The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-05
HAWAIIsS FLOP.
Said TO Have Been Carefully Planned
by Friends OF Monarchy
A BIG EXPEDITION FITTING OUT.
Expects to Accomplish Won
ders In a Short Time.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 5.-The Chronicle
prints the story exposing an alleged plot
60 restore ex-Queen Liliuokalani and loot
Honolulu Rudolph Spreckels, youngest
son OF Claus Spreckels, is said to be back
ing the scheme. The Chronicle says
One of the best equipped and most
dangerous nlibustering expeditions ever
fitted ont on American soil was uncovered
IN san Francisco yesterday. It's object Is,
or was. to take the Hawaiian republic by
force OF arms, restore 10 the throne ex-
Queen Lliuokalanl, divide money and
goods worth approximately S27,OOO,OOO
among some 200 frcebooters picked mp by
ones and twos in western America. The
active agent OF the conspirators Is w. +.
Morrow. a native of Connecticut aged III
years, who was recently resident OF
Grass Valley, Cal He is still in San
Francisco under surveillance, so that the
federal authorities can get him II they
want to do So
Plenty of Applicants.
Tho headquarters of the filibustering ex-
pedition have been at I'll Bush street,
dingy 1at-frontcd boarding house. There
the agent of the conspirators has been re-
ceiving day and night motley crowd OF
men who responded TO his cautiously
worded advertisements published in the
city and elsewhere.
Morrow admitted last night when he
was forced into corner and told that the
game was up. that he had been engaging
men TO go into Hawaii and oYerturn the
republic. He had told before 10 a reporter
that the thing was TO be done, and had
stated plainly who the men were and what
they were enlisted for, and had stated
plainly who the men were behind tho
scheme Among them he mentioned one
OF the exiled Ashfords. and he declared
that Rudolph Spreckels was the man with
the money who was backing the project.
Spreclxels, he said, had already concealed
large number of rifles on the island OF
Maui, SO that they would be ready when
the filibusterers reached the islands.
An Ingenious "Ad."
The first local intimation of the expedi-
tion appeared in an advertisement a few
days ago. The advertisement which led
to the discovery of the filibustering
scheme appeared in morning paper
Tuesday, July 30. 1t read;
Timbermen and hunters wanted 70 escort
prospecting party; good pay TO good men;
state age; fare. SIG. Address Box 1859, Ex-
aminer Office.
A Chronicle reporter answered this ad-
vertisement and, in few hours, received
the following typewritten reply;
We want men for an expedition. and there
will probably be some fighting in the interest
of $1,000 people with less than 500 TO oppose
them. Only a small organized body 20 beat,
not exceeding 700 who amount to only little as
soldiers, being newly recruited and officered
by civilians without capacity or discipline;
paw x25 and upward month. according to
what you can do; also a grant OF enough fruit
or coffee land in bearing TO fix YOU for life.
You will have to furnish rife and ammuni-
tion. If prospects suit you, answer and
meeting can be arranged.
II was seen what this meant. The
10000 people are the Royalists and the
natives of the Hawaiian Islands. The
5000 are the people who arc loyal to the
Dole republic.
The reporter then arranged ali interview
with Mr. Morrow, and called upon him at
the boarding house on Bush street. The
expedition was discussed, and the reporter
evinced a desire TO join it.
"Have you any idea OF the goal Of this
expeditions" he was asked.
The Chronicle reporter said he thought
1t might be Salvador.
"The scheme Is TO restore the ex-queen OF
the Sandwich Islands to her throne We
viii enlist 200 to 400 men from here and
take sailing vessel from this port within
10 days or two weeks. We have given out
false information as to our starting point,
telling people that we were TO start from
the north of Alaska or some other north
ern port. We shall, however, go from
here In about 10 days. 1t will cost $40 To
buy the necessary outfit of clothes and
ammunition. arms etc.
Great Expectations.
"The Dole government owns three
burths of the landed property In the
islands, and the proposition is that, II the
expedition Is successful, TO distribute the
captured property TO the adherents and
send Dole and his supporters out OF the
islands without cent. The standing
army consists of 1870 men and 40 officers,
besides militia of $50 men. The arma-
nent OF the standing army Is six gatling
guns, which are stationed at the palace"
''In the city of Honolulu, tho Dole gov
srnment claims 5000 adherents, and OF
these 5000 there are 1000 who are friends
of the Royalists. OF the 100 men who
make up the standing army we claim TO
have five men ready TO do the bidding of
the Evolutionary party, and out of the
militia we can command tie services Of
90 men.
''The proposition is to capture the five
steamers that ply between the islands,
and then approach Honolulu and capture
the revenue office and bank of Bishop tS
Co, there being from s3OO,0 TO 100000
in the revenue boxes and bank The pro-
position in regard TO the queen is to place
her on the throne as mere flgurehead, the
head Of the revolutionary party TO be in
control Of affairs.
Spreckels' Fine Work.