The Indianapolis journal., 1894-01-06
SILENT AS THE GRAVE
Officers of the Revenue Cutter
COrwin Refuse to Speak.
The Steamer Arrives at the Golden
Gate from Honolulu with Special
Dispatches for Gresham.
NO NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE
But Many Sensational RumOrs at
Once Set AflOat.
Reporter Said to Have Been Informed
by Sailor that There Had Been
Big Row in Hawaii.
NAVY YARD PREPARATIONS
The MOhican and Her Grew Ready
to Sail Immediately.
Important Letters from Minister Willis
That We're Not Made Public with
Cleyeland's Message.

cutter Corwin, the vessel that carried Pres
ident Cleveland's second batch of instruc-
tions to Minister Willis at Honolulu, ar
rived here this morning, but great care was
taken that no news leaked out to the pub
lie. Captain Munger, the Corwin's COM
mander, refused to give any information,
and declined to allow messenger from the
Merchants Exchange to board the vessel.
The Corwin avoided the San Francisco side
of the bay, and at Ills o'clock was off
Sansalito on her way to Mare island navy
yard, thirty miles away. An officer, pre-
sumably having the government dispatches,
was landed In a small boat near the
Preside military reservation, west of San
Francisco.
The officers of the cutter absolutely re-
fused to hold any communication with any
one. The regular messenger of the Mer-
chants Exchange who had put off In a
small boat as soon the cutter was sight
cd, made an attempt TO board her at the
entrance of the harbor. Captain Munger
shouted at him roughly from the bridge
and not only refused to give him any in
formation, but also refused to permit his
boat to come alongside the cutter, leaving
the messenger to return against the strong
tide. a few miles further up the bay the
Corwin sent an officer ashore in a small
boat, and then proceeded toward Mare ISL
and. The small revenue tug Hartley start
ed after the Corwin as soon as she entered
the hrbor and went alongside the cutter
and offered her services. Captain Munger
informed the commander OF the Hartley
that there was 10 service she could per-
form for him, and refused to allow any one
aboard.
The. secrecy maintained by officers of the
Corwfn gave rise to many rumors. One
was that sailor on the Corwin said to a
reporter, who tried to board the vessel,
but was repulsed, that there has been a
big row down there" This statement was
not verified. During the afternoon naval
officers said the Corwin might have pris-
oners on board or might be going TO Mare
island to correspond from there by tele-
graph with Washington. One naval officer
thought she was going there for the pur-
pose of taking a detachment of marines
from the barracks and would return imme-
diately to Honolulu.
AT THE NAVY YARD.
A dispatch from the Vallejo navy yard
says that the naval officer, when asked
when the Corwin left Honolulu, sald "The
Corwin is considered a speedy cutter and
should make the trip from Honolulu easy
the Rush, and it is my conviction that
Minister Willis held the Corwin ut least
two days after the Alameda sailed for New
Zealand. This being the situation, 1t is
more than probable that a clash has oc-
CURED between the powers, and that the
mission of the Corwin is to tell the tale
of the rejection of Cleveland's overtures
by the provisional government. 1t would
vrNrf-N l~NA.
the Philadelphia and Adams, which are
there, would indicate that If the policy is
forced on Dole he will resort to arms"
On board the Mohican everything is in
readiness to sail in one days time should Il
be required. All that remains to be done
on the Mohican is to replace the ships gall
ley. To-day the Mohicans crew were thor
oughly drilled and Captain Clark had a
landing party fully equipped for field ser
vice, supported by a hospital corps and field
pieces. The landing party were out nearly
all day skirmishing over the reservation
This Is an unusual occurrence here and
since news of the Corwins advent it is
whispered that there was more in the land
ing than in the drill. The Mohcan's maga-
zines were replenished yesterday and her
coal bunllers are full to overflowing. Com
, mander Clark was seen. but he, like other
navy officers, knew nothing.
Whatever dispatches the one significant
fact remains. that the Navy Department
apprehends trouble and that it is on the
alert is conveyed in the fact that while
repairs could be made on the cruiser Bos-
ton, which recently went out of commits
sion, nothing has been done and her COM
plement of sailors is being held in readi-
ness on board the receiving ship Independ-
ence. At the marine barracks excitement
was at fever pitch when il was said that
the CorWin came for the detachment of
marines. 1t was learned at the marine
barracks that the total available strength
Of the arm-bearing force at the navy was
| FIs,+
four hundred sailors and $50 marines could
be sent within twenty-four hours At the
hour of filing this dispatch observers were
still stationed at the lOOkOuts, but no
tidngs of the Corwin We're given. It is
now thought that the Corwin has steamed
UP Oakland creek.
Captain Munger has made himself to-day
cific coast. Especially has the revenue Off
Ger disgusted newspaper men by his churl-
ishness. People here argue that the news
of what has happened In Honolulu, except
that transmitted in government dispatches.
is not the private property of the State
Department or of the Corwin's officers ard
should not be withheld 1t is believed here
that the Corwin brought the answer OF the
provisional government to Minister Willis 8
demand for surrender. That reply is I'M
doubtedly in the hands of the State De-
partnent at Washington, and from the
present indications Washington will have TO
be looked TO for news. Hawaiian Consul
Wilder tonight expressed the belief that
the Corwin had his governments answer
and when asked what he thought that an
visionai government has informed Minister
Willis that il considers the Hawaiian ques-
tion I'm the hands of Congress, and will
submit, If they submit at all, only to the