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VOLUME LXXIX._NO. 88, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY MORN G, FEBRUARY 26, 1896 PRICE FIVE CENT! LOEBEL EXPOSES THER FRAUDS, Boldly Denounces Methods of Huntington and His Associates. MUST PASS THE BILL. California People Pillaged and Plundered in the Name of Kentucky. RINGING APPEAL FOR JUSTICE. Legislators Should Undo the Wrong Done in Granting the Southern Pacific Charter. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 25.—Senator Goebel's bill to repeal the charter of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company came ) asaspecial order in the Senate thie afternoon and was debated at length, the ssion being cut off by the hour of iment. The great interest which n here in the subject of the repeal cated by the presence of a large cro#d in the Senate lobbies. The Senate reconvened at 3-o’clock. enator Goebel, the ‘author of the bill, opened the debate in a speech of three- quarters of an hour, during which he was given the closest attention. Senator:Hays Louisville, who is int sted with Hunt- ington in one of his roads, followed, speak- g against the repeal, and Senator Weis- zer of Louisville, also speaking on that side, had the floor when the Senate adjc n advocacy of the bill rally pronounced cne and most forcible argu- natein recent years. and his like scalding and orilliant. iewed the history of the organiza- tion of the roaa, the duping of the Gov- ernmént by him, and how Huntington, nford and Hopkins under corporate e contracted with themselves in ting the road. then detailed how they had prac- ticed a fraud upon the people in Kentucky by coming here and securing ihe charter through the influence of some of their is in this State. He asked_if -the Saenstors were willing to see California peopie pillaged and plundered in the name as the road was doing, and made an earnest appeal in the name of right, honor and justice to vote for his bill. When Senator Goebel had concluded Senator Hays took the floor and read his speech, which was made up largely of ex- tracts from newspaper editorials defend- ing the Southern Pacific. He read the card - of Harrington published in the Capital, in which Huntington was pic- tured as a benefactor: also other cards and extracts against the bill, and displayed the matter that has been sent in favor of the passage of the bill, including the valentine which created considerable mer- riment among the galleries and the unac- quainted. He asserted boldly that he was a di- rector in one of Huntington’s roads,which fact was noted and will probably be brought -up at the proper time, and pre- vent his voting on the bill, when it comes to a ballot, on the constitutional prohibi- tion of a personal interest. There was no question raised, but a quiet smile played over the face of Senator Goebel and friends of the measure as Senator Hays thus re- vealed his connection with the road. He declared that no money had been used by Huntington and the Southern Pacific peo- ple, and claimed that the repeal bill was the result of spitework emanating from Mayor Sutro, who he declared was a sycophant and slanderer. Its passage, he said, not only.imperiled one hundred and seventy millions of stock in the Southern Pacific, but also railroad securities all over the country. Huntington was held up as almost an angel and the greatest benefactor of the age. Senator Weissinger’s address was of a much more dignified character and was devoted solely to the legal phases of the bill and the probable legal effect the re- peal would bave. The bill will be taken up again on Thursday evening and further debate will be had. Senator Hays said to THE CALL corre- spondent to-night: “The bill will never be passed: The vote will stand fully 23 sgainst the measure.” This is known to be a wild boast and sentiment for the measure was seen to be strong this evening. There will probably be ten votes for the bill. Senator Goebel believes that the bill will be acted on by the Senate during Thursday evening’s ses- sion and will be passed by a large major- ity. Efforts are now being devoted on members of the House, as the Huntington people hope to there prevent the passage of the measure. RALLY OF THE LOBBY. Speeches of Hayes and Weissinger of Little Avail. FRANKFORT, Kv., Feb. 25.