Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-27

msnt and their adherents nave
s,aLed all on this hazard, ana
they do not intend to lose any
trick whatever.
Probably the most notable
arrival in Washington to-day was
ex-Ninister Stevens. who repre-
sente,i this country at Hawaii
pu.lsr the Harrison admlnistra-
ton Stevens is here to TESTIFY
before the Senate Foreign Affairs
Committee -,
John Slaghtery, one OF the
victims af the Provisional Gov
ernnent poisoning, who was
broagIlt here from Honolulu ief
treatment aud taken 10 St. Luke 5
Hospitsi. is convalescent- A
very dangerous operation was
performed on him by Drs- Ken
Won. Dodge and O'Conneli'
which turned the tide of fate IN
his favor.
The Hawaiian ship Hawaiian
Islands. with coal from New
castle. arrived Jan. Is. She re-
ports a narrow escape from over
heated Goals December 18th,
when twenty-five degrees above
the equator and ffty-three days
out.
San Francisco, Jan. - The
Midwiuter Fair Congresses Will
be inaugnrated.Jan. 20 at the
| Grand Opera House. Resolved
that the Hawaiian islands should
I be annexed to the United States
will be the subject for debate.
| General w. I'll. L. Barnes and
Irving NJ. Scott will maintain the
Affirmative. and Rabbi Jacob
Yoorsanger and Colonel John T.
Irish viii argue the negative side.
Three Judges will be selected,
! one from the Supreme Bench.
one from the Circuit Court and
one from the Superior Court, to
decide the question on the merits
of the arguments put forth.
Washington, Jan. 17.-Lleut
enant- Commander Swineburne OF
the cruiser Boston was the only
witness before the Senate sub
committee on the Hawaiian ques
ton today. He is the officer who
had command of the American
troops in Honolulu at the time of
the revolution, and his testimony
is considered important. as at
tached. He was questioned con
corning the time of landing, the
location of the troops in Arion
Hall and the time of surrender
of the Station House. 1t
is und erstood that Swine
burne admitted that more for
tunate selection could have been
made and said he had, previous
to the landing, advised that some
other place be chosen. And also
that the Police Station was
surrendered several hours after
the landing of the U. S. forces.
Washington, Jan. 15.-The
Hawaiian investigation by the
Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations made little progress to
| day. Chairman McCreary of the
House Committee ON Foreign
Affairs and Representatives Hol
man of Indiana conferred this
morning as to proposition
which would be submitted to Con-
gress for the solution of the
Hawaiian problem. After the
talk McCreary said: The
solution to the question will
undoubtedly be ready to
submit to the House before
January 29th.''
| New Haven Conn J, Jan. IL.
The Yale Hawaiian Club held
its annual meeting this evening.
The organization consists of
members of the University who
are natives of Hawaii. There are
about twenty Hawaiians in Yale.
Harvard. Princeton and Columbia
were represented at the dinner.
Dean Francis Wayland of the
Law school responded to the
toast. President Dole every Inch
a Man" A. G. Alexander spoke
on President Cleveland's AID,
ministration: Fools Rush In
Where Angels Fear To Tread. y
Frank P. Hastings, Secretary of
the Hawaiian Legation at Wash
ington, spoke ON The Situation
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