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1A despatch to the London Daily N‘sws from Bloemfontein says that all the burghers of the Orange Free State have been commandeered and mobilized in different parts of the Republic. They have been ordered to act strictly on the deflensive; They will probably be kept six miles from the border in order to prevent colli- sions with the British. It is asserted at Mafeking, on reliâ€" able authority, that the. burghers have been strictly enjoiged. not to cross the western frontier or to interfere with civilians, but to resist the passage of an armed force. A despatch from Johannesburg re- ports that Kaffirs are raiding the business places and houses in the East Rand. The whites fired on them. A special force of police has been de- spatched to disperse the raiders. 6,000 RESERVES TO BE CALLED OUT While there is no diminution in the flood of despatches from South Africa recording the military- preparation and movements of both side, with all kinds of accurate and inaccurate ru- mours and speculations, the real situa- tion remains unchanged. It is expected that 5,000 reserves willbe called out on Thursday, and that an army corps will be mobiliz- led on the 15th or the .mth of the month. A correspondent at Ladysmith, Naâ€" tal, cableszâ€"“The Fifth Lancers and a naval brigade'from Durban have ar- rived here, and are encamped near the railway.” General Sir Redvers Buller arrived at Balmoral castle on Wednesday night as the guest 013 Queen Victoria to bid her Majesty farewell on his departure for South Africa. The Naval Brigade Has Arrived at Ladysmith. BERHAIN AND TRANSVAAL. Britisn rroops Massing on the Border to Repel the Expected Invasion-“Gen. Buller Bids the Queen Good-b'yeuBoer Generals Hold Councils-Will be a Short War--5o,ooo Reserves to be Called Out. In the meantime it is interesting to note that neither side shows anxiety to precipitate a conflict, but is rather inclined to give opportunity for the play of peace influence. INDIAN TROOPS ARRIVE. The Pieterm‘aritzburg correspondent of the Times confirms the report that enough Indian troops have arrived to make the military situation secure, and says the authorities declare further disclosures regarding military move- ments, should be suppressed, as valu- able information has already leaked to the Boers through the London news- papers. A despatch to the Times from L0- batsi, near Mafeking, says it is are- plarkable fact that the natives there declare they will not fight for this Transvaal, but will, in preference, cross the border, because the Boers are too severe, and are always punishing them. The correspondent of the Standard ah Beaufort, West Rand, says fugitives who have arrived there report that forty tons of dynamite have been laid down for the destruction of the rail- way bridge over the Orange river at Nobals Point, afrontier station be- KRUGER WANTS TO FIGHT. A special despatch from Pretoria tween Cape. Colony and the Free State. says that President Kruger expresses himself strongly on being prevented by the Executive, from going to the front. He 15 reported to have said:â€" "Some people say I am the cause of the present trouble, and I want to take my share of the fighting with my people." The same despatoh, announ- ces that Commandant-General Jou- bert’s Wife has started to join her hus- band on the border. Heavy rains have fallen, and the Sandspruit river is flooded. BOER ARMY LEADERS UNDECIDED A Johannesburg despatch Says:â€" “The Government has turned over the Farrerira mine to the directors on con- dition that work is to proceed. The Stock Exchange is closed." MARTIAL LAW IN THE TRANS- ""VAAL. . An unconfirmed report says that martial law has been proclaimed in the Transvaal. ‘ A des'patch from Vulksrust dated Wednesday says a council of war was held to-day, Commander-Genefal Jou- bert presiding, and the com-mandauts of all the different commanders be- ing present. The conference was short and indecisive. It is understood that no move will be made for a