The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-22
BLOODLESS REVOLUTION |
Adherents of Queen Lii Conspire
to Overthrow the Hawaiian
Government = PIotters
Arrested.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22 lSs4.-Cor-
respondence of the United Press per
steamer Arawa.
HONOLULU, Dec. IA, 1S94.--A chronic
Royalist conspiracy has long been known
to the police. 1t has supplied material
for sensational reports from here con-
tanning a modicum of truth. 1t has
ut last fairly materialized from the
domain of rumor into that of tangible
fact by reason of dhe capture of num-
Der of rifles secreted in different houses
of Royalists and the arrest of several
of the conspirators The existence of a
definite conspiracy to overthrow the
Republic and restore the Monarchy ac-
cordingly has ceased to be a matter of
derision in the Royalist dailies.
Definite evidence of the conspiracy
having accumulated in the hands of the
Marshal, four persons were arrested on
the evening of December s. John E.
Bush was the first man arrested. He is
the editor of the "Kaleo,' issued both in
English and Hawaiian and loaded full
of virulant abuse of the Government.
Bush is as prominent as any man of
that party. Crick came next, chem
ist, who fixed dynamite bombs in 1899,
but was discharged for lack of evidence.
He has ben writing for Bush's English
edition of "Kaleo." .Crick is in very
low spirits.
BLOODLESS REVOLUTION.
The next arrest was that of Joseph
Na.waht, a prominent native lawyer
Fred Weed was the fourth. young
half white clerk in book store. Shortly
after Bush's arrest his house was search
ed and seven rifles found behind false
partition.
At a house on Little street, four more
were found hidden under the floor of an
Ulfthouse. Several more have been
found, one or two in a house. A num-
Der of persons have ben arrested on
suspicion, but they have been released
onbail. Bail is refused to the four first
arrested 1t is understood that the
evidence of their treason is very strong.
The examination of the conspirators
is expected daily and will doubtless be
interesting. 1t is understood that an i'm
mediate uprising was to have been at
tempted, but that the Marshal thought
best to nip the business in the bud in
stead of letting it gain headway. There
was not the least danger of the insane
attempt succeeding, Dul II WdS ueSiTd-
BILE to prevent any bloodshed. No blood
has yet been split inthis revolution. The
The last arrest of conspirator was
that of Joseph Tinker yesterday. Two
guns and a quantity of ammunition was
found concealed under his roof.
ENGLISHMEN IN IT.
Tinker is an Englishman, a butcher,
and has "a young white family. No bail
is allowed him No pure natives seem
to be in the conspiracy except Nawahi,
who has always been an ardent parti-
sanl of royalty. Those concerned are
chiefly British subjects. The natives
are showing very little interest in the
matter The Government of President
Dole is extremely considerate of the in
terests and sentiments of the native peo-
pie, and they are growing very con
tented with it. With this ignomnious
collapse it may be hoped that this con-
spiracy to restore the Queen will be
dhe last one. Everything moved on
quietly and there has been no more ex-
citement than would attend the arrest
of an ordinary gang of house breakers.
There seems to be no further reason
for the British Commissioner to detain
the British warship Hyacinth here. But
his British friends are on the inside
of things and can best tell him whether
they are concocting any more mischief.