The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-19

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Stars and Stripes There.a
There was a lack of pyrotechnic
glare but every cab boy and every bus
man in London had a union jack nut
tering from his whip. and the stars
and stripes were by no means lacking.
Patrons of fOur-wheelers were not con-
tent to ride inside the vehicles and
tops were crowded with flag waving,
cheering. sprawling enthusiasts.
At Carlton hotel, which is filled with
Americans, the bands Played March
ing Through Georgia which has been
recently ADAPTED to an English song.
entitled, Marching TO Pretoria"
Dixie" and other American airs were
played.
Baden-Powen's House Serenaded.
Ten thousand persons stood in front
Of Mrs. Baden-POwelPs house III St.
Georges place, cheering and singing,
and score of cabs brought eOngratu-
lations.
Miss Baden-PoweH, the coloneTs sis
ter, said: The same tale has been
brought us many times during the last
anxious months. The war Office has
promised US the earliest information
We only hope it is true"
The lord mayor was accompanied by
the lady mayOress to the front Of the
mansion house, where an immense pOr-
trait of Colonel Baden-POwell was dis
PLAYED bearing the inscription:
''Mafeking relieved
While the attendants were waving
.union jacks, the lord mayor briefly ad-
dressed the assemblage, saying:
I wish your cheers could reach Ma
feking."
Here the speech was interrupted by
redOubled efforts and singing of Rule
Britannia" after which the lord mayor
remarked:
I'VE never doubted what the end
would be, or that British pluck and
courage would conquer at last"
The lord mayor then led the crowd
in singing God Save the Queen" and
Soldiers of the Queen, and with re-
newed cheerings and the waving of
flags by the assembled multitude and
the singing Of For He's a jolly Good
Fellow" the mayor and his party re-
tired.
Later in the evening Colonel Baden
PowelTs mother sent word that she had
retired, and that if anything more
came she was not to be disturbed IN
til morning
The boys Of the Carter House. Where
Colonel Baden-Pewell was educated,
were aroused from sleep by the news.
and the institution quickly became a
veritable pandemonium of noise and
enthusiasm.
Lord Mayor Wires Colonel.
AS soon as the information of the Pc
lief was received the lord mayor. A J.
Newton, sent the following dispatch to
Colonel Baden-Powell: 1.-The citizens of
London are relieved. They rejoice in
the good news received Your gallant
defense will long live in British annals.
Cable me what money is wanted for the
needs of the garrison and inhabitants
after long privatiOns.'
Provinces Join in Joy.
In unrestrained jubilations the prov
inces were not behind the metropolis.
Although London had the start by
few minutes, the great industrial and
surrounding towns soon burst into pa
triOtic demonstrations. Bells clashed IN
their steeples, village bands turned out,
and people gathered in the squares to
chant feTvidly God Save the Queen.
From all parts of the empire comes
the same story. Bombay, Hong Kong,
Colombia and the Australian cities are
rejoicing. Continental cities, as the
press kilograms abundantly testify, re-
ceived. the news sadly.
Under the head of How the News
Was Received, the Daily Chronicle
saws:
"The telegram to the Associated
Press from Pretoria, the historic dis
patch announcing the relief OF MaIek-
ing, was sent from the capital Of the
TransvaaI at II: 50 a. m, May Is. It
reached the London office at 9:ll p. NJ
and was instantly dispatched TO every
quarter of the globe. By 1890 p. m.
had come a response from far-Off To-
ronto, describing the reception of the
news there.
This is not surprising, in view OF the
fact that four minutes after the re-
ceipt of the telegram here it was in the
Associated Press office in New York.
when it was forwarded to the furthest
limits of the North American CONT
| nent."
Joseph Chamberlain called at the
war Office after midnight, and received
a tremendous ovation
Operations in Other Points.
The relief of Mafeking has had the
effect Of suspending for a moment IN
terest in the operations elsewhere ln
the field Of war. Nevertheless, yester-
day brought important official an
| nouncements. Lord Methuen entered
Hoopstad Thursday. He is now seventy
miles from KTo0nstad, and nIty from
BOthaviile. General Butler entered
! Newcastle Thursday evening. Lord