couple of days. Most of the British residents bags gone to N_at_a1. _ A deepatch from Johannesburg says the regular distribution of letters has ceased. The Government has com- mandeered all dynamite and cyanide wupplies, which have been removed and ghoul under strict guard at various Increased activity is being shown at Woolwich, and it is alleged that pro- vision is being made there to send sup- ‘has for two army corps. Four hun- red tons of material and munitions of war have already been shipped for Africa. T0 DESTROY THE BRIDGE. depots. A strong guard has been sta- tioned at the reservoir to prevent tam- pering with_ the} watelxt. p1- : 1AM“. An enthusiastip meeting of Irishman was held \Vedmosday evening in Kim- berley, under the presidency of a former Mayor of the town, at which resolutions were unanimously adopted expressing disapproval of the conduct of Irishman who sympathized with the Boers, and of the course of the Irish Parliamentary party in extending sym- pathy and support to the Transvaal 1n the present crisis. BOER GENERALS HOLD COUNCIL. A deepatch from Volksruet, in the Transvaal, says the generals in comâ€" mand of the Boer forces on the Natal border have held a council of war un- der Commandant-General Joubert, at which important movements were deâ€" aided upon. Eight laagers have now been established along the border, and all arrangements have been made for an immediate advance if such a move is required. Fresh drafts of burg- hers are arriving hourly. There are already 8,000 men in the main camp at Zandfontein. The other border camps are well entrenched. The Boers do not surge“ a surprise attack by the Brit- is . v There is no doubt: now that the cor- respondent of the Daily Telegraph was misled when he made the statement that the Boers were occupying Laing‘s Nek. It is probable that some Boer patrols who advanced on Laing’s Nek during the night and retired at day- break were mistaken for the general body, The Manqhester Guardian’s Cape Town correspondent says that the Basutos will probably attack the Orange Free State. Unless they are restrained civil war throughout South Africa is inevitable. Seven troopships have now reach- ed Durban. Four thousand five hun- dred troops have already landed, and it is expected that 4,500 more will be disembarked before Sunday. The Dutch volunteers will be sent to Griâ€" nualaznd, south of Natal, so that in the event of war they will not be re- quired to fight their own kindred. There has been almost a complete dearth of news from South Africa. The few despatches received recording military movements at various points all tend to confirm the belief that Preâ€" sident Kruger will restrain any forâ€" ward movement by the Boers unless they are fired upon or war is actually declared. A des‘patch from Johannesburrg says: HTlhnusandq of natives have invaded the town, and on Friday the authoriâ€" ties decided to march’ them urnder es- cort out of the country. Last night two natives entered a. clothing store kept by a Jew, and stabbed the pro- prietor in the neck, severing the wind- pipe. .Two Jewish storekeepera isz the East Rand have been murdered by natives, and the Kafflrs are raiding all the places where they think liquor is stored. The War Commission, acting under the Government's instructions, will ise su‘e advice [0 shopekeepers to remove the barricades tha‘y have erected, on the ground that the Government's guarantee of protection ought to be sultficientt I‘NILL BE A SHORT WAR. A despatch from Paris, sayszâ€"Mr. John Hays Hammond, the American civil engineer connected with1 leading South African mining companies. who returned from the Cape 'two months ago, after a brief holiday in the Tyrol, Is now passing a few days In Paris. The appreciations of the situation in the Transvaal ex- pressed by Mr. Hammond in conversa- tion are of interest as showing how a war with the Boers is regarded by an observant representative American, enjoying the advantage of unsurpassed knowledge of the facts, enabling him thoroughly to grasp