Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-04-13
LATEST FROM HAWAII.

Eser-Tho Fullest Investigation
efsed by the Friends OF the Move
1eae-Arrival OF the Rush with Com.
aoner Blount ON Board-Honoiula
.soos Holiday Attire I'm His Honor-An
annexation Club.
GAN FRANCISCO. April 5.-The steam
er Australia arrived from Honolulu at
= q m
The steamer sailed from Honolulu
March 90. The annexation feeling is
stronger than ever, and it is steadily
growing. While the foreign element of
The country is fast becoming a unit
ON the subject, the natives are also
fAst being won over. The advices
from Washington received on March
were. of course, disappointing to
those who were looking with confidence
% Immediate ratification of the treaty
oy the senate. On the other hand,
chose who did not anticipate SO speedy
n solution of the question, and who
regarded the attitude of the present adj
'ministration with doubt and anxiety,
are well pleased with the turn affairs
have taken
The Gazette of the 2sth says: 1.-THE
fullest investigation is courted by the
driends of annexation. Such inquiry
can only show that the moral and ma
terial interests of Hawaii are de-
pendent upon annexation to the United
States and that the United States can
mot, with either profit or honor, take q
single step backward"
hut fifty men in the cruiser Boston
are now on shore-twenty-five at Camp
boston and twenty-five at the govern
nent building.
K G. Hitchcock has been appointed
marshal of the islands in place of w. G.
Ashley, resigned
Coanissioner BIount Enthusiastically Re-
ceived.
HONOLULU. March 25.-The United
6tAfes revenue cutter Rush arrived
here this morning. nine days from San
Francisco, having on board ex-Con-
7xress Blount, of Georgia, who was ap-
pointed commissioner to investigate the
existing conditions in Hawaii and re-
port as to the expediency of the
annexation of the islands to the
United States. AS soon as the
cutter was sighted off Koko
head at . a m, business men went to
work and in a short time the buildings
were covered with flags and bunting
The townspeople turned out en- masse,
and by IL o'clock, when the Rush an
-chored in Naval row. the docks and
streets were crowded. The mail steam
-cr Australia, which was scheduled to
Se2ve at noon was held back and from
her deck the band of the provisional
government welcomed the new arrivals
with the strains of 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner
A delegation from the Annexation
club was hastily formed and welcomed
the commissioner at the boat landing.
"A party Of about seventy-five Hawaiian
women from the woman's branch of the
Hawaiian Patriotic league, bearing the
American and Hawaiian flags, also pro-
ceeded to the dock. DIR. J. s Magrew,
chairman, and President F. Scott and
Gen Hartwell, as a committee from
the Annexation club; Minister Stevens,
"a L. Hastings, secretary of foreign
affairs, and aide to President Dole;
Maj Robertson. the queens cha m ber-
lain. and the newspaper correspond
-ents put off to the Rush to pay
their respects to the commissioner
The news that only one person had
been sent in that capacity to the islands
soon spread to the shore and occasioned
much surprise Commissioner Blount
declined to be interviewed, but from
casual conversation it would seem that
his labors here may cover a period of
several weeks
The Rush will probab bly, return to
San Francisco in the meantime Com
missioner Blount did not leave the
steamer for several hours, and conse-
~quently reception by the Hawaiian
league and the Annexation club did not
take place. The Rush brought dispatches
from Washington to Admiral Skerret
and also the provisional government,
but the nature of them could not be |
learned After the first feeling of sur
prise had passed away, expressions of |
satisfaction at the arrival of the |
commissioner prevailed among the |
1nnexationists. The Rush brought no |
mail from the states and the arrival of |
the Rio de Janeiro, which is expected |
TO put in here tomorrow on her way to |
China is awaited for further particulars |
~ to the sentiment in America
An Annexation Club Formed In Honolulu
with 1.2OO Members.
SAN Francisco, April Son March
II, the day before the ARRIVAL of the
steamship Australia, with the news
that the annexation treaty had been
;sheived, meeting of white residents
Numbering fully 1900 was held, at
which an annexation club was formed
which has now 1000 members, and
speeches were made by some of the
most prominent members in Honolulu
Hon w. Wilcox, editor of the Liberal,
was made vne of the vice-presidents of
the club, and was the only Hawaiian
who prominently allied himself with
the meeting.
John f. Bush, ex-representative and
editor of Kaleeo, and Mr.. Marsden, one
of the Hawaiian commissioners to
Washington, returned ON the Australia
on March %.
Commissioner Marsden appeared
hopeful of good results from the United
States commissioners visit Delay in
the senate over the treaty was
sascribed to the pressure of business
consequent upon the outgoing of the
late administration. but it was under
stood that the administration swas not
hostile to annexation.
Threatened by Forest Fires.
PLEAsANTvILLE. N. J., April 5.-Early
this morning the smoldering embers of |
forest fire were famed into |
another roaring mass of flames by a |
-asterlv raIe Suttontown lvinp L