St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-24
BENNINGTON ENTERS PORT.
An Attempt TO Secure Habeas
Corpus Will Be Made
Today.
THEN FOR EXTRACTION.
Case Will Be Holly Contested
--Rumors of Fever on
the Bennington.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.-Gen. An
tonic Ezeta and his fellow refugees are
prisoners at last, by authority of the
United States district court. Warrants
of arrest were served this afternoon
EARLY this morning the local federal
officers received notification that the
differences between the navy depart
ment and the department of justice had
been cOmpromised,a lat least in a measure,
and that the naval authorities of Mare
island would permit the United States
marshal to serve the warrants. Tho
navy department maintained its position
ON one point. however, it would not
furnish the transportation for the mar
and his deputies to the gunboat. The
marshal. too, was determined to uphold
the department of government which
he represented. He refused to charter
a tug, and there seemed possibility
that the refugees would be left to die of
old age on the high seas. DR.. Calderon,
the local consul of the SaIvadorian gov
eminent, finally interceded here and
Prevented Serious Rupture
between these elashing departments of
the United States government. He
went into his own purse and chartered
tug. At 6 O'clock this morning the
tug steamed out through the heads. On
board were Consul Calderon, United
States Marshal Baldwin. four deputy
United States marshals. and Lieut..
Stoney, U. s. n, who went as repre-
sentative of the authority of Mare
Island naval station to Ger
tify to Marshal Baldwin as the
representative of the United States
government and to permit Commander
Thomas, of the Bennington, to receive
them on board. The tug, which siDgu-
larly enough was named the Relief. ar.
rived alongside the Bennington at 9
this morning. After the formalIties
necessary to fully sustain the navy
department were over. Marshal
Baldwin and his deputies went
aboard the gunboat. The Relief
steamed away, heading for this
port. Immediately afterward the Ben
niIgton's anchors were hoisted. She
had been lying at anchor near the Far
Alone island, about thirty miles from
port. A few minutes later the Bennlng-
ton was steaming toward San Francisco
bay, but as one of her engines is dis
abled she made only slow progress. At
2 O'clock this afternoon the Bennington
steamed into the Golden Gate That
the refugees are
.l..o- Now Under Arrest .1}r
there is no doubt. for Marshal Baldwin
and his deputies went on board the
gunboat for the purpose Of making them
prisoners when the Bennington should
have passed within the three-mile limit.
The Bennington passed up the bay and
came to anchor off the quaran-
tine station. She came from a
port infected with yellow fever.
The health officers were notified
of her arrival. This fact soon gave rise
to report that the gunboat has twenty
three cases of yellow fever OH board.
Neither Lieut.. Stoney nor Consul Gal
deron would verify or contradict the
report or say anything about the arrest
OF the refugees. The yellow fever yarn
finds believers. however.
Marshal Baldwin and his deputies are
still on board the steamer. with the men
supposed to be prisoners. When they
will come ashore it is not known. but it
is believed that the opera bouffe fea-
lures Of Ezeta episode are about over,
and that serious features of this interna-
tloual complication will demand public
attention tomorrow. 1t is thought to-
morrow the five refugees will be taken
before Judge Morrow, VINO issued war
rants for their arrest. Then will begin
thu proceedings which will determine
whether the five men shall be given
their freedom or taken back to San Sal
vator to be shot by their political enc
mies. the = successful revolntionists.
TherB is probability that
Habsas Corpus
proceedings will be brought on behalf
of the prisoners before the extradition
matter is looked into. In this event
only the validity of the warrants
would be attacked. Horatios. Rubens
aud Gonzales de Qaesada, attorneys,
OF New York, are here to de-
fend the culprits. On motion of the
United States district attorney,
Rubens was today admitted to practice
before the district aud circuit courts.
These attorneys refuse to state their
probable course of procedure. So far
they have been unable to see their
clients. This morning they applied for
permission to go.to see On the tug boat
which carried the officers to the Ben
nington, but their request was refused
in few words.
The prosecution is being looked after
by local attorneys especially employed
by the government of San Salvador.
The Bennington did not go into
quarantine as was at first thought, but
steamed directly to Mare island.
The prisoners were landed in San
Francisco and are confined in the
Marshal Baldwin.