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SR NE TREE: Q7ES AD) Wao Che [[“ Ctreulation Books Open to AZ.” | EDITION NR SER Corld. [ “ Cireuiation Books Open to All.” | NEW YORK, TUESD ~ PRICE ONE CENT. * AY, APRIL 24, 1900, ONE CENT, BROOKLYN PHILLIES. BRITISH ADVANCING. BOSTON. BOERS IN DANGER 82)": NEW YORK. 30000010 —4 SULTAN PROMISES — TD PAY INDEMNITY State Department Cabled o Turkish Intention to Meet Our Claims. Stiff Fight Likely to Take Place at Thabanchue- Bonrs, Under a Hospi- tal\ lag, Fire on British Troops. 8) LONDON, April H—4 P. M—White War Office up to this noon not pub- Mahed any despatches from Lord Rob erts there is # feeling here that the 6009 Boers at Wepener have been trapped, and that Cronje's fate awaits De Wet and Olivier. Forty thousand British troops are drawing nearer and nearer from three sides, while 5.000 Rasutos prevent a re treat across the border, While Gen. Rundle is preparing to strike near De Wetadorp, Gene. Bra- the SIXTH INNING Freeman stru Collins Nb cor! Hit doubled Dorie safe WASHINGTON, April %—The State Department hes received from Mr. Griscom, the United States Charge “@AMatres ot Constantinople, a cable- gram emmeouncing that the Sultan has frontier of Basutoland, and will be able reports as to the publication by the|to frustrate any attack on Gen. Rum 1 f die’s right, while Gens, French and Pole- pate Ee ay: aired mete rag| Carew are hastening trom Bloemfontets ne of he Senteeee to bar the Boer line of retreat north- Harpoot and Harean and the construc- | ward, undertaken to meet all the engage-| tion of an annex to the Robert Coliege,| In the meanwhile the Burgher forees ments mm@e with the United States| the great American theological school pean ovr ip vssneveegl Pg omgere do to fig! . giving lout Minister respecting the paymont of the|!n Constantinople, | Boer foreed at De Wetsdorp and Weg 990,00 gate set wp on acavmnt of the} CONSTANTINOPLE, April 24.— ener time to retire in caso of defeat, Gestrectton of Amerfean mission prop-| The Porte has received telegrama nd it reems as though Gen. French ety & Torey. poi muat dispose of thts Thabanchu force the Turkish Minister at Wash before he can reach the rear of the Roer Doyle ur Gieason singted: Grady ft ING 1 Clarke No rons BROCKLYN AT PHILADELPHIA, Ht t net eteted when the payments | {ngton, All Ferrowh Bey, pointing out | frees opposing Gens. Rundle and Bra-| BROOKLYN 090 00 0 0 Omg wilt bo made, and tt te surmised that| the bad impression created in the | Sant PHILADELHIA 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 ow owing to the many obttgations of greater United States by the hon-payment | The Roers driven out of Leeuw Kop ot the indemnity due, and announc- wl probably rally at Thabsnoha, {ng the determination of the Ameri- Where a stiff fight may be expected. Shoult the British fall in their attempt jto bring about another Paardeberg it must immensely affect the larger issu the war, o# |: will undoulwedly lead & persistent repetition of Hoer guer- rilla tactics, During Gen. Alderson’s advance on Leeuw Kop the Canadians found them- selves in a tight corner Sunday near Donkerpoort. The Canadian Mounted Infantry approached within 30 yards of a farm flying the hospital fiag, under cover of which the Boers opened such a hot fire on the Canadians that they were unable to attempt to retire until another foree of Canadians covered their retreat by threatening the rear of the Boer position. Gen, French bas eneral command of Pole-Carew's division and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade operating beyond Leeuw Kop. Two brigades of the Eighth Division got ae far toward Wepener as Rict Spruit, and later returned to Karee- fontein. where the whole force rested during the night. It was found that there were no Boers the victaity of Leeuw Kop, and the force that had heid that position evidently retreated toward ‘Thabanchu. CANADA HAS BIG SCARE, All Arsenals om Border Have Been Placed Under Strong Guard. OTTAWA. April %—Owing to the at- saguitede preming upon the Porte, @ume time ceny yet ofapes before the! can Government to insist upon al meeey ts actually in hand. Prompt settlement of the claims. SO hia a ~ WAST MISFIT, MRS. CLARKE TMOKPOISON,, GOLLAPSED, _—— ‘Dleappointed Over Gar- Ment, Woman Killed Herself. AQUEDUCT RESULTS, 1 a FIFTH RACE SIXTH RA‘ } a Broke Down During Pitts. burg Divorce Cross- Examination. famed Geenuee her new waist failed CoO) ber, Mary B Wodster, twenty-six, ‘Wie of Woestioy Wedsier, a motorman @@ the Third Avenue troliey, went to her room im her fiat at 236 Third ave- mae this afternoon and drank the con- tents of @ two-ounce bottle of carbolic (Specie! to The Brening World) PITTSBURG, Pa., April 24.