The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-09
DECIDEDLY
THREATENING
ASPECT
OF the British. Transvaat Diff
salty.!AIObilizatiOn Of tho En.
eItsh Army Reserves.
THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS
Comes From Matching, whers
the British Camp was ArOus!
ed..Boers on the Border.

S0sSb0ef9 on Vh0 nOI0SEt
LONDON. Oct. s.-whatever may be
the result OF Great Brltaln's eontrovcr-
sy With the South African republic, ey-
cry department of the government to-
day is as busy as though actual hostile
ties had begun. The electric nash that
announced the mobilization Of tile army
reserves and the Summonins Of par
lament set every wheel OF the govern
ment machinery In motion. An hour
after the Gazette appeared, executive
orders were being dispatched from the
war ONCE to every section Of the king
dom, and the 10000 bulletins which ap-
peared posted throughout the country
to-day are said to have been identlcat
with the proclamation prepared for uss
had the Faahoda incident required such
a step.
At the same time Lord Salisbury and
Mr.. Baltour were Issuing the neces-
sary orders for the reaHsembllng oe
parliament, and the admiralty was
concentrating fits transports, twenty
four OF which are now secured ct Liv-
erpool alone. So complete were the
preparations. that $4,000 reserves have
already individually received coupon
tickets, which contain instructions
where each man shall report for rait-
way transportation to the place desig-
mated, and money order for three
shIlliugs for provisions en- route.
At Woolwich to-day 1t was asserted
that s5 per. cent OF the reserves would
be fully equipped within SIX days. In
the meantime, the members Of the two
houses Of parliament are arranging to
return to London, and force Of men
is busily engaged in completing the Inn
provements at Westminster.
on tho Verge.
The most important news from South
Africa comes from MafeKlng, where
twice on Saturday the British camp
was aroused, the men stood to their
arms, guns were llmbered and patrols
were dispatched in the direction Of the
border. No hostilities have occurred
as yet, but the enemy have moved prac-
tIcally to the border, eight miles from
Sfafeking, In force estimated at least
SIX thousand, comprising i've COM
mandoes. The garrisOning and foFt-
flying OF the town are practically CONS
pleted. The streets are barricaded.
and perfect system OF mines has been
laid. Two armOred trains have ar
rived at Mafekfng, consisting Of thFes
bullet proof cars, the first OF which
carries a saarchIight, while the sides %
the other cars are Ioop-holed. Each
train ls complete In itself, and carries
its own provisions. Experiments with
lyddfte in the mines prove that IL p an
extremely powerful explosive.
col. RobertS Stephenson smyth Ba-
Powell, commanding tle Fifth
Dragoon Guards, has issued q notice
that the Beers who are massed on the
Natal and Bechuana1and frontiers have
orders not TO f,re until the British be-
GIN. and that the town is well prepared
for eventualltles, but as the Beers may
shell the place, every endsavor should
be made to safeguard the women ana
children,
An APmoPed Train.
An armored train was inspected at
kimberly Saturday. A signal station
has been erected, with coming tow
er at the top i6O feet above the tracks.
Communication by telephone iS had
with a central office, and signals arO
given to the troops by flag. BY this
means manoeuvres were succesGtully
conducted Saturday. The troops huni-
ber 5000, including the bicycle corps.
A train was also successfully tested
at Mafeklng. 1t patrOI1ed to the noFtA
and practlced firing at targets.
A dispatch from Kimberly TO the
Cape Argus says that 1900 Boers Az
eacamped midway between Boshof and
kimberly. They are wen armed, ana
great religious farvor Is shown In the
camp. They patrol the border night
ly, and have been ordered not to permit
British uniform to approach the from
tier.
A special order was gasetted on SAT-
urday, announcing what British res-
dents would be allowed to remain 10
the Trnnsyaal. and under what cOudi-
tIons.