Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-30
THINK w AR CERTAIN.
Believed That the Beers VIII Strike
the First Bloyy


the First Blow.
| London, Sept. 80. 8 a. m.-Everybody
agrees that war is certain. After yes
terday's cabinet session ominous news
came from the Transvaal, and the En-
| glish public has its ear to the ground
listening for the boom of the first shot.
| The Beers best chance lies in hard
| fighting right away, before the British
troops arrive. Dispatches from Pre-
toria telling of the massing of the
burghers on the frontier are considered
| the immediate prelude to such action.
| The temper of the young Beers has
been aroused to the fighting pitch,
which the message of the cabinet is
likely to further inflame.
London, Sept 30.-The Press Associa-
ton last evening said:
! "Parliament. which will be summoned
/ by royal proclamation, is expected to
lre-assemble in about three weeks. The
government desires clear expression
/ of an approval by the legislature of the
lpolicy now being pursued in South At
RIGA as well as the necessary tinancia.
Legislation.
| Indications lead to the belief that in
lview of the cabinet decision the Beers
| will probably commit an overt act
which will bring on hostilities before
the assembling OF parliament
/ All the latest dispatches from the
/ jTransvaal show the liveiest activity
on the part of the burghers. Telegrams
from Pretoria announce that artillery
lis being rapidly loaded at the station
for the front and military trains have
preference on all lines The cape mai
lis delayed in consequence of the large
amount of rolling stock reserved for
the forces
A large body of burghers left yester-
day for the Natal border and another
i for Middleburg Detachments o.
cyclists are being distributed among
the different commanders. 1t is under
stood that the first contingent of the
/ Pretoria force will leave for the east
ern border today.
/ Officers at Woowich believe an army
corps will be started for South Africa
Iabout October I, with Gen. Sir Redvers-
Butler.
\ There appears to be an unusual ex-
Ecitement in the admiralty departments.
lGeorge J. Goschen, first lord of the adj
miralty. was busily engaged there for
the greater part of the day yesterday.
1T is rumored that unexpected compli-
cations have arisen and that extensive
preparations are to be made to guard
against contingencies.
At Johannesburg there is great ex-
lcitement in consequence of orders to
the commanders to take the field. Part
lof the Johannesburg corps assembled
4 yesterday. Dispatch riders have gone
/ to the frontier.
London, Sept. 3O.-The correspond
ent of the Morning Post at Johannes
burg sends the following:
"A government official who has jus,
returned from Pretoria, where he saw
4 President Kruger, assures me that
martial law will be proclaimed today or
Monday next
4 indicted for Murder.
Des Moines, Sept. 30.-William Wins
low was indicted by the grand jury yes
terday on a charge of murder in the
first degree. He is accused of killing
Edmund Tilton in Highland Park on
the evening of Sept 6. While Winslow
/ was sitting in front of Highland Park
i College with number of friends, TIL
ton, with whom he had trouble some
4 time ago, drove by with a hayrack
4 Winslow is said to have started away
after remarking: There goes fellow
q I've got 1t in for and I'm going to get
A even with him. and to have picked ur
piece of cement curbing. Later he
returned with the remark that there
was team up the street that ought to
be looked after. The boys addressed
found Tilton's team and Tilton lying
dead in the bottom of the rack with a
big piece of cement close by him.
The probabilities are that Tilton will
be arraigned to plead to the charge this
morning, and that if, in the judgment
of the court, his attorneys can prepare
for trial, the case will be assigned 70,
the latter part of the term.
Killed by Burglars.
ii Stockdale, Pa. Sept. 30-Alexandel
wustlich, an aged and wealthy Ger
man, was killed and his wife probably
fatally wounded by burglars last night
Two colored men have been arrested or