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The State of Dade News.
VOL. X.
THE WAR IS OVER.
British Occupy Pretoria Without
Resistance.
ROBERTS’ ENTRY NOT OPPOSED.
• ——.
General Botha Sends Out a Letter Pro
po ing an Armistice—Great Rejoic
ing in All Parts of England.
London, By Cable. —At 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, almost eight
months after the declaration of war,
Lord Roberts entered Pretoria. While
the commander-in-chief of the greatest
army Great Britain ever put in the
field was fulfilling the promise he
made to the Guards at Bloemfontein,
to lead them into the capital of the
Transvaal, England was celebrating
the event with wild enthusiam.
Throughout the length and breadth of
the country the news spread like wild
fire. Based on the recollection of re
cent European wars, when the occupa
tion of the enemy’s capital signified
the end o 2 hostilities, Lord Roberts’
terse telegram was universally taken
to mean the practical finish of the war
which has tried Britian’s military re
sources as they were never tried be
fore. The War Office became the cen
tre for the celebration. Joyful throngs
thundered cheers and sang, “God Save
the Queen.” Hats hoisted from thou
sands of heads were waved in exultant
hands and shimmered like a coal bed
in th sun. Lord Roberts’ Six Miles
Spruit dispatch was hardly printed by
the "extras” before the Union Jack of
the War Office was hauled up the flag
staff and the brief message was passed
from mouth to mouth: "Pretoria is oc
cupied.” The pressure of General
French north of the Boer capital came
as a surprise and explained the eom
mancier-m-chief's retriever anent the
position of the energetic cavalry lead
er. It vr y evident that Lord Roberts
delayed attacking until all his columns
were ready to co-operate.
Judging from Lord Roberts’
phraseology the occupation of Pre
toria v/as not accompained by any loss
cf life. Wliat has happened to the
Boer forces, which so insistently op
posed the British advance at Six
Miles Spruit can only be surmised. But
presumably, they have got away for
the present at any rate. The latest
press dispatches from a representative
of the Associated Press at Pretoria,
dated June 3, quotes General Botha as
saying:
“So-long as we can still count on our
thousands of willing men, we must
not dream of retreat or throwing away
our independence.”
General Bctha, it is added, annulled
the regulations appointing a special
committee to preserve order, substitut
ing military control for that of the
committee. General Lucas Meyer, ad
dressing the burghers on the church
square, urged them all to stand fast.
Thus though their efforts were piti
fiflly futile, it is evident that the faith
ful Boers worked desperately to resist
the overwhelming force of Lord Rob
erts’ army.
The War Office has information that
oae of the first things done by Lord
Roberts after the occupation of Pre
toria was to direct General French to
relieve the British prisoners confined
at Waterval. Bells were rung, flags
were flown and holidays were declared
all over England. The Lord Mayor of
London was calbed to Lord Roberts as
follows:
-The empire will never forget wuat
you and the forces under your com
mand have accomplished. Accept the
grateful congratulations of the citi
zens of London.”
New York Democrats.
New York, Special.—The Democratic
State convention elected these dele
gates at large to the national Demo
cratic convention: David B. Hill,
Richard Cr<iker, Edward Murphy and
Augustus Van Wyck; alternates,
Frank Campbell, Jacob Ruppert, Jr.,
C. Morgan Sanford and James She-,
viin; electors at large, Frederick Cook,
of Rochester; Robert C. Titus, of Buf
falo.
Capitol D.dlcated.
Sante Fe, N. Mex., Special.—The new
capitol here was dedicated Monday
with proper ceremonies, to which mili
tary and civil societies from all parts
of the southwest contributed. There
was a grand parade, after which the
formal dedication took place* Gov.
Otero formally received the building
cm behalf of the State. Territory Sec.
Wallace received the building on be
half of ‘the custodian committee. Ex-
Gov. Bradford delivered the oration of
the day. In the evening the capitol
was brilliantly illuminated and a re
ception was given in it.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The South
The battleship Kentucky left New
port News Tuesday afternoon for Old
Point, where she dropped anchor. Wed
nesday she was presented with a hand
some silver service by a delegation
from Kentucky.
The birthday of Jefferson Davis wa9
celebrated by a mass meeting in Louis
ville, attended by visitors to the Con
federate reunion.
The North.
The Boer delegates in this country
have gone from Boston to Springfield,
Mass.
