Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-05
A SENSATIONAL STORY
Exposing o Plot to Ressat ex-Quecn
LiliuOkalani and Loot Hawaii.
Rudolph Spreokels Said to Be
the Prime Mover.
Newspaper Man "HIrss Our and IN Agent
Reveals MonarchIal Plans

loot Honolulu Is exposed by The Chronicle.
Rudolph Spreckels, youngest son OF Claus
Sprockels, Is said to be backing tho scheme.
Ths Chronicle says:
One Of the best equipped and most
dangerous hlibustering expeditions ever
lifted out on American soil was uncovered
In San Francisco yesterday. tt object 10,
o. wa. to take the HAwaiixn ropublio by
foecs of arms, restore to tbs throne ex-
Queen LAliuokalsni, divide money and
goods worth approximately oS7, 600, 900
among some 200 frsebooters picked mp By
ones and twos In western America. The
active agent Of tho conspiratOrs u w. p.
Morrow, native Of Connecticut, aged 81
PEARS, who was recently q rosident OF
Grass Valley, Cal. He IL still In San
Erancisoo under surveillance, 70 that this
federal authorities oan get him II they
want 10 do 50.
The headquarters Of tho flibustering ex-
pediNon have been at I'll Bush street, q
dingy hatfronted boarding house. There
the agent Of the conspirators has been re-
oeiving day and nieht motley crowd Of
men who responded 10 his cautiously
worded advertisements published In the
city and elsewhere.
Morrow admitted last night, whom he
was forced into corner and told that the
game was up, that he had been engaging
men to 90 into Hawaii and overturn tho
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
they were enlisted for, and had stated
plainly who the men were behind the
scheme. Among them he mentioned one
~ H. III A.LA L. ~.
that Rudolph Spreckels was the man with
the money who
Was Baoking tho Project.
Spreckels, he said, had already concealed
large number OF rides on the island of
Maui, 80 that they would be ready when
Che f1libusterers reached the islands.
The first local intimation of the expedi-
ton appeared in an advertisement few
days ago. The advertisements which led
TO the discovery of the flibustering
scheme appeared In q morning paper
Tuesday, July 30. II read:
Ttmbermen and hunters wanted 10 escort
prospecting party; good pay TO good men;
state age; fare. sld Addrsss Box 1850, RI.
aminer ONCE
vertisement and, In Q few hours, received
We want men for an expedition. and there
viii probably Be some fighting In the interest
Of 10000 people with less than 5000 10 oppose
them. Only . small organised body 10 best
not exoeeding 700 who amount 70 only little 60
soldierA being newly reoFuitsd and ofnoered
bv civilians without oapsotty or discipline:
pay >S and upward . month. according 10
what you can do; also grant OF enough frut
or coffee land In bearing 70 hx you for life.
You WIN have TO furnish rife and ammunt
Noa. II prospects suit you, answer and Q
meeting can be arranged.
It was seen what this meant. The
10000 people are the Royalists and the
natives of the Hawaiian Islands. The
5000 are the people who are loyal TO the
Dole republic.
Cat Out os the Bag.
The reporter then arranged an interview
with Mr.. Morrow, and called upon him at
the boarding house on Bush street. Tho
expedition was discussed, and tho reporter
svinoed desire to join it.
"Have you any idea Of the goal Of this
expeditionp" he was asked.
The Chronicle reporter said he thought
IL might be Salvador.
"That Is mistake" was the reply.
"The scheme Is to restore the ex-queen Of
the Sandwich Islands to her throne. We
will enlist 200 to 400 men from here and
take sailing vessel from this port within
10 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 Of Alaska or some other north
ern port We shall, however, 20 from
hsre In about 10 days. II will cost el6 to
buy the necessary outfit Of clothes and
ammunition. arms. etc.
"The Dole government owns three
fourths of the landed property In the
islands, and the proposition is that, II the
expedition is successful, to distribute the
captured property to the adherents and
send Dole and his supporters out Of tho
Islands without Q cent. The standing
army consists Of 100 men and 40 officers
besides militia Of $50 mon. The arma-
ment Of the standing army Is SIX gatling
guns, which are stationed at thu palace"
Plans ~ Honolulu.
I'm tho city Of Honolulu. the Dole gov
efnment claims 5000 adherents, and of
these 5000 there arc 1000 who are friends
Of the Royalists. OF the 40 mon who
make up the standing army, we claim to
have five men ready TO do tho bidding OF
the revolutionary party, and out OF the
militia we can command tho services Of
30 mon.
"The proposition Is 10 capture tho five
steamers that ply between tho islands
and then approach Honolulu and capture
the revenue Office and bank Of Bishop g.
Co., there being from $500 900 to $500, 200
In the revenue boxes and bank. The pro
position In regard to tho queen Is to place
her on the throne a. u nero flgurohead, the
head Of the revolutionary party 10 be I'm
control Of affairs.
Rudolph Spreckels has planted 1000
stands OF arms to be used by the revolu.
tionists on tho island Of Maui" continued
Morrow.
"1'he Spreckels have little use for the
provisional government. They could fur
nish arms 10 the natives, except that tho
natives could not use them, and TO this
fact attribute the failure of tho last up
rising.
'Tn the party that IA 20 leayp from horn