the situation._ As to the justice of the war, Mr. Hammond did not wish to express an opinion; but when asked whether the wag would be a short or a long one, sax :â€" It will be a short war, ending with the capture of Pretoria, after which the Boers will recognize the futility of further fighting. ’ The Boers to-day are not as formidable fighters as they were fifteen years ago; for example, their former enormous advantage is marksmanship over the British troops no longer exists, because, game hav- ing to a great extent disappeared, the Boers have no experience in shooting at moving objects. A few old Dop- pers are still good shots, but they are {fast dying out. Moreover, the British Lee-Metford rifle, with its remarkable flat trajectory, puts Tommy Atkins quite on an equality with the Boers so far as marksmanship is concerned. Quasi friends of the Boers deluded them into the belief that Great Bri- tain would not resort to war in any event, and unfortunately thereby pro- voked a spirit of opposition to the British demands, resulting in the presâ€" ent diplomatic impasse, which I fear makes war inevitable. Encouraged by the present weakness of the British garrisons, the Boers evidently hope to occupy strategic positions, and by rapâ€" idly assuming the defensive, deal tell- TROOPS LANDED AT DURBAN. INVADED BY KAFFIRS. Mr. Hammond thinks there is no danger of the conflict developing into a war of races, because the Boers, es- pecially the generation now attaining manhood, have commercial instincts and are fond of making money. They are altogether more enlightened than the old Doprpers, with their dog-in-the- manage exclusiveness. Mr. Hammond feels confident that both nations will have reason to respect each other more after a war. THE RESERVES CALLED OUT. A despaich from London,, says: â€" A proclamation summoning Parliament to meet on October 17th and. authoriz- ing the calling out of the reserves was signed on Saturday morning. ing blows before the arrival of the bulk otithe British grumy. 7 The Gazette announces that sum- menses will be issued for the number of reserves to bring every battalion ordered to South Africa to its full strength of 100 men, and the men must present themselves before Octo- ber 17th. The field' force for service in South Africa, the War Office announces, will commence mobilization next Monday. The War Office announces that under the proclamation calling out the re- serves 725,000 men Will be summoned. Her Majesty, in Privy Council at Balmoral Saturday morning, assented to the calling of Parliament, the mobi- lization of reserves, and the continu- ance in th‘e army of all soldiers now serving who in ordiflary circumstances would be entitled to discharge or transfer to the reserves. It is rumoured at Portsmouth that the Admiralty may organize a flying sqqqdyonvforithe CapeL . Although the impending army corps is a matter of prominent military inâ€" terest, the troops already on the scene of probable action constitute no in- significant body. The original Cape garrison was 9,000 men, and this has been increased by 4,500. There are 12,7 000 men at sea. on the way to the Cape, and their arrival will make the approximate total of British» troops in South Africa; prior to the arrival of the army corps, 25,500. These troops do not include the irregular forces, the Cape Mounted Rifles, the Port Elizabeth and GGrahamtown Volun- teers, Natal police, the Durban Light Infantry, the Australian force, nor the regular naval brigade. The Cape squadron now includes ten warships, all heavily manned; and the British first-cless protected cruiser Terrible and Powerful will soon ar- rive, enabling the navy to land a briâ€" gade of abuut two thousand men. a A new element of danger in the Transvaal situation has arisen in the exasperation caused throughout the British colonies in South Africa by the stories of brutal treatment of refugees by Boers. The accounts of outrages upon women and children are having their effect, and are being accepted, In many harters hitherto