The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-12
LATE HAWAIIAN NEWS.

ExpOsed-Though They Had Little
Chance of Success. the Government Will
Do Its Best to Makes Wholesome Exam
pie of Those Implicated.
HONOLULU, Dec. 31-Correspondence
of the United Press. per steamer China,
via a Francisco. Jan. Three of the
conspirators, Bush, Crick and Nawahi,
who were arrested on the sth, were
committed, on the a4th, for trial
by jury. They were refused bail
and We're lodged in Oahu pris-
on. Young Weed, the fourth per-
son arrested. was released. The exam
nation of the conspirators occupied
Eve days, from the 18th to the I'D.
One Van Giesen was arrested o
after them, but released on bail. He
had been a special crOny and house
mate of Crick and intimate with Bush,
writing for his paper, ka Leo. To the
CONSERVATION of the prisoners, Van
Giesen appeared as the chief witness
against them. He had been n spy of
the government, and revealed all the
plans of Bush and his associates to the
marshal. Van Giesen vas for many
years n government school teacher, and
of sufficiently good record to give
great weight to his testimony.
Other spies, Osmer and McEyeri, or
~roborated Van Giesen's evidence. Os-
mer deeply implicated Weed, but failed
sufficiently to connect him with Bush
and others so that the charge OF con-
spring with them failed and he was
released. Tinker, who had been ar
rested later. was also released after
ten days confinement, notwithstand-
ing rifles were found secreted in his
house.
The scheme of the c~onspirators. as
fully disclosed by Van Giesen, was
somewhat elaborate. Under all cir
cumstances it was wholly an imprac-
ticable one. BY 4 sudden and stimuli
taneous movement the executive build
ing was to be surprised. the chief leaders
and supporters of the government ar
rested in their houses. telephone wires
cut, certain stores raided of guns and
ammunition, station house blown in
with dynamite, and fifteen ofthe prin-
cipal street corners of the city occu-
pied and held by armed squads who
were to capture all citizen reserves
and volunteers seeking to assemble.
No one of these formidable procedures
Of the undertaking was an original de-
vice of the conspirators, who seem to
have been as poor inventors as they
were calculators. All their plans had
formed part of previous conspiracies of
the royalists, rife during the past
eighteen months. Lists of street cor
ners to be occupied were given by Van
Giesen as well as the names OF repub-
lican leaders to be arrested.
AS to means for carryi ing out such
formidable and desperate plans the
conspirators felt sure of the help of a
large number of whites and half
whites. They also relied upon the aid
of a large and miscellaneous mob of
natives. Those were without military
training and unaccustomed to the use
of arms.
The obstacles to be overcome were a
executive building, consisting of sixty
enlisted white men, thoroughly drilled
| with special surprise drill. The build
ing is well fortified and armed with
| six riied cannon and two gatling guns.
| Secondly. there is a thoroughly drilled
battalion of over 500 volunteers from
the best white citizens, among whom
are fifty extra sharpshooters. Thirdly,
there are 600 to 500 of the citizen "a
serve, well armed and equipped and
organized for prompt action by day or
night.
The government regards the matter
as serious. They will 40 their best to
make a wholesome example of those
implicated.
1t is quite certain hat all the lead
ing royalists of responsible character
and business capacity regard the
restoration of the queen as now i'm
possible, and any attempt to effect it
bv force as chimerical. There is, how
ever, n body Of the lower class of whites
ready for acts of disorder who might
be induced to join actively in such a
movement. A large majority of half
whites have sympathies with such an
attempt, and some of them might be
willing to risk something in it. 1t Is
very unlikely that many natives would
risk anything to make such an at
tempt, although the majority OF ma
tives would prefer the kanaka mon
archy to the white mans republic.
So far as can be learned. British
Commissioner Halves has never coun-
tenanced or recognized any movement
to restore the queen.
II. E. NJ. ship Hyacinth sailed on the
night of the 27th for the south seas, as
is supposed. Capt. May has made re-
peated efforts to get away. Three sue
c~essive farewell entertainments have
been given to the officers of the ship.
Each time most urgent appeals have
reached Commissioner Halves from the
British subjects to detain the ship
for their protection, and he has
twice or thrice prevailed upon Capt.
May to remain longer. just before the
departure of the Hyacinth eighteen
British subjects, headed by Bishop
Willis, sent a strong petition to the
commissioner again to detain the ship.
| There is no more ardent royalist than
the Anglican bishop. He has steadily
refused to offer public prayer for
the president of the republic. The
government and its supporters are en-
tirely willing to see the Hyacinth
leave. Nor are they greatly solicitous