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BRITISH ARE BADLI WHIPPED OVER TWO THOUSAND OF WHITE’S 7VRMy SCl’RRE/NDE'R. TO BOERS. A Repetition of Kajuba Kill In the Bat* tie Before Ladysmith. All England was astounded Tuesday by the announcement from the war office of a crushing British defeat and the capture of the Royal Irish Fusi¬ liers and the Gloucestershire regiment, the cream of the English troops in South Africa. The news was received early in the morning aud oame in the shape of a dispatch from General White, who takes the entire blame for the disaster. Defeat would have been sufficient to oause displeasure, but the announce¬ ment of the capture of more thau 2,000 men, together with almost fifty offi¬ cers, had added to the seriousness of the situation. Subsequent dispatches show that the capture of the troops now at Ladysmith is serious, and news of a further retreat would not bo ing. The Boers occupy a strong po- sition and an attack on the remaining troops was impending. White’ll l>iBpMt<:h. The dispatch from Genera. White, commanding the British forces a Ladysmith, reporting that the Royal Irish Fusiliers, No. 10 mounted bat- tery and the Gloucestershire legiment were surrounded in tho tuviiv'w.!! lulls by the and t after lo«in<r casualties have not yet been ascer tnirlpd The following is the text of General White’s dispatch to the war office: Ladysmith, Oct. 30.— (10:30 p. m.) I have to report a disas¬ ter to the column sent by me to take a position on a hill to guard the left flank of the troops. In these operations today the Royal Irish Fusiliers, No. 10 mountain battery and the Gloucestershire regiment were surrounded in the hills and after losing heavily had to capitulate, The casualties have not yet been ascertained. A man of the Fusiliers, employ¬ ed as a hospital orderly, came in under a flag of truce with a letter from the survivors of the column, who asked for assistance to bury the dead. I fear there is no doubt of the truth of the report. I formed a plan in the carrying out of which the disaster occurred aud I am alone responsible for the plan. There is no blame what¬ ever to tlie troops, as the position was untenable. General White, in a subsequent dis¬ patch gives names of officers taken pris¬ oners. They number forty-two,of whom five were wounded. At the government office no effort was made to conceal the feeling of dismay caused by the receipt of the news from General White. One offi- cial said to a representative of the As¬ sociated Press: It is inexplicable, and I am sorry to say that its moral effect is inestimable. We have lost heavily in many wars and have had regiments almost wiped out, but to have regiments captured, and by the Boers—it is terrible. An official of the war office said to the representative of the Associated Press: “This disaster is more likely due to the craze of our younger officers to distinguish themselves, obtain men¬ tion in the dispatches and earn the Victoria cross, than to the fault of that splendid veteran, Genoral White, in spite of his avowal.” The war office has sent the followiug dispatch to Bulier: “Three extra battalions of foot and one mountain battery, with reserves, will leave England during the course of ten days to make good the casual¬ I ties. ” The New» in London. A London cable dispatch says: There was a continuorfii stream of callers at tlie war office until a late A GALE AT NEWBBRN. Hurricane Causes Great Damage In North Carolina Town. A special from Newbern, N. C,, says: “A hurricane passed through this section Monday night. In the city thousands of dollars of damage was done by the tide, whioh was two feet higher than during any hurricane ever known. “Small boats were thrown into the public streets aud at miduight the firemen fought fire from lime barrels catching fire standing waist deep in water. “Many tons of salt and sugar in bag* melted and ran into the river.” FATHER L03T HIS LIFE. Saved His Little Girl But Was Killed By the Cars. News has been received in Zebulon, Ga., of the sudden death of Mr. Oran Jones in Florida iB an effort to rescue his little girl, who had gone on the railroad track to get her dog out of the danger of an approaching train. Mr. Jones was rpu over and killed by the cars after having saved his ohild. Mr. Jones was raised in Pike county j and had many friends in Zebulon. hour Tuesday evening, everybody anxiously inquiring regarding