Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-07
HAWAIIAN REVOLT.
Ex-QrEEN GILL" ABDTCATEs AND
THERE ARE STIRRING TIMES.
Many Of the CDnspfrafnrs on Trial
Funds for Providing Ammunition
The Australia brings the News.

/ under date OF January 30th. which ar
rived here to-day on the steamer Austria
/ liza, from Honolulu. tells Of the ar
rest on the 18Th ultlmo Of John
S Walker. Major Seward. and {.
+. Gallck for completely in tn
/ purchase and landing of arms FOR the
rebels, and II the signing Of document
/ OF renuncation by tn imprisoned eN-
/ Queen.
Seward was one ~ the Queens COM
missioncrs 90 Washington last summer
J Galick. who is deeply implicated, was
/ Minister Of the Interior with Gibson
! These arrests We're made In consequence
OF disclosures by Nowlciu, Wilcox ana
I other prisoners who have been yying
! with one another In their revelations.
! on the morning Of the lG'h the eX-
! Queen was arrested at her residence by
Brown and Parker and confined in
former royal bedroom in the palace
| where she now ls. Mrs. Charles clark
/ continues to attend her. That afternoon
/ the volunteer troops and sharpshooters
were all called in and dismissed to their
/ homes. None Of tnem were Killed or
severely wounded
THE CHURCH EVACUATED.
The Central Union church was evacu-
/ ated 10y the volunteers at J.. NJ. as
/ barracks, by about one hundred volun-
/ teers who ate and slept there when not
/ in the field
( Judge Austin Whitney was made col
I oncl of the First Regiment, and W. \.
! Kinney captain OF th- staff The Presi-
/ dent appointed the following military
committee: Colonel Whitney tpresidcnu
/ Captain Kinney 0ulge- divocatcl, Lieuitl-
ant-Colonel Fisher. Captains Seisler
! Pratt. Camara. and Wilder. and Iieuten-
/ ant Jones.
There was no celebration Of Ahrog1iion-
/ Day on the 11th. except noon salnf".
/ The military commission opened court IN
/ the morning, thirteen prisoners appear
/ INK before il. a. follows. Mes-rs. Gaick,
/ Seward. r Il. Walker Bowler. Rickld.
! Eertlemaun. Wilcox. Nowiein. The two
I Lares. Grey. Wiedemauu, ami MarshllL
! The prisoners were allowed time 10 confer
/ with counsel. Charles Clark. chief at
! tci cant or the cx-Qucen. gave the dam
aging information which led 10 the dis
covery at her residence Of 20 rifles il
! pistols d swords. rs luil belts. and loo
cartridges; also p bombs Of different
! patterns. " mite ami KItion were ar
rested for casting number Of the
! bombs found. They were employed hv
/ Bertlcma n. they claim, 10 make twenty
as ornaments for f"ure-posts.
THANKS or THE PRESIDENT.
President Dole thanks W. g. Irwin for
| assuming the cost OF twenty-five soldiers
during the rebellion: also. II. May for
! 81 .ooo given by him for war uses.
/ skilled native scout was sent UP the
mountain to search for Lot Lane. Lane.
( however. came down. starved out. and
/ err..LGcred lie was The only rebel
/ leader stiH out All Of the important
rebels I'm the nold ana most Of their
! white accomprces ana instigatOrs have
! now been arrested.
CASES IN COURT
The court opened on January 18th with
/ the last eight prisoners oamcI ab'v',
/ who were charged with treason and levy
/ ing War on the republic Paul Niemihn
/ appeared as counsel FOR WIcoN. O.. 81.
/ Weioemanu. and Marshall. Anton Rosa
was counsel for james and William Lane.
NoW!ein and Eortlcmcnn refused coHn- ].
/ The taking OF evidence was begun ln
! the afternoon Wilcox and NOwlci
/ pleaded guilty. The testimony was COM
: yl,tr for the prosecution er-ly 81 N"
Afternoon II January lath. Wilcox.
