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prominent. 1 ;, officials gl of '\ the I RAILWAY;; MAIL- : SERVICE 4WHO HAVE S WON - LAURELS BY • WORK.' • Whiteman ! r Arrested ' at J Boston. ; : BOSTON,, ;Aug."i 30.-iOni;the ;charge of swindling 5 two * firms of -this city.VAlohzo; J.;;Wniteman,; former; mem ber of .the ;Minnesota^Le'g_islatuW, I was ar rested.-;this --afternoon.* vWhitemaii - had been .sentenced* in[.New5.York7for."swiridT Hng^ and •(whiie-; waiting > toicl &x certificate of . ¦ reasonable : doubt.j which ¦ he i hoped f to ¦secuVe/.whHe^heIwasW)ut bnibail.^came'.to^ this i'city .'{and^' lt'^isJTalieged,* he r worthless checks for $3487. V t^; .5 NEW j.YORK, Aug.^30.— Four]£ persons 'were -Killed " and .; seven', severely > injured In' a^; tenement flre in . Brooklyn . to-night. .The t dea'd are: " • '\ -~:'.\:' "-'..' . > v: MRS. • ROSIE ROTHGIZER. 37- .'years, of ; age,; ; jtimped from fourth story window/ ;?ANI>nE;BECK/*7'yearsV V ' ''¦':+> .TILLIE- BECK,; 5 ¦years. . -' rOUB PEBSONS'v KILLED • ' » ' IN : \A. BLAZING HOUSE Woman Tand'" Childfen'-r Lose > ''~ -Their '(-. ;>Lives as'Result of Brooklyn , '¦'¦¦' ' ". - - •- ' . .Firel - - right; of 'entry. "v-The 'land -was' 1 not .-sub ject to V appropriation • f or"; tbwnslte .; piir, poSesr'j npr. ', was •* any -^person /authorized to- enter upon .it "-'or" occupy r "iV tor "purpose's, of •itrade^dr^buViness," and' no-s'ucK/'oecu- : pancV.'"could : "operato* i to'J defeat ; hjs ;t v riglit to [enter.;;? It'; is- further -rheld ' in\ the": 6pih- ? ion . that^.W'ood'sleritry) is ': not'badfbn^ac-^ count of the;form ; of i tliej tract; embraced ; that (th'e 'special tpro'vlslonsl'of .the "'actfof • May.^2,3 1890,Vdo ; riolf co7itroi l ;in* ; this r mat-^ t^r";'; but * that ; 'jth'e}''^generai';' provisions Y of the":'hornestea,d I law^ dp. Z jtThe >; Secretary, cays; that 1 . under.the : act Sof/Juneif 6,51900,' making jpMvisibnJ-forJt^^ tiiese landsT'it' Is7dlrected^thit ; they^shall ¦be';disposed bf~infter-the' general provl-" slons 'of ; the "and^towfisite laws 'of the ; United- States. r^and Hhat fiin der. this; law 'is 'Valid. 'V ' LONDON, Aug. ZL— Some Interesting Bldellghts are thrown on. the South Afri can war by advices published to-day. A dispatch from Cape Town to the Daily Mail Indicates that Scheeper's commando has now moved to the southwest and in vaded a part of Cape Colony previously undisturbed by the. Boers, while more se vere restrictions have been Imposed, with the object of preventing communication between Cape Town and the newly dis turbed areas. ' , The Cologne Gazette's correspondent In Cape Town declares that the entire terri tory of- Cape Colony. Is a "seething mass pf disorder." . He asserts also that the Boers are receiving support from all tides. \ ; Edgan Wallace, writing to the Daily Hail, expresses a decided opinion -that Ix>rd Kitchener's banishment Z proclama tion willinot result in the surrender of a einple important commandant . and that much seW-er penalties are needed, fhe only useffl policy being vigorous military n-.easure8.\ • ¦ ¦; -t \ • Cza\ Sails for Denmark. ST. . PETERSBURG. Aug. .30. -The Czar. Czarirl and the imperial children £2 iled this aiernoon f or , CoWnhag4ri, on beard the yaVit Standard. They will.*re rraln a few riys'In Denmark before'go ing to Kiel ari Dantzic. l - i INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS ON SOUTH AFBICAN WAR ;.i WASHINGTON, Aug. ,30.— It is rumored here that two great* transportation lines, the South ern Pacific Company ;, arid ; the Union " Pacific. Company, actingr, together,; have ..decided .to pro' vide- themselves with' an ¦ official - to look after t their mall contracts^ arid, all » the; matters con-. ; nected ..therewith. : and that they -have inade' a liberal < offer -to 'Herbert -P.V Thrall, Vat present ! superintendent 'of the 'eighth '.; "division •• th« ; railway mall Iseryice, to- take, the ppsitlon^; Mr. , ! Thrall has given 'great satisfaction to the Post-" | office' Department . as •' superintendent, • haVlngr been: an unexceptionable of flclal. '.•.The ' move of | the railroads' named 'is in' line f with 'the* plans _of ether great : transportation' corporations, no i ticeablj; the' Santa Fe Railway. Comjpany. which has (already "a -mail Superintendent,; who 'deals 'directly with ' the. Government - for : the company/ ; Mr. 1 ; Thrall- has ,; probably.'