Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-01
PLOT AGAINST HAWAII.
Federal Officers will Act on Re-
ports from the Pacific
Coast,

Seattle, Wash, June 25.-The schooner
G. w. Watson, which cleared from this
port at the local customs Office last night
intends to take on field pieces, small arms
and ammunition off Cape Flattery. A
large shipment of arms and ammunition
has been made to the sound by rail and
is now either stored or cached at various
points along the sound in the vicinity Of
Everett and Whatcom. After the Wat
sen rounds Cape Flattery it is said that
she will dump her big cargo of lumber
into the sea and q large number of small
sloops and schooners will sail seward
from near the points named, bringing the
new cargo. After the lumber cargo has
gone into the waves it is said that she
Will head for small island in the Ha-
waiian group which has been selected
and is peculiarly adapted to the landing
OF the contraband cargo. If her plans do
not miscarry an insurrection may be ex-
pected to follow.
A bold scheme is said to have been I'M
earthed by the government agents re-
Gently. 1t is said that some San Fran
cisco shippers and a woman in dOn0aulu
who is worth $2,500,OOO proposed fitting
up schooner at this port with heavy
guns and small arms, and then to so to
a small island in the Hawaiian group
and fortify themselves. It was calcu-
lated that the strength of the Royalists
and the supposed allies of ex-Queen Lii
iuokalani in San Francisco would great
ly help out the scheme. 1t is also said
a certain man in this city. we'll known
for his fighting ability, was offered COM
mand of the expedition at a salary of
$3.50 per month. If successful he was to
have high position under the royal
government.
Washington, D. c., June 25.-It is
probable that the government authorities
concerned in the execution of the neutral
ity laws will have to turn their attention
to the reported flibustering expedition
against Hawaii as well as to those against
Florida. Hawaiian officials have been
cognizant for some time OF the plans at
San Francisco to fit out an expedition I'M
tended to overthrow the Dole government
and their agents on the coast have been
active in securing information. News
reaching here from Hawaii has shown
that the authorities took a grave view of
the matter. A small government craft
used for customs purposes was fitted up
with Gatling guns and sent on cruise
around the islands to watch for the e1-
pediti0m The land forces, under Col Nc
Lean, who recently went from Washing
ton to assume command, were put in
readiness for the expected descent.
A new Hawaiian law provides for the
exclusion off persons suspected of having
designs against the government. The
Hawaiian Legal ton is closed at present for
the summer and the new minister has not
yet arrived The charge d'affaires, MIR.
Hastings, is in Maine, but keeps in. COM
muncation with Washington on pending
business. 1t is not known whether the
Hawaiian officials have called the atten-
ton OF the state department to the filibus-
tering plans 1t is said, however, that
this would mot be necessary in order to
hav4 the UNITED States authorities act if
the expedition has assumed the definite
shape stated in today's dispatches from
suppression Of flihustering under the neu-
traIity laws applies to Hawaii exactly as
it does to Spain and the extent Of this
application was shown in the Presidents
recent proclamation and the orders Of
Secretary Olney and Attorney-General
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