The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-10-11
ENGLISH RESERVES CALLED OUT.
READY FOR WAR.
The Beers Now Patrol The Border and No
British Uniform viii be Allowed
10 Pass.

The electric fash that announced
the mobilization Of the army reserves
and the summoning of parliament set
every wheel of the government mach
inery I'm motion. An hour after the
Gazette appeared executive orders were
being dispatched from the war Office
to every section of the kingdom, and
the 10000 bulletins which appeared
posted throughout the country are said
to have been identical with the procla-
nation prepared for use had the
Fashoda incident required such step.
At the same time Lord Salisbury and
Mr.. Balfour were issuing the necessary
orders for the rcassembling of parlia-
ment and the admiralty was cOnCcn-
trating its transports, "a of which are
now secured at Liverpool alone. SO
complete were the preparations that
25,000 reserves have already Individual
ly received coupon tickets, which con-
tain instructions where each man shall
report for railway transportation. to the
place designated and Il money order for
3 shillings for provisions en- route.
The most important news from South
Africa comes from Mafeking. where
twice the British camp Of 5000 was
aroused, the men stood to their arms.
guns were l!mhered and patrols were
dispatched i'm the direction of the bOr-
der. No hostlllties have occurred as
yet, but the enemy has moved practi-
cally to the border, eight miles from
Mafeklng, i'm force estimated at least
5000, comprising five companies.
The garriscning and fortifying of the
town are practically completed. The
streets are barricadcd and n perfect
system of mines has been laid. Two
armored trains have arrived at Mafe-
king consisting Of three bullct-proof
cars, the first of which carried a search
light, while the sides of the other cars
are loopholed. Each train Is complete
In itself and carries its own provisions
Experiments with lyddte in the mines
prove that IL Is an extremely powerful
explosive.
Colonel Robert Stephenson Smyth
Barden- Powell commanding the Fifth
Dragon Guards, has issued notice
that the Beers who are massed on the
Natal and Bechuanaland frontiers have
orders not to fire until the British begin
and that the town is well prepared for
eventualites; but as the Beers may
shell the place, every endeavor should
be made to safeguard the women and
children.
A dispatch from Kimberly TO the
"Cape Argus" says that 5000 Beers are
encamped midway between Boshof
and Kimberly. They are well armed
and great religious ferver Is shown In
the camp. The Beers are chafing under
the delay. They patrol the border
nightly ana nave been ordered not 10
permit n British uniform to approach
the frontier.
A special order was gazetted Monday
announcing what British residents
would be allowed to remain in the
Transvaal and under what conditions
In his speech dlsmissing the Trans
vaal raad President Kruger said:
Everything points to war, because
n spirit of falsehood has overtaken
other countries, and because the people
of the Transvaal wish to govern them
selves. Although thousands may come
to attack us, we have nothing to fear
for the Lord is the final arblter, and
He will decide.
Bullets came by thousands at the
time Of the Jameson raid, but the
burghers were untouched. over 100
were killed on the other side, showing
that the Lord directed our bullets. The
Lord rules the world. The adjourn
ment of the raad was necessitated by
the fact that all the legislators have
commands on the border"
James Colquhoun, former city treas
urer Of Glasgow. pleaded guilty to en-
begzling funds of the city and Of es-
tates committed to his charge in am
cunts aggregating nearly $500, 900, and
was sentenced to five years penal serv-
itude.