The herald., 1895-08-05
4 FREEBOOTERS' SCHEME
To Overthrow the Repub=
lie of Hawaii
IN FAVOR Of \. N. I|NU0KALAN|
Young Rudolph SpreckeIs Was
Its Moving Spirit
ABETTED BY ONE MORROW
How the Plan Was to Have Been
Operated
They Advertised for Hunters for
Prospecting Party
But the Idea Was to Secure Adventures
Who Would by Force Of Arms Rob
the Islanders Of Their
Wealth
ABETTED BY ONE MORROW
How the Plan Was to Have Been
Operated
They Advertised for Hunters for a
Prospecting Party

SAN FRANCISCO, August 4.-The
Chronicle prints story exposing an al
legged plot to restore Queen Liliuokalani
and loot Honolulu. Rudolph Spreckels.
youngest son of Claus Spreckels. is said
to be backing the scheme. The paper
says:
One OF the best contrived and most
dangerous filibustering expeditions ever
fitted out on American soil was uncov-
cred in San Francisco yesterday. Its OBJ
jsct is-or was-to take possession of the
Hawaiian republic by force of arms, re-
store to the throne ex-Queen Liliuoka-
ldni and divide lands. money and goods
worth approximately $27, 7,0C0. 900 among
some 200 freebooters picked up by ones
and twos in western America.
The active agent of the conspirators is
W. z. Morrow of Connecticut. aged 81,
and he was recently resident of Grass
Valley. He is still in San Francisco. un-
der surveillance so that the feueral au-
thorities can get him if they care to do
so.
The headquarters of the filibustering
expedition has be en- at I'll Bush street, q
dingy fat-fronted boarding house. There
the agent of the conspiritors has been
receiving day and night a motley COM
pany of men who came IN response to his
cautiously worded advertisements pub
lished in this city and elsewhere.
Morrow admitted when he was forced
into a corner that the game was up, that
he had been engaging men to go to Ha-
wall. ana overturn the little republic. III Q
told a reporter how the thing was to be
done anu stated plainly who the men
where behind the scenes. Among them
hefenumera;ed one of the exiled Ash.
fords, and he declared tnat Rudolph
Spreckels was the man who was backing
the project.
ceaied a large numb ber of rifles in the
island of Maui so that they would be
ready when the flibusters reached the
islands The first local intimation of the
expedition appea.ed in an advertisement
a few days ago. The advertisement
which LED to the discovery OF the scheme
appeared in morning paper OF Tuesday,
July Both. 1t reads:
"Timbermen and hunters to escort
prospecting party. good pay TO good men.
State age; fare $l6. Address Box 1859
Examiner Office"
A reporter answered this advertisement.
and in few hours received the following
typewriter reply:
''We want men for an expedition in
which there will probably be some fight
ing in the interest of $4,000 people. with
less than 5000 to oppose them. Only a
small organized bouy to beat not exceed
ing 700, who amount to only little as
soldiers, being newly recruited and Off
ceyed by civilians without capacity or dis
cipline. Pay will be VS. and upwards per
month. according to what you can do,
also a grant of enough fruit or coffee land
IN bearing to fix you for life. You will
have to furnish rifle and ammunition. If
prospects suit you, answer and a meeting
can be arranged
1t was easy to see what this meant.
The 80 600 people referred to comprise the
foyalist and native population of the
Hawaiiani stands. The 5000 are the peo-
pie who are loyal to the Dola republic.
The reporter then arranged an inter-
him at the boarding house at Bush street.
The expedition was discussed and the re-
porter evinced a desire to join it.
Have you any idea of the goal of this
expedition" he asked.
The reporter said that he thought it to
re Salvador.
"That is a mistake" was the reply.
"rhe scheme is to restore the queen of
the Sandwich islands to her throne. We
will enlist 200 or 800 men from here and
take sailing vessel from this port within
ten days or two weeks. We have been
giving out false information as to our
starting point. telling people that we were
10 StdFL lTOIu buC HUACHs OiVuCA Aldoha VI
some other northern port. We shall,
however, go from here. and in about ten
days. l. will take about SIG to buy the
necessary outfit of clothes and ammuni-
tion. arms, etc.
1.-The Dole government owns three
quarters of the landed property in tho
islands, and the proposition is that if the
expedition is successful to distribute the
captured property to the adherents and
send Dole and his supporters out OF the
islands without cent.
"The standing army consists Of 100 men
and forty officers, besides militia of 5S3
men. The armament OF the standing
stationed at the palace.
Is In the city OF Honolulu the Dole gov
eminent claims 5000 adherents, ana of
these 5000 there are 1000 who are friends
of the Royalists. Out OF the 120 men who
makeup the standing army, we claim to
have five men who are ready to do the
bidding of che revolutionary party. and
out of the militia we can recommend the
services of fifty men.
Tho proposition is to capture the five
steamers that plv between the islands and
then approach Honolulu and capture the
revenue officers and bank of Bishop e.
Co.. there being from $500, 900 to $500, 600
in the revenue boxes and bank.
"The proposition in regard to the
queen is to place her on the throne as a
mere figureheau. the head of the revolu-
tionary party to be in control of affairs.
Rudolph Spreckles has planted 1000
stand OF arms to be used by the revolu-
tionists on the island OF Maui contin-
usd Morrow. 'Ths Spreckels have little
use for the provisional government. and
they would furnish arms to the natives
except that the natives cannot use them
and to this fact attribute tile failure Of
the last uprising.
''In the party that is to leave from here
tDess sze three Or four men who are