Mon¬ day’s casualties, but the war office de- dared that nothing had been received since Sir George White’s dispatch communicating the news of t he cap- ture of th» Royal Irish Fusiliers and the Gloucestershire regiment. The delay in getting further intel- ligence was attributed in part to the break down of the east coast cable, but it stands to reason that the war office must be possessed of further news, which it is probably not thought ad- visabie should be published as yet. The disaster has caused a feeling akm to npnafceriiHtion and in Gloucos- tershire and the north of Ireland, where the captured regiments were re- cruited; the black and gloom prevails, families awaiting with beating hearts the names cf the killed and wounded, which are fuily expected to reach a high figure. Many homes are already in mourning in c msequence of losses sustained by these regiments in previ- ons engagements. Public anxiety; was_increased by a specml dispatch from Ladysmith, pub- l«shed m the late editions of the Lon- dou afternoon papers to the effect that before darkness Monday the Boers ^occupied the old position held by their heavy artillery, 7 which General 'Hiite had reported silenced by the of *he naval brigade from the Powerful and had opened fire again. The d.spatcyurther says. ihe situation is one of grave aMljty ’ Beyond doubt the Boer retirement yesterday (Monday) was a ruse to draw General White into the hilly country and away from the British camp. Tins last sentence is significant and confirms the opinion of many experts here that General White is allowing himself to be outgeneraled by Com- mandant General Joubert. Boer Spider; Britinh Fly. From the scanty advises received it seems tolerably certain that the di.au- ter was simply 7 a repetition of the bat- tie tie of 01 Maiuba Aiajuoa hill nui, tnougn though on on a a larger larger e lowe d to march into a trap set for them, It is simply a case of the Boer snider 1 ' and the British fir r ' W1 XV hue . May „ Be B«n«red „ . General Sir George White s honest admission of full responsibility and iu 0 S ome U circles^as vfrtu&lIv^lacfruThis ities and it is even rumored that the persede him The report, however, is discredited in well-informed quar- tel .\ About .... six thousand fresh . , troops will arme at Cape Town wi bin a few days from England and will be available to "XTrive iXl^tvth^eZof will a week 28,000 troops have been landed in south Africa. These men nr. intended for General fen- Redvers Builer’s army, but they will undoubtedly be detached to Natal if the situation should become peril- ° U 1 ,, nrmv •„ B reach the huge total of 89,634, of other 20,000 miscellaneous but excel lent coloni al troops. TURNER TALKS OF KRUGER. -- Colored Bishop Says He Sympathises With England and Gives Reasons. During the Southwest Georgia an- nual conference of the African Metho- dist Episcopal church at Columbus, Bishop Turner in an address said; “In my visit last year to South Africa I talked with President Kruger aud with President Steyn of the Or¬ ange Free State. “I liked Steyn because he recog¬ nized the authority of the African Methodist Episcopal church. Kruger, for a while, did the same because he did not want white men to be tamper¬ ing with the blacks.” The bishop exclaimed: “I sympa- tliize with England, but I fear Kruger because be is calling on the Lord, and I believe if Kruger will promise to do better that God will hear him.” FATAL HOTEL FIRE. Webster House at Montreal Burns and Three Lives Lost. The Webster house at Montreal, Canada, was burned Tuesday morn- ing. Several persons are supposed to have been burned or suffocated. Three bodies have been recovered, one of which was identified as that of a scrub woman. Louisiana Lifts Quarantine. A Shreveport speoial says: The cold weather has put an end to quar¬ antine and the embargo will be raised agaiust all quarantine points in Louis¬ iana. HOBART SLIGHTLY lflPROVED. Vice President Felt Better Tuesday Than For a Week Past. A special from Patterson, N. J,, says: At 6 o’clock Tuesday evening, it was announced that Vice President Hobart had passed a very comfortable day. He bad taken an interest in af- fairs, was very cheerful and enjoyed a natural sleep. He himself says that the day was one of the best he has passed in a week. REMOVALS HOLLOWED. Two Railroad Officials “Checked Out" By Investigators. The railroad and business worlds were startled