The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-04-14
Latest FROM HAWAII.

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rne Annexation Ieeiing Growing stronger
Than I,cr-rhe Fullest tnsssttgati"n
Conrted hy tn. Ireinds OF the Move
mrnt-Arr,.aI of the Rush with S"m-
missioner niaupt on Hoard uonoiuiu
| pons Halliday Attire In HIS honor--4Nn
Annexation club.
SAN FRANcIsco. April 5.-Thc steam
or Australia arrived from Honolulu at
Pa. m.
The steamer sailed from Honolulu
| March 20. The annexation feeling ~
stronger than ever. and il Is steadily
growing. While the foreign element of
the country is fast becoming unit
! on the subject. the natives are also
| fast being won over. The advices
from Washington received on March
~ were. of course. disappointing 70
those who were looking with confidence
| To immediate ratification of the treaty
Nv the senate. On the other hand,
those who did not anticipate so speedy
a solution of the question. and who
regarded the attitude IF the present adj
ministration with doubt and anxiety,
are well pleased with the turn affairs
| have taken.
The Gazette of the 2sth says: The
| fullest investigation is courted by the
! friends If 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
not. with either profit or honor, take
single step backward"
But fifty men in the cruiser Boston
are now on shore-twcnty-tiv at Camp
Boston and TWENTY-FIVE at the govern
meDt building
+. G.. Hitchcock has been appointed
marshal of the islands in place Of w. q.
Ashley, resigned
Commissioner Biouut Enthusiastically RE-
ceived.
Honolulu. March 25-The United
| States revenue cutter Rush arrived
here this morning. nine days from San
Francisco, having on board ex-Con-
gress Blount. Of Georgia, who was APP
pointed commissioner to investigate the
existing conditions in Hawaii and re-
port as TO the expedicncy of the
annexation of the islands to the
United States. As soon as the
cutter was sighted of Kolso
head at n. m. business men went to
work and in short time the buildings
were covered with flags and bunting.
The townspeople turned ont en- masse.
and by II O'Clock, when the Rush an
chored in Naval row. the docks and
streets were crowded. The mail steam
CIR Australia. which was scheduled to
leave 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 Spanglcd
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. DR. J. = Nagrcw.
chairman, and President +. Scott and
Gen. IIartwell. as committee from
the Annexation club: Minister Stevens,
A. T. Hastings. secretary Of foreign
affairs, and aide to President Dole
Mai. Robertson, the queen's cha IN ber-
lain, and the newspaper correspond
J ents put off to the Rush 10 pay
their respects to the commissioner
The news that only one person had
been sent ia that capacity To the ISLANDS
soon spread TO the shore and occasioned
much surprise. Commissioner Blouni
declined To be interviewed, but from
casual conversation il would seem that
his labors here may cover aperiod o
| several weeks.
The Rush will probably return u
San Francisco i'm the meantime. Com
missioner Blount did not leave til,
steamer for several hours. and conse
I quently n reception by the Hawaiian
league and the Anne xation club did no
= take place. The Rush brought dispatche
from Washington 10 Admiral Skcrre
and also the provisional government
but the nature OF them could not b
learned. After the first feeling of sur
prise had passed away. expressions Q
satisfaction at the arrival of tn
4 commissioner prevailed among tn
!. annexationists. The Rush brought n
: mail from the states and the arrival q
= the Rio dc Janeiro. which is cxpccte'
!, 10 put in here tomorrow on her way I
China. is awaited for further particular
- as to the sentiment in America.
An Annexation Club Formed In Honolul
y with i,2co Members.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 5.-On Mare
: 81. the day before the ARRIVAL of Ia
! steamship Australia, with the new
l. that the annexation treaty had bee