—The Hunt- ington people,with their double-team com- bination lobby, have become more active against the repeal of the bill since the opening of the fire on the methods of the road by Senator Goebel at this afternoon’s session. A good deal of feeling was en- gendered and Huntington’s friel_'lds are smarting under the hot shot of friends of the bill and realize more than’ ever their determination to pass the measure, not- withstanding the difficulties in the way in the efforts of the Southern Pacific-people todelay every possible moment. A ludicrous incident in connection with the repeal bill came to light to-nigbt. A friend of the measure in California had written Representative Thorne of the House fér a picture of Senator Goebel. Thorne is something of a wag, and pro- cured a photograph of Rev. Fred Rider, aiso a memver of the House, and for- warded it with the name of Senator Goebel written thereon. The general engagement is now well on, and so far the advantage is certainly on the side of repeal. Goebel, as was ex- pected, sailed -jn fully equipped with facts and instances of the history and workings of the Southern Pacific Company since Kentucky gave it birth, and he de- livered his fire in the most approved style, making even the thickest skinned of Huntington’s pachydermatous advocates wince. He commanded the atténtion that the importance of the question and his efforts in behalf of justice deserved, and he un- doubtedly made a strong impression on those who were open to conviction. Geobel speaks offhand and without notes. He has a clear, flexible voice and very forcible action. Standing erect on the floor, looking from one to another as he delivered his convincing arguments, and with the conscious flush of right on his side and victory, he presented a strong contrast to the gentleman who followed him, Senator Hays, the Huntington “‘heavy-weight.” The major being, as his old darky said, “Five foot one way and six foot the tother,” presents a much more imposing appearance on the floor than does Senator Goebel as long as ne keeps his mouth shut. When he begins to talk, however, he be- gins to dwindle, and soon sinks way down in comparison. This is especially the case when he knows that he is in the wrong, as in this instance. The major has plenty of room in his head for ideas, but he don’t keep them well sorted, and they come out, as it were, in such confu- sion, though without hurry, that they crowd each other, and his mouth, being rather small, get stuck in the act of utter- ance. The major does not talk too freely on any occasion. i To avoid any halting or resorting of his “idees” he putthem all down in order on paper, borrowing many from hired Hunt- ington editorials, and proceeded to read them off like a young preacher with a bot- rowed sermon. The tenor of all the various extracts and clippings that he read was of one accord, and though they knew that great minds think alike, his audience began to see that they in this instance, at least, expressed themselves so very much alike as to cause them to suspect that the major's matter was all the product of one great mind. When he reads “writing or print” the major has to wear two pairof glasses, and this, of course, makes him appear funny if not iudicrous. And when he begins to read in his slow, doubtful tone, with his eyes rather fixed on the paper, and gesticu- lating with his free hand he gets more so and all the imposingness banishes. It's a pity, too. The major means well. heart is in the right place, but he has such a regard for his old friend Huntinzton, or fear of old ‘‘Smoothing Iron” that he isnot his own master always. The major saw that Goebel had a maga- zine full of shot that he was saving and thought that ne had better *‘fess up,’”’ so he acknowledged that he held the nomi- nal position as a director in the Elizabeth- town and Hadgruville railroad, which he and his associates incorporated and turned over to the **old man” a few years ago for a consideration. Weissinger’s learned legal remarks would dounbtless have been much more im- pressive if he had but the dignity of an English parrister's wig to his bald head and cledn-shaved face. As it is incomprehensible as the techni- cal language he uses, maybe he never looks as if he was really in earnest, and when any one looks attentively and inquiringly into his eyes and shakes the head as if questioning his statements, a smile is apt to play around the corners of his mouth. The Senator is very dogmatic and obsti- nate when he once takes a position. The only objection is that he looks to his own set in the Pendennis Club to learn what public opinion js. Senator Jack Gross told him the other day that he rep- resented no one but the mutual admira- tion society down at Louisville, to which he belonged; and Jack Gross was not far wrong. It is not thought that Weissinger made many converts to his side by his effort so far, with all his labored learning. B s 4 CONFERENCE OF DEMOCRATS. They May Drop Blackburn and Support a Sound Money Man. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 25.