by two sensational nn- uouncemeuts at Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday morning. Mr. George C. Smith, president of the Atlanta and West Point railroad, and also president of the board of con¬ trol of the union depot, announced that Colonel Albert Howell, Sr., who for seventeen years has been union “k? moval from office of Mr. Thomas ,T. Hunter, who for the past ten years has been auditor of the West Point road. Mr. E. W. Sells has been appointed acting auditor of the Atlanta and West Point and the Western Railway of Alabama to succeed Mr. Hunter. The sudden and unexpected changes are the result of an examination of the books of Auditor Hunter, which be- gan some days ago. About ten days ago Mr. Hunter left the ofty tempora- nly. During his absence countants were secured from New York to examine his reports. As a result of the investigation in the Atlanta and West Point office, the accounts in the union ticket office were also examined, the work having begun last Friday. At midnight Monday night the ex- perts and the representatives of the associated railroads, the Southern, Georgia, Central and Atlanta and West Point stated as a result of their abors Colonel Howell had been “checked out, and Mr. Hill was then placed in charge of the office ihe following official notice was issued . by President Smith of the change in the auditor’s office: “Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 31, 1899. ‘‘Effective this date Mr E. W. Sells is hereby appointed acting audi- tor of the companies, vice Thomas J. Hunter. “All communications pertaining to the auditing department will heieafter be addressed to Mr. Sells, at Atlanta. G* “Gmohor 0. Smith, President and General Manager. ^ ------------ GROWTH OF I HE SOUTH. " 7 List of New Industries Established ... . , the Past Week. Among the more important of the Bew Bnlustries reported during the f ast f w eek are ft bleacbery and dye bouse . ^ Georgia; - factory in a clear in South Carolina; coal mines 111 Alabama ftnd Wes( , y irginia; cotton m ill s in Mi s 8 issippi and North Caroliq* a cottonseed oil mill in Texas; a dredg- mg company in Virginia; an electric light company and flouring mills m South Carolina; a handle factory in Alabama; a hardware company in Texas; hosiery mills in Tennessee; ice ^ aotones m ^ Carolinas; iron mines “ PP ’ 7 '.aro nia £2sZ"ssr'£Ff.'t& „ i Carolina; a soap factory in West Vir- giuia ; a steamship company in Ala- bama; tannic acid works in North Carolina; a telephone company in Kentucky; tobacco factories in Ken- tacky and North Carolina.-Trades- maU (Oba ttanooga, Tenu.) 'blNNERY BOILER BURSTS. -- One fta, K„,ed «n t » .ed Tw. Others Fatally Injured. By an explosion Tuesday morning at Ben Reed’s ginhouse, five miles southwest of Gainesville Ga. one “d“othTrs we ™Inorralfy 7 Jer iJimed. the cm, and Lon H-/eed, Mooney, the en- of g„,eer. Je es P ,oslr,n occuried while % the * men were at work and is supposed to “ ave been caused from cold water hav- ing been pumped into the hot boiler, ' w "s 8 °ld bad.y lopaiied. en S* n ® an<l l)OII f were blown up through the second story, knock- ing a hole in the top floor and roof of the building, and carried by the ter- rific force a distance of 125 feet. HAWAIIANS EXCITED. They Are Told .That Their Affair s Are Under Our Direction. According to a dispatch tiii brought , . from Honolulu, residents of the Haw- •ii.D M„,a, „r« 1„ „ gmt .t.t, o* from Assistant bec. etaiy of the It”” lreas srr5.I“".T'of' Sfi,r,.a. into itrol £'h™, JZ i» islands was under the 1 a contiol of the war department. CHICAGO BUILDING BURNED. Flames Cause Loss of Nearly Quarter Million Dollars. At Chicago,Wednesday morning, the five-story building, 39-43 West Wash¬ ington street, occupied by the Empire steam carpet cleaning works, M. Mc¬ Gregor & Co., manufacturers of ma¬ chinery; Frank Swett & Co., saw man- ufacturers.and Becker Bros..electrical engine manufacturers, burned,causing a loss of 1125,000. Huntsville In Luck. Another sewing machine plant rated at $300,000 is in sight for Huntsville, Ala. The proprietors live in the New England states. NEW SYSTEM TESTED. Two Battleships Demonstrate Work- ing of Marconi Telegraphy. The cruiser New York, flagship of Rear Admiral Farquhar, and the bat- tleship Massachusetts returned to New 8 York Wednesdav night, after being employed for three days in evo- Intions for the purpose of demonstrat- ing