The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-04

HONOLULU, Fob. 23.-Whilo tho gov.
ernmont has oasily put down tho revolt,
1t doe, not tako tho most hopeful Wow
Of tho situation. Thi, Ia due, to some
extent, to tho oxcltoment of tho mo.
mont.
President Dole and his cabinet arc
disposed to adopt Il most lenion. policy
toward those captured la arms aud
those suspected Of sympathy with them,
but thoy arc urged by those who havo
much NJ stake hero and desire to 70.
main, to use severe measures, In order
to prevent another revolt. Tho native,
have shown no thinking qualities. OF
the 700 mon called out by Nowloin, tho
military leader OF tho revolt, only abou,
lbs responded.
A number OF sentence, wero au.
nounced to-day. Among them wore
those OF Robert Wilcox, W. Il. Seward,
W. II. Richard and Charles 7. GuIlick,
They wore tho four Leading plot,ors.
Each man Is sentenced to serve thirty
five years and pay fine OF $4,000.
These four men were originally SON.
tcnced to death, but tho verdict OF tho
court was changed to imprisonment by
President Dole.
NO HEADS WILL DROP IN HAWAII,
This means that no capital punish.
mcns will be inflicted upon the leaders
OF the rebellion. |. appears that tho
president has bsen opposed to execu.
tions. and his feelings were shared by
members OF the cabinet.
Tho other sentences are: Thomas
Walker, thirty years and fine Of S..
900; Carl Wideman. thirty years; Will
iam Greig, twenty years; Louis Mar
shall. twenty years. Tho las. two wore
fined $4,000 each. James 6. Lane WINS
given five years and fine OF 5000.
samuel Nowlein and Henry Berte,nen,
two OF the prominent leaders, have been
allowed their liberty. They gave yalu.
able evidence Tor the government, with.
out which convictions in many cases
could not have been secured. Captain
Davies has been sentenced to ten year.
and ordered to pay fine OF $4,000. He
is tho man who landed the arms for
the rebels.
Although the ex.queon's sentence has
not been made public, tho Associated
Press correspondent was informed this
morning by q cabinet officer that sho
has been sentenced 10 serve Ave years
in prison ana to pay a fine OF 5000.
1t 10 understood that the sentence will
not bc changed.
Within the last few days a number OF
prisoners have been released from Gus.
tody. Among the number is Thomas
Clark, who gave the information that
afterward resulted In the discovery OF
the arms aud ammunition at tho queens
residence. -
RuMoE OF BRITISH PROTECTION.
On the 22d. twenty.one rebels were
sentenced. Their sentences aro uni
form. The men are each to serve five
years at hard labor. A fine i'm posei
upon each man by the commission was
RENTED by President Dole upon the
advice and consent OF the cabinet. The
punishment fixed is the minimum
under the statutes.
On the 10Th inst. the rumor was going
the rounds that the government was
about TO ask for British protection. Mr..
Willis attitude was the reason given for
this radical step. 1t WAS stated tina.
the representative OF tho United States
had made unreas enable demands when
he called on Minister Hatch on the day
previous. A government official was
10, - l.
stated that there was no truth in the
rumor. He said Minister Willis had
made no demande. Ho simply made
requos. in regard to some political
prisoners who claimed the protection
OF the United States.
II now appears that the revolt was
planned BY white men-Gulick, Seward
and Richard; that the money for guns
was furnished by white men In San
Francisco; that the vessel Which brought
them was owned BY white men; that
white men went out in a steamer and
landed the guns. aud that two half.
whites we're tho chief commanders OF
the insurrection.
now THE REBEL CHIEF WAS FOOLED.
Nowlein, the com mander.in.chici, says
no was informed positively by his white
royalist friends that il no could bring
force OF natives into town, the citizens
guard OF 600 trained men could not
drive them out, and tho "missionaries"
would yield at once. He believed these
statements and acted upon them, only
to discover that tho citizens guard in-
s,antly turned out and some 800 more
whites joined them.
Even tho absolute abdica.ion OF the
cx.uucen does not settle matters. The
nativos arc thriitIoss. and in tho present
commercial depression arc suffering to
some extent, az they have no earnings
laid by. They are told, and they DO.
lievc. that a change OF government
would bring botter times.
Tho examination OF Witnesses under
martial law discloses the fact that there
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