-.been Tselected Jon.ac count of the* record- he has 'made. in; the Eighth District and also because he is familiar'* with almost Ihe entire territory, of the Southern and Union Pacific -lines" on the coast.- '•- if ¦ -. .t_ •¦¦_. :.¦¦¦¦¦¦;_¦¦;; . service , f or > this division if Superintendent .Thrall resigns. ". _-', ¦';.; \, ,V - News in Washington. following dispatch' from Washing-' toriigives apartof'thestbiry: - - -•¦-•¦' erriment* service j will be worth con'sldera-' tloiub^ those whd; are; iii the line of > pro motion ¦' arid ; | who \ ;. do : ; not ?, shrink ... from faithful work.;- There are. several persons J .who .occupy* Reading :; positions -in « the! railway., mall service,^at- present t subor-' dinate to; Superintendent; Thrall/.Proriil lient'/among • these f are - Ai [ H/ • Stephens", *; assistant of rthe -- railway ' mail service, arid-'F.' - W. .: yaille. ."• -Mr.' Stephens'; is'iri the.- ..office '.'with"; Superln^ tenderit^Thrall 'and has ', Vdone .excellerit' ;and 'careful ; wbrkv in'^ that .position, being in charge:. when : Superintendent ? Thra!I ! is : but^pjr '^owri. .";Mr.--.Vaille Js : stationed | at Portland; Or egon. ; and ; his ;•: duties are 'now*^ principally^ :ln;_- connection '.;, with:-! the; starj routes: ; He, went to ; the i Philippines in 1S98; to organize ; the ?t."nlted States mail .service, in thejislands.^c Having performed" that duty , ho returned .to . the if -United : States",' succeeded 'In'. Manila, by M. Cotterhian;' .who ':'nowi,has> the ' title .and office, of:' director, of -posts, with a salary,, of :$4000- per 'aririum-'attached.^ Either Mr. Stephens "or. Mr* ¦•Vailie"- might" be • appoint-, ed "¦ superinteriderit^ of > the ¦ railway v mail j rendered a decision in the heajririgCori'.the case." ' The charges ; upon: which i ; the • cob test' was founded '.were'substantially; tliat Wood's entry A was > made, in.yiolation: of rthe homestead - law! by' reason ' of its location CWood,* coming, from' the"; Dawton,-; Ok. iT.', land district and > involving • entry / Nol . l. T the j Acting Secretary/ of Uhe v Interior '.has WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.— In" the contest case . .of <j J." D.' Albert against* 'James '. R. Important , Question ' Regarding . Pos session ' of ; Territory ,-.. Settled in Washington. ' ••',* _, '\[ decision .is ; bendebed . . in" lawton '.; land; case The honor conferred . upon . Mr. : Thrall 1 is very great. : It ,is a ( ; tribute- to years: of faithful, and . efficient i service « for,vthe have -such an official.. The Santa Fe has J. W. Lindsay to care for.' their mall busi ness. J. Lowrle Bell. ; formerly • general superintendent, of _ the mail ser vice and afterward First Assistant" Post master •General j of j the .'.United J States.' -\* similarly engaged with Eastern railways. The Southern; Pacific, and .Union : Pacific companies, In • their modernization under the new Harriman management, 'have seen that they must ¦ place themselves upon an j equality i with; all ' possible, com petitors, arid; the ' institution of 'the 'office which- the two: great corporations would confer . upon Mr. Thrall is in the : line L of advancement: . .,.','• .,'- V . ' j;i : ' ; :. "..-- .-.'.> The position 'Is* a' new one -f: for ¦•these transportation'. lines, but ', other/railways NEWS from ¦ the : East', has, reached ' the yellow building, on ¦ Market S street, in which are ; the offices . of the Southern ; Pacific " Com pany, that Herbert P.', Thrall, su perintendent of the eighth division of the railway mall service, has been offered the position of 'superintendent -of -mall con tracts for the' Southern Pacific and ! Union Pacific Railway companies. Senator . DolHver Says That Shaw* - Proposes to Enter the Next • -* Campaign. CHICAGO. Aug. 30.— Senator Dolllver of Iowa,' while in, Chicago to-dayi announced that Governor • Shaw of Iowa would be a candidate for the Presidency.' The Sen ator ;also said that Iowa ahda consider able "portion of the Middle West • would be back of Iowa's" favorite; son. Weather. Station for Yellowstone. MILWAUKEE.- Aug. 30.