The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-06
'JOY BELLS CHANG
 THROUGH ENGLAND
One Hundred and Eighteen
 Days of Keen Anxiety
ENDS IN A HOLIDAY
Flags Flying Everywhere, Bells Ringing, Bands Playing, All Work and Schools Suspended.

"Ladvsmlth has been relieved; BOer: have been scattered In all directions. This Is the good news over which on las' Thursday all England went wild witt jov. Up to that time there had been suef tension of public feeling for months thai the very worst form of popular agitation was feared. But a few days ago the report of the relief of Ladysmith was printed as a rumor, with that of the surrender of Cronje. as a measure of relief to this ten sion of public feeling, and baSsd On the fact that both events. fror military point of view. seemed inevitable. Al seven In the morning of Thursday last the following message from General Butler was made public bv the war office, dated at Nelthorpe, an outpost of Ladysmlth, less than two hours earlier:
 "l have just returned from LadYsmith. Except a small guard north of Surprise hill, the whole of the enemy lately be- seiging the town, have retired in hot haste, and to tlle south of the town the country Is quite clear of them.
 ''The garrison were on half pound of meat per man dav, and were supplement- Ing the meat ratlons by horses and mules.
 "The men will want little nursing be- fore being fit for service.
 This Is the story of the relief of Lady, smith. That of the surrender of Cronie has already been told except the detailv of the personal surrender of the gallant Boer commander which Is interesting from a historical point of view. A correspondent says of this:
 "Gen. CrOnje's face was absolutely im- passive, exhibiting no sign of his inner feeling. Lord Roberts was surrounded by his staff when Gen Prettvman, addressing the Field Marshal, said; 'Commandant Cronje, sir The eommandant touched his hat In salute, and Lord Roberts saluted In return. The whole group then dis mounted and Lord Roberts stepped for ward and shook hands with the Boer com mander. You made gallant defence, sir, was the first salutatIon of Lord Roberts, to the vanqulshed Boer leader.
 ''He then motloned Gen. Cronje to a seat In a chair which had been brought for his accommodation. and the two officers eonversed through an interpreter. Gen. cronje afterwards breakfasted with the British officers"
 This was on Feb. 76th or 27th, and while tn: relief of Ladysmith, though re- ported before, was only a fact on the morning of last Thursday, and when this became known London literally vert mad with jov and throughout England the scenes witnessed have no parallel in the memories of this generation. The pent-up jubilation at the relief of Kimberly and the defeat of Cronje could no longer be controlled and with todav's erownlng tri- umph, the national trait of self restraint was thrown to the winds,
 The Lord Mayor of London immediately telegraphed his congratul lions to General White and General Butler. and when the Queen received the news at Windsor. the bells on the eurfew tower of the castle were rung in honor of the event
 This storm of jublllation centered around the Mansion House and by noon thousands of persons blocked the many approaches to that grim building. It was a 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 today.
 Throughout this cheering throng there was only one avenue to traffic, and that was utilized by the business going from