Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-05
FROM HONOLULU.
A Returned Sacramen'an Tells New
Story of the Late InsurreotiOn.

Returned Sacramentan Tells New
Story of the Late InsurreotiOn.
A former resident ofSacramento, whohss
been engaged in Honolulu, II. l., for the past
four months as clerk for the Secretary of
the Interior, arrived here last evening, and
gave the RECoRD-UNIoN quite a full ac-
count of the late insurrection at Honolulu
and its results. He stated as follows, in
answer to questions concerning matters
there:
"The prime mover of the insurrection
which occurred on the night of July 30th,
was King Kalskaua, who, by Offering fat
offices to u large number of native malcon-
| TENS, engaged 10 protect them from all
trouble if they were able to secdre to him
removal of the former charter, empower
| ing him with the old Veto Act and new
| Cabine: of his own appointment. In &C.
cordance with This understanding, on the
night of July 20 b., Robert Wilcox and
Albert Leomans, at the head Of $50 ra-
! tives and Chinese. marched from the resi-
| deuce of Primo. IS LiEokiiaui to the Kings
palace, and at 3 o'clock in the morning OF
July 30th took possession of the palace
ward, four field pieces, 10000 rounds of
cartridges and fifty rifles and bird guns.
"At A. NJ. the Cabinet were notified of
this action, and a F. Damon, Minister of
the Interior, approached the Waikiki gate
of the palace and demanded the sur
render of the rebels. They replied by
firing the cannon at Music Hall and the
Government Building, when the Honolulu
Rifles opened fire from Music Hall and the
Mauka side of the palace, and the firing
then continued until 8 P. H., when the
United States steamship Adams furnished
10000 rounds of cartridges and forty giant
powder bom5s TO the Government. The
Queens ngala@, the last stand OF the in
surrectin1 isis being b0mbarded, a sur
render was inside of l35 natives and Chi
nese to the Government. They were
placed III jail. and Oh The II b of October
Albert LOomaHs was cited for trial on the
charge of treason.
THE native cases have always been tried
first heretofore, but Judge Judd established
the precedent that the Government have
the power of reversing the order and bring
lug up foreign cases first, if it sees fit so to
do. Loomans was convicted by a white
jury, although the evidence clearly showed
that he was but q second rate subordinate
10 Wilcox. but the Court evidently desired
to establish this precedent for the Hawaiian
jury to follow.
Wilcox was then tried for conspiracy
(although he was the leader of the insur-
rectionists), aud because one of the jury
men asked witness the reason for the
Honolulu Rifles firing on the natives. the
learned Judge dismissed the entire jury,
giving as his reasons for so doing that the
question had prejudicsd the jury sgainst
the King. Ho Fon, Chinaman, was con-
victed of conspiracy tor furnishing money to
Wilcox to purchase guns for the King. The
city is now under martial law Riot is
rampant Fifty eight families and seven
teen American clerks left there by the Aus
traia. A large number of murders have
occurred during the treason trials. and a
white mans if,' is Dot worth a thought.
Tine Chines ave AIKEN up arms against
The Governmfn', and on the II a Of Oc-
tober they held an immenge mas meeting
for the purpose OF opposing TIE present
ruling missionary Cabinet
"fnere are 'onr American, two Japanese
and t@o Fpgii7h memo i-war in tle Homo
lulu harbor, and senoHS trouble IS antici-
pated in the near future"