Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-07
AN ACT OF W AR.
The Free State Reported TO Be- Engaged
in Serious Business --Loods Mo. Q
Peaceful In LondOl.

LONDON, October THE Cape
Town correspondent of the Daily Mail
says:
"A sensation has been caused here
by the report that the Free State gov
eminent has cCmmandered 800 tons of
coal belonging to the Cape government,
which was traversing the Free State.
Such seizure would naturally be re-
garded as an act of war;
LONDON, October 6.-There has been
almost a complete dearth of news from
South Africa to-day. The few dis
patches received recording military
movements at various points all tend
to confirm the belief chat President
Kruger will restrain any forward move
ments of the Beers unless they are fired
upon or war is actually declared. 1t is
now practically certain that Parliament
will meet on October II.
| Reserves viii be summoned to-mOr-
row in sufficient number to bring up
| a war strength the regiments warned
ITO hold themselves in readiness for ser
vice in South Africa, or about one-six-
tenth of the total reserve.
| The Daily News asserts that an army
| A dispatch from Mafeking announces
| that Commandant Cronje, of the Boer
! forces, has been promoted TO the rank
| of general, and is massing six thousand
| Beers with artillery near Ramathla-
! bama, north of Mafeking. The dis
| patch adds that Gen. CrOnje has sent
a message to the camp of the imperial
! troops that ne will cross the border at
! the first shot fired in Natal.
1t is stated that Right Hon. Harry
Escombe, former premier of Natal, ia
| going to Pretoria in the interest OF
peace.
H. NJ. S. Philomel suddenly left Dur
ban to-day for Delagoa Bay
The Daily Chronicles Rome CORE
| spondent says that the British govern
ment has applied to Signor Marconi
with a view of employing his system
Of wireless biography in the Transvaal
campaign.
JOHANNESBURG, October e.
| Thousands of native have invaded the
| town, and to-day the authorities de-
cided TO march them under escort out
of the country. Last night two ma
tives entered clothing store kept By
a Jew and stabbed the proprietor in
! the neck, severing his windpipe.
The Jewish storekeepers in the East
Rand have been murdered by natives
and the Kafiirs are raiding all the
! places where they think liquor is stored.
The war commission. acting under the
governments Instructions will to-day is
sue advice to shopkeepers to remove bar
ricades they have created, on the ground
that the governments guarantee of pro-
lection ought to be sufficient.
LONDON, October Ga l the reliable in
| telligence from South Africa points TO d
| continuance of the existing situation for
| some time, as both sides are apparently
diffident about commencing an attack. al
though, from the dispatches received here,
| it seems as if every movement OF a patrol
| and every cloud of dust raised by a nerd
| of cattle were turned into a genera. ad-
vance by both armies
The delay is all TO the good. inasmuch
| as it gives time for further negotiations,
and to-days action shows a W lI:ngness o.
the part Of the British government 10 con-
tinue to use diplomacy.
A well defined conviction is prevalent
that the foreign office is trying to discover
a way out of the impasse wnich has been
created by admitted mistakes and miscal-
culations; and it is eviden; that peace ad-
vocates and peace counseis are gaining
ground.
private message from high official
in Pretoria. in reply to a friend in London,
says;
We do not want any guarantee of in
dependence We stick to the London con-
venion We have lost all fai,h in British
| statesmen and have nothing more to say
host OF Officers. including Prince
Christian Victor of Schies wig FIo.stein,
and large number OF nurses sailed for
the Cape to-day.
TO ASSIST THE OPPOSITION.