Detected in stealing $2 at Patch
ogue, N. Y., Bessie Girard, 14 years
old, killed herself.
Smith G. Wilcox caught a turtle at
Middletown, N. Y., bearing the name of
his father, carved 36 years ago.
General H. S. Hawkins, who led
the charge at San Juan Hill, is serious
ly ill with pneumonia at Fort Slocum,
N. Y.
The elevator having stopped, Miss
Florence Irene Leonard, of Arlington,
Ga., was prisoned on top of the obser
vation tower at Niagara Falls all
night.
Because it used liquor at its initia
tion on .Sunday, the faculty of the
Northwestern University of Chicago,
111., will force the Theta Nu Epsilon,
sophomore fraternity, out of the Col
lege of Liberal Arts.
In answer to a Senate inquiry Secre
tary Root has furnished the following
information: Filipinos killed since
the insurrection began, 10,870; wound
ed, 2,104; captured and surrendered,
10,425.
The Social Labor party met in New
York to nominate a President and Vice
President.
Devotional exercises in connection
with Dickinson College commencement
were held in Carlisle, Pa.
Christian scientists held communion
services in Boston and received a mes
sage from Rev. Mrs. Eddy, founder of
the denomination.
There are exactly 52,631 census enu
merators at work, Pennsylvania lead
ing with 4,676.
William Clements, aged 17 years,
was caught by the cage in the Taylor
ville (111.) mirfe and his head was sev
ered from his body.
The east-bound fast passenger train,
No. 20, on the Pennsylvania railroad,
was derailed at Union City, Ind., Satur
day, but no one was injured.
Because he refused to take Bryan in.
sturctions, Perry Belmont was defeat
ed for State delegate at the Democratic
primaries in Suffolk, L. I.
Upson Downs, a boot and shoe sales
man of Haverhill, Mass., offers to whip
the man who made fun of his name in
the Boston Herald —if he isn’t too big.
Six hundred persons sailed from San
Francisco for Cape Nome, Saturday,
100 of them being employes cf the
Alaska Commercial company, at St.
Michael’s.
A coroner’s jury has advised the ar
rest of Night Watchman Henry Fred
ericks for the burning of the Hotel
Helen, at Chicago, 111., by which three
lives were lost.
Rev. Dr. Richard S. Storrs, who was
succeeded as pastor of the Church of
the Pilgrims, in Brooklyn, yesterday,
by Rev. Dr. H. P. Dewey, is lying crit
ically ill at his home.
Foreign.
An operation for appendicitis was
sucessfully performed upon the Crown
Prince of Siam, Maha Vajiravudh, at
Oxford, England.
Marquis Ito may be called upon to
form anew Ministry in Japan.
Americn Minister Merry’s mails were
robbed in the post office at San Jose,
Costa Rico.
In view of the contemplated prohibi
tion law in Winnipeg, the liquor men
are asking the government for $2,000,-
000 compensation for loss of business.
A man said to answer the description
of the missing Rev. Charles Higbee, of
New Rochelle, N. Y., is reported to
have been found dead in a hotel in the
City of Me?.ico on January 27.
Boers are threatening Lord Roberts’
communications.
Cossacks have gone in aid of foreign
ers theratened by “boxers” near Pekin.
President Loubet, of France, attend
ed the Auteull races, which passed off
without political demonstrations.
Miscellaneous.
Stephen Crane, the American author
and war correspondent, is dead.
General E. S. Otis will probably be
held in quarantine at San Francisco,
Cal., until Monday.
A question recently arose in Cuba
whether a United tSates soldier ar
rested for the murder of a native
should be tried by the military author
ities of the United tSates or the civil
courts of Cuba. The atto ney general
decided that the civil courts of Cuba
have complete jurisdiction in the mat
ter. He advised that the prisoner be
turned over to them for trial.
Of the $18,000,000,000 worth of com
merce done by all the nations of the
world, England’s share is 18.3 per cent,
Germany’s 10.8 per cent., and that of
the United States 9 7 per cent.
TRENTON, GA., JUNE 7.11)00.
GREATER SEABOARD
A Railroad Triumph Celebrated at
Richmond.
JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS HERO OF
——
The Occasion— Completion of the Sea
board System Means Much fo the
South.
