Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-26
MAFEK|NG HAS
BEEN RELIEVED
Glad Tidings Reaches England and
and Is Given to the
Public.
WHOLE NATION MAD WITH Joy
WHOLE NATION MAD WITH Joy
London's Millions Spend the Nigh
in the Street Celebrating
the Event.
PRESS GETS The FIRST NEWS
Comes From Boer Sources ana hero
Is NJ isoubt ms to Its Anthem
ticity---Wnr ONCE Has No
News Yet.

London, May 21.-The relief of MAZE
king was announced last night.
Pretoria, May 1S.-It was officially
announced today that when the laag-
crs and forts around Mafeking had
been severely bombarded the siege
was abandoned, Il British force from
the south taking possession OF the
place.
President Steyn left here for the
Free State last night. Addressing a
crowd on the platform he urged them
to be of good cheer.
: 1t is reported that 5000 British
troops have surrounded Christiania
ard Landrost and other officials have
been taken prisoners.
James Milne, the correspondent OF
the Reuter- Telegram company, who
has been a prisoner here, was hber-
ated and escorted to the border this
morning.
LonJon Wild with JOY.
London, May 81, 400 a. m.-Lon-
don's millions have spent half OF the
night in the streets, and even at 4
o'clock this morning troops OF young
men are promenading, singing and
cheering, and there are crowds on
Pall Mall and and at the war Office and
in parliament squares waving hags
and joining in the national airs.
Gusts of patriotism have set the
town quiyering twice or three times
before the. war. but nothing has quite
cqialed tonight's hundred square
miles of almost furious demonstra'
tions. Conventional family parties
stopped at street corners to take part
in singing God Save the Queen" ano
SOLDIERS Of the Queen" Everywhere
were abandon, good feeling and the
astonishing roair of human voices. II
was all brought about by a twenty
word telegram from Pretoria thai
Mafcking had been relieved. Although
the government has not Il word, an6
although nothing c~onfirmatory has
been received from any African source
except Pretoria, nobody apparently
questions the news. .
Arthur j. B%alfour, government lead
err in the house Of commons, speaking
from the government bench late las
evening, said:
- lie OILY lItNS i hhNt 10 lhiO'5i
the courtesy of the press. We have
no information at the war Office. No
would we have it as soon rs it woult
arrive through other channels. There
fore, the fact that we have not re
ccived it neither confirms nor dis
proves the accuracy of the informa
ton. ] need hardly say that we al
trust and we have good reason Il
think that it is probably true"
Colonel Baden-PowelI's brother il
London has received a telegram from
a Dutch friend in Pretoria saying
that Mafeking has been relieved.
At Her Majcsty's theater, at tn,
Garrick, where "XaZa" is being played
and at the other houses where legiti
mate drama holds the boards the oc
cupants of stalls, boxes and gallerie
sang i'm chorus "rhe Absent Minded
Beggar' and Soldiers of the Queen
between acts in order to give vent t
their enthusiasm, although they set
tied down to the program afterward
At the music halls, however, no on
pretended to interest in anything no
having military color.
The princess of Wales, the duke AM
duchess of York and the Portuguese
minister, Senior Pinto de Several, oc
cupied a box at Covent Garden
where "~Lohengrin'' was being pre-
scented, and when the relief OF Mafe
king was announced they joine'
heartily in the applause.
Every cabman in London had
union jack fiuttering from his whiI
and the stars and stripes were by II
means lacking. Patrons OF -four
wheelcrs were not content to ride il
side the vehicles and the tops wer
crowded with fiag-waving, cheering
sprawling enthusiasts.
Alteration hotel. which is file
with Americans, the bands playe
marching Through Georgia." whfc
has been recently adapted to an Eng
lish Il entitled, "Marching to-Prt
toria." Dixie" and other America
airs were played.
Ten thousand people stood in from
of Mrs. Baden-powell's house in S
Georges Place. cheering and singing
and n score of cabs brought congratr
l~ations. Miss Baden-Powell, the co
onel's sister. said: "The same tale ha
been brought 81 many times durin
the last anxious months. The war o
fee has promised us the earliest il
formation. We only hope it is. true,
Butler ut Dnnnhauser.
Dannhauser, Thursday, May 49,
General Butler entered Dannhauser &
10 o'clock this morning, The house
in town were found to be not muc
damaged owing to the sympathies {
Boer inhabitants. a house at Hattin
Spruit, however, was destroyed.
number of rebels were found in the
homes and arrested. The railway
little damaged, but several large cu
verts have been DESTROYED. The Roel
north of New Castle are falling bac
on Majuba. General Butler has T,
ceived a message from the queen col
graduating him upon the taking
Dundee and expressing her appreci'
ton of the work Of his troops, I