The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-20
WE'RE ONE FOR A DAY.
All Classes of LOndOners Joined in
Celebrating Relief of Mafeking.


LONDON, May 19.-There has been no
interruption of London's celebrations of
the British successes in South Africa,
which were thought to have reached
climax yesterday, but which increased in
enthusiasm as the day proceeds.
Lady Georgiana Curzon this morning
telegraphed her congratulations to Col
Baden-Powell and to her sister, Lady
Sarah Wilson. She informed Col Baden
Powell that the fund for help for Mafe-
king, for which she made an urgent ap-
peal on May u, already amounts %
1900
The scenes in the metropolis today out
rival the Ladysmith demonstrations
Many thousands gave up all thought Of
work, and their employers We're only too
glad to join in the holiday making. AS
hundreds of loaded trains jOurneyed from
the suburbs, their occupants kept up
roar of cheering which was echoed by the
inhabitants Of the beflagged houses along
the route.
From dawn the crowds swelled until the
frequented thOroughfares were impass-
able and vehicular traffic had to be stop
red. No attempt was made to restrain
the feelings Silk hats were, equally with
the working mems cap, envelopcd In
union jacks. Frock-coated business nen
did not hesitate to don a sash of the ma
tional colors and stock brokers WED with
street urchins in hurrahing for "B.-P."
and Mafeking, and venting their cnthusi-
asm through tin horns, while ladies of
high degree participated in the high car
nival with remarkable Zest.
Memorable demonstra tions had been
| proceeding outside the Mansion house
since early morning A dense mass of
swaying heads, Frightened by the national
colors, formed an unbroken platform over
j the immense unbroken space, stretching
! far up the adjacent streets. Every few
minutes the crowd burst forth with the
national anthem Rule Britannia" CT
The Absent-Minded Beggar."
| As the daY proceeded the wild turmoil
ar excitement increased and when the
rel lining places CT business closed for
the usual half holiday, the released clerks
formed huge professions and paraded all
! quarters of the town, singing and hurTaa
| ing, and they were adding to the extra
! ordinary excitement of the throngS Of
| hOlidaY-makers whose voleys OF cheers
kept up an increasing roar All the naval
| and military centers honored the oc-
casion by dressing ship and firing sGlutes
Cape Town dispatch under todays
date says the relief force entered Mafe>
! king unoDposed, the siege having been
already raised.
The American community al Cape Town
displayed great satisfaction at the news
| of the relief, and the prospects of n
! speedy termination OF the war
The latest news received at Cape Town
from the relief column which left Kim.
berley secretly shows it passed the
| Taungs and Vryburg districts without en-
cQuntering the federal column. 1t was
! 150O strong and composed of Cape police
diamond fields horse imperial yeomanry
and the Kimberley mounted regiment
with three Maxims. The force reached
MaritZan river, twenty miles south OF
! Mafekipg, May II. The baggage was con>
veyed on led horses, and light mule
wagons. Quantities of livestock were
! captured.
! The most intense excitement prevails at
| Cape Town, where the buildings are
| ablaze with flags.
Col. T. B. Mahon, who, ii is understood
/ commanded the relief column, served in
! the Dorgole and Nile expeditions with
| Gen. Kitchener.
One eff the most curious professions of
! the day was formed by some hundreds OF
! South Kensington art students of both
! sexes headed by a mounted khal1i-clad
! comrade. The girls wore their studio
smocks and reaped golden harvest along
the route Of the parade for Lazy Georgi-
ana Curzon's Mafehng fund In the
midst of The procession was great model
of Col. Baden-Powell, mounted on a car
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