Richmond, Va.. Special.—Thegreater
Seaboard has closed its triumphal pro
cession back to Richmond. It has
been indeed a marvelous demonstra
tion of the completion and opening cf
the Seaboard. Brief stops were made
at Raleigh and Petersburg, but the
crowning glorification was at Rich
mond. That it was popular and gener
al was unmistakable. The first train
came in with the booming of cannon;
the streets were crowded with those
who went out to welcome home Presi
dent Skelton Williams and his guests.
Windows were opened all along the
streets for the fair women to wave
their greetings, the militia were out in
gala uniforms, and a gorgeous banquet
was served at the Jefferson.
It is doubtful if there ever was a
banquet undertaken in the South upon
such an immense and elaborate and
splendid scale. Guests came here
from all over the Southland to cele
brate the formal opening of the Sea
board system and the splendid success
of the trip. The banquets and every
detail cannot he adequately described
in a dispatch. Seeing is the only way
to convince in such instances.
Mr. Williams is himself a broad
gauge man and he had everything
about the opening on that plane. Those
who have been on formal railroad
openings and the like insist that there
has never been such a jubilee and glo
rification before in their memories. It
cost money, but it will leave its deep
impress and make the Seaboard more
popular than, it now is, if that be pos
sible. The demonstration here must
have gladdened the heart of Mr. Wil
liams, his wife and family and must
have made him feel compensated for
all the triais he had encountered in
perfecting and completing the system.
The party has been having on an aver
age of three banquet® a day and by
Saturday they were decidedly satiated
until the great Richmond finale occurr
ed. There were some good speeches at
the Raleigh and Portsmouth func
tions.
Richmond showed in what high es
teem it holds a sturdy, daring railroad
organizer, the Seaboard system, and
financiers who put their money freely
in distinctly Southern enterprise.
The banquet was stupendous. Three
hundred and fifty at a banquet may
not be very many, but when cue ele
gance of the appurtenances, the decor
ations, the souvenirs, the speeches, the
make-up of the party, the environ
ments, are all considered, it is realized
what a splendid affair it really was. No
expense was spared in the banquet and
it is a record-making incident in the
industrial history of the South.
The banquet hall was divided into
sections and the guests in the one sec
tion were quite removed ft am each
other. Each table seated 24 guests and
there were ten tables. There was a
dais at the head of the table on which
were seated President Williams, the
distinguished speakers, tand members
of the directorate. Each table was ex
quisitely decorated with cut flowers
and vines, and the bill of fare —experts
had been working on it for weeks, and
why should it not be elegant? The
toasts were brief and from prominent
speakers.
Governor J. Hoge Tyler acts as toast
master, and around him were seated
the distinguished orators of the even
ing.
T he address of welcome on behalf of
the Seaboard Air Line was made by
President John Skelton Williams, in a
happy vein. On the wh-ole, the Sea
board officials are to be congratulated
upon their splendid achievement, and
their line will do a great deal in the
development of Southern resources.
Big Mills for Alabama.
Huntsville, Ala., Special.—Arthur H.
Lowe, president of the Park Hill Man
ufacturing company, of Finchburg,
Mass., has secured 60 acres of ground
about a mile from Huntsburg and will
erect a 50,000 spindle cotton mill,
bleachery and print works. The
ground was donated by citizens and
the industry will be free from taxation
seven years.
An Innocent Boy Shot.
St. Louis, Special.—A riot of small
proportions, during the progress of
which a boy was fatally shot, and a dy
namite explosion marrod what would
have been an uneventful Sabbath. As
a car on the Tower Grove line of the.
St. Louis Transit company was passing
the corner of Twelfth and Calhoun
streets a crowd of strike sympathizers
began throwing stones at it. An un
known man leaned from a window of
the car and fired a revolver toward the
crowd. The bullet spe*K>ver the heads
cf the mob and lodged in the breast of
Peter Frank, aged 16, who was sitting
in the doorway of his father’s house.
A detachment of police dispersed the
rioters
DEMOCRATIC.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Dally Proceedings of the Senate and
House.
SENATE
One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth
Day.—The Senate committee on rela
tions with Cuba adopted a number of
resolutions calling upon the various
departments for information bearing
upon the irregularities in Cuba, which
the committee has been directed to in
vestigate. The principal inquiries are
to be directed to the Secretary of vVar,
but the Postmaster General, the Secre
tary of the Treasury and Secretary of
the Navy are to be called on.
One Hundred and Thirtieth Day.—
The Senatorial debate was caustic and
as warm as the weather out doors. At
times the exchanges between Senators
bordered on personalities. Much of the
discussion was of a political nature, al
though in themselves the questions in
volved were not political.
