The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21

news from Mafeking have become riots
in parts of London, Aberdeen and Bel
fast and elsewhere in the. United king
dom. In the FinSchley district of su-
burban London mob stoned the rail-
way station masters house and smash
ed the windows of a Diapers shop, set
ting the building on fire also, although
whether by accident or design it is NOT
yet known. Two clerks were injured
The house of a Boer sympathizer at
HarleSton was attacked by a large
crowd and the windows We're shatter-
ed The police charged the mob and
We're greeted with a shower Of decayed
eggs. Numerous arrests We're made
and the police reserves were called out
Rioting took place in Aberdeen from
to 10 o'clock Saturday evening around
a hall where a stop the war; meeting
was being addressed by Mr.. Cronwright
Schreiner husband of Olive Schreiner.
A crowd of students and others tried
to storm the hall and to break down the
doors. The foot police were unable to
cope with the disturberS and sent for
the mounted police, who made some
headway with the crowd, but free fights
occurred between the supporters of the
meeting and the crowd, and the royal
infirmary, near by, was kept busy dreS-
sing the wounds of the combatants,
caused by stones, bricks and clubs A
number of arrests were made and final
y the chief magistrate ordered the chief
constable to order out the militia The
barracks then cleared the streets.
Special prayers of thanksgiving were
offered yesterday in the churches CT the
United kingdom. The lord bishop of
London, DR.. Mandel Creighton, who
preached before the queen at Windsor
alluded to the relief Of Mafeking and
clergymen generally found in the event
their topic for the day.
The. situation in the field has changed
but little since Friday. Lord Roberts
troops are in fine form and abundantly
supplied. Indications seem to point to
an early movement. His cavalry, riding
over several hundred square miles in a
semicircle beyond Kroonstad, have re-
ceived the submission of hundreds of
Free Staters
1t now appears that the DeWet, who
offered to surrender with 1000 men, was
not the well known General DeWet, but
COmmandant DeWet.
He stipulated that his men should be
allowed to return to their farms. Lord
! Roberts replied that the surrender must
| be unconditional
The Botha who was captured the 9TH
| er day was Philip Botha. Those surren-
/ dering are solemnly warned that, il
! they break the oath of neutrality, theiI
! houses viii be burned and their farms
! cOnfiscated. Such as do yield is only fol
/ protection.
The Daily Telegraph is advised that a
! plot has been discovered at Pretoria tC
/ depose President Kruger and to sur
] L
month. Progressive Dutchmen and
members of the judiciary are asserted
to have been parties to the movement
A Cape Town correspondent reaSserts
! that Irish-American ambulance corps
! from Chicago suffered heavily during
the fighting at Kroonstad, and thai
! United States Consul Hay had protest
ed vaiEly to President Kruger against
! the corps on the fighting line.
General Butler is in front of Lalngs
( Mex, hesitating to attack position o.
enormous natural strength The re-
I ports that the Beers have blown ar
( portions of the tunnel are confirmed
I Although everywhere else they are re-
ported as retiring outfronted, they have
| effected their retreats without losing
/ their conveys, or guns or prisoners t
| any extent. Were they disorganizec
they would strew the line Of retreat witt
| booty.
General COlville's base is Winburg
General Rumble is advancing on FickS
| burg, trying to catch up with the retir-
ing Beers. Vrede, where the Free Stat'
| capital has been removed, is village
| of 200 inhabitants in the extreme north
eastern part of the country, on the road
| from Heibron to Bothas Pass and the
| Drakensburg.