incredulâ€" ous. as con inning the anticipations of the savagery that would mark the pro- gress of the war. "The. reports of the barbarous ex- cesses committed by the Boers on re- fugees have caused a thrill of horror here. In one Insuance seventy women and children were packed in a cattle truck so tightly that they were un- able to sit, and were thus 'kept side- tracked for thlrty hours, without food or water. When they attempted to leave the truck they! were drived back with blows. “Every trainload of refugees brlngs harrowing accounts of the barbarxtles of the Boers of the Orange Free State. A train arrived yesterday that .had been ninety-six hours en route. The infflarings of the women were dreadâ€" u .” V Th Evee/ning News publishes the fol- lowing despatch from caperTowmâ€" Other Cape Town despatches describe the indignation causedgby msults heaped upon refugees ’traversingwha Transvaal and the Orange Free State, and the suffermgs camsed to passen- gers travelling in exposed trucks by the jeers and msults of gangs of arm- ed burghers, who have prevented tam- ish'mg travellers from obtaining food, "blacksnaking" the men and striking the women. The appearance of many of lthe sufferers is said to. be depvlor~ ab 6. . Egyptian Forces \Vlil be Able to Subdue lllc Mlmllfa. A despatch from London sayszâ€"The departure for Egypt of Col. Hickman, Governor of Dongola, and Major Blew- itt, commanding the 3md Egyptian bat- talion, is thought to m‘eanl that steps will be taken immediately to suppress the Khalifa. It is held that while he lives and is at liberty‘ there can be no peace or prosperity in the Soudan. l â€" The latest estimate of the Khalifa’s force places it at 10,000, against 10,000 commanded by Arabi Pasha, Du‘falla, and Ali Denar. It is believed that the Egyptian army will be able to cepe with the dervishes, and that no Eng- lish troops will need to be engagedâ€" except the Seaforth Highlanders, which will help to garrison the raided territory. “ls Carrylng a Lamp Downstairs When Elm Tripped and Fell. A despatch from London, Ont, says: â€"Whi]e coming downstairs with a. lighted lamp Saturday evening, Mrs. Elizabeth Dixon, an elderly lady re- siding al; 355 King street tripped and fell, causing the lamp to explode. Her clothing was ablaze in a moment, and before assistance arrived the unfortun- ate woman was frightfully burned. She was removed to the hoépital where her injuries proved fatal a few hours later. The fire was extinguished beâ€" fore much damage to the house was done. N0 BRITISH TROOPS NEEDED. OLD LADY BURNT TO DEATH. NEW ELEMENT OF DANGER. They Were Driving Across the Railroad Near Lindsay. A despatoh from Lindsay, Ont., says: â€"M.r. and Mrs. George Rutherford, liv- ing on the first concession of Emily near Omemee, left their home early on Tuesday morning to visxt their son-in- Law, Mr. Isaac Windrim, of this town. The morning being cold and frosty, the buggyâ€"top was up and the occuâ€" pants had their heads wrapped up, and it is this which is believed to have pre- vented them from hearing the ap proaohin-g train. -The engineer gave the usual whistle for the crossing, and the next instant the train was- upon their vehicle. The train" was stopped, and Conductor Boundy and others ran to the spot, only to find Mrs. Ruther- ford dead, having been hurled about 30 feet, with a terrible wound on the left side of her head. Her husband was still breathing, although his shoulder- bone was broken, and leg crushed above the knee. He died shortly beâ€" fore arriving in Lindsay. Mr. Ruther- ford was a well-toâ€"do farmer, and highly respected. Both were about 60 years of age. An. Aged oakvllle Farmer Meets With a Horrible Death. A despatch from Oakville, 0nt., says: â€"Mr. John Ion, a hlghly respectable farmer, 70 years of age, reaming about a mile from this place, was struck and instantly killed by a westbound G. T. R. express, due here an 88.30 on Thursday morning. MI. 1011 had been to the station to get his morning pap- er, and was returning home along the