The herald., 1895-01-20
SAN FRANCISCO ACTS.

SAN FRANCISCO ACTS.
News Of thu Revolution Caused Much
Exoitsm emit.
SAN FRANcIsco, Jan. 10. The rise and
fall of the queens supporters in Hawaii
has created q great deal OF excitement
among the sympashizers in this city.
The chamber Of commerce held .
special meeting today and forwarded q
telegram TO Secretary Gresham. urging
him to send = warship ct once to Homo
ulu. This was before II had been
learned that Gresham had already or.
dered the Philadelphis to the Islands.
Antici pating orders to sail, the officer
OF the Philadelphia commenced prspar.
atoms for departure early this morning.
They expect to get away tomorrow or By
Monday at the latest. The Philadelphia
can steam to Honolulu in five days or
less If she 10 pressed. She carries
enough of q crew to put down the big
gest rebellion the Hawaiian malcontents
are capable OF starting, and on arrival
at the islands would Immediately pro.
coed to land troops for the protection Of
Americans and the property of Ameri-
cane.
M'FARLAND's VISIT.
The visit of @. w. Mcfarland, who
arrived here in the early part Of the
month on the Arawa, Is now believed to
have been for the purpose of arranging
for the shipment OF arms to Honolulu.
Mcfarland did not mako Q lengthy stay
in San Francisco, but hurried back on
the 18th OF the month by she same
steamer that he came up on. There 10
no way by which to prove positively
that the colonel dickersd for guns and
ammunition, but those persons who
favor the provisional government are
limiting that the wealthy merchant OF
Honolulu was in constant communities
ton with parties in Victoria. This cir.
cumstance is regarded ~ Suspicious.
There seems to be one overdrawn
story concerning the ex-Chilian cruiser
Esmeralda. 1t ia reported BY the Ha-
waiisn island correspondents that il 10
feared by the PROFESSIONALS that the
vessel was purchased by the Royalists
and that she would lombard Honolulu
just az soon as the steamer Alameda
was out OF sight of land. The Japan
csc government has semi.of6 cially &C.
knowledged the fact that their nation
has purchased the Esmsralda and that
the vessel will visit San Francisco be-
fore she ia dispatched to Yokohama.
Even were il 90 the cruiser had been
turned over to the Royalists and that
the story OF her sale to Japan was only
a blind. the Philadelphia 10 more than
q match for the E.meralda and could
vanqush her in very short order.
WILCOX WILL BE EXECUTED.
Though the fret uprising may not
have amounted to much, the revolt may
spread to other islands than the Island
OF Oahu. Honolulu 10 we'll protected
and can stand off the revOlutionists, but
in other localities.
lutionists, who, when captured will uus
doubtedly be executed, is we'll rscol-
lected by civil engineers in this city.
he having been employed here In the
work OF water works construction.
At the headquarters Of the Haw allan
consul there was little information to
be gained concerning the up rising
further than has already been pub
lished in the CORES pondenoe from Homo
lulu, but from another and most reli-
able source il was learned that the
government officials at the Islands had
communicated q number OF facts to its
representatives in this city by which it
IL expected to trace up the source OF tho
supply of arms which was obtained by
the natives.
THE SMUGGLING SCHOONER NORMA
In fact it is said that the representa-
tives here have already considerable
proof against certain persons who are
known to be friendly to the Royalists
and who are even now planning to send
additional arms to the islands.
An effort is being made to locate the
, schooner Norma, which, it will be re-
membered, left Victoria nearly two
months ago supposedly for the islands
with lot of contraband opium. An
other vessel is supposed to have left Vic
/ toris on q similar mission shortly after
the Norma, and Deputy Collector OF the
Port McStoker, who was here invsstigat.
ing opium smuggling, hurried back to
the islands. hoping to anticipate the
plans of the smugglers.
| BY the mail which arrived here pre-.
Vl0u6 10 GnAJ Oh tu6 Alam6uo, bQ0f0 came
letter from Deputy McStoksr to the
customs officers here, stating that q
vessel answering 10 the description oil
the Norma had been lowering about the
Dsighboring island but could not be
overhauled because OF the governmental
lack of . proper boat. 1t is now believed
that the vessel was the Norma, but that
instead of having opium aboard she in
reality was loaded with arms.
The arrival here few weeks ago oil
Colonel McFsrlans on the steamer Arawa
and his sudden departure the same day
on the steamer Australia is also regarded
as having had something to do with the
preparations Of the Royalists. The
colonel said his visit was simply q per.
sonal one, but shortly after he arrived
here it was learned that he had received
several kilograms from Victoria.
1t 10 now believed that he came here to
learn something about the Norma, sad
being advised that che WAS already on
her way to the islands, he hurried hom 9
thate same afternoon.
THE FIERY BOUTELLE.