Soon after the Senate convened a
memorial was presented from the peo
ple of California, asking that the gov
ernment provide some relief for the
starving people of India. Mr. Hale, of
Maine, with this as a text, severely ar
raigned Great Britain for expending
hundreds of millions of dollars in
crushing liberty and freedom in South
Africa, instead of caring for the help
less and dying people of England's
chief colony. Mr. Aldrich, of Rhode
Island, charged Mr. Hale with mak
ing political speeches on irrelevant
matters and a little later when Mr.
Hale reported a further disagreement
on the naval appropriation bill, an ex
citing discussion arose over the armor
plate question.
One Hundred and Thirty-second
Day.—A tornado of partisan debate
swept over the Senate, with Senators
Hanna, of Ohio; Pettigrew, of South
Dakota and Carter, of Montana. ’ the
chief figures. For sensational crimina
tions and recriminations, for bitter
personalities and poignant invective,
the debate exceeded any heard on the
floor of the chamber for many years.
The lie was not passed directly, but
the truthfulness of statements was
challenged very sharply. Nothing
was accomplished in the way of legis
lation.
One (hundred and thirty-third day.—
The Senate met at 10 o’clock in order
to facilitate an early adjournment. Sen
ator Mason offered a resolution that
the United States “express the hope
that the war between England and the
Transvaal will close at an early day on
terms satisfactory to the parties en
gaged. including the independence of
the South African republics.” He asked
that it be laid over until tomorrow,
w'hen he will call it up at the close of
routine business.
HOUSE.
One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth
Day.—The programme of the leaders
of the House contemplated the launch
ing of the debate upon the anti-trust
resolution, but it gave way to Decora
tion Day sentiment.
Mr. Dalzell introduced, but suose
quently withdrew, the special order
under which the House was to have
operated, in deference to the senti
ment favoring adjournment out of
respect to Decoration Day. con
siderable parleying Mr. Dalzell made
this concession technically to permit
the passage of 190 pension bills which
Mr. Talbert had blocked last Friday on
the point of no quorum. The bills were
passed after Mr. Dalzell’s action.
One Hundred and Thirtieth Day.—
The House, after a lively debate ex
tending over two days, defeated the
joint resolution proposing a constitu
tional amendment empowering Con
gress to regulate trusts. It requires a
two-thirds vote under the constitution
to adopt an amendment to the consti
tution. The vote stood, ayes 154, nays
131. The affirmative vote, therefore,
was 38 short of the requisite two
thirds. Five Democrats, Messrs. Camp
bell. of Montana; Nathan, of Massachu
setts; Scudder, of New York; Sibley,
of Pennsylvania, and Thayer, of Mass
achusetts, and one silverite, Mr. New
lands, of Nevada, voted with the Re
publicans for the resolution, and two
Republicans, Mr. Loud, of California,
and Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts
with the Democrats, against it. These
were the only breaks from party lines.
The Populists voted solidly against the
resolution.
Mr. Cannon replied in the affirma
tive.
Mr. Bartholdt, of Missouri, asked if
opportunity would be afforded to test
the sense of the House on a motion to
concur in the St, Louis Exposition ap
propriation.
One Hundred and Thirty-second
Day. —The House adopted the confer,
ence report on the bill creating a ter
ritorial form of government for Alas.
Conferences were ordered on the Neely
extradition bill, and the bill for desig
nation of government depositories in
the insular possessions. Objection was
made to non-concurrence in the Senate
amendments to the Military Academy
appropriation bill, and the House went
into committee of the w hole to consid
e rthem with an hour’s debate on each
side.
Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee, discussed
the fight against the Standard Oil trust
in Ohio, and clashed heavily with Mr,
Grosvenor, of that tSare. The lie was
exchanged 'in parliamentary language.
One hundred and thirty-third day.—
Without any preliminary business at
11 o’clock the House resumed to de
bate on the resolution proposing an an
ti-trust amendment to the constitution
Few members are present. Boring, Re
publican, of Kentucky, was the firsl
speaker.
THERE IS FRICTION.
* ♦
Not Smooth Running in the Paris
Exposition.
THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. PECK
Not Credited, but His Management
Has Caused Discontent Among In*
terested Americans.
Paris, by Cable. —The republication
here of articles which have appeared in
the American press directed against.