tho working of the Marconi sys- I tern of wireless telegraphy under vari- | ons practical conditions. STEAMER SUNK; CREW PERISH CaptHlil . Vv&S trlS Only j Survivor of Disaster. CAUGHT IN THE HURRICANE _______ i Toil Men Were f Sedl to Go DoWil With Ifle nreCil trullc UluClS are ISI Unaccounted euovwuii u hr iui. _____ Ihe steamer Navahoe, updam Sta- pies, arrived at Charleston, S. C, Wednesday morning from New York ' i 0n Monday she encountered the gale, , ^ i eigbteeen hours. On Tuesday, about fifty miles east of charleston lightship, she rescued c 1 ‘ . ' j b Gaskill ’ sole survivor ' of the , crew of the steamer George , L. Colwell, of Detroit, bound to New York from Fernandina, Fla., with a car „ 0 o{ ] nmber Captain Gaskill wm 6linaini j t „ a piece of wreoknsre 0 f his , 0Ht V „ SS( .|, to whioh he had clung for twellt two hmlrs . - Captain Staples and bis officers dis ^ Mre and skill in rescuing Car ! ftaski!1 _ At first a skiff was low- ® * f t. again g „ t the Tro^’hS thia of W The «w Bteam . n the , rew struggled man- fully in the anRry Ke a until hauled i. by |ife lin<!a . Captain Staples steamed near the wreckage, a line was throw to ( . aptain Gaakil]> who made it fa- ar0UU:1 ijifj vvaist and was hauled , d He had been badly bruised. H> waR kill(1 ly cared for on board ami ,V now in 8t. Francis Xavier infirmary ‘ in Charleston progressing favorably. Captain Gaskill sav' that the storm h ; m witll fu „ f oroe MolldaT f,... fore daylight. The fury of the wind am j^ yf 0Vl8 «>f the waves caused his ves- Be 0 spring a leak. Heavy V -eas were ahippeil . The pumps ere worked, but became choked and the cargo shift- e d in the hold. The vessel broke into ■ This was about ten miles northeast of Cape Bomain. Captain Gaskill ami CIW of thirteen clung to wreckage, which turned over several times. He BBW ten of hi. crew engulfed in the waves, and is of the opinion the others shared ljke f ate s. Captain Gaskill la- ments the loss of his crew deeply and C ers of the Navahoe for theiT noble ef- si.oob adrift. ihe Bay line steamer Gaston, Cap- tain Porter,sighted a drifting sloop oft Tangier island, Chesapeake bay•, Tues- day morning. On being overhauled, John Pet .grew a young man from oik, Ya„ was found on board ‘ I The.loop, Lloyd Hudgin, was turn- ed adrift and soon afterward went i Tta hoy hi, brother went ashore Sunday night, leaving him in charge of the sloop which broke anchor chain and had . been drifting th.rty-s.x hours. two bchoonkhs lost. A special from Wilmington, N. C„ j ga y S: The two-masted schooner Stone- wall, Captain Million, from Wilming- ton to Khallotte, N. 0., with a cargo j of merchandise, was caught in Tues- ) day’s lotte river, storm and after she blown had entered to Sha- j was out sea. Y essel and cargo with crew supposed to be lost. Two-masted schooner, Stella Lee, Captain Williamson, bound for Shal- lotte with cargo of naval stores and 1 produce, given tip as lost. ! The little tug, Woodward, of the ; Cape bear quarantine station, and a sma B launch also belonging to the j government, were broken loose from their moorings and sunk in the storm, - Stoneware Trust Probable. Aspe ei.i,„„ troa M.rnba., O. r“ the next ?* month W» all the stoneware fas- ! ori '“ “ff.T M 11! National o .“““S' Stoneware ” company. ’ "*™ ' \ FIFE SUES. Widow of Millionaire Alleges That She Has Been Buncoed. Mrs. George Fife, daughter of the late Nicholas Lunuing, of San Fran¬ cisco, has brought suit against George Whittel for $750,000. Complainant alleges that in the settlement of her father’s estate she was not given the full amount due her under her father’s will. She was allowed $500,000 and she now affirms that she should have been paid $1,250,000. Plaintiff charges that she was misinformed aud did not un¬ derstand the true oondition of the estate. SPANIARDS REVENGEFUL. Those In Philippines Ask Otis’ Negro Troops to Revolt. Advices from Manila say that Colo- nel Smith, at Angeles, has sent to General MacArthur a placard in Span- ish which was found nailed to a tree outside the line. It was an appeal to the colored troops to join the insur- gents in the fight for freedom and le- ferred to “your brothers, Sam Hose and Gray, whose blood calls aloud vengeance. ” WHITE HOLDING ON. England Pleas d nt Our Evidences of Sympathetic Feeling. A London m e< M al says: The war office lots received a t. Ingram dis- latebed from Ladysmith at 9:25 