Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-01
IAfternoon Dispatched


London. March /. 6:55 p.m--Gen. Bull
Ter wires from Nelthorpe under todays
date that he has just returned from
Ladysmlth. lie adds that the whole
country south Of that place is cleared
OF The B0ers.
BOERS HAVE SKIPPED.
1902 D. m.--The following is the text
Of Gen. Buffers dispatch:
"Nelthorpe, March /, $40 p. MI
have Just returned from Ladysmith.
Except a small guard north Of Sur
prise Hill. the whole Of the enemy late
~ besieging the town have retired in
hot haste, and to the south Of the town
the country Is quite clear OF them.
The garrison was on half pound Of
meal man per day. and supplementlng
the meat ration by horses and mules.
The men will want q little nursing be-
fore being III for the field"
TuMULT OF JOY.
London. March i.--When the relief
Of Ladysmith became generally known
London literally went mad with Joy,
Throughout England the scenes Wit
messed have no parallel In the menu
cries Of this generation, The pent-up
jubllation at the relief OF Kimberley
and the defeat OF Cronje could no long
er be controlled and with today's
GROWING triumph the national trait Of
self-restraint was thrown 10 the winds
The lord mayor Of London Immediately
telegraphed his congratulation TO Cen
erals White and Butler When the
queen received the news az Windsor
the bells on the curfew tower Of the
castle were rune In honor OF the event.
1hs storm % jubilation centered
around the Mansion House and by noon
thousands OF people blocked the many
approaches to that grim building. Il
was a dense, black mass. composed
chiefly OF business men, the majority
carrying little union jacks
JAM WAS GREAT.
Never before was there such a sale
Of flags as today. Through this cheer
Ing thrOng there was only one avenue
open 10 traffic and this was utilized
by the buses going from east 20 west.
All traffic In other directions was
stalled for hours The only way TO get
past the Mansion House was by mount
ing the buses which soon began 10 re-
sembe chariots in a triumphal pageant.
Stock brokers. bankers. clerks and
workingmen clambered on top and as
the buses numbered past the historic
building. stood up waving flags. hats
and handkerchlefs and calling for
cheers for RULER and Roberts.
A mighty shout answered them from
the crowds through which they were
passing. The procession became con-
tlnuous yet the crowd never tired of
cheering every time the name Of White,
Butler or Roberts was mentioned, aud
off came hats and up went the little
flags.
ENGLAND's HONOR SAVED.
Grave old financiers waved and yelled
as Practically and as often as the ur-
chins who had clambered the Mansion
House steps, that England's honor had
been saved
The strain that for llS days had kept
the nation In terrible anxiety. was re
The lord mayor showed himself at n
window out of which hung q huge
city imperial volunteer flag. and the
crowd yelled itself hOarse. Staid mag
mates grabbed ilaring posters from
newsboys and brandished "Ladysmith
relieved" 10 the roaring throng All
thought OF business was forgotten.
could be done on the stock
exchange except sing God Save the
Queen and cheer Business at the |
Baltic (wheat market for cargoes) !
closed at o'clock. No one wanted 10 |
trade on such a day as this. The J