The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-13
LATEST FROM HAWAII
TRIALS OF ALL REBELS AND CON-
sPIRATORs CONCLUDED.
fty that the Ex-Queen VIII Go
to England to Reside.

VICTORIA, B. c., March 12.-Isie steam
ship Miowera arrived at 4:3O o'clock this
afternoon, seven days from Honolulu. She
brought no deported revolutionists. It is
understood there were some offered, but
the company desired to take no risk in
the matter. Honolulu advices to March 5
are:
The work consequent to the rebellion, so
far as the military organizations are con-
cerned, was practically completed on Fri
day, when the judge advocate of the mil
itary commission announced that the gov
ernment had no more cases to bring be-
fore that body. All the cases have been
acted on, and the sentences of only few
minor Offenders have yet to be known. The
natives convicted have. as a rule, been
sentenced to five years imprisonment at
hard labor the usual fine of 5000 being re-
mitted by the President.
The ex-Queen had been sentenced to five
years imprisonment and to pay fine of
5000 She is still confined in the room
in the executive building where she was
placed on the day of her arrest, and is un-
der military guard Just what is to be done
with Liliuokalanf is a question which the
government has not yet answered. Certain
it is that she will not be kept in the
executive building for five years or placed
in the Oahu prison. Undoubtedly before
the end Of the month some proposition will
be received from the ex-Queen's represent
atives whereby she will either take up her
leave the country, doubtless to go to Eng
land She has private income of about
$1oo0 a year, which will not be interfered
with by the government. 1t will not be
the policy of the government to assume an
arbitrary attitude should the ex-Queen
Though the work OF the military commits
sion is completed, that body will not be
dismissed or martial law declared off until
leave the country have departed. The last
batch is due to leave March 16. Should any
of these men show disposition not to
comply. with their agreement, they will be
promptly arrested, put on trial before the
commission and sentenced. The restrictions
OF martial law have been retired to a great
extent Citizens are allowed on the streets
at night without passes, and the police have
discarded their rifles. The attitude of the
stone. Mueller and Johnston is expressed in
this mornings Commercial Advertiser,
which says: THE discussion arising from
to Vancouver, while attracting more or less
attention, is not causing government OFF,
cials any fear from possible derogatory re-
suits. The position of the government
briefly expressed is The act was justified
by the laws of Hawaii; second, the act COM
prainea = OF IL Was Va done @ by order Of the gov
nexation is gaining among the natives and
the formation of annexation league by
Samuel Parker, one of the ex-Queen's COM
missioners to Washington, and other prom
inent native Hawaiians and half whites will
doubtless result in monster annexation pc
titionS from all parts of the islands,
A remark reported to have come from a
prominent British official, that he expected
this thing would be repeated in a short
time shows that while the superficial at
titude of the English may be friendly they
have no deep-seated love for the Republic
or the possibility of the United States con-
trolling this territory
The stories published in American papers
of tortures practiced on political prisoners
to bring about confessions has caused a
feeling of indignation throughout the COM
munity They so completely without
foundation that even the Royalists con-
denim the yarns, and it is hardly possible
that steps will be taken to discover whether
the articles originated here or were manu-
factured in the United States.
An act was passed in the Advisory Coun-
ell appropriatfng $25,0 900 to defray the ex-
penses of the rebellion, making the whole
expense up to the present time $4,000.