The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-21
ROBERTS
And Butler Advancing on the
Beers.

with the greatest gratthcatiOn ana
thankfulness the news of the relief of
Mafeking after heroic defense of over
seven months by Col. Baden Powell
and troops under his command"
The significance of this, which refers
to the receipt by her majesty of a
copy Of the Associated Press dispatch
from Pretoria, is that it is the first Of
fetal intimation of the relief of Mafe
king and it would not have been made
had there any doub- existed in the Of
fetal mind as to the correctness of the
news.
Menwhile, the usual Saturday nights
silence covers the seat of war. Gables
are mainly composed of reports of en-
thusiastic jubilatiOn over the relief of
Mafeking at various points in South
Africa. A dispatch from Winburg,
dated May 10, says:
General Rumble reached Trommel,
2S miles from here, on Friday, travers-
ing exceedingly mountainous country.
Commandant divers command is sew
eral days ahead of him, but stray par
ties of Beers are watching Rundles
movements.
His men are in excellent form in
spite of the long delay marches"
A dispatch from Hietermaritzburg
says:
The occupation Of New Castle by Gen.
Butler has caused great jubilation the
magistrate and his staff, the mayor
and the corporation have left for New
Castle. Many fleeing Beers have gone
to the Free State by Muller's Pass,
others have gone to Wakerstroom.
Most of them, however, have gone
north as a disorganized mob.
BULLER STILL SUCCESSFUL.
LONDON, May 19.-The war office
has received the following dispatch
from General Butler, dated New Castle,
May 19:
General Cleery moved to Ingege to-
day, and Gen. DundOnaid to Laings
Mex. We almost caught up with the tail
of the enemys column and have cap
tured a few prisoners and wagons
"The men have marched very we'll
indeed. 1 left Ladysmith May 10, and
by the road used, and am now 13S miles
from there
THE telegraph section has been indie
fatigable and the army service corps
have kept us full of rations all the
time.
The Fifth division also has done
great service.
"BULLER."
LONDON STILL CELEB RATING.
LONDON, May 19.-London tonight
is in state of carnival, so far as the
leading thoroughfares are concerned.
The liberation from toll Of hundreds of
thousands Of working classes in the af-
ternoon to some extent changed the
character of the celebrations which in
ho1 hxy ho
absence of disorder and by many grace
full Incidents more especially in the
West end. Col. Baden-Powelrs house,
, which faces Hyde Park, was all day
the center of scenes which must have
, been extremely gratifying to his family
who constantly appeared on the bal
, cony to bow their acknowledgment. In
addition there was a continuous stream
of carriages, bringing visitors leaving
cards of congratulations.
When the art students procession
which was of great length, having beer
joined by many members of the best
families, stopped in front of the house
the hero's mother and sister came tC
, the door, evidently greatly moved. His
! sister furnished a large oil painting
of the Colonel, wreathed in laurels and
placed 1t conspicuously on the balcony
When the storm off cheers ceased for &
g moment the colonels mother briefly ad
r dressed the crowd, expressing he
: heartfelt thanks to the demonstrators
At about this time a beautiful ap
pointed equippage drove along IL
which were three ladies' each compar
atively attired in one of the nationa
. colors, red, white and blue. The charm
! ing effect of this and similar incidents
gave a picturesque touch to the festiv
tiles. Everywhere were seen process
sions and various bands in carnival o.
, Khaki attire accompanied by prett!
girls and youths collecting money 70
: the various funds connected with tn
war.
: There must have been millions o
- flags sold during the day. The Who'll
city was covered with them. There wa
little other attempt at decoration, bu
the effect is altogether novel to Lon
~ doners.
Tonight although the excitement in
,, creases in intensity and the crowds ar
, hourly thickening until it almost i'm
a possible to pass through the streets an
A. the scenes Of the queens jubilee ar
# quite eclipsed, the demonstrators ar
m mainly composd of the rougher an
>. lower orders, who after indulging free
D. ly in liquor found amusement in in
,r dulging in hat smashing. throwing pa
a per, and in various kinds Of horse pla!
n making the streets hideous with tn
S, noise of their trumphets, and creatin
8, ugly rushes along the streets. A cab {
even a seat on bus is unobtainable.
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