— Prof essor W1I- Us L'. J Moore will leave to-morrow for Mlri neapolis. -He will' visit Yellowstone Parlc for the purpose of making a report as, to the" feasibility ;of establishing a weather station th^eje an^ then, will visit the Salt Lake, Cheyenne and Denver bureaus. " -. ¦ - " ¦ --:-.:¦ ? . • ¦".¦¦ Suffrage ia Alabama. MONTGOMERY. , Ala.. Aug. 20.— The Constitutional * Convention to-day con ciud»d the article on suffrage and it was adopted. The only important amendment adopted provides . that, persons • who - vote must own $300 worth of real and personal property. _¦ .- Licensed to Marry. OAKLAND. Aug. SO.— Licenses to marry were Issued to-day to Harry ; Dale • Dan forthi aged 26. and Eva Mae- Reed. 25. both of ; Oakland : Orin ] Miles Bullock. 27, and Annie "M.r Ford. 27.' both of 'Oakland; William Eugene ;Greer. . 26, Oakland, . and Florence -Martha' Lamon,; 22.«San'Fran cisco: John Schudel,- 34, and Eliaa .'Appei. 28. : -; San ; " Francisco ; Franklyn ; * Joseph Payne." 27. iand Lena Fotheringham, a. both of Sutter Creek. . ; -c ¦:-'¦¦¦ > ; rr.---*- ;;e*-''- : '¦ ¦¦ GOVERNOB OF IOWA] • WANTS THE FRESIBENCT iffORGAN' UTOW BUSY ON SHIPBUILDING PLANT Immense Works Are Scon to Be Con structed at the Hackensack Meadovj. . NEW YORK, Aug. 30.— The Mail . and Express says that a great shipbuilding: jplant is to be established on the Hacken sack ¦ Meadows and ; a . large armor plate plant. is to be built by the Ahglo ? Ameri can' syndicate which recently, purchased the Bethlehem Steel Company. J. P. Mor gan is said to be the controlling factor. -.-Thrall's Fine. Record. •. . • .Superintendent VThrall ; has. been con nected with the -railway; mail service in this »'dl vision, ".which^ include's trie "entire Pacific : Coast.' sinte'lSOO, 1 'when" he .'accept-' ed an appointment as inspector.' He served in this capacity^uhtll 1898. the most; of the time being • In • the ; ; jurisdiction of Postal InspectoriMunro.fWln 1898 he was appoint-, ed: superintendent^; succeeding ,'Sam Flint. .The territory that;he has supervision 'over includes •; California/ ' !Nev'ada, : p. Oregon*. 'Alaska,'; Arizona- Idaho,".-Utahtr'and*Wash ington. ¦; Several;, thousand 'iniies: of-rail way are in this ; extensive district. /These all have to,' be. .looked "after" in; detail , by the "superintendent^ of- the railwajT mail service." and he \ has^ also ; to i : provide " for the prompt ' t and ¦ i accurate --.. mb vement , oif mails -over, a- large 'number of ;star; route! routes, 'and by, stage arid ; watery transporr tatlon as well; ¦¦Mr.^ThralKhas/alBOto pro : vide * theVschemes.,'forr.ail •.?the/'postofnees ln ; '.the 'States-. menilone'd^.whlch ¦ Instruct >the .Postmastera ;. when .all,; mails j must .be ready /.and^when-. dispatched, arid ¦ they ( are. accountable -to .him-^Altogether, .'so , say the postal;. people -who-are' Well acquainted 'with .'all the ¦'.¦workinks-of 'the "Postonice service on^i'thls^ coast.".. Superintendent Thfalir has the (hardest /of the postal jpo-., \ on ;the" Paciflcj Coast " and '< adjoin ing- territory" to r flll.>- That he Has , "be'en' ef ficient la a'.matterirofj common ;knqwledge ¦ from -'one end qf- the; country ¦ to the other. . -:.-!¦ .r- •> Question^of* Succession.'. . -\ '¦' ¦¦, '' ' : - announcement-; that;. Superintendent ; Thrall", may^'take' .knother ;'p6sitlon k will; cause I a : flutter, in "; the . postal I v". If he. ; decides .*' to? accept : . the . ; offer of ;i the Southern -Pacific 'aridvynjon; Pacific comX jianies ? the !j that. •will . be;.qcca^. sioned ; by: his' resignation", from 'the Goy- that is attached* to : the -position does not seem large wHenl the -fact' is clear that'all lines of; thetworlc'. will require-an expert. for^tradeVand business purposes/.- :; -V;y .'.Tl-.e decision 'holds that the' selection and entry ; of .• land : : adjacent to . the Uown{ of Lawtoh'.was not- in ..Tiolatio'rfof'.thei-ietter or, spirit > of -i the tlaw rand^that^the '."fact that: there may have; been ? alleged ' town-" site ;settlcrs on ? the " ; ;land ;at:?theVtime*>he ; made ;"; n j s f entry . does not affect ' Wood'!