—The sound money Democrats held a conference in a room at the: Cadpitol Hotel to-might and discussed the matter of dropping Black- burn and giving their support to & sound money Democrat whom they hope to elect. It is said they will support Judge Willis Reeves of Todd County, and arehobing to secure the vote of Senator Petrie (Rep.) of Todd County. It is fur- ther reported that they will present a pe- tition to Senator Blackburn asking him to instruct his forces to cast their solid vote for Judge Reeves or some other sound money Democrat, and hold out as an in- ducement that this action on his part would solidify the bolters for him in case they fail in an election. The Republicans held a well-attended caucus last night. TO ASSASSINATE THE SULTAN. The Formation of a Plot Causing Great Rrecautions and the Arrest of Suspects. LONDON, Exg., Feb. 25.—The Standard’s Constantinople correspondent telegraphs that two of the narrowest streets through which the Sultan will pass on February 28 on the occasion of his visit to Constan- tinople proper for the purpose of kissing the prophet’s mantle are being due up by order of the authorities, it being feared that mines have been laid to kill his Majesty. A special watch is being kept on the bridge spanning the Golden Horn from Galata to Constantinople. A large num- ber of persons suspected of being impli- cated in a plot to assassinate the Sultan are being arrested daily. e ELEONOEA DUSE WELCOMED, Appeared Upon the Stage Where She Made : Her Debut. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 25.—Eleonora Duse came back to the Fifth-avenue The- ater last night, Her American debut had been made on that same stage, and it was there that she had for the first time gained the recognition of English-speaking auai- ences as a great actress. A brainy as well as modish ‘audience crowded the house and gave a welcome to her without doubt or hesitation. It was no longer, as‘on her first appearance, a surmise that she was an His | exceptional mistress of the dramatic art, but a certainty, and so the applause to which she bowed upon her entrance was spontaneous, hearty and prolonged. She was called out many times at the ends of acts. Loie Fuller exhibited to the enthusiasm of a large audience, which had gathered at Koster & Bial’s last night to discover how her European repu! on had come about, five of the dances which she has lately per- formed in Paris. They were surprisingly beautiful thronghout, even more remotely connected if possible with the art of danc- ing than the unassuming serpentine, which laid the foundation for Loie’s fame, used to be. The audience grested her- with fervor and seemed able to understand why Europe had enjoyed her and France haa called her “La Loie” end put the article before her name, just as it is likely to do 1n the case of all really great or emi-.| nent persons. What! One Hundred Years.~More of This ? special train with 300 claimants arrived and more are coming on every train. All the land has been claimed several times over, and Thursday will be a day of excitement at the land office. There will be from 800 to 1000 people in the line at the Federal building in the central part of the business section of the city, and the police will have a large detail on hand to preserve order. There will be almost end- less litigation over the contesting ciaims to the lands. MUTINY OF ANHUI TROOPS Chinese Forces at Kiang Yin . ‘Blow Up a Magazine, Caus- ing Great Siaughter. Two Hundred Persons Are Killed and a General Is Taken Prisoner. | LONDON, Ex Feb. 25.—The Times | will to-morrow publish a dispatch from .Shanghai saying that the Anhui troops at Kiang Yin, ninety-five miles from Shanghai, mutinied recently. The magazine was blown up. Two hundred persons were killed and many wounded. The troops killed a captain and imprisoned a general, who is now await- ing death. The foreign instructors at Kiang Yin are safely protected by Hunan TWO CASHIERS ARE SHOT DOWN. Robbers Make Daring Raids Upon Banks Not Well Protected. TWO DEFENDERS SLAIN. In One Instance Loot Is Secured, but Failure Results in Another. PURSUIT OF THE DESPERADOES. If They Are Captured the Authorities | ‘Will Not Be Put to the Trouble of a Trial. ‘WARREN, Ark., Feb. 25.—A daring at tempt at bank robbery occurred here at 3 o’clock to-day. The robbers failed to gét any money, but the brave cashier, Mr. Adair, lies badly wounded; and T. M. Goodwin, a leading citizen, merchant and bank director, is dead. There were only three of the robbers, one a tall, red-complexioned, sandy-mus- tashed individual, and the other two ap- parently brothers, black hair and dark- complexioned, round faces, apparently of foreign birth. They iiave been camped -a few miles out from town for about ten days. They have been about town occasionally | buving horse feed and provisions and one of them made a deposit 6f $25 in the Mer- chants’ and Planters’ Bank, shortly after- ward drawing it out half at a time. To-day about 2 p. M. they were noticed comirg into town, but no attention was paid to them until they walked into the bank, single ftile. On entering the bank the one who had deposited and drawn out the $25 demanded of the cashier to know if he did not pay interest on deposits. He replied, “No,” whereupon, with an oath, the robber