Commissioner Peck’s management and
charging the misuse of authority by
his staff has started a fund of gossip,
but has resulted in no tangible evi
dence that the charges are true. While
some are at variance with Mr. Peck’s
idea®, no one insinuates that he is in
volved in any act not in- accordance
with absolute honesty or that he is ac
tuated by any but the best motives in
directing-the work of the American
commission. He asserts emphatically
that no space has been sold by em
ployes and expresses a willingness that
the fullest investigation be made. That
there is considerable friction and dis
content among those connected with
the commission and among some of the
exhibitors is "beyond doubt, and this is
one of the causes for the national
commissioners organizing into a body
on Thursday and offering their services
to Mr. Peck in an effort to smooth out
the uneven places. The pay roll is be.
ing decreased each week as the various
experts and employes complete their
work, and their force will soon be much
smaller.
The exposition itself drags along to
ward completion with many exhibits
still unfinished. The chief complaint of
visitors is not of lack of sufficient to
see, hue absence of any form of amuse
ment except that of viewing the exhib
its. There is no outside music or any
of the other attractions which made
the Chicago world’s fair each night a
scene of gaity and brilliancy.
After a most anxious time the cham
ber of deputies and PremierWaldeck-
Rousseau have succeeded in navigating
the ministerial bark through the break
ers thrown up by the interpellations of
the Nationalists and dissident Repub
licans into calmer waters of domestic
legislation. The chamber finally seems
to have mode up its mind that it has
wasted enough time on anti-govern
mental interpellations which have mo
nopolized almost every night of the
session up to now, and has decided tat
attend to its proper business Of legis-'
lation. It, therefore, shelved the in
terpellation respecting the resignation
of Gen. de Gallifet by a majority of
over 15# votes.
Gen. de Galifet is the seventh war
minister Who has left his post on ac
count of the Dreyfus affair.
The Vendome celebration on Monday
next promises to take the form of an
interesting Franoo-American demon
stration. United States Ambassador
Porter will leave Sunday to take part
in the ceremony attending the unveil
ing of the monument to Count de
Rochambeau, towards the erection of
which the members of the Ambassy
and many other Americans have sub
scribed. An official character is giyen
to the event by the decision of the cab
inet to send representatives of the min
istries of war and navy.
The legal separation of the Infanta
Eulaila and her husband, Don Antonio
of Orleans, was signed before the
Spanish consul general in Paris on
Thursday. The Infanta Eulaila will go
to live with her mother, ex-Queen Isa
bella.
Must Stay.
Havana, by Cable. —Rumors having
reached the authorities that Mr. Rath
bone intended to leave the island o (
Cuba, (he was notified that his presence
was absolutely required in Havana un
til the investigation into the postal af
fairs had been completed. The postal
officials now in charge state there are
most cogent reasons why Mr. Rathbone
should remain In Cuba, even if they
were compelled to resort to force to
keep him here. It is understood that
additional important facts connecting
the officials with postal frauds have
been brought to the ears of the author
ities here, who, however, wish to
avoid even the appearance of harsh
ness in dealing with these eases.
Smallpox on Passenger Ship
New York, Special.—The Hamburg-
American steamer Pretoria, which ar
rived from Hamburg, Boulogne and
Plymouth, with 132 cabin and 1,808
steerage passengers, is detained in
quarantine, owing to a cese of small
pox among her steerage passengers.
The patient, G. Wolff, a Russian, 27
years old, was taken sick May 27 and
was promptly isolated in the ship’s
hospital.
Quiet In Peking.
Pekin, by Cable.—American and oth
er foreign guards numbering 349 arriv
ed here in the midst of the Dragon fes
tival. The streets were unusually
crowded and, though the people were
greatly interested in the annual spec
tacle, no manifestation of hostility was
made. The presence of the guards has
had a marked effect upon the bearing
of the Chinese towards foreigners. The
“boxers' are evidently moving afield.
Unfortun *ely no leaders of the “box
ers” have oeen arrested, though their
capture would have been easy. All the
government has done has been to occu
py the scenes ol /disturbances and no
real repressive measures have been ta
ken.
BLUE AND GRAY.
Mon ment Dedicated at Hagarstown f
flaryland.