* ¦ JJnited .States railway mail and an ac knowledgment of competency, expert knowledge. and executive ability in an ex ceptionally arduous and; exacting iine of endeavor. . ; ' . " . . •, ' '•-. / .'Duties Are Onerous. vv';^ - .Whether/ Superintendent Thrall will ac cept the offer made; by- the railway com-, panies is uncertain. He is out of : the city;, having* gone to Ogden and Portland In . connection, with the work of the rail way." mail and' will' not return ; to 'the city until to-day. That he has , the proposition under consideration 'is' knowni The offer of '. the ."railways carries with it a salary very much -larger . than the one that '.. he receives from .the * t Government,"" being i more than double. His presents salary Is only $2700 per annum! while the railway pompanies are" prepared to "pay $7000 per annum s for j his ; services. , No . one ' could possibly fill the requirements of the roads without" expert and intimate - knowledge of a vast amount of detail, whlclT it would be' impossible 'for an outsider to acquire in- any reasonable; length of -time.; '.The duties • that; the- transportation lines call upon- their mail .superintendent to" pet form 1 iriclude'th'e .'designing*. , building '? arid ' flttlng:up.of_ mall' cars. The, Government doeS'not.flt;up;cars for ;the mail service, although: It. pays :the railways, for doing the work . at a ( fixed rate per • foot for- the necessary: equipment.-; ThlsV service re quires 'expert' knowledge.- for the.condi tions' vary materially on' main r lines ; and .on- branch ¦qllnes..\.The - railways'^ repre sentative,: caring for their.; mail interests, has ' Ftili'more/arduqusk service in i cbnriec 'tlon- with ; the' negotiations '.with \ the I Gov-' ernment which ' he ' must* conduct. ' ; He must ' provide" for the 'weighing .'of V the mails . that ¦. pass over.^ the , lines '-, that -,hk represents. , Thejre; Is', a.'. great -amount .of detail in this connection and ) in the other work : to • be ; performed. • Clearly, the t posi tion .that Mr. ;' Thrall has been invited- to occupy will; be no sinecure and the salary: on.;the south line. of the town'of ;L.awton;, and^hat the entrylembr'aces a tract a; mile Ion g arid ; ' only V.quarter.; of ' a'i inile • wide,* and. was' . so i taken o if or '} speculative '\ pur-; poses 'and not;' for ; agricultural "purposes. 7 andithat ' the gentry was 'made at a';, time when there [were" a large numberof ¦ towiCr, site settlers on the who'bccupledlit • SPOKANE, Aug. ; 30.— Great Northern ; officials here have received only meager 1 reports- 'of the' disaster hear Kalispell. It. is known, . though, that among the killedf were P. T. Downs and. son. Mr. Downs, was, until recently, assistant gen eral' superintendent of the Great North ern, and ,waa : recently promoted -to the position of vice president of the Spokane Falls; and- Northern branch of the road. His home was m Spokane. '-. Mrs. Downs is Jn.the East .The brief reports received ¦ here sa* that the wreck took flre and that ¦ the telegraph line was burned. The greatest; mortality; is said to have been among a carload of Italian laborers, a ; numbeispf iwhom are repqj-ted to have been killed outright, while others were in "Jured. - It has been Impossible as yet to Iearn' v the names -..of; any of "the killed, except Mr. Downs and his son. -ST. PAUL." 3f inn.. Aug. 30.— At the - Great Northern 'offices , In St. Paul no news has-been received as to the re ported wreck^ The wires are badly mixed to Montana from this point, owing . to a storm. . .- .. Special Dispatch to The Call. Colombian Legation. The Minister has not -believed -that there was at any time danger of serious trouble on the isthmus. He has been more apprehensive ' about conditions in the interior of Colombia and on the Venezuelan frontier. Mall advices which Silva received to-day Indicate that the Government Is making rapid headway against the insurgents throughout "Colombia, and that there are prospect* that order will be completely restored In the near future. Notwithstand ing the fact that such favorable reports are being received there will be no change In the orders of the Iowa, .which Is, now coaling at Acapulco on her way to Pana ma. It is believed that the presence of an adequate American naval force on both eides of the Isthmus, will have a salutary effect, and Inasmuch as European powers have hurried warships to the