Thursday morning saying that Gen¬ eral White was well and holding his position. An official telegram reporting the condition of the wounded at Kiinber- j ley adds that Colonel Kekewitch, the British commander there, has learned from various sources that the Boer j losses on the occasion of the late sortie of the British troops from Kira- l,v.vley were very * heavy, The London newspapers continue to express keen pleasure at the svm- • pathy of the United States. The St .Tames Gazette says: “Few more graceful examples could j, e imagined of the courteous spirit of American sympathy with this country, ‘ lvlli( , h , 1KS blM , u so ,,fr en evident of ! n te, than tho project of the American ladies’ hospital ship, which will be fitted out with many of those Amer- ican nurses whose services were so highly valued during the Cuban war. This is the first example of a hospital ship provided by a nation which is at peace for another during the stress of war, and the widespread and gener- ous responses to its appeals from both K ;,] es u f q le Atlantic show how;warmly the merciful idea is accepted ^y the | ' citizens in both countries.” PLEASES AFRIKANDERS. Thev I hey 0 Gloat - t o Over ve 7^7^to the Vitorle* r m s Won Won Bv By th ' Boers ’ The Havas agency at Paris publish- odthe following extraordinary dispatch » P1 1 hu « d i “y^ich i • , the agency says wa Reived ‘ Jr,l6sels: through its correspondent at “Cape TowN-The news of the Boers’two victories around Ladysmith has created considerable excitement among the Afrikanders who do not conceal their joy. Kir Alfred Milner, «b- British high commissioner, is much prrtubated at their attitude, General White, in these two engage- ments lost about 350 men killed, wounded and prisoners. The second victory was won by the Free. Staters : commanded by Lucas Meyer, who seized Colouso, thus cutting off the retreat of General White, who is sounded. The inves ment of Lady- smith is complete, and the Boers are masters of Pietermaritzburg and the Durban railway “News has reached General White that Mafeking is closely beseiged, and that the Boers have successfully re- pulsed the sorties The surrender of Mafeking is expected. FUNSTON BRINGS SUIT. Archbishop of Ireland and a Catholic , . , , Th K ('itv Star General Frederick Funston, who is enroute homp fflth thp niustaved out Xwentieth Kansas, has wired his T ka attorney8> Gleen, Ware A to bring proceedings against Al ,. hbish l freland of St. Paul, for ( , iln;nul , il>el because of statements ^Ht’ir teJvh w^ 6 arCbbl8h ° P “ re ' ^^SVSST^TStVS piston also instructed his “ nr „ p „ p .i ino g . a ; n „ t ,i 1H vr nn ;tr>r n Catholic paper of San FraudMo, whieh flrHt printed the story. In a recent interview in Chicago, G^elLrFrs^ 0 ^ 0 ^ in the Philipines. The charges alleged to have been referred to by the arch- bishop were made by the editor of The Monitor, soon after the landing 0 f the Kansas troops in San Francisco. The Monitor stated, it is said, that General Fnuston had taken two mag- nificent chnlioes from a certain ohnrch in the Philippines aud had sent them | home to his wife. Archbishop Ire- ] au d in his Chicago interview was quoted as calling upon General Funs- j ton to deny the truth of the artiole and sue the editor of The Monitor for libel, t or the public would be obliged, against its will, to believe him guilty been of the criminal acts of whioh he has ac- cused. j -—— <>«» -<j» *»«»V Brit- : j S«*«»..... h d d and / 00 wo .mded were count- : a »***. at...t.,, ■» 870 pri.on.r. w.re ...t to Pr«- toria. MILLS TO CLOSE DOWN. Tin Plate Manufacturers Preparing For Indefinite Rest. The Pittsburg plants of the Ameri¬ can Tin Plate company are preparing to shut down indefinitely. They will be idle probably after Nov. 15, and just ivhen they will start up again, if ever, is a question in which some 700 workmen are much interested. Al¬ though not yet definitely decided on, the officials of the trust are contem¬ plating the complete dismantling of the Monongahela and Star works and a concentration of their business at the plants in Indiana and Newcastle, Pennsylvania. NOT IN COMBINE. Big Chattanooga Mills Decide to Do Business Independently. Three of the largest milling compa- n j es j n t be south, located in Chatta- »ooga, have have withdrawn w.tlKtrawn from from the tlie move- move ment started in New York to form a southern millers combine. It is stated here reliably that the mills at Louisville, Ky., and Sweetwater, Tmhl. have also withdrawn. COMMISSIONERS MAKES REPORT A Summary of Philippine Affairs Compiled. SUBMITTED TO PRESIDENT Philippine Commission Tells of Their Work in the Islands and the Con¬ ditions as They Left Them. A Washington special says: In ao- cordance witli tbe understanding !,«„«« w«ln,. “, the , Philippine commission Thursday ,* morning submitted to the president the preleminary report whioh it lia . promised 1 to Dreuare The report appears to be a compact of conditions the island.