James Lane Grey Weidemann. and MAJ
: shall testified for the defence. mainly
proving the extremely weak and incaua-
D
mann pleaded for li-ht sentence. urs. z
/ hau.ehmout Kinney set forth The great
. public danger from the relels. The t',ti-
mony on this trial developed large
am,rnt OF precise information about the
actual ur,reelInrs Of the rebels I'm tho
/ r.ll From other sources it is ascer-
/ tairel that only -SS rifles We're landed at
! W.ia.ao. and that the whole number of
I natives gathered WAS 2lp Nowle.n was
1 Nk-tl..v took
/ immediate action on the shore. Movie
/ ir command az Palolo. aided by Weide-
mann. Grey. and Marshall Nowicin hal
distributed bombs to some OF his Off gs.
\ few Of these flung 10y hand had given
| the idea that tha rebels were friug
shells from "a cannon, which was am
error Wilcox. with forty men. re-
! treated iuto the mountains and walked
aGoss Nanoo. His force dispersed cu-
tir-lv that ni.ht in Tho mountains He
crossed 70 Nunarn. Nowlrin anl his
/ three younger companions got up Paloio
/ Ridge. and soon after to Woilli. whore
/ they lay concealed for "a week, fed by the
/ ratVes.
AN ABSOLUTE FTASCO.
The whole attempt proved an absolute
/ fasco through the incapaclty If the lead
crs. lack of discipline in tho men, AMI
q general lack OF courage and persist
! aucr.
FUNDS FROM THE QUEEN.
ON the 22l thu first witness was John
T. Cummings. Kalakua's last Premi r.
| IIe laid all the blame Of his own COM
rHcity upon Seward. who lived upon
/ him qul WAS his evil mentor When
/ Seward returned from the coast Decem,
/ bcr 3l h- told Cummings that he hal
| shipped arms 10y a tugboat TO be trans
| ferred to % schooner which had gone -
sea great sensation was caused by
| Cummings stating that upon his iuquiring
| where Seward got the money to pay for
| the arms the latter told him that the
| queen had given him q letter 10 Rudolph
| Spreckl-s who would furnish the ueces-
| sary funds When Cummings complains
| "a 10 : WaTl that hs was leading him
| into deep trouble for himself anl his
family the latter replied that he him
self alone would bear the consequences.
! Cummiues's son-in-law. T. y. walker.
| one Of the -FOUR men on trial next testi-
Ge1 to having gone with Bertlemann TO
get shells cast by White and Ritton. pre-
tending they were fence ornaments.
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY.
Samuel Nowlein's testimony came next.
| and made the greatest sensation OF any
before the tribunal being very damaCinN
10 Galick and ward NoWleln Rickarl,
Galick, and Seward had been h0ld.n,
meetings al Gahch's house since Sep,
tember, planning the rebellion. Thcy
met several times week. The plan
adopted was to occupy stations throagh>
out tha heart Of the city and capture
the police-station. telephone office. and
electric-nght plant. so as 10 prevent the
citizens guards from rallyiug. Seward
purchased an' shipped the arms from the
coast. NoWlein sent out agents 10 enlist
men and organize them IN slG2Ds, with
captains reporting 10 himself
Nowlein was chief ia command In the
field Galick was The statesman Of the
quartette. With their help he drafted
a new constitution. proclamations of the
restored monarchy anl cf martial law,
and wrote form Of commissions for Cab.-
net and other officers.
QUEENS PRIVATE SECRETARY.
The Queens private secretary. ". 7.
Kaae, who engrossrd those papers, tcsti-
fed 20 having received from Nowlein late
.n December a copy Of a constitution TO
encrogs Also a proclamation and no.
tice OF martial law. etc. fie went back
10 Galick 60 get the form changed for
,.o corprufqSi0Ds Al these paDers Wit