track. He was in the centre of the bridge, which is about two hundred yua‘I‘dS in length, when his attention was called to the rapidly approaching train by the engineer of an east- bound trelght. Mr. 1011 started to run, but was caught about four feet from the end, and hurled twenty fleet, striking a post and breaking it. The train, which does not stop here, Mas runmng at a high Hate of speed, but stopped and pmked up the body, taking it to the station. One leg, one arm, and the base of 'the skull were broken. Coroner Williams decided that an inquest was unneces- sary. er. Ion was an ex-town counâ€" cillor, and prominent in Methodlst cir- cles of this place. Khaufa, wun 12,000 Men, Takes the Fleld Again. A despatch from London. says:â€" Great Britain, it seems has another ob- streperous person to deal with beside President Kruger, although the fact has been almost overlooked by the pub- lic on account of the Boer troubles. This person is the Khalifa, against whom a strong force of troops is about to be sent. \Vhile it was offici- ally statecl some time ago that the ex- pedition to Kordoi‘an and Darfur would only take place after the Sir- dar’s interview with Lord Cromer, which is to take place on October 27th, there are many indications that the expedition has started much sooner, All the Egyptian forces are concentrat- ing at Omdurman, and British officers now on leave have been recalled and hurried to the' front. ; The Khalifa is reported to have 12,000 men under his command. Brunt-ford Butcher Arrested on :1 Charge of Cattle Stealing. A despatch from Brantford, 0nt.. sayszâ€"The police here Friday arrestâ€" ed a butcher named Augustus Halâ€" mer, who is suspected of being impli- cated in the recent cattle thefts near Galt. The Messrs. Carrick Bros., who were among those losing cattle visit- ed the city on Friday, when a visit was paid to Halmer’s slaughter-house. There the men identified three bands as belonging to their cattle. A visit to 013W; tannery found the hides and then visiting the butcher shop three carcasses were found. Halmer will be taken to Paris, charged with the theft. - Two Men Sentenced to Six Years for Ibcl'I-nmllng Insurance Companies A desp'atch from Guysboro‘, N. S., says :â€"â€"The trial of Otto Fel‘mln and Percy Monroe, charged with conspir- acy to defraud two mn‘ine insurance companies by scuttling the schooner Juventa in order to secure insurance on a consignment of lobsters, which was transferred to another vessel beâ€" fore the Juventa was sunk, ended on Thursday in conviction, and the men were sentenced to imprisonment for six years. ‘ . ‘~.- n Olliclnl Flgnrcs of the Referendum In Queensland. A despath from Brisbane, says:â€"The referendum in Queensland on the proâ€" ject of Australian federation has been completed. In favour of the scheme, 38,488 votes were cast, as against 30,996 in opposition. . A 7 . The Mannheim and China were the insurance ccmganies interested. Sixty cases of lobster were shipped, and inâ€" surance was placed for 400 cases. The sixty were taken to St. Pierre and sold; the conspirators pocketing the proâ€" seeds. WAS HURLED FROM A BRIDGE. HUSBAND AND WIFE KILLED. SCUTTLED THEIR SCHOONER. ENGLAND HAS A NEW WAR. MAJORITY FOR FEDERATION. FOUND HEADS AND HIDES. Stockex‘s, feeders, milkers, and bulk. were a shade easier, while prices war-r quotably unchanged. In the "small stuffs” market their! was activity, and prices were well maintained. Lambs were firmer. Good veal calves are in request. Hogs are nominally unchanged. but it is doubtful if the priceé quoted will hold to-day, as there isa decided weak-- ening tendency in the market. Toronto, Oct. 10.â€"About fifty loadgp of stuff came in toâ€"day, but we had no trade worth speaking of. Shipping and butcher cattle were unchanged,. and only a little superior cattle sold: . MARKETS OF THE WORLD, Prices of Grain. Cattle, Cheese. 8;: 1n the Leading Marts. Quotations toâ€"day were 45-80, per 1b, for choice hogs, scaling from 160 lb 200 lbs. and 4. 