The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-12
DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY
Against the Provisional Govern
ment of Hawaii
Enfectually Throttied by the ArreS' VI
Three Prominent Ieaders--N"~tora'
tIon of the Ex-Queen "ns rue
Chief object Claus SprccheiS
Life ThSeatened.

SAN Francisco, July e.-The steam
er Belgic brings sdvices from Honolulu
to June ss The royalist dynamite
conspiracy hos collapsed by the arrest
of three of the active agents,
The government has finally executed
what has been for some time in view'
the arrest of the ascertained agents in
the royalists' dynamite conspiracy. On
the afternoon of Friday, June %, ST.
multaneous arrests were made OF l. D.
Walker, Archibald Sinclair and H.
Crick, on the charge of conspiracy to
seize the executive building and over
turn the government. The offense is
not bailable and the prisoners have
been held in confinement, pending ex-
animation. The government mas
known something of this conspiracy
for three months past and for several
weeks have possessed much exact IN
formation. A very conservative policy
has been pursued and no arrests were
made until the evidence was entirely
complete against the accused rms
evidence was submitted to four legal
advisers and pronounced sufficient
Meanwhile every precaution was
taken against surprise, including the
recent occupation of the palace, of the
arrested persons, Walker is a son.in-
law of the leading half-white royalist,
John Cummings, mason by trade ana
a man of an active nature. Sinclair IN
highly skilled mason, but Of irregu.
lar habits. Crick is chemist out oil
employment. About twenty prominent
whites and half-castes are more or less
implicated by the evidence in the pos.
session of the government. Nine OF
these persons have been cabinet minis
ters. More arrests are liable to be
made at any time, but none without
ample evidence to Justify action Inc
use of dynamite was the chief means o.
the scheme of the conspirators. Ihei
plans seem to have been bold and eX
tensive, but more on the anarchisti'
basis than one of regular warfare NJ
pure Hawaiians appear to have been II
the affair II is believed that no eVi
dence duplicates Paul Neumann o
Claus Spreckels, although the conspr
ators had fanguine hopes OF pecuniar.
aid from the latter
At the time Of the arrests the house
of Walker and Cummings wer
searched. Discoveries of dynamit
were made and much CONSERVATION 10
lowed. A general effect of demoralizt
ton has been forced among the roya
lists whose chief plot for the rostoratio
of the queen has now collapsed. A
moor lust before the sailing Of the lie
pic the evidence against the conspiri
tors began TO be presented. ComInl
sioner Blount has stated that he hi
not vet sent forward any report b'
will take it with him. On the >.
Claus Spreckels found plncard on h
gate bearing skull and cross BON
and a mcnacing message. lie was mu'
excited and Immediately sent note
Minister Blount. demanding protectio
Mr.. Blount notified President Dol
who provided a guard for Sprecke
place.
The citizens reserve, which no
numbers between six and seven hu
dred men. all armed with Springte
rifles. and The Annexation club mo
Vt whose members belong 10 the
Ierve. play quite an important part
mother plot In the event OF roy
st outbreak certain prominent 81
borters OF the ex-queen are marked
slaughter A member of the cltlze'
reserve has given out list OF names
those royalists who are to be Killed
the first sign Of trouble II inclut
that of Claus Sprcckels. With all
talk of conspiracy and murder there
hardly any possibility Of trouble.
handful of white and half white a
tators who might be disposed to ma
trouble realize that they could
stand before the well-d:,c;plined. ",
armed force of the provisional COVE
ment.
The anncxationists are elated o
what they believe to be u reprimano
Minister Blount by the state dep'
ment at Washington on account OF
action in the Norahof case The M
Of the appointment of Judge sneed
minister TO Hawaii has arrived h'
Mr.. Blount was delighted that his
cessor had been appointed.