isthmus, it Is believed to be wise to let the Iowa con tinue on bv wav to Panama. Headway Against Insurgents. This dispatch confirms the information received to-day by Minister Silva of the Investigation of the conditions along the line of the railway. On his return to Colon to-day he sent this dispatch to the Nary Department: "I have visited Panama and Colon. The most authoratlve results of the Investiga tion give me the following Information: There Is no appearance of an organized Insurgent force In the vicinity of the rail way. Free and uninterrupted transit ob tains with every prospect of continuance. The rumor Is unfounded that United States property Is in need of assistance. AH is quiet here and more reassuring than when we started." Commander Earg-ent, on his arrival -at Colon, ¦went ashore and traveled by rail way across the isthmus to Panama and back to Colon eo as to make a personal revolutionary party, said to-day that. the report that General Marin had been de feated by the Government troops is false. American Interests Safe. : -.; '/-** CALL BUREAU, 1406 G Street. N. W., WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.— American inter ests are not endangered on the isthmus cf Panama, nor is there Imminent danger cf interruption of traftyon the Panama railway. ' These are the conclusions drawn by of ficials cf the State and Navy depart ments to-day from dispatches received from Commander Nathan Sargent, com manding the gunboat Machias, at Colon. NEW YORK. Aug. 30.— "General Ramon Marin. & revolutionary leader, with 3000 men occupied Honda on the morning of August 5," eald a merchant -who has just arrived from Colombia by way of Cuba end who owns extensive properties near Bogota. "They were veteran troops, well equipped with ammunition, and I under stood that they had been fighting: for two years continually. I left Honda that day and came down Magdalena River In a Government war steamer. The garrison had fled the day before. "Honda, by reason of being surrounded by mountains, cannot be kept long by any force, and It Is probable that General Marin did not remain there but a few days." Paul Perez, secretary for the Colombian Special "Dispatch to The CalL Former General Superintendent Downs and His Son Are Num bered Among Victims ; of the Disaster. However, Concerning: Affairs on the Frontier of V s : '} Venezuela. .'.. Diplomats Are Still Apprehensive, Number of Those Who Per ish Is Placed at Sev . enteen. Commander of the Machias Reports All Quiet on the Isthmus. Heavy Loss of Life in a Great Northern Disaster. The Colombian Garrison Flees Before Victor ious Invaders. INSURGENTS UNDER MARIN TAKE HONDA FLAMES ADD TO HORRORS OF A WRECK New Office l^-lnsii^uti^^^^ktisieeii^sni- Skilled Man Is Invited to Conduct Great Mail Contracts at High Salary, TWO GREAT TRANSCONTINENTAL LINES CAlL H ERBERT P. THRALL TO IMPORTANT POSITION VOLUME XC— NO. 92. SAW,:. FRANcisCO^^S^TjjRDAY,, AUGUST: 31, 1901; PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL KALISPELL.. Mont.. Aug. .'. 30.—West bound passenger train No. 3 on" the Great Northern- was wreqked at 8:30 o'clock to night near Nyack station, forty . miles east of Kalispell. in the^ mountains. An eastbound freight train backed out of a switch at Essex and broke in two. twenty eight cars going: down the mountain and crashing into the passenger train. . The special car of "Assistant General Super intendent P. T. Downs ' .of the ;, Great Northren and a day coach of laborers were demolished. The wreckage caught fire and was de stroyed, some of the passengers perishing in the flames... Superintendent Downs and his son were instantly: killed with their cook. Many laborers. ' were crushed to death or cremated.. The exact; number of dead is not yet learned, but it is believed at least. seventeen perished. One " sleeper caught * flre. but It Is re ported that, all of the passengers .were got out safely. All_of the doctors In Kallspeli went with • a. wrecking ere-w.tQ'thatscene of the^ccl-" ; <Jtnt.-;^7 :^-:'---:':^" 7 -^:-".':-- - ¦"'"--- - ¦ '-'---' '"¦ >-"¦ - ¦ ' ¦ • -¦•¦-. ,"•'•; y'Tne passenser. : car3 wrecked were on the rear end of the train. " A' train loaded witb'dead and ; injured ".will arrive during the;night.: ;.'.'¦ .. ' -_.,.