—There was & dramatic scene in court this af- ternoon when the Clarke divorce case was taken wp. Mrs. Clarke took the stand, and Mr. Goehring, the attorney for Clarke, plied her with insinuating questions until she broke down under the strain. The mat- ter came up in @ letter which the at- torney for the plaintiff introduced. Tt was from rMs, Clarke to her hus- band and was written a few weeks after they had separated. Mrs. Clark eatd in one portion that she was sorry that she had been flirting with others BOERS DRIVEN FROM LEEUW KOP BY BRITISH. LEEUW KOP, Monday, April %.—Thé | rifles at long range. Their position was Boers retired from their positions here; one of great natural strength fn the battle #0 hurriedly that they left! Gea. Pole-Carew's ndmirabie disposi- & quantity of ammunition and mepy|tion of bis force thoroughly puzzled the rifles behind them. Boers, who were unable to see the di+ i ‘Webster's wife was planning a party ~ for her husband's birthday Sunday with heer brother-in-law and his wife. While he was talking @ new waist came frum CAPE TOWN, Apri t.—The PRINCETON, Aprii 4.—ii was iearned z already Mated names cellent author ernoon PRETORIA, Monday. April Z.—An) ment followed, and the English were jaee aeons rebels in ras - that Gov. Foner io athe he grade official bulletin issued here to-day ray* | driven from kopje to kopje. The Fede- “The Pedera ting Fale displayed great courage and reso- + Ween pow) pyc g wer | lution, and spiritedly chased the enemy of Gen. Brabant’s cattle and horees. |!" the direction of Roshof. Only two “Gen, De Wet's lonses at De Wetsdorp UTHhera were wounded, The Britieh were one man killed and six men|!oet fifteen men killed and left three wounded. Twenty British were cap-|"ounded and eight prisoners in the "| tured, Denies the kitied and wounded, | #845 Of the Burahers. The British appear to be retiring be- Crenje referred to Je the second pe Se the econ @he ran to her room and Mt on. Premed regrets tempt 10 blow up the Welland Canal) When the Warwickshire regiment took | rection of the attack owing to « deep When she caine back a Se a sr gerery line of locks the Militia Department has sentlthe tarm-nouse at the foot ef the ride, spruit. . sd ; others tbe missive. Mrs. Clarke burst into]out orders to have the arsenals al00§|the Boers’ pom-pons infileting no dam-| The irish artillery was unable to . Maughed at her. “The waist doesn't ft,"| tears while explaining «he letter and] the border put under strong guard. age, the Welsh regiment advanced along | join the right In time to reply to ¢ they cried. es soon young Clarke also began io cry. Hon, David Mills, the Minister of the Warwickshire's left and approached | Boer gun which was shelling (he Mou: Fad mind,” said she. “I'll take it] ‘The Ieter was in answer to a missive) Justice. in an interview says {t ts pos- cross fire. ed Infantry vigorously The she: from Clarke following . from the declaration of the men were obliged | however, burst 3% yards high and gid ~The women started tor her room to! sire. Clarke, tn it, said conduct in| that they. were {sited Staies citisens te move fet sould "MMbEsS theme taelne 4 take it off, Bhe was gone only a few| New York was teartioss and 1 wonder| that they proposed to plead their offense | ‘0 and the artillery planted a} lt Wh en re, pele spe » Selnates whon Webster heard groans.| why you had not killed me there. My he says, “ihey wore part of « th are waraey, it burst: Boers, who herd Lecuw Kap, trekkes vo He and his brother rushed in, firting coded jn New York and any one| Boer organization then thty were guilty move the Boers, rolifng over three |the eastward. Gen. French sent ow: On the bed face downward lay his i ag les. Every ‘one's| of Minn] to the sev bei boay of cavalry to (he south and a few wife, dying. On the floor was the new : inet orgs: that Gen. Dickson met Boore fo ot hold strong option 4 ol Dr. Bauer, of 1 Bast One STE es Hy fig"an erasable w | With opposition. the a ee to Leeuw Kop. Munteed aod Tweviranird str, er: |MAGIB 10 BE CHANCELLOR, |:2: cad Ff j;BOER REPORT TELLS OF * $2000 REBELS “Ls a ——" Saceced the a . tate Chanectter CAPTURE OF BRITISH. . (pecial to The Brening Wortt) ¢ ity ‘cane by" the death Ot a BASEBALL NEW YORK, GIANTS EXPECTED AN EASY — WIN FROM THE BEANEATERS AY TURNED OOWN BY THE U. 5. SENATE. Decided Not to Seat Pennsyl- vania Boss—Vote 33 to 32, Crowd on Hand to the Performance, (Reeclal to The Bvening World.) POLO GROUNDS, April .