The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-28
DOLE WAS NOT INVITED
TOA RECEPTION BY MINISTER VII
LIS TO NAVAL OFFICERS.
The President, However. Says IL is all
Right-The Reports That the Government
Opposed to Annexation are Denied.

SAN FRANCISCO. March T.-The
steamer Australia arrived from Honolulu
shortly before 9 o'clock this morning. She
left Honolulu March 10Th. President Dole,
on the 18th instant, declared martial law
to be at an end, and the republic was
restored. United States Minister Willis
gave a reception last week to Admiral
Beardslee and officers of the Philadelphia,
for which large number of invitations
were issued. President Dole and wlte
were not invited, and only two members
of the cabinet This caused a sensation.
interviewing President Dole upon the sub
ject. he said: 81 attach no importance TO
IL. The reception was very informal
affair" To a question whether his Rela-
tions with Mr.. Willis were strained the
President replied: mot. at all: not in any
way" IL was further learned from the
Acknowledgement that Mrs. Willis gave
invitations by telephone in a most in
formal way.
ALL FAVOR ANNEXATION.
The stories pub shed in San Francisco
to the effect that the Government is op-
posed 10 annexation and has quarrelled
with the American League, which Is ur-
gent for annexation. and that, being afraid
of the League and its leader, Tim Muir
ray, the Government is enlisting three
hundred men in San Francisco 20 fight
for II; also that w. o. Smith, the Attor-
ney-General had severe alteration with
Tim Murray on the subject Of annexa-
tion, have no foundation whatever.
No one in Hololuu needs to be as
sured that the Government has always
been thoroughly and heartily for annexa-
tlon, and continues 50. William Smith
denies that the Government is enlisting
men abroad, or has thought OF doing
so. 1t has no differences whatever, with
the American League. Mr.. Smith did,
however, have sharp words with Murray
on the 18th of January upon a totally
different subject. The Attorney-General
expressed much veXation at the release
of the schooner, II. G. Wahlberg. three
days before his lawyer and witnesses
reached the coast although they were
sent for with the knowledge of United
States officials. He thinks the Wahlberg
will be seized again.
-HE QUEEN HEARS THE MUSIC.
The ex-Queen was observed yesterday
morning sitting at her window I'm the
Executive building, listening to the Gov
ernment band playing In front She Is
as comfortably situated as possible, aside
from her confinement to one part of the
building.
II. NJ. B. gunboat, Nymph, arrived here
on the 18th from Santiago, Chile. She
Will sail I'm a fortnight for Esquimault.
A battalion of marines and sailors from
the Philadelphia landed on the 18th. for
shore drill and win do so every Tuesday.
The German steamer Braufols is due
about April 1st from the Azores with
six hundred able-bodied Portuguese labor
ers and go men, women and children.
This immigration VIII steadily continue
as the result of Minister ThurstOn's visit
TO Lisbon.
Nine hundred japanese emigrants ar
rived Oh the - assmer Independent. Sew
en- hundred were contract laborers. II
is expected TO supplant this Japanese i'm
migration by that of Portuguese.
MORE REBELS SENTENCED.
Nine native rebels were sentenced on
the 18th to five years each These were
the last of the cases before the mill
tary commission. a large number OF
political prisoners have been put to
work on the roads in Hawaii. Among
them are the leaders, Wilcox, Greig
Widemann and Marshall. The English
man, Rickard, and Seward, Ashford and
Gulick will be kept in prison for the
present, at least. Seward is said TO be
quite i'll.
The Honolulu Iron Works have been
awarded the contract for repairing the
engines of the Philadelphia.