The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-05-24

London. MAY 20.-LonGon's millions
spent half the night in the street. and
even at 4 o'clock this morning there
were numbers of men parading, sing
ing and cheering and crowds In front
OF the Mansion house, Marlborough
house. the clubs on Pail Mall and the
war office and in Parliament square
were waving flags and joining in the
national anthem.
This sustained believing and whoop-
ing Of thousands amazes the English
| man who ceases to be an actor and be-
comes merely IN observer. Sober,
phleCmatic London is beside itself With
emotion. Gusts of patriotism have set
the town Guiyering twice or thrice be-
fore during the war, but nothing has
| quite equalled last nights hundred
square miles of almost furious demon
STATIONS. 1t was a curious thing for
the Onlooker to see solemn, gray haired
men throwing hats into the air and
| cheering when a wreath crowned BAN
| her with a portrait of Col Baden
| Powell on ii was borne along Picadil-
". Smart women in broughams waved
union lacks out Of the windows. Con-
ventional house parties stopped every
thing else to
Join I'm Singing
| God Save the Queen" and Soldiers
of the Queen Everything was aban-
| doned except the astonishing chorus
| of human voices. 1t was all brought
| about bv a twenty-wOrd telegram from
/ Pretoria that Mafeking had been re-
| lieyed. Although the government has
not word. and although nothing con-
| firmatory has been received from any
African source except Pretoria, no.
body apparently questions the news
received Mr.. Arthur j. Balfour. gov
ernment leader in the house of com
] mons, speaking in the government
bench late last evening said
The only news l have is through
the courtesy of the press. We have
no information at the war office. Nor
| would we have rs soon as it would
arrive through other channels. There
| fore. the fact that we have not re-
ceived ii neither confirms nor dis
proves the accuracy of the telegram.
! l will say. however, that we have good
reason to believe it is probably true"
Col. Baden Powelrs brother in Lon
don has received a telegram from a
Dutch friend in Pretoria saying that
Mafel<fns Has Been Relieved.
| The performers in the London music
| halls and theaters had little oppOr-
tunity for stage business or for the
lines of their pieces. The audience
which crowded the Alhambra. the
Opera, Coyent Garden or the theaters
had no desire to attend to stage per-
| formances. The first sight of a bio
| graph scene in the Transvaal or the
! first glance Of a military or naval
uniform on the stage was sufficient to
create an uproar. A leading actor in
one of the Strand theaters said: 81 did
not attempt to read my lines last night.
| 1t was of no use. The public had no
Interest in me beyond the fact that
wore military uniform.
/ The prince of Wales, the duke and
| duchess Of York and the Portuguese
minister. Senior Pinto do Several. &C.
| cupied a box at Covent Garden, whe.e
'I0hengrln' was being presented, and
when the relief of Mafeking was an
nounced they Joined heartily in the
applause There was lack Of pyro-
techric glare. but every cabby and
every bus, man In London
/ Had n Union Jack
fiuttering from his whip and the Stars
and Stripes were by no means lacking.
| Patrons of four-wheelers were not
content to ride inside the vehicles. and
tops We're covered with fiag-waving,
cheering. sprawling enthusiasts. Yen
| thousand people stood in front of Mrs.
Baden Powell's house I'm St Georges
Place. cheering and singing, and a
score of cabs brought congratula tions.
In unrestrained iublations the prov
inces were not behind the metropolis.
! Although London had the start by a
few minutes. the great industrial and
surrounding towns burst into patriotic
demonstrations. Bells changed in their
steeples, village bands turned out and
people gathered in the streets to sing
/ fervidly God Save the Queen" From
all parts of the empire come the same
news. Bombay. Hongkong and the
Australian cities are rejoicing Cont
mental cities. as the press abundantly
testifies. received the news sadly.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain called at the
war office after midnight ard received
] A Tremendous Ovation.
The relief of Mafeking has had the
! effect Of suspending interest in the OPP
erations elsewhere In the sea. Of war.
Nevertheless 1t is favorable. Lord
Methuen entered Hopstad Thursday.
He was then seventy miles from
Kroonstad and fifty from Bothaville.
Gen. Butler entered Newcastle Thurs
dav evening. Lord Roberts is not idle.
| While waiting for stores at Kroonstad
he is using his mounted men to search
! a wide tract of country. Col. Broad
wood occupied Lindley on Thursday,
and the same day Gen. Hutton cap
/ trred one Of the Bothas thirty miles
from Krconstad. Gen. Rumble on
Thursday encamped at Clocolan.
! British successes are thus reported
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