- ^ summary on fts th<! commission left them, of tin- historical events which preceded Ru¬ Spanish war and led to the original Filipino insurrection; of the exchanges between Admiral Dewey and the other American commanders and the iumir- g T ' i the insurrection ‘ and finally, a statement present^ , of the capacity of the T il¬ ip.nos for self-government. A notable by feature Admiral of the Dewey report explanatory is a memorandum of his relation . with Aguinaldo. The commission Tells briefly how i, conducted the task entrusted to it hearing statements from all classes of P« 0 Ple in Ma^ailla as to the capabilities f the F.lipi, os for self-government, the lm-nts and customs of the people, aud also tae establishment of mnnici- pal governments in many towns, All this matter ,s to be included m the final report. Turning to the history of the islands, . the commission attaches little importance to the divers rebellions which had preceded that of 1896. As t° this movement they declare that it ^oLLnce « ep«"dence ” but^soM??^ but .ole !,- to Mitlln obtain from ”-t<. lerable abuses. To sustain this statement they quote from an insurgent proclamation issued at the time. The report then tells of *0 insurrectimn which ended by S p .^ buying off Agumaldo and his follow- ers. Ihe vvin begun in 1836 was ter- minated by the treaty of Bias-Na-Bate. Treaty Ignored. The provisions of the treaty were never carried out, Spanish abuse be- than 200 men being executed. Hence s^isssps^ts&ss the original movement The report teU. how General Augustin came to Manila as governor general at this inneture L“ and war broke out between iin and the United States Augns- tin Filipinos sought to secure the SpainTgainst support of the to defend -America promising them autonomy, but the Filipinos did not trust him. •?. ,h 1 br ri "to ' ft,•Lin ., ^ U ; g i Tune * prestige Luinaldo ' Then in ‘ came The commission’s report then vapid- >7 sketcl >es events now historical. It S^i^Indtvfa^ Anderson arrived and Aguinaldo at his request, moved from Cavite to Baeoor. The report then states that Aguin- a j do wished to atttack the Americana when they landed at Paranaque, but was deterred by the lack of arms and ammunition. From that point on there was a growing “the friction between the Filipinos and American troops, “There were no conferences,” says report, “between the officers of the Filipinos and our officers w ith a view to operating agaiust the Spaniards nor W as there co-operation of auy kind. There never was any preconcerted op- eration or any combined movement by the United Steles and Filipinos 1 against ° iSoiw Q ,, tb» Ml. of tio lock ol attending the .tot made at this time by General Merritt, ........* -»... toohiri n«d.r.t..diug with Aguinaldo as to the intentions, purposes and de- of the Filipino people. This brings the story up to the outbreak on the evening of the 4th of February, with the attack upon the American . troops following the aotion of the Ne¬ braska sentinel. The commission then takes up tba condition o! the country at the time of their arrival, comparing it with con¬ ditions existing at the time they left a short time ago. As to the state of affairs when :h» commission left the report say? fields were being planted and the people, protected by our troops, were enjoy¬ ing peace, security and a degree of participation in their own government previously unknown in the history of the Philippines. RUSHING NEW LINE. F. C. & P. Railway Will Soon Be Con¬ nected With Seaboard. . John Skelton Williams, president of the Seaboard Air-Line, was in Gohim- * oon J ' a ’ ® tr ’iction p. - ’ ^ c b ' J f 1V8 '' B y new examining line to con- tho ne ct the Florida , CeutraUnd Pemnsn- lar with the Seaboard’s main line.. He is pleased with the progress made and is confident that the eighty miles of new road will be completed January 1st.