New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-01
Beers OF THE FRONTIER.

] NHtn passing the stations, ana tnat one BOeI
assaulted a passenger without provocation
About eighteen hundred Boer artillerymen,
including the reserves. are encamped at Volks
rust, whore the Field Cornet has now issued
925 rifles and 5000 cartridges.
/ It is reported that a down train. due at Dur
/ han to-morro~', has been stopped at volksrust
/ FOR the purpose Of Selling prominent Outlanders.
From Vryberg it Is said that a native
laborer has sworn an affidavit before a magls-
/ trate that he saw troops between twelve and
twenty armed Beers, enter the colony from the
Transvaal and visit a farmer named Haas
brucA. They remained In the house a consider
/ able time and crept back across the frontier by
a dry water course.
\ telegram from Allwal, in the North. says
that the Orange Free State Is stopping wagons,
/ produce and live stock on the way to Cape
Colony. The burghers It is further said. may
/ cross the frontier for business. but expected
to return Immediately.
BLOEMFONTEGN DESERTED.
From Bloemfontein come adyces which say
the town IS beginning to present deserted ap
pearance. Numbers Of the inhabitants. chiefly
women have left the town. The Government
has issued a circular to the railroad employees,
who are mostly British subjects. notifying to
them that. in case Of war they VIII all be dis
missed and paid in full According to agree
! ment those volunteering to bear arms may do
so. and those resigning may remain In the coun-
+ try without being Communicated but they Will
/ bc expected a. serve the state loyalty
ON the British side the forces are steadily
moving nearer TO the frontier. Hussar scouts
/ have advanced to Dannbranse. beyond Glencoe,
I'm tho direction Of Laing's Mex on the main
] - SC CT
uated on a stony kopple with strong breast
works Of stone erected on top. All the railroad
bridges from Colenso to Newcastle are guarded
day and night by mixed force Of police and
infantry. Two men are allotted to each small
bridge and four to the larger bridges The bat
teres Of artillery which left Glencoe ostenslbly
for Dundee "A few miles distant, have suddenly
been ordered to Newcastle. which is in advance
OF the British base. The farmers Of this north
ernmost art Of Natal. which enters the Trans
i vaal like wedge are leaving their farms AMI
coming down the country
In Rhodcsa. which is exposed 10 a Boer at
tack the British colonists are actively prepar-
ing for defence The Administrator at Bulu-
wayo has informed the Chamber Of Mines that
the forces will be doubled and the forts strength
ened and machine guns mounted There are
/ constant patrols I'm the country districts Water
/ is scarce I'm Rhodesa. but there Is enough If 1t
rains soon.
PROCLAMATION N NATAL
A dispatch from Petermarltzburg announces
that the Governor Of Natal has issued a procla-
nation. I'm view Of the impression that many
OF the Dutch farmers may join the Beers. The
| proclamation warns "wickedly disposed per-
sons" that the punishment Of treason is death
and condscauon Of rebels property. The mount
! ed Natal Volunteers including the reserves.
have received warning to be in readiness.
Mails from Durham for Cape Town are now
/ sent by sea instead Of across the Transvaal.
The Outanders at Cape Town are greatly in
dignant at the Transvaals Conhscation law.
which practically places at the disposal OF the
/ Transvaal their whole property, the nature and
definition Of the offences being such to en-
/ brace every possible contingency. and render
them liable to confscation proceedings, what
ever they do, even though they claim their
rights.
The military ports and camps in England.
such as Woolwich. Chatham and Aldershot are
busy with war preparations.
TAKING STEPS TOWARD WAR.
A dispatch received this evening from Jo-
hanncsburg says the Transvaal Government
officials to-day requsitoned 700 horses. pro-
visions and general equipment for the burghers
Horses We're even reQuisltloned I'm the streets
and stables and the town was depleted.
The West Rand Commando Of 600 men start
ed for the front this morning. and the johann
nesburg corps Of 80 men Is following
In the mean time business is stagnant. and
the exodus Of Outlanders continues 200 leaving
Johannesburg on one train to-day
THE Illness" correspondent at Cape Town
SAYS he learns that the Dutch farmers through
ont the Queenstown district have Transvaal
Mausers and ammunition.
WHERE THE DANGER LIES
The strip OF colonial territory from which the
most danger is apprehended is from Colesberg
to Anwal as the section lies along the extreme
southern borders OF the Orange Free State.
Although the country west and southwest Is
mainly Dutch. it gives no anxiety.
The Durham Infantry, with three guns and
a detachment Of naval volunteers left Durham
this afternoon for Colenso Enthusiastic crowds
babe TIE troops farewell
The stoppage Of a train at Volksrust by the
Beers is confirmed. The cause Of this step ls
unknown. subsequently the train proceeded
20 johannesburg. The telegraph service Is IN
terrurted The town ls crowded with Trans
vaalers and there is considerable excitement
and anxiety.
The Boer reply had not reached the Colonial
Office ar noon much 10 the establishment OF the
officials. who remained on duty all night long
expecting its arrival ar any moment
II possible the war preparations are more
active than ever. At southampton there was
% scene of considerable excitement. two trans
ports leaving that port to-day Further con-
tingents OF troops Of various arms. on a third
transport left the Mersey this afternoon.
-Four liners We're chartered al Liverpool this |
morning 20 call at Naples. where each vessel
viii embark three thousand mules.
PLEA FROM THE FREE STATE
The correspondent Of THE Daily Chronicle" |