Evening journal., 1895-08-05
WITH A COWBOY ARMY.
Hawaiian Filibusters Hoped to
Restore Queen Lii.
ANOTHER ALLEGED PLOT EXPOSED.

Young spreckeis Said TO BE Backing san
Francisco Adventursr Who Had Planned
to Capture HonoluIu In Half AN Hour
ana Divide Up the spoIls.
SAY FRANCISCO Aug. 5.-The Chron.
ce prints the following story exposing an
alleged plot to restore Queen Iiliuokalani
and loot Honolulu Rudolph Spreckels,
| youngest son of Claus Sprcckels, is said
TO be backing the scheme;
One of the best equipped and most dan
| gcrous illihustoring expeditions ever fitted
out on American soil was uncovered in
San Francisco on Saturday. It's object is
or was 10 take the Hawaiian republic by
force Of arms, restore TO the throne ex-
| Queen Liliuohalani, and divide money and
goods worth Approximately $40, 900, 600
among some POO frecbootors picked up by
onos and twos in western America.
Tho active agent Of the conspirators is
W. p. Morrow, "a native Of Connections,
agcd 81 years, and he was recently a resi-
dent of Grass Valley, Cal. He Is still in
San Francisco under surveillance, so that
the federal authorities can get him If they
want to do so.
The headquarters of tho nlibustering
expedition has been at III Bush street.
dingy fat frOntcd boarding house. There
tho agent Of the conspirators has been re-
coiying day and night motley crowd Of
men who respond to his cautiously worded
advertisements published in the city and
elsewhere.
Morrow admitted when he was forced
into corner and told that the game was
up that he had been engaging mon TO go
into Hawaii and oyorturn the republic.
He had told before TO a reporter that
the thing was to be done, and had stated
plainly who the men were and what was
10 be- done, and had stated plainly who
the mon were behind the scheme. Among
them he mentioned ono of the exilod
Ashfords, and no declared that Rudolph
| 7prcrkols was the man with the money
who was backing the project Sprcckcls,
he said had already concealed a large
number Of rifles ON the island Of Maui. so
that they would be ready when the 1li-
busters reached the islands.
Advertised For Men.
Tho first local intimation Of the cxpedi-
tion appeared in an advertisement a few
days ago. Tho advertisement which led
to the discovery of the nlibustering schome
appeared in IA morning paper on Tuesday,
July 3. Il reads;
"Timbermen and hunters wanted to cs.
cort prospecting party Good pay to good
men State age Fare, SIG. Address
| Box +, 259 Examiner Office"
A Chronicle reporter answered this ad-
ycrtiscmcnti and in few hours received
the following typewritten reply:
We want mon for an expedition, and
there will probably be some fighting in
the interest OF 9, 600 people with less than
| 5000 to oppose them.
.Only "a small organized body-to beat,
not exceeding zoo, who amount to only
little as soldiers, being newly recruited
and ofliccred by civilians without capaci-
ty or discipline. Pay, S25 and upward per
month, according TO what you can do; al-
SO "a grant of enough fruit or coffee land
i'm bearing TO fix you for life. You will
| have to furnish rifle and ammunition. If
prospects suit Won, answer, and a meeting
can be arranged. "
IL was easy to sec what this meant.
The 5000 people are the royalists and
the natives of the Hawaiian Islands The
5000 are the people who are loyal to the
Dole republic. Thercporter then arranged
an Interview with Mr.. Morrow, and called
upon him at the boarding house on Bush
street. The expedition was discussed, and
Have you any idea of the goal Of this
expedition he was asked.
The Chronicle reporter said that he
thought it might be Salvador.
"phat is mistake was the reply.
The scheme is to restore the Qucon of
the Sandwich Islands to her throne. We
will enlist 200 TO 100 men from here and
take "a sailing vessel from this port within
ten days or two wocks We have given out
false information as TO our starting point,
! telling people that we wcro TO start from
the north TO Alaska or some other north
orn port We shall, however, go from here
I'm about ten days II will cost Sl6 TO buy
the necessary outfit Of clothes and ammu-
milton, arms, etc.
Booty For the Revolutionists.
"rhe Dole government owns threo-Quar-
tors of the landed property i'm the islands,
and the proposition is If the oxpedi-
tion Is successful, 60 distribute the cap
tured property TO thesadhorents and send
Dole and his supporters out of the islands
without a cont The standing army con-
sists of l2O mon and 40 officers, besides a
militia of $50 men. The armament of the
standing army is six gatling guns, which
are stationed at the palace
In tho city of Honolulu the Dole gov
ernmont claims 5000 adherents, and of
these 8 600 there are 200 who are friends
of the rOyaiists, and out Of the 100 men
| who make up the standing army we claim