presented his pistol and ordered the cashier to hold up his hands. At this time T. M. Goodwin and D. W. Sutton, two directars, were sitting inside the office, and did not pay any attention until Mx: Adair, instead of holding up his hands, reached for his pistol lying close by. Then the robbers fired on him, grazing his head and stunning him so that he fell to the floor. $ Doubtless the robbers thought him dead, and rushed inside to cet the plun- der. Mr. Goodwin and Mr. Sutton were in their way, and though unarmed were fired on. Mr. Goodwin fell wounded. Meanwhile the cashier on the floor fired two shots at the robber nearest him, when they fired on him again and put a 45- caliber ball through his shoulder. He is not gonsidered fatally wounded. The rob- bers escaped, but failed to'get any money. g aeh s KILLED THE CASHIER. Two Robbers Made a Daring Raid on a Texas Bank. ‘WICHITA, Kaxns., Feb. 25.—A special from Wichita Falls, Tex., says: Two rob- bersentered the City National Bank of this city at 2:45 p. M. and demanded the money of Cashier Dorsey, who resisted them. Shooting began, resulting in the death of Cashier Frank Dorsey and the wound- ing of Bookkeeper P. P.. Langford. Lang- ford’s injuries are not serious, being light flesh wounds. The robbers secured only a few hundred dollars in silver. 5 % They then mounted their horses and | made a run for their lives. By this time many of the citizens had armed them- selves and a small battle took place. One robber’s horse was shot from under him, fatally | and it is believed the robber was wounded. He mounted behind his partner, and about & mile from town they met a farmer in a buggy. They took his horses and | made a break for the hills. cured horses and at last reports were | within a quarter of a mile of the robbers with good prospects of overtaking them. Captain McDonald and his rangers came | in at 4 o’clock and took the trail at once. It is believed a lynching will take place if the robbers are caught. is offered by the Panhandle and City Na- | tional Banks for their capture, dead or | alve. LY R SIX JEALOUS LOVERS, ware Fillnge. tle village of Whaih - from Frankford, Stssex | tle between six jealous lovers. One man was killed, another is likely to die, and & third will probably pay the penalty of the crime on the gallows. The murdered man is William Hamblin, | and the wounded are John Quillen and his son John. Old man Quillen has been | courting Mrs. Ann Bouden, a widow, who | lives on the outskirts of the village, and | went to her home on Saturday night to | make his regular call. His son, John Quillen, also went to the bouse to court the widow’s daughter. William Hamblin, George Van Baker and Frank Hickman, rivals, bent upon breaking up the love-making went to the house and started a fight. They were ejected, and waited on the outside to way- { lay the Quillens, and when the latter came | out of the house they were joined by | Peter L. Davis, a farmer, and a hand-to- | | band encounter ensued between the six men. During the melee Van Baker stabbed his friend Hamblin in the region of the heart, killing him instantly. The | elder Quillen’s scalp was split open, and his one received several cuts. No arrests have been made. SWEPT AWAY BY THE ICE Collapse of a Span of a Big Drawbridge Over the Mississippi. The Engineer of a Rock Island Train Stopped in Time to Prevent a Disaster. DAVENPORT, 10w4, Feb. 25.—At 12:40 o’clock this afternoon the north half of the span of the Government bridge across the Mississippi collapsed and fell into the river. The accident was caused by the ice, which had gorged a'mile east of the bridge. The ice suddenly broke and rushed with tremendous force against the false work which held the span in position, Al- though extraordinary precautions had been taken to prevent such an accident, the structure, in its semi-completed condi- tion, was unable to witnstand such an on- slaught, ana in a twinkling the huge steel beams and lofty derricks lay on the river | bottom a twisted, useless mass. Less than thirty fe€t away when the span fell was a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific train, consisting of two .coaches and a locomotive. The engineer, seeing the swaying structure, stopped his train just in tima to preveht its destruction. The Rock Islaud road has the exclusive use of therailway rights, and the bridge was’ being rebuilt in .order to afford the railway a double track. Bert Kustard of Crookston, Minn., was the only one of sixty men working on the bridge at the time of the accident that was hurt. He jumped a distance of twenty- five feet to the ice and broke a leg. It will be a week betore the Rock Island road can run trains across the bridge. z R ENDLESS LITIGATION AHEAD, Yet There Is a Great Rush to Secure the Lands. DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 25, —Thurs- day at 9 o’clock the Federal Land Office in against the 22,000 acres of land in O’Brien licdomain from the City and St. Paul road. This evening a In the meantime the citizens had se- A reward of $1000 | They Fought a Pitched Battle in a Dela- | WILMINGTON, DL, Feb, 25,—The lit- ounty, was the | scene on Saturday night of a pitched bat- this city will open to receive the filings County, Towa, recently restored to the pub- grant to the Sioux JRREST 0 A CORRESPONOEN Charles Michelson in the Clutches of the Spanish at Havana. KEPT IN MORRO CASTLE Consul-General Williams Says It Is a Case of Mistaken Identity. REBELS AGAIN BURNING CANE One Engagement in Which the Insur- gents Almost Annihilated a Regiment. