St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-05
TO LOOT HAWAII.
ANOTHER ALLEGED PLOT OF
FILIDUSTERS RUTHLESSLY
EXPOSEH
YOUNG SPRECKELS In 1T.
THE PLAN BEING TO RESEAT
LILIUOkALANI ON THE
THRONE
YOUNG sPRECKELs IN 1T.
BUT ONLY AS A FIGUREHEAD
The True Purpose of the Expedf-
ton Being Piracy and PIun-
der.


alleged plot to restore Queen Liliuo-
kalani and loot Hawaii. Rudolph
Spreckles, youngest son of Claus
Spreckles, is said to be backing the
scheme. The Chronicle says:
, ''One of the best planned and
most dangerous filibustering expedi-
tionS ever fitted out on American
soil was uncovered in San Francisco
yesterday. Its object is, was, to take
the Hawaiian republic by force of
| arms, restore to the throne ex-Queen
Liliuokalani and divide lands, money
and goods worth approximately $27,-
100000 among some 200 freebooters
I picked up by ones and twos in West
! ern America. The active agent Of
| the conSpirators is w. F. Morrow, a
native of Connecticut, aged thirty
one, and he was recently a resident
| Of Grass Valley, Cal. He is still in
San Francisco under surveillance,
so that the federal authorities can
get him if they desire to do so.
''The headquarters of the filibuster-
ing expedition has been at I'll Bust
street, a dingy fiat fronted by
boarding house. There the agent of
the conspirators has been receiv
ing daily and nightly motley crowd
of men who respond to his cautiously
worded advertisements published in
the city and elsewhere.
Morrow admitted last night when
he was forced into a corner and told
that the game was up, that he had
been engaging men to go into Ha-
waii and
OVERTURN THE REPUBLIC.
HE had told before to a reporter
that the thing was to be DONE and
had stated plainly who the men were
| behind the scenes. Among them he
mentioned one of the exiles, and he
declared that Rudolph Spreckles was
the man with the money who was
backing the project. Spreckles, he
said, had already concealed a large
| number of rifles on the island of
Masias so that they would be ready
when the filibusters reached the
| island"
The first local intimation of the ex-
| pedition was exposed in an adver-
tisement a few days ago. The ad
| vertisement which was led to the
discovery of the filibustering scheme
appeared in morning paper Tues
| day, July 80. 1t reads:
'Timbermen and hunters to escort
| prospecting party; good pay to good
men; state age; fare SIG. Address Box
1883, Examiner Office"
A Chronicle reporter answered this
advertisement, and in few hours re-
ceived the following typewriter re-
rly
there will probably be some fighting
IN the interest of 10000 people with less
than 5000 to oppose them. Only a, small
organized body to beat, not exceeding
100, who amount to only little as SOL
diers, being newly recruited and Off
cered by civilians, without capacity or
discipline; pay, S25 and upward per
month, according to what you can do;
also a grant of enough fruit or coffee
land in bearing to fix you for life. You
will have to furnish rife and ammuni-
| ton. If prospects suit you, answer, and
| meeting can be arranged"
| 1t was easy to see what this meant.
The $4,000 referred to comprise the roy
al:sts and native populace Of the Ha-
waiia islands; the 5000 are those who
are loyal to the Dole regime. The re-
porter then arranged an interview
with Mr.. Morrow, and arranged a
meeting with him at the boarding house
on Bust street. The expedition was
discussed, and the reporter evinced g.
desire to join 1t.
Have you any idea of the goal of
this expedition" he asked The Chron-
icle reporter said that he thought it
might be Salvador.
TO RESTORE THE QUEEN.
THAT is a mistake was the reply.
1.-THE scheme is to restore the queen Of
the Sandwich islands to her throne.
We will enlist 200 to 200 men from here
and take a sailing vessel from this port
within ten days or two weeks. We
have given out false Information as to
our starting point, telling people that
we were to start from the North to
Alaska or some other northern port.
We shall, however, go from here in
about ten days. It will cost SIG to buy
the necessary outfit of clothes and am
munition, arms, etc.
THE Dole government owns three
quarters of the landed property in the
islands, and the proposition is that if
the expedition is successful to dis
tribute the captured property to the
porters out of of the islands without a
cent. The standing army consists of
| 120 men and forty officers, besides ii
! militia Of $50 men, The armament of
| the standing army is six Gatling guns,
which are stationed at the palace.
| I'm the city of Honolulu the Dole
| government claims 5000 adherents, and
of these 5000 there are 1000 who are
| friends of the royalists, and out of the
120 men who make up the standing
army we claim to have five men who
are ready to do the bidding of the revo-
| lutionary party, and out of the militia
we can command the services of so
| men.
1.-The proposition is to capture the five
steamers that ply between the islands
and then approach Honolulu and cap
| ture the revenue office and bank OF
Bishop & Co., there being from 100000
| to S500,00 in the revenue boxes and
bank. TIL proposition in regard to the
| queen is to place her on the throne as
| A MERE FIGUREHEAD,
the head of the revolutionary party to
be in control of affairs
"Rudolpt SpreckleS has planted 1000
stands of arms TO be used by the revo-
lutionists on the Island of Maui" con-
tinued Morrow. 1.-The Spreckles have
little use for the provisional govern
ment. They could furnish arms to the
natives. except that the natives could
not use them, and TO this fact l at
tribute the failure OF the last uprising
81 In the party that is to leave from