The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-02
LONDON CRAzED WITH JOY.
Wild Demonstrations Throughout the
City All Yesterday.

Wild Demonstrations Throughout the
City All Yesterday.
Elaboration of Dispatch In Yesterdays Extra
Edition of the Journall
LONDON, March 1.-When the news Of
the relief of Ladysmith became generally
known London literally went mad with joy,
and throughout England the scenes wit
messed have no parallel in the memories Of
this generation. The pent-up jubilation at
the relief Of Kimberley and the defeat Of
Cronje could no longer be controlled, and
with to-day's crowning triumph the national
trait Of self-restraint was thrown to the
winds. The lord mayor of London imme-
diately telegraphed his congratulations to
Generals White and Butler. When the
Queen received the news at Windsor the
bells of the curfew tower of the castle were
rung in honor OF the event.
The storm Of jubilation centered around
the Mansion House and by noon thousands
of persons blocked the many approaches to
that grim building 1t was dense, black
mass, composed chiefly of business men.
the majority Of them carrying little union
jacks. Never before was there such a sale
of flags as to-day. Through this cheering
throng there was only one avenue open to
going from east to west All traffic in
other directions was stalled for hours. The
only way to get past the Mansion House
was by mounting the 'busses. which soon
began to resemble chariots in triumphant
pageant Stock brokers. bankers. clerks
and workingmen clambered on top, and as
| the busses numbered past the historic
building stood up waving flags, hats and
| handkerchiefs and calling for cheers for
Butler and Roberts. A mighty shout
| swered them from crowds through which
they were passing. The procession became
| continuous, yet the crowd never tired of
| cheering every time the name Of White.
| Butler or Roberts was mentioned, and off
| came hats and up went the little flags.
| Grave old fnanciers waved and yelled as
| frantically and as often as the urchins who
had clambered the Mansion House steps
| that England's honor had been saved.
| DID NOTHING BUT SING.
| The strain that for 11s days had kept the
nation in terrible anxiety was removed.
| The lord mayor showed himself at a win
| dow out of which hung a huge City Impe-
rial Volunteer flag and the crowd yelled it
self hoarse. Staid magnates grabbed far
| ing posters from newsboys and brandished
'Ladysmith Relieved" to the roaring
throns. All thought of business was for
gotten. Nothing could be done on the
Stock Exchange except sing God Save the
/ Queen" and cheer. Business at the Baltic
| (wheat market for cargoes) closed at
| o'clock. No one wanted to trade on such a
day as this. The stores put up their shut
ters and gave their employees a holiday.
| Great signs foated from the housetops and
from hundreds of buildings and little union
jack flags lit up the windows of city build
ings.
The lord mayor wired Lady Butler: my
| sincere congratulations on your gallant
| husbands achievement. ~. He -elsc-erdered
| holiday for the city schools Later he
| answered the demands Of the crowd, that
| increased as the day wore on. in speech
in which he said: This news makes our
| hearts leap for joy. We now are satisfied
| that our sacrifice of blood and treasure is
not in vain" Orders were given to ring
the great bell in st. Paurs this evening.
The West End was as enthusiastic
| though not quite as demonstrative as the
| city The stately Foreign Office so far for
got itself as to display large union jacks
| from the windows. A Cabinet meeting was
held, and as the members met at the en-
| trance to the Foreign Office they ex-
changed the warmest congratulations
| Crowds blocked the War Office Hobbies,
struggling to see for themselves the an
nouncement of the glad tidings and cheer
ing for General Butler. Lord Dundonald
| and other heroes Of the hour.
Outside Marlborough House, the London
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and jubilant crowd assembled.
MAN ON A LAMP POST.
Briefly, from one end of the metropolis
| to the other joy reigned supreme and bunt-
ing was flying everywhere in the bright,
March morning, and scarcely an omnibus
passed through the happy streets but had
tied to the drivers whip union jack, or
| red. white and blue steamers. In fact all
| day long cheering thousands kept up an In
cessant roar before the Mansion House and
| all traffic in what is London's busiest con-
, course was forced to cease. An elderly
| gentleman, with his silk hat on the back
| of his head and his black coat tails flying
| I'm the wind, climbed to the top OF big
| lamp post in the middle of the street op-
| posite the Mansion House and remained for
| about an hour with his legs curled around
the post. Waving his hat in one hand and
| a flag in the other he led the tumultuous
cheering for each hero of the war and the
| fierce, hoarse imprecation Of President
| Kruger and President Steyn. Pandmo-
MUM reigned.
The news of the Mansion House demon
stration had spread to all quarters OF the
| city and there poured in a stream of hood
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| women, boys and all sorts and conditions
| of people. Silk hats flew into the air and
small fights were OF frequent occurrence.
| The hundreds of policemen on the spot
had their hands full, but as long as the
| enthusiasm of the crowd was only con-
fined to horse play the officers did not in
terfere. Tons of fireworks were bought in
preparation for elaborate celebrations to-
| night.
All over the United Kingdom these scenes
! were duplicated. At Glasgow, Liverpool,