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 2.—Charles Michelson, correspondent of the New York Journal and the S8an Francisco Ex- aminer, was arrested in his room this morning. The reason for his arrest was not made public, It is supposed he is charged with having gone outside the Spanish lines. Michelson has been placed in Morro Castle. Consul-General Williams has visited Captain-General Weyler in his be- half, stating that the case is one of mis- taken identity. The prisoners taken at Guatao and Punta Brava Saturday have also been placed in | Morro Castle. The rebels have resumed the burning of cane in the province of Matanzas. Three bundred thousand arrobas have been burned on El Triondo estate at Cabazas. Cane has also been burned on El Combate estate at San Francisco de Colonia in the same locality, and at the Dolores estate at Sauta Domingo in Santa Clara. The news of the capture at New York of the filibustering expedition under Garcia caused a sensation here. The Spaniards praise the vigilance of the American navy. J. FRANK CLARK. SRS THIS WAS NOT REPORTED. Battle in Which the Spanish Suf- fered Great Loss. HAVANA, Cusa, Feb. 22 (via Tampa, Fla., Feb. 25.)—Refugees from San Cristo- bel and Candelaria, towns on the western railroad in Pinar del Rio province, bring news from a region that is without tele- graph, railroad transportation and regular mails. Itisalso a province without salt, and in which the inhakitants are shut up in towns in a starving condition and guards of Spanish troops threaten to shoot any one passing in or out. It appears that a battle has taken place which has' not figured in the official Government report. It was at San Cristo- bel on the 13th. The town had’ been occu- pied by the rebels from January 6 to that date. Antonio Maceo had fought with General Lugue at Paso Real on one side of the town and later with General Canelia on the other side. Coionel Seégura and 600 men had a narrow escape from annihila- tion on the main road between Candelaria and San Cristobel on the 6th, but no fight in San Cristobel has been announcea by the Government. An eye-witness to the affair said that a One Hernandez arrived at San Cristobel on the 13th, supposing that the insurgents had gone further east, for Maceo was near Ar- tensia. The rebel leader, Zayas, and five of his men were in the town and 900 of his followers were camped just east of the town. Hernandez came from the west, entering the main street. Zayas and his men ran firing their revolvers to warn the men of the approach of the troops. Zayas reached the rebel camp and took com- mand. He divided his men into three battalions of 300 men each. Two of them remained at the east end of the town and Spanish column 1200 strong under Colonel attacked Hernandez's coiumn as they came down the narrow street. With 300 mounted men Zayas rode around the town and entered in Hernan- dez’s rear, attacking the troops and driv- ing them in between the crossfire of the other rebel bands. Hernandez fought desperately, and used several cannon; but the rebels had him in a disadvantageous position. He fought on, moving slowly along the road east from San Cristobel to Candelaria. Zayas’ men fought him on each flank and from the rear. It is said that the road was littered with dead sol- diers for the entire six miles to Candelaria. The informant said he saw in the ruins of a house which had been burned on the road the heads of six Spanish soldiers, the bodies having been burned to prevent ! identification. The rebels burned two large Government bridges on the highway et Hagassa and Rio Honde to preyent Spanish cannon from being again taken to Pinar del Rio province. After Hernandez left the rebels re-entered San Cristobel. On the 19th the insurgents burned the town of Cabanas on the north coast, twenty miles west of Havana. The garrison was driven out of the town and -the torch was applied. While the insurgents were in the town the gunboat Alerta, which once before fired upon the rebels, shelled the town. That completed the work of de- struction. The Delario de las Marina publishes the following account of the destruction of an insurgent hospital near Bolondron, which is semi-official, since all matter passes