The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-07
HAWAIIAN |HSURRECT|0N.
The Futile Attempt to Reinstate
Queen Lii.
HER LETTER FROM PRISON.
Entire Abdication Of All Rights in
Favor of the Republic. Cam
not be Exempted from
ConnivanCe at the
Revolt.
BY Southern Associated pross

SAN Francisco, Cal, February G.
-(Correspondence of the Unit C d
Press via. steamer Australia).
| HoNoLuLU, January 3U.-On the
10Th instant John >. Walker, Major
Seward and T.. L. GallIck were ar
rested for completely i'll the pur.
chase aud landing OF arms for the
rebels. Seward wss Que of the
| Queens Commissioners To Washing.
ton last summer. Gallick who is
deeply implicated, was minister of
the interior with Gibson. These
arrests were made in CONSEQUENCES
OF disclosures by Nowleln, Wilcox
and other prisoners who have been
vlelnG with one another in their
| revelations.
| On the morning OF the 10th the
eN.Queen vas arrested at her res
ldence by Brown aud Parker and
confined in former royal bedroom
III tho palace, where she now is.
Mrs. Charles Clark continues to at-
tend her. That nfternoon the vol
unteer troops aud sharpshooters
were all called in and dismissed to
their homes. None of thom were
killed or severely wounded.
-Four new members, Messrs. Hos
mer, Kennedy, Castle and Wood,
were chosen to ill the vacancies in
the advisory council. Two acts
were passed, one spproprinting SOC.
600 for special expenses incurred
during the iusurrection, aud the
other enabling the President to ap
| point officers OF the National Guard
III time Of war.
There WAS no celebration Of Abro-
CATION Day on the 18th, eXcept a.
noon salute. The Military Com.
mission opened court in the morn
Ing, thirteen prisoners appearing
before IT as follows: Messrs. Gaiick,
| Seward, L. Is. Waller, Bowler.
Richard, Bertelmann, Wilcox, Now
lem, tho two Lanes, Grey, Nieie
mann and Marshall. The prisoners
were allowed time to confer with
counsel and the court adjourned.
! Charles Clark, chief attendant
| OF the eN Queen, gave the damaging
information which led to the dis
covery at her residence of forty
rifles, eleven pistols, five swords.
| thirty eight full belts and | 600 cart
| ridges; also twenty-One bombs of
different patterns. White and Rit.
ton were arrested for casting nun.
Der OF the bombs found They were
employed by BcrielImann TO make
twenty as ornaments for fence posts.
a Skilled native scout was sent ND
the mountain to search Tor Lot
Lane. Lane, however. came down
starved out and surrendered. lie
was the only rebel leader still ont.
Up to January 18th, 80 persons
were held prisoners by the Govern
| ment on account OF the rebellion.
The rebels taken from the field,
i0ur were foreigners and 10 natives,
Oh accompiiccs twenty-niae were
foreigners and Ill natives. Only
the half whites are included with
the natives.
The court opened on January Is
with the last eight prisoners named
above, who were charged with trea.
son aud !evylnG war on the republic.
wilcox ana Nowlcln pleaded guilty.
The testimony was completed for the
prosecution early III the afternoon
of January 18th. Neumau pleaded
ior night sentence urging baulsh
ment. Kinney set forth the great
public danger from the rebels.
1T Is ascertained that only 2SS
rifles were landed 1T Walalo aud
that the whole number OF pntiyes
gathered was 2l0. They were EN-
ployed III cleaning the rifles OF the
sand Iii which they had been buried
and III getting drunk on giu. Now.
lem was III Chief command. Bombs
had been distributed to- some of the
officers. lie and his three Younger
companions got up Palolo ridge and
soon after to WoiIllli, where they lay
concealed for week, fed by the M
tives. The whole attempt proved
an absolute tiasco through the inca.
pacity OF tho leaders, lack OF dsci
pine in the men and general lack
OF courage aud persistence.
On the DIST the Military Commits
sion began the trinl of four leading
men, charged with procuring the
importation Of arms and amnuni-
tlon-C. f. Galick, Rickard, 4. b.
Walker and Major Seward. Walker
alone pleading guilty, Gaick, with
emphasis, pleading not gnIlty.
Neuman appeared for the defense.
or the four. only Seward and Rick.
ard were implicated hy the tssti
mony yesterday. NowleIn was
deeply III II. John Cummings was
also implicated. He WIS the OK.
Queens last premier.
On the 22d the first witnees was
John a. Cummings. He BETRAYED
great agitation and appeared to tell
all he knew, thoroughly confirming