The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-06

on His:Part.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 5.-No one has
been able to board the revenue cutter
Corwin, that arrived here this morning
from Honolulu, and not word further
is known OF affairs in Hawaii. It is not
generally believed here that she has any
advices later than the Auckland dis
patch. of last night
The Corwin's commander refused to
give any information and declined to al
low a messenger from the merchants
exchange to board the vessel. The Cor
win avoided the San Francisco .side OF
the bay and at 1:15 o'clock was off Sau-
salito on her way to Mare Island navy
yard, thirty miles away. Officers, pre-
sumahly having the government dis
patches, were landed in small boat
near the Presidio military reservation
west of San Francisco. The officers OF
the cutter absolutely refused to hold
| any communication with any one.
BY the exercise of little brief
authority Captain Munger of the uni
ted States revenue cutter Corwin has
made himself one of the most unpopu-
lar men on the Pacific coast. Espe-
cially has the revenue officer dlsgusted
newspaper men by his churlishness.
AS rule navy men and officers con-
nected with the revenue service cheer
fully impart information not in con-
| fiict with naval etiquette to newspaper
! men, and the action of Captain Munger
to-day stood in dark relief against the
white back ground of years OF cour-
teous-d demeanor on the-part of other
officers of his profession.
The reason for Munger's action to-
! day in refusing to allow any communl-
cation with his vessel ia probably cha
| grin at the fact that the sailing OF the
| Corwin for Honolulu from here was an
nounced in the newspapers two days
| before she sailed. Munger made stren-
uous efforts to conceal the fact that he
was going to Honolulu, and even after
the newspapers published the news he
emphatically denied that Honolulu was
| the destination. This time, evidently,
he intends to get even with the news
| papers and the public, and ls taking no
chances that will allow information of
any kind to leak out.
No one would think of asking Munger
| the contents of official dispatches, even
| if he knew them, which is not pro bable,
but people here wonder why man
whose salary they help to pay should
be so cavalier in his treatment OF them.
They argue that the news of what has
happened in Honolulu, except that
transmitted in government dispatches,
is not private property of the state de-
| partment or of the Corwln's officers,
and should not be withheld from them.
1t is believed here that the Corwin
brought the answer of the provisional
government to Minister Willis demand
for surrender. q That reply is undoubt-
edly in the hands of the state depart
| ment at Washington, and from. the
present indications Washington will
have to be looked to for news.
BLooDsHRD PROBABLE.
A naval officer at Vallejo when asked
whom the Corwint left Honolulu said:
"The Corwin is considered speedy
cutter and should make the trip from
| Honolulu easy in eleven days. She is
faster boat than the Rush, and it is
my conviction that Minister Willis held
the Corwin at least two days after the
| Alameda, sailed for New Zealand. This
probable that clash has occurred be-
tween the powers, and that the
mission of the Corwin is to
tell tho tale OF the rejection
of Mr.. Cleveland's ovcrtures by the
provisional government. It would not
surprise us, tor letters from omcerS OF
! the Philadelphia and Adams which are
| there, that would indicate that if the
policy is forced on Dole he will resort to
arms. On board the Mohican every.
thing is in readiness to sail in one days
time, should it be required. All that
remains to be done on the Mohican is
| to replace the ships galley"
To-day the Mohican's crew are
being thoroughly drilled and to-day
| fully equipped for field service, sup
ported by hospital corps and field
pieces. The landing party were out
nearly all day skirmishing over the
reservation. This is of unusual occur
renee here, and, since news Of the Cor
wins advent, it is whispered that there
was more in landing thanin the drill.
| The Mohican'a magazines were replen-
ished yesterday, and her coal bunkers
are full to- overflowing. Com mmanderi
| Clark was seen, but he, like the other
navy officers, knew nothing.
Whatever the dispatches, the one sig
nificant fact remains, that the navy de-
partment apprehends trouble and that
| they are on the alert is conveyed in the
fact that while repairs could be made
on the cruiser Boston, which recently.
| went out of commission, nothing has
been done and her complement of sail
ors are being held in readiness on board
| tho receiving ship Independence. At
| marine barracks, excitement was at
fever heat when it was said that the
i Corwin came for detachment of
Emarines.
SIGNIFICANT
Tonight several messages were re-