New-York tribune., 1900-05-07
ArtuDork Dailp Gribn,rs.
MONDAY, NAY 4. 1900
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-General Roberts reports that the
British column under Pole-Carew forced the
passage of the Vet River south of Smaldeel, Or
ange Free State, Saturday, after severe nght-
ing; the British advance northward was contln-
ued. the Beers stubbornly contesting the prog
ress of the enemy: General Ian Hamilton was
reported to have occupied the important town OF
Winburg: General Barton's brigade of Hunter S
Mafeking relief force met with stubborn opposi-
ticn north of Vaal River but drove the Beers
from ridge to ridge THE United States Le-
cation at Constantinople is doing nothing re-
sarding the indemnity payment awaiting the
result of communications between the Glldlz
Kiosk and the Turkish Minister at Washington.
Ten thousand Ashantees attacked the
British at Coomassie on April % and fierce and
bloody fighting continued for days; the Gov
ernor, Sir F. VI. Hodgson. asked for further re-
fnforcements on the Gold Coast. = The Co
Iombian rebels are reported to have bought a
torpedo boat from Germany for the purpose of
attacking the port of Sabanilla. - General
plated leading an insuTrection2ry movement in
Eastern Cuba. saying that he could not stir up
a revolution If he desired it.
DOMESTIC-Governor Roosevelt has filed at
Albany memoranda of reasons why he failed to
approve of some of the bills left in his hands at
the close Of the legislative session - Ad,
miral and Mrs. Dewey arrived at Memphis. and
had an enthusiastic reception. == EX-Judge
William c. Endicott. who was Secretary of war
under President Cleveland in his first term, died
his home in Boston, from pneumonia =
The Rev. Dr. H. p. Dewey, of Concord, n. H.,
accepted the call Of the Church of the Pilgrims.
in Brooklyn. TO succeed DIR. r. 5. Storrs. =-
F. w. Atkinson, principal of the Springfield,
Mass High School, has been appointed Super
intendent of instruction of the Philippines by
the new Commission. == Chaplain Pierce of
the United States Army, who has been more
than a year at Manila, stated that the canteen
system was less evil in its effects than the
former practice of using native liquor abolished
by the Government. - Facts have to
liFht which lead to the belief that the Regular
Army will be reduced in rank and file, while the
present number of officers will be retained. -
dispatch from Washington said that there
was nothing to substantiate charges of fraud in
the mail service.
CITY.-Webster Davis, Assistant Secretary Of
the Interior, addressed large pro-Boer mass
meeting in the Academy of Music. - The
police estimate the loss by the fire at the NAL
iory steamship pier at 81 100000 which is
sidered excessive a baby's life lost by
drowning. - President Little, Senator Davis
the Controller and others discussed the Davis
law - John Garrabrandt, eighteen years
old of Jersey City, confessed that he murdered
Henry Mass, boy companion, to secure So in
the latter's possession. - Mayor Van Wyck
and John F. Carroll returned from their trip
with Charles w. Morse, president of the Ice
Trust.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Part
ly cloudy. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
6S degrees; lowest, 49, average. 53as.