New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-11-22

|sSs1P0uH0 OI 0S<tbHs OF Inc PARTICIPANTS IN 8
very short time. Having been present al
the several meetings referred to- in this
statement, ] hereby certif nat the same
/ y &c correct in every essential part lar.
+. WUEDENBURG..'''8 &
Corroborated MI. Wundenbu p.
5s Conn missioner Blount sends to the
state department. a long interview had
by him with S. Is. Damon, who IS presi-
dent Of the advisory council Of The pro-
vlssion q government. H. Damon s in.
tervlew was reported stenog
and l1ll signed BY him as being correct. He
L IS one of the men who went up to the
governme house Nc nd afternoon,
Jan. to read the procla mation de-
cla11 ring the queen deposed and a new
governnl ent IN control Mr.. Damon
corroborates the statements made by
MT. ndenburg
6 ;o y missioner Blount had long in
#teryieW with Mr.. w aterhouse. who was
also a member Of the committee of
safety and who corroborated Mr..
7 w ndenburg and Mr., Damon in most
of theirs Statements.
~. -. carriers Statement. #!3s
=. ~ Garter, another Of the prominent
men engaged in the revolutio nary effort,
addressed to Mr.. Blount, under date Of
May. 3, q letter wing his version Of the
events OF Jan. II as follows:
At $50 o'clock Of the evening Of that
day | was called to the government build
ing | met there Judge Dole, Charles
Garter, =. M. Damon and 20 or 80 other
leading e sA1 men. There was great deal Of
excitement. They told me that Minister
Stevens had recognized the new govern
.ment..I was asked to go with commit
tee to the palace to inform her majesty
That she was deposed. j joined the party,
headed by Mr.. Damon, and proceeded to
the palace. Mr.. Damon informed her
majesty Of the establi shment Of a provi-
3slonal government, and Of her being de-
posed, and that she might prepare a pro-
test 81 T she wished it An awkward pause
followed foil which broke by addressing her
majesty, expressing sympathy, and adj
Vlsed her that any demonstration on the
part art OF her forces would precipitate q con-
f1ict with the forces of the United States:
that it was desirable that such conflict be
avoided; that her case would be considered
at Washington and peaceful sub
mission to force on her part would
greatly help her cause. H.
Widdemann addressed her majesty. saving
that he believed the result would be a rem.
etitiOn of the scenes Of 1843, when the SOW
aereign and the flag were restored to Hawaii
by Great Britain. was moved to advise
her majesty as I did because it was re-
ported on the streets that Minister Stevens
had said that if the rcvoluti onists obtained.
possession of the government buildings he
would recognize them as government,
Isaw that the building was in possession
of armed men and knew that the forces Of
the Boston we're near at hand and that
recognition was fact. Word was sent to
Marshal W ilson to disband the force at the
station house, surrender the building,
arms and ammunition. Marshal Wilson
refused to give up the station house except
upon the written command of her majesty.
The order was prepared, signed by the
queen and sent to the marshal The pro-
test of the queen was placed in the hands
of President Dole, and / saw that he in
dorsed the document as received in due
form. j, o. CARTER,
The stevens Correspondence.
Z In his report to the state department,
dated May +, Commissioner Blount de-
scribes at some length the difficulties
which he encountered in obtaining Stew
ems copies Of correspond with the
Hawaiian government. Mr.. Blount
adds:
This same difficulty occurred when I
called upon him for the communication
from the committee Of safety asking for
the landing Of troops from the Boston.
When Mr.. Stevens finally turned over
the records of correspond nce he admit
ted that he had recognized the proviis-
ional government before the barracks
and station house had been surrend Tered;
that he did not consider their surrender
of any Importance.
In my last dispatch Lieutenant Swim
burne fixes the surrende of the station
house at about Z 80 O. clock. This morn
ing he called and informed me that
lieutenant Draper had said to him that
the station house was not surrendered
until after dark. enclose Lieutenant
Diapers statement. / consider that it is
now established beyond cont roversy that
Mr.. Stevens recognized the provisional
government before the barracks and
station house had been surrendered OF
agreed to be surrendered
There is much more testimony OF
similar import given by Mr.. Blount in
his report, but the principal features of
it all are given in the preceding state
ments. .$
NOT DIscoNCERTED.
Publication OF Rlount's Report Didn,t
Cause Sensation In Ofncial Circles.
w AsHINGToN, Nov. The publica-
! tion Of the Blount report does not seem
to have Disconnected the state depart
ment particula rly. &c proves to contain
little that was not summarized and
indicated IN the Gresham letter to the
president. Secretary Gresham still de-
clares that he has not hing to say upon
the subject and that nothing Is 10 be
given ont. IL IS minated that the
Blount report was stolen from the gov
ernment printing oihce where il waa