Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-11
FOUR ROYALIsTs TO DIE
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani on Trial
 For Treason.
MORE NEWS COMES FROM HAWAII.

Among tine Condemned Men Are Some
 Who Claim to He Americans and Eng
 Iishmen-some of the Rebels Eziled.
 ThnrstOn the Situation.
 VICTORIA, B. C., Feh II.-Hawaiian adyices by steamer Warrimo to Feb 2 are as follows: There Is e Hull in affairs hore. and quiet will probably reign until the military court now sitting. will have fin ished its work. There are a large number of conspiracy cases yot to be tried, and the probabilities are that the court will sit for two or three weeks at least Great inter est is attached to the forthcoming trial of the OK queen. Tho government claims to have more than sufficient evidence to con vict her of treason. What her punishment will be In case of conviction is hnrd to con lecture Her case will probably be called on next Monday. She is charged with treason.
 There arc six specifications in the charge The military commission has brought in findings in 24 cases Their names are R W. Wilcox, s Nowlein, H. F. Bertelmann. Carl Widemann. W. F. c. Greig. Louis Marshall. W. c. Lane T. c. June c. IT. Gulick. W. II. Rickard, W. T. Steward T. B Walker. Solomon kauie, PelAhuA Lot Lane, Thomas POo!o. v KAlaukoa. Robert Pnlu. !. W. kipikans. kiolaua Joseph Clark D. Januaha, W. W. 1ddifield. Joea KiakHhL of the foregoing D. Jan uaha and !, kalaukoa were acquitted The others were all found guilty. al sentences were fixed by the commission | subject to review by President Dole. The sentences vary much. all the way from sentence of death to imprisonment for five | years with fines. The lowest sentence for treason by tho Hawaiian statute is i'm prisnnment for five years and n fine of not less than $i. OO0.
 The six leaders were all sentenced to be hanged. They arc Charles T. Gulick. William II. Rickard. William T. Steward. Robert W. Wilcox, Sam Nowlein and Henry Bertelmann. Sentence in the last two cases will be commuted as both men have furnished valuable evidence for the government Gulick was born in this country. Rickard is an Englishman. vii, cox Is 0 Hawaiian.
 l The only one of the four due to the pro lection of the United States is William Steward As yet no date has been set fol | the execution. The only important casa tried before the military court since thu departure of the Australia was that of V, Y. Ashford He Is charged with treason A batch of 20 native rebels charged with rebellion is now attracting the attention of ttSo court
 United States Minister Willis hai changed his attitude since the latest ad vices He Is not so belliRerent in his dc mands. His latest communication Co thu government Is a request that if the deatl penalty Is imposed in cases of any Amer jeans the execution be postponed unti he can communicate with his govern ment The British commissioner hal made similar request
 Thus far two men who will claim Amer ican protection have been tried. The! are Louis Marshall. charged with open TO bellion and Thomas Walker. who pleadeS guilty to the charge of treason. The gov ernment has decided to banish thrce per sons from the islands for oomplicity fl the rebellion. They are J. F. CraTnstoI and A~Muller. for conspiracy to use dynA mite and J. R .IohnstOne, special polio officer. who turned traitor. The men will be sent on the Warrimn lsaing for Vic toria today. Crnnston and Muller wer tO blow up the Central Union church OI the night when the rebellion broke out
 Of the three exiles, Johnstone is c Brit ish subject Cranston an American an' Muller German. They say they do no know what they were arrested for; wer given no trial; were kept confined with out any chance of communication an did not know they were to leave until tn Wartime whistled to leave Johnston will remain in Vancouver. but the other will return on her to Honolulu whom sh goes back. They claim that they hay been victims of gross outrageA