The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-01
Beers Read Telegrams With Dn
Jamescn's Secret Cipher.
stOoss BACK OF Tne RAID.
Damaging Evidsaee PILED Up Against
the Chartered Cenpsny.
-CapsuFsd Ne~sae~s show the Con.
nscsiaa Beswera Cecil Rhosars. DR..
Jameson ard ths Refoxm Counsss>,.

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q hong message from Pretoria has been re.
cesvesa herr. whseh appears 10 cenarm y
dispatch frem Pretoria published IN thu
FArss Iea1rs % ye~tersiay. which il 10 1ss
effect that telExvanaS we're pat In as evil
dace dnrsnS the trials of the seferrnsra
whseh. from a cipher discovered In Or.
Jarneson's baggage after the n9hs at TAors-
koop and tho surrender df shr raiders.
prove the campssefty of tha Charferssa
Ssash Africa Company with the Jsnannss-
burg reform leaders and pE Jagneasn.
They atso prove that the chartered eagn-
pAny had opened a credit for E&R.ua h the
name OF Col Francis Rhcsies. At Johannes
hurg. to orxafssxe the rasti AMI that the
Lczston Tsznes had css.iesi 10 the Cape t.
the eject that the aston Ia the JameSon
xdAir wcaid be isrsnieut The Tsms~ today
Fatty denies the latter assertion The Pre-
terra Dispatch to the renzrs further assaA
that documrats In the possession Of the
IransvaA government compsornlse not
able persoa<xes and officers In charge oe
the English army
IL his been proved that teisxynns IN great
nssrzsers were exchanged between the foar
reform committee leaders ALREADY men.
toned. st Jehanrssburx. and cs,eIl Rhodes.
then premier OF Cape cusoGy. and Rnthsr-
ford Harris. secretary OF the isrstish Char.
tered South Africa Company. at caps
Town. and Or. Jsmeson. when the iAkfes
was At tftsani. between Dsccmber 2 and
u. while the raiders we're betns orsxni1e<a
and actually in mcvemeut- These mes-
sagez alluded 10 the intended invasion of
the territory al the TranSsaai under such
expressions az .'shzreAoissers' mxetinx. =
Rotation company" etc
Mr. Hammond, il seerus clearly euta,,,
Hshsd took an active part In the prepara-
tons for the Trznsyaai forces. and he vns
the contdertiai exnpioye AMI friend Of Cecil
Rhodes. In ore case. for Instance. II Il
shown that Hammond was instructed By
Dr. Jameson fo Inform weak paftncrs's
that ..sny delay would b. snjursous.-
Other teiegrzsna showed that DR. JAme-
son was Instructed 70 start the raid II mid.
night. Saturday. Decenber =. and Was en-.
Joined to keep the Telegraph SILENT" -
Il was suspected that the Transyaal gov
ernusent was getting wind OF the affair.
Other telexrams protuccd in court show
that the British Chartered seuth Africa
Company Was the actual authority for the
raid They refer TO getting arms and am
muuision from the DE Beers uainex vhern
they had been previously stored. At the
Last moment. however. a hitch xersss to
hxve occnrred. and dispatches were sent 10
DIR. Jameson. telling him ito posi- pone ths
Notation" owing To the diAleutties experi-
enecd IN gcttinx The ase1rAncs OF Cecil
Rhodes. and that ths authority ~ the In
pM1ne gpsuennnuntst - eevene1D1p~Noo
needed.
Hsmmond was evidently amone those
who were opposed TO any breach Of the NV.
for . telegram from him was produced.
dated December q. In which he condemned
any further prosecution Of tho coutrrn-
plated movement.
Subsequent dispatches exchanged be-
tween the varsosss people interested makes
u look very much as II pr. Jameson cut
. shz ell l. -.
any further messages adverse to the
scheme; that Prssideat Kruger had really
got wind" Of the affair and succeeded
in interrepting the messages. or that 'tDs.
Jim" %tlifuily disregariei the instructions
sent him to postpone the raid. and crossed
the border on his o~n responsibility.
Previous 70 crossing the border. tie raid
ers had been drilled with fes.~M Melfsr1
rifles. the weapon adopted by the Char
tered Company, and pre- sfarations had been
made 70 support the raiders with other
forres frum Cage colony, but the hassN
action OF Or. Jasnesof upset the pians.
Additional Testimony showed thar ON
December 3 the rftlanderS of Johannes
burg were srmtng and making other
preparations 20 receive DR.. Jameson. an
the steps beins taken srssis< the .iireest5u
Of the reform csrrrfffee- Cot Francis
Rhodes. a: the Gold Fields Cumpanyss Of
fee. on D~cerber y curtiy told 4 reprc-
sentative OF the Beers who called upon
him for an explanation as to what was
ecing on. that the tafianssers hal brouxhg
the country In q no1rtshinx condition BY
means Of their capital ard enterprise. AMI
that II wss ssharf 70 be governed by q
LOT Of STUPID B1~rs"
A press representative was allowed Ia
visit the reform committeeman last ever-
Ing. He found the three English PRISON.
srs web, but Hamnsorri's hsaith IL caus-
Ing considerable anxiety to his frfents
Hts sentence caused a reaction after tfss
great nervous strain he had been under
for so long But fossay he ls said To ks
as well as rcessf,4 urser the csrrBm-
stances. ami besng subjected to the prfsou
fare. He viii h4 allowed to procure bstssr
food and other comforts. The four leaders
are confined ia a email room. aud ara
treated with consi5esatisn- Ia view Of tho
lad state Of Harimonsgx health. ev.ry
pozsibie influence h bslnx brought 70 bear
on Prest1%nt Kruger in bis behalf. Mrs-
Kruger. wife as the president. has sene
messages o. sympathy 20 the families %