through the censors’ hands before publica- tion: “Receiving confidential notice that in the plain called Mayea there existed a hospital of the enemy, Count Lersunda went in that direction and ordered an ad- vance of a section of his troops, com- manded by Senors Pozo and Gonzales, directed by the scout Ramirez. Hardly had the sentinel of said hospital seen our gallant troops than there were seen com- ing out of the same eight unarmed indi- viduals, who immediately fled. They were captured, and a medical case, cartridges, one Mauser rifle and - sundry effects. The hospital was destroyed, and everything which could not be transported.’” St FILIBUSTERS ARRAIGNED. Over a Hundred Men Taken From the Neized Steawer, NEW YORK, N.Y., Feb. —Over a hundred men were brought ©p from the steamer Bermuda this morning. They are principally Cubans. The filibusters, including the leader, Garcia and Cap- tain Hughes, were taken to the Federal building, to the United States Marshal. The District Attorney says no definite charges have heen made against the pris- oners nor vessels seized. They are only detained by orders from Washington. Shortly aiter 12 o'clock to-day all the prisoners were released excepting General Calixto Garcia, Captain Hughes and two others under telegraphic -direction from the Attorney - General at Washington. Commissioner Sbields adjourned the ex- amination of the remaining four. Benjemin Cuerra, Treasurer of the Cuban Junta, was arrested this afternoon by the United States Marshal. He is charged with having given a receipt for certain money used in fitting up the fili- bustering expedition. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25.—While Minister Depuy de Lome declines to speak about the Bermuda seizure, it is learned that the Spanish authorities here attach more importance to last night’s re- sults than anything yet accomplished. BOGTH STILL UNDECIDED Will Annofiuce on Saturday the Course He Intends to Take. Said to Have Been Offered $1,000,000 if He Organizes an Independ- ent Army. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 25.—Balling- ton Booth and his wife did not appear at headquarters to-day. All that was known as to the intentions of Ballington Booth had been conveyed to Staff Captain Cay- gill in a note stating that he would return fo headquarters on Saturday either to “make a stand” or to ‘‘turn over the prop- erty of the Salvation Army to his suc- cessor.” Tt was said that by “to make a stand” Ballington Bootb meant he would .try to hold the headquarters and other propertv for the American organization of the Sal- vationists against the claims of the Britisn Commissioners. Commenting upon the note which he had received Mr. Caygiil said to a reporter: “If the commander decides to ‘make a stand,’ he will not be followed by one- tenth of the officers of th> army.” Captain Caygill said further: “There is one man in New York who offered the commander $1,000,000 on his note of hand if on Saturday next he decides to declare independence and start what would be known as the American Army.” A G STARS IN THE NEW FLAG. Their Arrangement Considered by Her- bert and Lamont. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 25.—A Herald special from Washington says: Secretaries Herbert and Lamont acre giving special attention to the question of placing the extra star representing the new State of Utah on the American flag. They were together for a long time yesterday trying to perfect an arrangement of the forty-five stars, which will be the number in the National ensign on and after July 4. Tt 1s probable that the stars in the new flag wil be arranged in six rows, with eight and seven stars in each row alter- nately. At present the forty-four stars are arrangea in six rows, the upper and lower rows having eight stars each and the others seven stars each. The War Department decided some time ago to place the additional star at the end of the fourth row, and fla&‘s 80 arranged are being manufactured for'the army. The arrangement of six rows, with eight and seven stars alternately, so favorably im- pressed Secretary Herbert that he asked Secretary Lamont to reconsider the design adopted by the army. : sty bRl 1) Imprisonment and Discharge. OMAHA, Nesr., Feb. 25.—The findings of the court-martial in the case of Robert McNamara, the principal offender in the attack of the four soldiers from Camp Pi- lot at Butte, Wyo., on Chinese miners at Rock Springs, was made to-day. He is sentenced o four years in prison and dis- honorable discharge from the army, DR, JAMESON 15 TAKEN O LONDON, Arraigned Before a Swell Crowd in the Police - Court. RELEASED WITH HIS MEN Charged With Having Made War Upon a Friendly State. CHEERS FOR ALL THE RAIDERS. Through Mistake Captain Heany, an American, Received a Big Ovation. LONDON, Exe., Feb. 25.