the Irish yeomanry are released 1roi
, captivity"
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