Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-10-12
BIITONS ARE BUSY !.
Active Preparations for Hostilities.
Continue.
OF THE RESERVES.
Coming session of observation-disclosures
Forces Move to the Border, But
VIII Wait for England to
S Open the War.

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Will Wait for England to
Open the War.
London, Oct. 9.-Whatever may be-
the result Of Great Britain's contro-
yersy with the South African Republic
every department of the government
is as busy as though actual hostilihes
had begun. The electric flash that an
11ounced the mobilization of the army
reserves and the summoning of parlia-
ment to meet October II, set every
wheel of the government machinery
in motion. An hour after the gazette
dispatched from the war Office to every
section of the kingdom, and the 10,-7
600 bulletins which appeared posted
throughout the country Sunday are
said to have been identical with the
proclamation prepared for use had the
Fashoda incident required such a step.
At the same time Lord Salisbury and
Mr.. Balfour were issuing the necessary
orders for the -reassembling of parlia-
ment, and the admiralty was concen
trating its transports, "a of which are.
now secured att Liverpool alone. Soe
complete were the preparations that
$4,000 reserves have already individ-
ually received coupon tickets which
contain instructions where each man
shall report for railway transportation
to the place designated, and a money
order for three shillings for provisions.
en- route.
Beers Move to the Border.
The most important news from
South Africa comes from MafeHng,
where twice on Saturday the British
camp was aroused, the men stood to-
their arms, guns were limbered and
patrols were dispatched in the direc
ton of the border. No hostilities have
occurred as yet, but the enemy has
moved practically to the border, eight
miles from Mafeking, in force esti-
mated at at least 5000, comprising five
commanders. The garrisoning and for
tifying of the town are practically com
| pleted. The streets are barricaded and
a perfect system of mines has been
laid. Two armored trains have arrived
at Mafeking, consisting of three bullet
| proof cars, the first of which carries
a searchlight, while the sides of the
other cars are loopholed Each train
is complete in itself and carries its own
| provisions. Experiments with lyddite-
in the mines prove that it is an ex-
tremely powerful explosive
Will Not Begin the Trouble.
Col. Robert Stephenson Smyth Bad
en-Powell, commanding the Fifth
| n raCr rr11o
that the Beers who are massed on the,
Natal and Bechuanaland frontiers have
orders not to fire until the British be-
gin, and that the town is well prepared
for eyentualities, but, as the Beers may
shell the place, every endeavor should
| be made to safeguard the women and
children.
| A dispatch from Kimberley to the
Cape Argus says that 1000 Beers are
encamped midway between Boshof
and Kimberley. They are well armed
and great religious fervor is shown
in the camp. The Beers, however, are
chatting under the delay. They patrol
the border nightly and have been or,
dered not to permit British uniform
to approach the frontier.
The Petition to the President.
New York, Oct. 9.---Among Sundays
signers to the petition to President Nc
Kinley urging him to offer the friendly
services of the United States in medi-
alton between Great Britain and the
republics of the Transvaal and the
Orange Free State, were Gov. Tyler, of
Virginia; Joel Benton, the author:
William Goebel, democratic candidate
for governorEof Kentucky; Booker T.
Washington, four justices of the SUI.
preme court of Michigan, G. B. Grant
e. D. Long, F. A. Hooker and j. B..
Moore; Chief Justice Peters, Of Maine;
Chief Justice Blodgett, of New Hamp-
shire; Chief Justice Cartwright, of ILL.,
nois; Henry u. Nelson, editor of Har-.
per's Weekly, and Attorney General
Monnett, of Ohio.
The mass meeting to express sym
pathy for the Beers, which will be held
at Carnegie hall on Wednesday even
ing, has among its vice presidents 10
governors of states, s6 congressman,
six United States senator's, 70 Judges.
10 clergymen, and over 200 bankers and
influential business men. Bourke.
Cochran will be the orator of the even
ing.
The Weeks Failures,
New York, Oct. 9Bradstreet's re-
| ports LAG failures in the United States
during the week, against AT for the
previous week and 166, 1S9, 325 and 245
i in fhe c0rreSnOndinu xvanlrcs rf 1000 -