Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-28

received his mail under the names
OF Thompson and Ashworth, but
that his real name was Ashford.
An affidavit from Soper is
given, corroborsting the incident
in the Consulate. Markoe was
conducting recruiting station as
we'll as Morrow. The text of
proclamation to be issued by the
ex- Queen upon her restoration by
the expedition is given. It is in
full as follows:
"Liliuokalani, by the grace OF
God, Queen of the Hawaiian ISL
ands, to all to whom these pre-
sents shall come, greeting:
GLORY to God in the Highest
and on earth peace to men OF good
will.
Know all men that God, in
his bountiful goodness. hath
ordained that, through the inter
vention of faithful friends and
lovers of justice and truth,
we have been restored to our liber-
ty and to the full sovereignty Of
the kingdom of Hawaii, and that,
being moved by the spirit of COM
passion for our fallen enemies, we
hereby proclaim a general amnes-
ty and grant a full and free pardon
to all those who have taken sides
against us during the time of our
sorrow and humiliation, excepting
only from the provisions there
of those who have been the
leaders in the great wrong done
30 us and to our pc ,ple. Yet hav-
ing regard for our promise. none
of those who now submit prompt
ly to our authority shall be put to
death.
"Let all of our subjects, and all
who are domiciled within our
Kingdom pursue their daily avo-
cations without fear. Order will
be maintained aud justice will be
administered in mercy.
That all may know that God
shall be respected and that all
private rights shall be protected.
it is our will that the following
constitution be proclaimed to be
binding on all. let no one dare to
contradict or disobey it.
To further guarantee the safety
( our people and kingdom aud to
provide for the proper admins
tration of justice, it is hereby
ordered:
That Ralston j. Markoe be,
and he hereby is, appointed to at
all times represent us in the gov
eminent of the kingdom, aud in
our name and with our authority
to do all things which may be
necessary and useful for the gov
ernment of our people, and we do
hereby appoint him our Viceroy
with the title of Prince of Homo
lulu, he having duly sworn allie.
glance to US aud to the constitu-
ton which follows, and having
guaranteed to us the full enjoy
ment of our rank and dignity as
Queen of the Hawaiian Islands.
"PLACET.
Done at the Palace at Homo
lulu, this - day of August, in
the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and ninety-five.
"REGINA.
Barrell in his affidavit alleged
that Mr.. Ashford had been the
pers IN who directed the movements
of all the rest of them and seemed
10 be at the head of the move
ment. They proposed to start
with a vessel from a small cove in
Seattle between the LIST and the
Goth for the conquest of the Re-
public of Hawaii. Consul Gen
eral Wilder is quoted in an inter-
view by the Chronicle as admit
ting his commune .tions with
Burrell.
In the Chronicle ( the 2lst
there is another batch of stuff
about the filibusters. 1t inquiries
about the whereabouts of Markoe
who it seems had dropped out of
sight. His former boarding house
keeper said he had been doing a
great deal of writing. The con-
stitution and laws for the to be
restored kingdom were all prepar-
ed in type-writing. There were
one hundred laws and the consti-
tltion provided that there n,ver
could be any more.
Clarence W. Ashfyrl, TO all