The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-08-08
PLOT FOR QUEEN lii.
Another Filibustering Plan Ex.
posed In San Francisco.
sPRECKLEs' SON is BACKING 1T.
A Gigantic Scheme to Seize Millions
Confiscate Property and Run Dole and
His Followers Out OF the Country--A
Reporter Unearthed the Plot.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ga local
paper prints story exposing the al
legged plot to restore Queen Liliuokalani
and loot Honolulu. Rudolph Spreckles,
youngest son Of Claus Sprsckles, is said
to be backing the scheme. Its object is
---or was-to take the Hawaiian repub.
lie by force of arms, restore to the
throne ex-Queen Liliuokalani, divide
money and odds worth approximately
$27, 900, 900 among some 200 freebooters
| picked up by ones and twos in in West
ern America.
The active agents Of the conspirators
Is w. +. Morrow. native Of Connecti.
cut, aged 81, and he, says, recently res.
ident of Grass Valley, Cal. He is still
in San Francisco under surveillance, so
that the federal authorities can get him
II they are inclined to do so.
The headquarters Of the filibustering
expedition has been at I'll Bush street,
dingy flatfronted clearinghouse A
reporter answered an advertisement for
timbermen and hunters for prospect
ing party, and after agreeing to go the
plot was revealed to him.
Morrow said: Elm the city Of Homo.
lulu the Dole government claims 5000
adherents and of these 5000 there are
1000 who are friends Of the royalists
and out of the 1870 men who make uI
the standing army we claim to have
five men who are ready to do the bid
ding of the revolutionary party, and
out of the militia We can command
the services Of 80 men.
"The proposition is to capture th'
FIVE steamers that ply between the isl
ands and then approach Honolulu ano
capture the revenue Office and the banl
Of Bishop 81 Co., there being from
$500, 900 to $500, 900 in the revenue boxe
and bank. The proposition in regart
to the queen is to place her on the throne
as mere fgurehead, the head Of thu
revolutionary party to be in control o
affairs.
Rudolph Spreckles has planted ,o0
stands of arms to be used by the revo
lutionists on the Island of Maui" con
tinued Morrow. THE Spreckles hav
little use for the provisional govern
ment. They could furnish arms to tn
natives except that the natives coul,
not use them, and to this fact attri
butte the failing of the last uprising.
"ln the party that is to leave from
here is three or four men who are ac
quainted with every inch of the island
Among them are Volney B. Ashford
. the head of the last affair in name.
+ say in name because Ashford is partl,
to blame for the last affair. We hav,
D an attorney who is giving us advice an
who is to accompany the expedition
n His name is Bashford.
"In regard to the makeup of tn
party there are about 200 men, nearl
all cowboys from New Mexico, Arizon
and Texas. and most Of them are her
scattered around"
Morrow said that the natives an
! people in the islands would welcom
the revolutionary party as he expresse
S it, would consider it like getting ou
4 of hell into heaven" to have the gov
e ernment a monarchy again.
4 "The first point after landing will b
= to take the firealarm system, and tn
next point will be the telephone system
!. in order to cut off communication,
u said Mr.. Morrow Next will be tn
police station, where there are onl
: about 20 men, whose arms and ammr
}. milton are on the upper floors while th
/ men are down below. Next would b
N the palace where the gatling guns al
stationed on a plaza, We also depen
e on some of our spies to cripple coupl
of the gatling guns. Next we sha
take the government building, which
= guarded by only 12 men. Aftt
= capturing these points we wi
leave men to guard them. We thin
that we ought to capture the city with
D. half an hour, as the points are
70 weakly guarded. At the palace OF
men could lie behind the fence that su
Or rounds the grounds and pick off IL
gunners from place of safety, and {
: soon as their ammunition had been O.
hausted the revolutionists could rus
in and capture the guns and gunners
Morrow then said that Dole and h
adherents were to be sent out Of IL
country and their property confiscatt
and distributed among the filibustereI