The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-19
london's Teemins Millions Spent the
Night in Joyous Celebration.
NEWS CAME FROM PRETORIA
War Office Has Received No Confirma
ton Through Gen. Roberts.
THE MULTITUDE SIMPLY WENT WILD.
Lon the Cheering Thousands Sounded
Gaze Sac Joaa Tra's Cataract.
MOVEMENT OF fMsse,. N THE FIELD
for Johannesburg-Bu Has
Occupied Newcastle.

London. May 10, 4 a. m.--London's mil
lions spent half the night in the streets
and even at A o'clock this morning troops
of young men are promenading, singing
and cheering and there are crowds In
front of the Mansion house, Marlborough
house, the clubs on Pail Mall and the war
office and in Parliament square, waving
flags and joining in the National airs.
This sustained believing and uproar of
hundreds of thousands amazes the Eng
lishman who ceases for a moment to be
an actor and becomes merely an observer.
Sober, phlegmatic London is beside Itself
with emotion. Gusts Of patriotism have
set the town quivering twice or thrice be-
fore during the war, bu: nothing has quits
equalled tonight's hundreds of square miles
OF almost furious demonstrations. 1t was
curious thing for the onlooker TO see
solemn, grey haired men toss their hats
into the air and join in the hurricane of
cheers when a wreath crowned banner
with the portrait Of Colonel Baden Powell
on it was born along Picadilly. Stout
women in broughans waved Union Jacks
out of the windows. Conventional family
parties stopped at street corners to take
part in singing God Save the Queen" and
Soldiers of the Queen"
Everywhere was abandon. good feeling
and roars of human voices
1t was all brought about by a twenty
word telegram from Pretoria that Ma
teldng had been relieved. Although the
government has not a word, and although
nothing conhrmatory has been received
from any African source except Pretoria,
nobody apparently questions the news. MIR.
Arthur J, Balfour, government leader n
the house OF commons, speaking from the
government bench late last evening, said:
"The OILY news have is through the
courtesy OF the press We have no in
formation at the war office. Nor would
we have II as soon as it would arrive
through other channels. Therefore tn.
fact that we have not received it neither
confirms nor disproves the accuracy OF
! the information. / need hardly. say that
we all trust. aud we have good reason "a
think that it is probably true" Cheers
Mr.. George Wyndham, parliamentary
undersecretary for war, replying to sew
eral members OF the house who had pri-
yately Intercepted him, said. Although
| the government has nothing, | am as
posed to believe the BOer bulletin, II
NAV be tomorrow and perhaps even MOS
day before the government would get q y
patches from our military commanders
even IL the siege were raised some daS
| ago. as the news would need 10 be CON
yeved over a very long distance by mes
sengers on horseback, whereas me enem'
would probably be able TO avail them
selves Of Geographic communication.
Colonel Baden Powelps brother in Lon
don has received telegram from
Dutch friend in Pretoria saying that Md
fekng has been relieved.
The performers in the London musi'
halls and theaters last evening had NJ
tie use for stage business or for the iinel
| Of their pieces The audiences Wnlci
crowded the Alhambra, the Empire. Co
vent Garden or the theaters had no de
sire 10 attend or see the performance
The first sight Of a scene in the Trans
yaal or the glimpse OF military oI~raVa
costume on the stage was suihclent
create an uproar. A leading actor N on
| az the strand theaters said: Il ala no
attempt 10 read my lines .ast event g. J
was Of no use. The public ha1 re IN
terest in me beyond the fact "a "of
military uniform"
At Her Majestys theater. at the Gar
lick. where "Zaza" is being pl1HtA, an
at the other houses where legif'mft
drama holds the boards, the occupants
l stalls. boxes and galleries sang In choru
The Absent Minded Bsggars' and sol
diers of the Queen between acts Ia orde
to give vent to their enthusiasm al
though they settled down TO the pro
gramme afterward. At the music halls
however. no one pretended 10 be inter
ested in anything. not having m'Ptdr
character
The Prince OF Wales. the Dnkc an
Duchess Of York and the Portuguese min
ister. Senior Pinto lie Sovetll. oecies
box at Clovent Garden where @ohen
grin" was being presented, ana when "a
relief OF Mafcking was arnouneei me
joined heartily IL the applause. :.
The London IRE insurance lews 'naS
fireworks impossible and he CITY lathe
the blaze Of illumination characteristic
American cities during similar rejoiripl
The British. therefore. RELY upon lun
nower and from 81. Pa rs eAehsral
Westminster Abbey and up through Pi'
cadilly TO Hyde Park there was Niagal
like roar. incessant. rising ana falling ho'