1-80, per lb, for light and. [at hogs. Milkers and. Calves. Cows, each. . - . . 2500 Calves. each. \. .. . 200 Following is the range of current quotations:â€" Shippers, per cwt, , . Butcher, choice do. . Butcher; med., to good. Butcher, inferior. . . Stockers. per cwt. . . Ewes, per pwt, Lambs, per owt. Bucks, per cwt. Choice hogs, per cwt. . 425 4621â€"? Light hogs, per cwt, . 400 412-1-2» Heavy hogs, per cwt. . 400 4121-2 Toronto, Uct. 10.â€"Whaatâ€"Steady, but rather quiet locally. Ontario red and white, wheat, 66 1-2 to 670 west. Holders are asking 10, more. Red sold 10â€"day at 67c. Spring wheat quiet at 66 to 670. Goose. 710, middle Heights, with 720 asked. Manitoba wheat firm toâ€"day at 830, grinding in transit, and 820, Toronto and..weast. Flourâ€"Steady"; c Straight rollers qu shipment Montreal. Toledo, Oct. 10.-â€"â€"VVheatâ€"No. 2, cash‘ 720, bid; December, 75c. Corn â€" No. 2 mixed, 340. Oatsâ€"No, 2 mixad, 23 1â€"40. Emaâ€"Quiet; No. 2, cash, 590. Clover seedâ€"Prime. new, cash, and Oc-- to-ber, $6.50; Dec-ember, $5.40. Oil-â€" Unchanged. Buffalo, Oct. lO.â€"Spring wheatâ€" Steady; No. 1 Northern, old. spot, 78 1â€"80 ; new, 77 3:80; No. 2 Northernt spot, 75 3â€"80. Winter wheatâ€"Dull and. unsettled ; No. 2 red, nom‘nally 72 1â€"20; No. 1 white, 720. Cornâ€"Dull; No. Zyel‘ low, 38 1~2c; No. 3 yellow, 38 to 38 1â€"46; No. 2 corn, 37 1-20; No. 3 corn, 36 3-40. Oatsâ€"Steady; No. 2 white, 28 1â€"20; No. 3 white, 28c; No. 4 white, 27 1-20-r No. 2 mixed, 270; _No, 3 mixed, 26 1â€"20. Ryeâ€"No. 2, in store, quoted at 634-26. Canal freightsâ€"FirmLHFlourâ€"Srtegdyv Millfee‘dâ€"Not so firm. Bran is quot: ed at $11.50, middle heights, and s‘hprts at, $14.50. Peasâ€"NOE much change. No. 2 Is quoted at 600, north and west, 610 on the Midland, and 620 east. V . Oatsâ€"Market is dull. Cars of; whit: east are quoted at 27c, and. 260 tor, white west. Barleyâ€"Plenty offering, and quite a little reported at outside points. No. 2 sold today at 420, high freights. and. 43c, middle. Detroit, “Oct. 10.â€"'W1Leat closed;- No. 1 white, cash, 72c; No. 2 red, cash, 7'3 3-80.; December, 75 3-40; May, 79' 3â€"40. Cornâ€"Inactive at 41 to 41 1-20; No.- 2 American, 40 1-20. Ryeâ€"Quiet and holding at 55 1-20 east, and 53 1-20 west, Duiuth, Oct. 10.â€"â€"Whaatâ€"No. 1 hard, cash, 72 1-40; No‘. 1 Northern, cash, '70 1-40; October, 70 1-40; December, 70 1-20; May, 740; No. 2 Northern,. 67\ 3-40; No. 3 spring, 64 1-40. V Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 10. â€" Wheat- Dull; No. 1 qutharn, 73 1-20; No. 2 Northern, 700. Ryeâ€"Steady; No. 1,, 58 1-2 to 58 3-40. Bark!)v Firmer; No, 2, 46 1-20; sample, 39 to 45 1â€"20. ; ,l' Fire-Fighter at Cascade (My, 8.; ’0 Caught by Fallhg Timber. ' ‘ A despatch from Vancouver, B. 0% sayszâ€"On Saturday a Blaze wiped out the central block of hotels in Cascade City. It was 12.30 in the morning: when the fire broke out, in the bus- iest block of the best built-portion oi: the town. The water supply was in. adequate, and soon the entire block. was a roaring furnace. In rapid sucr- oession, the Club hotel,Britannic hotel,‘ Grand Central and Railroad Headquar- ters hotel succumbed to the flames,. and these were followed by Francis- and Miln’s and the Montana hotel. Eric Arvall was burned to death? while trying to save the Montana hoteL Dynamite was used to blow up the Scandinavian hotel, and Arvall was caught in the falling timber. His- cries for help were piteous indeed, but the intense heat warded off all assist- ance. The loss is estimated at $25,-« 000. Whale Villages Ilestroyed by Earlhquakep In Ash Mluor. A despatch from Constantinople sayszâ€"It is now estimated that.1,500 perished in the earthquake in Asia Minor, around Aidin. The first shock. occurred at four o’clock in the mar ing of September 20, and lasted seconds. The effects were appalli Whole villages were complet destroyed. The earthquake was, as far as Scio, Mitilene, and Smyn SAW HIM BURN TO DEATH. DEAD NUMBER 1,500 Sheep and Lambs. Cattle. Hogs. demand ‘moderate quoted at $3.25 for 325 45 00 7 00 275