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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
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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-"
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'-'---' '"¦ >-"¦ - ¦ ' ¦ • -¦•¦-. ,"•'•;
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.: ;.'.'¦ .. ' -_.,.