Hagerstown, Md., Special.—Another
link in the chain which binds together
the once warring factions of the North
and South, was forged by the dedica
tion of a monument erected to the
memory of the men who wore the gray,
as well as those who wore the blue and
who died in mortal combat on the
bloody field of Amtietam, This event,
which is probably without a parallel
In the history of the world, was graced
by the presence of the President of the
United States, accompanied by majxy
members of his Cabinet; a score or
more of United States Senators, thrice
as.many members of Congress, th©
Governor of Maryland and prominent
den from all parts of the country.
There were also present hundreds of
veterans who fought for the ‘ ‘Lost
Cause,” and thousands who fought for
the side that proved victorious. Sid©
by side they stood with uncovered
heads throughout the ceremony con
veying the monument from the State
to th© National Government.
The dedicatory ceremonies were
opened by Colonel Benjamin E. Taylor,
Who introduced General Henry Kid
Douglas, director of ceremonies.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. B. F.
Clarkson, who was followed by Gov
ernor John Walter Smith, in an ad
dress of welcome. Colonel Taylor a®
president of the Antietam Battlefield
Commission of Maryland’, then pre
sented the monument to the National
Government and the Hon. Elihu Root,
Secretary of War, in a brief address,
accepted It on behalf of the United
States. Then followed short ad
dresses, mainly of a reminiscent, char
acter by Generals John B. Bropke,
James Longstreet, Orlando B. Wilcox,
J. E. Duryear, Senators Fora'ker, Bur
rows, Daniel and others who were
prominent on the opposing sides
great struggle. These were followed
in turn by Representative George B.
McClellan, of New York, and other
members of both Houses of Congress.
Then the band played "Hail to the
Chief” and General Douglas Introduced
President McKinley who delivered the
address of the day, and in the course
of which he said:
“In this presence and on this mem
orable field 1 am glad to meet the fol
lowers of Lee and Jackson and Long
street and Johnson with the followers
of Grant and McClellan and Sherman
and Sheridan, greeting each other not
with arms in their hands or malice in
their souls, but with affection, and
respect' for each other in their hearts.
(Applause). Standing here to-day, one
reflection only has crowned my mind—
the difference between this scene and
that of 38 years ago. Then the men
who wore the blue and the men who
wore the gray; greeted each other with
shot and shell and visited death upon
their respective ranks. We meet after
all these intervening years, with but
one sentiment —that of -oyalty to the
Government of the United' States, love
for our flag and our free institutions
and determined, men of the North and
men of the South, to make any sacri
fice for the honor and perpetuity of
the American nation.” (Applause).
Close of Reunion. A
Louisville, Special.—The tenjp an
nual reunion of the United Confed
erate Veterans adjourned sine die at
6 o’clock Friday afternoon. The meet
ing of 1901 will held in Memphis.
Three cities were competitors for the
honor of entertaining the veterans
next year. The claims of Memphis
were presented by General W. B. Gor
don, who made an eloquent plea for
the Tennessee city. The claims of Buf
falo were presented by H. L. Snui th.
who made an excellent impression on
the convention. Dr. Williams, of
Jacksonville, spoke for Jacksonville.
The final vote showed for Memphis
1,520 votes; Jacksonville, 256; Buffalo,
26. A vote of thanks was extended for
the kind invitation of Buffalo. The last
session of the convention was confined
entirely to the vote on the place for
the next convention and was practi
cally devoid of incident, but the
part of the morning session was full of
excitement. For upward of half an
hour the convention was in an uproar
and in a state of great excitement and
confusion. i
Killed In Explosion.
Key West, Fla., Special.—As th®
steamship Bolivar was preparing to
sail from this port an explosion occur
red in the boiler room, that almost
lifted the vessel out of the water. On
investigation it was found that CChieJ
Engineer John Thompson, Pablo r eal,
a fireman, and a boy named Willie
Hancock, were found horribly scalded
by escaping steam. All three died
’shortly afterward.
To Issue Bonds.
Richmond, Va., Special.—The stock
holders of the Southern Railway met
here Friday. Every share of the capi
tal stock of the company was repre
sented. The stockholders, by a unani
mous vote, authorized the execution of
a fourth supplement to the company’s
(first consolidation mortgage deed, pro
viding for the issue of bonds there
under, bearing interest at the rate of
4 1-2 per cent, per annum. This action
does not involve the issue of any ad
ditional bonds beyond those previous
ly authorized to be issued under the
company’s consolidated mortgage, but
merely provides that the bonds may
Ibe issued thereunder in future at a
I lower rate of interest
NO. 12.