The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-07
QUEEN LII GIVES Up.



uuppoeed that Seward rurcAased TIE arms
ard annnunitton for tie rebels DURING hin
xoceu< vizss 60 San Francisco. II Was
proved ID court that ~ hired naxfse
10 reuz>in On = sEall isinnd On the wese
ssde Of Oahu 70 watch fcs = vessel that
mas expected fFum the cuAst- Ths
Schooner was seaaer nAnned W. C. wehi-
born. belonging at San Francisco. The
vessel was sighted on December y, and
the arms and ammunition placed On beard
tn steamer Wa4nannaA. IN island vessel
They were afferwuris landed on Dia-
mond Head. Capt. Davies the master
OF the STEAMER. admitted all this and said
hs was approached nrsx by w. II. Rick
ard. who engaged him to ip<erceps the
seaier and secure the arms. He was
promised H06ee Sor doing 80. He re-
csived 50 Of the amount mentioned.
sPREcKELs FURNISHED FUNpS
John Cumming. formerly q cabinet min
lister. and now under arrest for cons2ira-
cy. stated that he Was told by Seward
that he had received . letter from tha
queen ta12ing him - % 70 San Francisco.
where he would be Furnished funds by
Rudolph Spreckels wf1h which to pur-
chase arms A friend Of Spreckeis named
Follis was also implicated In the transac-
tiOn. When tho Austraiia arrived here on
The eth = search was made Tor w. III.
Cornwen and Rudolph Sprecksls. hat they
ware not aboard
Samuel Nowaein tosd Of frequent meet
ings held ~ Gulick's residence. at which
plans were discussed by himself, Quick
u 1ol~ q. NM.
planned for ave months The plan was
70 restore the queen and the monarchy at
the same time. A new constitution was
drafted by Nowlsin. Quick and Riclxard
They had the form for martial law PROF.
iamatbon all ready. Nowlein said that
many foreigners had agreed to help him.
but they failed to appear In the field
Charles T, Gulick presented q written
statement to the court in which he denied
everything but the drafting Of the consti-
tuition. Rickard and Seward made no de-
Tense whatever.
On the 9th number OF natives were
tried on charge of treason They were
all ON the field Of battle. The fourth batch
OF prisoners were tried on the following
day. There were thirteen In the crowd.
The evidence against them was conclu-
sive.
John Bowler. an Irdshn,an. vas tried
on the 18th on q charge OF mispris.on of
treason. v. v. Ashford Is on trial now
on the same charge. In all Of the above
cases no verdict has been brought in by
the court, 20 far as the public Is aware
OF. 1t - estimated that the commission
viii be In session at least two weeks yet.
as there are large humber Of prisoners
to be disposed Of. Martial taw stiIl con-
tinues. in order to give validity to the
verdicts Of the court.
The United States steamship PhiIadel-
phia arrived yesterday. nine and half
days from San Francisco.
The councillors OF The republic were
called together On the 18th to elect four
new members and to make an appropri-
atiou for the war EXPENSES. II. A. Hos
mer. g. p. Castle. c. B. Wood and ]. A.
Kennedy were elected to flii the yacan-
cies. and $4,000 was appropriated for the
expenses incurred during the rebellion
While the confeusion OF John Cummings.
one of the rehela seems to implicate Ru-
dolph Spreckels - the one who furnished
the arms to the insrrectfonists. the gov
ernment does not. seem to have strong
proof Of the fact. Among the ex-queens
papers which were seized by the govern
msnt. we're found memoranda In which
che says Spreckels advised the use OF
arms. but that she was doubtful ABOUT
adopting such desperate means Among
her notes was also a reference 10 the. ap-
poantment by her of q Commission to go
to Washington City and see President
Cleveland. She says that, OF the commits
sioners. Samuel Parker tried 20 sell his
secret to w. G. Irwin J, o. Carter. ther
ex-Queen.s counsellor. advised arbitration.
and when young Spreckels advised force.
she said she thought the arbitration plan
would please President Cleveland better
Regarding the purchase of arms. II Is the
impression that young SrreckelS did not
purcha1 the agms himself. but simply ad-
vanced money on the queens account and
that the arms were purchased by some
one else. The queens comment. when
she anade note OF Parker's persidy, was:
'sHow mean"
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
It f. known that the court martial has
passed the death sentence on some Of TIE
rebels, presumably Wilcox. Nowle4n. Gu
sici. Walker. Davies and. Ric5card. and
sentences Of RTE Imprisonment for many
others These decissors have been hand-
ed to President Dole for finel iusx.ners.
and ne viii decide whether or mon they
shall! be carried out. 1t n certain that
nothing Will be Done hastily or In a eszssx.a
OF revenge.
WILLIS HELPING THE REBELS.
Since the arrival OF the pnTsa1s.psna.
tnaei States Minister willis has a,xsurn-
ed an oppressive attitude. and from trust
worthy sources 1t - learned that fye has
made objections. both verbal and written.
10 the powers Of the MILITARY court r,cw
sitting. He seems to take the same yJew
as Paul Neumann, counsel for the p~sx-
oners. that offenses committed preyansrs
10 the date on which marital law was
proclaimed should De tried before 4 crvri,
court and jury The text OF sals o,btectfnr.
cannot be obtained st shas time. bus II
is understood to be NJ a nature 20 cause
the government more uneasxness than
anything that has taken place since the
Beginning u8 the reheasoY
II Is understood that wills asAa inter
assssl himself in the cases OF I.ouix MAJ.
shall ard Thomas Walker, both OF wssrrn
have claimed the protection of sfe rrnf,es
States Marshall Is charged win oxren
rebsifson4 Walker pleaded guilty 20 trea-
son.
ssanarai Hearssice Is stranger here
and LITTLE II known Of his ssana in re-
gard to THIS governnssrss- In close rov-
eminent circles IL - feared sfas he r.x-vsr
cooperate with Wfsis and hand sorrs< IN
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