The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-20
Severe Arraignment of the Adminfs-
Maine Senator and Representative.
MR.. BOUTELLE CHoKED OFF
VIEWS OF MINISTER THURSTON ON
THE ROYALIST UPRISING.
nfshed the Rebels by Canadians
The Cruiser Esmeralda.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The President
has directed, through Secretaries Gresham
and Herbert. the dispatch of the fast cruis-
er Philadelphia to Hawaii ar once.
Early this morning Secretary Gresham
received formal notice that there had been
an attempt at revolution near Honolulu on
the 9Th of this month. This notice came in
the shape of the following dispatch from
Minister Willis. telegraphed from San
Francisco, under date of Honolulu, H. l.,
Jan. H., and addressed to "Hon w. @.
Gresham, Secretary of State. Washington.
D. Co.
AT Waikiki Beach, five miles from the
executive building, the night of Jan. g.
there was an uprising of Hawaiians, re-
ported to be several hundred strong and
well supplied with arms and ammunition.
They were commanded by Captain NowIein
and r. w. Wilcox. Hon. G. L. Carter late
commissioner. was killed in the first fight.
There has been desultory fighting every
day since, without further loss of life or
property to the government Three royal-
lists were killed and fifty taken prisoners.
Over fifty noncombatants. mostly whites,
were arrested, including three ex-Attor-
neys-general and many prominent citizens
Martial law was declared Jan. Z. No ves-
sells have been allowed to leave. All other
islands are reported quiet. The crisis. is
thought to be over. but the excitement Is
still intense. President Dole expressed to
me his qualification that no national ship
has been in port during this disturbance.
The arms are reported to have been
brought from Vancouver by the steamer
Norma
Soon after he reached the State Depart-
ment Secretary Gresham sent to the Navy
Department for Secretary Herbert, and the
two Cabinet officers were engaged in close
consultation for half an hour respecting the
advisability Of sending naval force at
once to Honolulu. Secretary Herbert stated
tina. the Philadelphia, flagship of the Pa
cific squadron, was at Mare island. Cali
fornia, and could start almost Immediately.
delaying only long enough after receiving
her sailing orders to take few fresh
stores and a little extra coal aboard She
carries complement of nearly four hum
dred officers and men, commanded by Capt
Cotton, and could make the run of 2,O8O
miles to Honolulu in about six days. After
consulting for some time the two Secre-
taries came to the conclusion that nothing
should be done toward sending a ship to
Hawaii except by the direction of the
President, so they went directly to the
White House to learn the Presidents
wishes in the matter. Before leaving the
department Secretary Herbert conferred
with Admiral Ramsey, chief of the Naviga-
tion Bureau, and everything was put in
train for the immediate dispatch of sailing
orders to Admiral Beardslee should the
President decide to send a ship to Hawaii
WARSHIP ORDERED TO HAWAII.
After the conference with the President
Secretary Gresham requested Secretary
Herbert to dispatch naval vessel to Hawaii
Immediately. The vessel chosen is the Phil
adelphia and she Will have on board Admiral
Beardslee, the commander of the Pacific
squadron. Secretary Gresham states that
the sending of vessel to Hawaii is not
caused directly by the receipt of the Willis
dispatch, but is a matter of extreme caution
taken in order that none of our interests
may be overlooked. The vessel it is ex-
pected will be able to depart within twen-
ty-four hours from the receipt of sailing
orders which went out this afternoon to
Admiral Beardslee.
Besides the Philadelphia there are at Mare
Island the fast new cruiser Bennington,
commanded by Captain Charles Thomas,
who defied the revolutionists of Salvador in
taking aboard Ezeta and his fellow refugees.
She has just returned from a cruise off the
coast looking for two missing steamers and
while the navy yard authorities report that
ten days work is required on her machinery
this undoubtedly could be much abbreviated
If necessary. The Boston and Marion are
ready to go in commission at a moments
notice, but, owing to the refusal of Con-
gress to provide for enough enlisted men to
meet the absolute needs of the navy. there
are no crews for them. The Olympia will
not be turned over to the government until
the 26th inst. and will be put in commission
on the 5th of February ready for a cruise.
The Ranger, Mohican and Albert, old low
power ships, would scarcely be chosen for
use in any emergency requiring speed and
the Monterey cannot carry coal suff1cient
for the cruise to Honolulu.
There Is disposition on the part OF
some administration officials to regard the
importance of the revolutionary movement
as exaggerated, and one prominent official
declared that he saw no reason for appre-
hension for 1t had not appeared from the
reports that any American interests had
been endangered by the uprising. Some
naval officers, however, who have been sta
toned at Honolulu and who are familiar
with conditions there. took widely differ
ent view of the matter. They say the char
acter of the interior of the islands Is such
that even a small number of determined
men might hold their own for many weeks
against a much superior force, just as did
Geronimo and his Apaches In Arizona. when
opposed by a great military force They
recall the fact that few lepers managed
TO resist all of the troops that the Hawaii
an government could bring to bear against
them for long time, hiding In the fast
nesses of the mountains when hard pressed.
and emerging in force when the pressure
relaxed These officers fear that the bands
of Wilcox and Nowlein will thus serve as
foci to attract disaffected natives and gath
fhoi ctr laa n fAar rad
would also offer any terms to the Japanese
coolies. numbering 1000. who have been
much dissatisfied with the refusal os the