—Just of it! the Bostonians, so long of the alias “champions,” coming: as tail-enders and looking for fm WASILINGTON, Apefl 4—M. & Quay, striking out the word “not” in the Com- the yivanta Republican boss, met pestis tepetanton This resolution de- Penne: frosy at the hande clared that Mr. Quay was not entitled he watertoo this afternoon to hin seat, This vote was the test and 4 i z ‘The potities of the vote on Quay is complicated. The pair of Senator Hanna againet Quay astounded everybody. Hanna voted to seat Corbett, a prac- | tteally etantiar case. It is thought here that Hanna either has great assurances of campaign money from the anti-Quay | Peopl® contingent on the unseating of Quay. A QUESTION OF MONEY. | {t remains to be seen if this money [offsets the amount that Quay could in- fluence. Hanna probably thiks {t will. hen again Hanna's action gives the im- q | pression that the Administration is anti- Quay, and that the President wanted him degeated for the morai effect, Charles Emory Smith, Postmaster-Gen- eral, has fought Quay consistently for years in the Philadelphia Press, and he probably had much to do with it. Butler, Clay, Cockrell, 5 Harrie, Hawley, Heit- feld, Jones (Ark.), Lindsay, MoBride, McCumber, McEnery, MeMilian, Mar- tin, Money, Platt (Conn), Proctor, Quarles, Ross, Simon, ler, Tillman, sy, Turner, Vest, Wellington—3t. DEPEW FOR QUAY. Pairs were announced as follows, the first named in each instance being fa- vorable to Mr. Quay and the second opposed to him Pritchard with Gallinger, Depew with Hanna, Foster with Kean, Lodge with ‘Thurston, Kenney with Caffery, Elkins with Chilton, Fairbanks with Mallory, Hoar with Pettus, Kyle with Rawlins, ‘These Senators were unpaired; Al- drich, Beveridge, Clark (Montana) and Pettigrew. Aldrich ts one of the most powerful The result was @ surprise to e¥ery-! Renunitean politicians in the Senate, body and his absence without a pair indicates Quay would have won had Hanna stood out for him, Pettigrew sat silent In his seat, declining to vote either for or against Vest, who is Quays friend, was count- 4 upon to vole for him, but he fluked nt the jest moment and voted with the antls. ‘The first vote was on the question of “DODGERS IN BAD SHAPE, the same thing, On Sunday and Monday Washington was full of corporation representatives making thelr last demands that Quay be seated. They left this morning con- fdent that they bad won. Already the i inating on what stand Quay will take against the Administra- tion In Pennsylvania. Jones in centre. heckard, the | middle pasture guard, was shifted over \to left in place of Kell } The Ba Order, | Phiiadeiphia. Brooklyn, Hanlonites, Split Up, Tackle Quak- | Phiiadelphi sbroktys, ers tm First Game of Series siagie. : Kesler. me , fen i Slowtown. Kellen ~~ (tpectal to The Evening World) 1 balck Jones, cf. BALL PARK, PHILADELPHIA, April ferariens. ©. Beblen, * %.~The Champions had « beautiful day Crone, se MoGuitre, for their opening tn Sto: It was Dononue, Kennedy, p. as pleasant as May and all that familiar) & mpire—Ktr, matte, old saying conveys. Firet Inwing. The turf inside the diamond ly cropped and as smooth niece of velvet. Nekher of the clube was tn the best | of condition. - Delahanty compat inipries which be received in Friday's battle with the Beaneaters, and when aim Guire andicapped there is much wailing | Gulte’s | perfect Philadelphia fans pushed a saf The champions were, however. Med La. worse shape. Daly was unable to Grows, being still lame from the injuries he sustained ia coming into contact) Meyers made a fine one-hand all with Frisbee at the Polo Grounds last] Kedeys soorcher, idin't get his week. Hanlon expected Tom would | MA" at first. slow to ore went fo be reedy for service to-day kivn went to bat first ted the ball with an out at firs bunted and was cleverly throw: ‘ by Meyers. Lajole threw out Kee- jer in sensational fashion. Jennings went a it to . No runs. e% away from swipes at the | Si disposed of Mr. Derfect throw ‘alied fms i expedition. Demont. M He has! mate mixtures. but neither te here with the team. Py Casey, the regular extra infielder, is] 89 TM Ms: Sik oe at home nursing a sore arm, andlampie time i ey tcore ae r Pitcher Yeager, who at various times | assist on orrid ¥ meat Inst season subsiiiuiei on ihe diamoni| jee"*S, amt nih In @ rap to with great satisfaction, was permitted to remain behind. Taira Inning, Davis ‘The spectators could not get a line] MeGuire took his base on four wide: on the line-up of the Champions in ee. LE advance of the game. In the preliminaries Capt. Kelley shoving. Devsont wee ee: