The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-06
Action Promised at Last.

tuiUE Cleveland VIII SEM 10 congress
Immediately after the silver bill Il out
Of the way message ana the CORE
spOudence in the Hawaiian matter. II
seems 10 he the impression that the
message IS already prepared and that
the president will make his recon-
nendations in IL and give congress
something TO do. One OF the demo-
cratic members Of the committee said
there were three solutions OF the
trouble in Hawaii. One scheme was
the restoration of the oid order OF
things by placing the queen upon the
throne, and another for annexation or
a protectorate. That one OF these
plans would be adopted was thought
very probable, but which would be
favored by the administration or con-
gress ne could not say.
Hit of Illinois, formerly chairman
OF the committee on foreign affairs,
saws the difficulty of dealing with
the Hawaiian problem Is one which
could not be overestimated- Annex
alton, with the peculiar conditions
existing in the islands, IS something
that might well puzzle the wisest
! statesman. with the Chinese
troubles we have in this country now
| and the additional questions which
/ the annexation Of the islands would
raise, not only in regard TO the chi
nese, but the japanese and the natives
( of the islands, il would naturally
/ cause some deliberation before the
+ islands were annexed as territory
/ and intended for statehood.
! II would be the height or aoSurdlty
! 10 try and set up the old queen ana
/ restore her to power, and to establish
I y Drotectorate would mean to abandon
! the republican form of government
I for the islands. \ protectorate would
/ not mean that this government was 10
/ offer it's protection alone, but that 1t
/ intended as well to govern the
/ islands as a possession. If q protec-
| torate were established this govern
ment would have to have the affairs
/ of the islands conducted In manner
which would be satisfactory to the
! United States and not be governed by
what might be the popular VIII OF the
/ peopIe who now inhabit the islands.
Hit saws it is necessary to have the
! islands. They are worth more TO the
| United States than q fleet of ten of the
/ best vessels afioat. We build ships
/ for defense, and for the same reason
we ought to acquire the islands, as
! they are the Malta of the Pacific
/ ocean and &re absolutely necessary to
/ the United States.
/ Hit, while presenting the difficult
/
! islands, is not without a scheme
which he thinks will be satisfactory.
! He saws the islands could be ac-
/ quired as n military and naval station
! and governed as such by the United
! States.
/ The reason the United States wants
/ the islands is the same that i'm pref
this country TO build war to re;nees
establish military posshe ~.ssels and
wanted for WgafvGrtiser1.. They are
/ Yulie1J rC the dATjurpOses, and if ac-
W Ratec.r, such could be governed
v. ithOut disturbing the existing con-
ditions or submitting the islands to
the rule of the most populous yet
ignorant classes of the islands.
Loss of the City of New York.
The steamship City of New York
of the Pacific Mail line went ashore
on the rocks near Point Bonita at the
entrance to the harbOr, on the after
uoon of the 26th inst, and it is be-
lieved that she will prove total loss.
She is fixed firm on the rocks and
every effort to pull her off has only
resulted in tearing a bigger hole in
her.
The steamer cleared for Japan and
China on the Goth and at p. NJ. start
ed on her outward voyage. She was
in charge of Pilot Johnson who with |
Captain +. II. Johnson, the master.
was on the bridge. 1t was clear on
the bay but passing out the Golden
Gate the steamer ran into an intense
ly thick bank of fog which had hung
over the sea all day. Orders
were given to slow down, and the
steamer went ahead. A strong ebb |
tide was running and il is believed !
that Pilot Johnson lost his bear
ings. The two combined brought |
the vessel on the rocks and the |
rapidly ebbing tide left her hard, |
holes being Knocked in by the trem- |
endOus weight of the ship.
The first intimatiOn of the disaster !
came to the city about p. NJ. the
Merchants Exchange observer at |
Point Lobos telephOning in, that
large vessel must be in distress at |
Point Bonita from the gun firing, and |
the fact that the fog siren at Point |
Bonita was blowing signals not the |
same as its set blasts.
Immediately there was race of |
tugs to the scene. At first it was
supposed that the helpless vessel was
the Monowai,- she being due in, but
the tug J. H. Redmond returned
early in the evening with the correct
information. Meanwhile the tow
boats had arrived on the scene, the
Spreckels tugs getting in first. Capt.
Johnson refused assistance until adj
vised from the Pacific Mail office.
This soon came and the bullion, mail
and two cabin and lis Chinese steer
age passengers were brought to San
Francisco. 1t was at once decided to
jettison the cargo in the middle part
of the hold where the water was COM
ing in and try to pull the vessel off at
the next high tide at midnight.
Two hundred stevedores were inn
set to work. When mid
night came all the Spreckels tugs took
a concerted pull at the steamer, and
then the Red Stack tugs were asked |
10 assist, but all in vain.
By the 9th the water was rising
and falling in the hold with the slight |
waves and tides. 1t was intended to |
make another pull at noon that dav
with the high tide but the plan was
given over.
There now appears to be nothing to |
10 but to wreck the vessel where
she is.
The sea was remarkably smooth |
when the disaster occurred, but the .
og was so dense that the lookout |
could not see twenty feet ahead. Pilot
Johnson hos do 1 !