—Dr. Jameson, formerly administrator of the - British South Africa Company, who led the raid into the Transvaal, arrived in London this evening, was arraigned in the Bow-street Police Court, and was released upon his own recognizance in the sum of £2000. Fourteen others who took part in the raid were arraigned with Jameson ana were ail admitted to bail in £2000, each furnished by themselves. The transport Victoria, which brought Dr. Jameson and his party from South Africa, left Plymouth yesterday and anchored in the Thames off Purfleet, fif- teen miles btelow London, at 1 p. m. to-day. A tug ran alongside the steamer and took off a passenger and landed him at Frith, two miles above the Victoria's anchorage. Here the passenger, who was supposed to be Jameson, took & train and proceeded to London, where he arrived at about 5 o'clock. A large crowd had assembled outside the station and as he emerged he was greeted with enthusiastic cheers and cries of “Bravo, Dr. Jameson.” He was fol- lowed by the crowd from the station to the Mark Lane station of the underground railway, being cheered again and again. Arrived at the latter station the passenger was joined by a number of friends and disappeared from public view. The enthusiasm of the crowd had been manifested for the wrong man, for the pas- senger. instead of being Dr. Jaineson, was Captain Heany, an American, who form- erly held a commission in the Bechuena~ Jand Horse, and who had acted as a scout for Dr. Jameson in his filibustering expe- dition. In the meantime Dr. Jameson and his officers were taken off the Victoria by a | police launch, which reached Waterloo pier at half-past 6 o’clock. A large crowd had gathered at the pier, and when Jameson and his party ap- peared they were loudly cheered. The party entered two omnibuses, which con- veyed them to the Bow-street Police Court. The crowd manifested its appro- bation for the raiders for the entire dis- tance from the Waterloo pier to the court. The party was given. a most tumuituous welcome by the great crowd that had gathered about the court. In anticipation of Dr. Jameson’s afraignment a large crowd of people, composed principally of members of the aristocracy, assembled in the courtroom before noon snd awaited Dr. Jameson’s arrival. Seated upon the bench with the magis- trates were the Duke of Abercorn, Lord and Lady Abingdon, General Sir St. George, Gerald Foley and Lady Foley, and Viscount Chelsea and Hon. Robert Arthur ‘Ward, members of the House of Commons respectively for Bury St. Edmunds and. the Crewe divisions of Cheshire. The prisoners were promptly arraigned before the magistrate npon the formal charge of having made war upon a iriendly state. So carried away were the people in the courtroom by their enthusi- asm that the magistrate and court officers were unable to put a stop to the demon- stration. After hearing evidence briefly the magis- trate adjourned the examination for afort- night, releasing Jameson and the others upon ‘their own recognizances in £2000 each. The exact charge preferred against the prisoners was that *‘The defendants, in the month of December, 1895, in South Africa, within her Majesty’s dominions, without license of her Majesty, did will-, fully prepare & military expedition to pro- ceed against the dominions of a certain friendly. state, to wit: the South African Republic, contrary to the provisions of the foreign enlistment act of 1870."" : i After bare evideuce of the arrest of the prisoners had been submitted and formal statements had been made by counsel rela- tiue to the conduct of the case, the sitting magistrate, Sir John Bridge, remarked : “No graver charge could be brought against these men. It is acrime of the highest possible gravity, and must be so regarded by every person who considers the risks of performing the offense. “It involves, first, the danger of a battle at the time in which many lives may be lost and many homes desolzted, besides the greater danger, the offense, being con- tinued, producing a state of war be- tween countries at amity with ohe au- other.” - 3 After deciding upon the amount of bwil to be furnished, Sir John Bridge ad- dressed the prisoners, begging them for their own sakes and the sake of the coun- try to absent themseives from any place where their presence would arouse public excitement. He further asked them not to assemble together more than they were obliged to do, and to otherwise avoid anything that might possibly disturb the public peace. Both requests were remarkable, coming from a Judge of the bench to defendants before him, and showed very decidedly that public opinion was strongly in favor of the accused, and that fears are enter- tained of a public demonstration. The magistrate appeared astounded and angry at the cheering that greeted the prisoners on their entrance into the court- rom. When the cheering was renewed he sternly cried: “I1f you wish to bring the name of England into contempt that is the way to do it.”"