Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-05-30
SAFE----BY JOVE!
THE IwALANI RETURNS.

last Night HumOcE Vi PcOl4c
rushed down to the wharf. Il
was Immediately reported that
Minister. ex-Capt. King with his
dead-bringing rife hsd bored a
hole in the Champion. and that
the wreck was hanging at the end
of stern-line from the Iwalsni. Ii
was suggested that Necker island
was being lowed in, and that it
would be anchored outside and
sold to Boeter and Castle It was
rumored that the little steamer
was coming in like the Flying
Dutckman without crew. 1t
was positively stated that John
Ena would move a vote Of con-
fidence in the Cabinet. and en-
courage other expeditions for the
benifit of Hawaii, and the 1. I. S.
S. Co.
Rumors though were shortly at
a discount. The Iwalani reached
the wharf and the excited crowd
was told that, thanks to King
land God1 the conquest of Nscker
Islands had been accomplished.
When it was known that the
brave men on board had brought
as trophies the idols. (besides
peice of petrifed human iesh)
belonging to the conquered isl
and the enthusiasm was I'm
bounded. But when it leaked
out that there were no sayages to
conquer. no inhabitants to defeat,
no kanakas to shoot at-not even
a Koolau, and that the heroic
minister and his heroic crew had
nevertheless conquered the rock
the cheering and excitement of
the crowd became such that it
took nearly one policeman to
check the outburst.
President Sanford B. Dole who
had just added an "annexing"
clause to the constitution which
is to be framed by number of
friends, rushed on board.
Scalding tears flowed freely
down the back of Minister King
when fondly embraced by his
chief While the gallant con-
querer sought his cabin--for re-
freshment, Dole dried his eyes,
and Immediately penned one of
his usual letters in which he, in
fervent but somewhat stereotyped
language. thanked the navy
for is services. Blanks for these
letters viii shortly be printed in
the HoLoMUA office, if the Aduer-
t,ser permits it, and filed oat as
occasion requires. When the
crowd saw the idols and the seal,
and the turtle soup. another out
burst took place in which the
policeman himself joined. Fin
ally the President and his Adj
miral departed in tears, and went
back for the capitol where 6 stiff
yarn was spun. ". o. Smiths
experience as a goat hunter at
Kalalau is nothing in comparison
with the hardships of his colleague
of Necker Island. When james
Hardbottle Boyd read Kings
proclamation, he wept. 1t was
such true copy of his own orr
ginal one ratified off on Ocean
Island while Joe Strong opened
the bottles. Minister of Interior
King issued the following decree
of conquest:
], JAMES A. KING, Minister of
the Interior of the Provisional
Government of the Hawaiian Is
lands, in pursuance of a commits
sion granted to me by His Excell-
ency Sanford B. Dole, President of
the Provisional Government OF the
Hawaiian Islands. do hereby,tn the
name fthe Provisional Government
of the Hawaiian Islands, take pos
session of this island known as
Necker Island as part of Hawaii
an territory; the same lying within
the Hawaiian archipelago. in latlt-
ude % 30. II. N and longIt-
ude 1919 30, 0C". W. and having
been claimed by hawaiian Govern
Inent as Hawaiian territory since
the year 1915, when an expedition
under Capt William Patty was sent
to survey said island.
Done at Necker Island this 9th
day of May. in the year OF our
Lord one Thousand eight hundred
aid ninety four. ]. A. King.
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