Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-05


the Sinews of War-Tbe Details
of q Most Daring and Dangerous
Scheme
san Francisco. August THE
Chronicle prints a story exposing an
alleged plot TO restore Queen Luiuo-
balni and loot Honolulu. Randolph
Sp-eck'es, youngest son of Claus
snre.lles, is said 20 De backing the
s.a.me
Chonicle says:
one Of the best planned and most
dangerous flibus,erings expeditions
ever fitted out on American soil. was
uncovered iu San Francisco Yesterday
It's object is-or was-to take the Ha-
waiian republic by force Of arms. re-
store TO the throne ex-Queen Luiuoka-
.aui. and divide money and goods worth
approximately S2L00000O among some
-Fo hundred freebooters picked up by
ones and twos i'm western America.
TIE ACTIVE AGENT
or the conspirators is w. p. Morrow. a
native of Connecticut aged 81. and he
was recently resident OF Grass Valley.
California lie is stul in san Francis
CO. under surveillance so that the Fed
ea. authorities can get him if they de-
sire e do so.
l.e LeajquarJers Of the flibustering
expedition has been at No. III Bush
s diugy. fat-fronted boarding
house, There the agent Of the conspir-
Id receiving day and night
crowd of men who respond 90
cautiously wOrdod advertisements
lsAed In the city and elsewhere.
Morrow admitted last night when he
was forced into q corner and toll that
the game was mp that he had been en-
saged CO so into Hawaii anu
OVERTHROW THE REPUBLIC.
He had told before % a reporter that
lr thing was 90 be done. and had sta
to plainly who the men We're behind
the scheme Among them he mention
.t one of the eXiled Ashfords. and he
declared that Rudolph Spreckles was
r. man with the money who was back
ing rh project. Spreckies he says. had
already concealed a large number of
rifles 1u the island of Maui So that they
would bo ready when The hhbusterers
Reached the islands
The first local intimatiOn of the eX-
r.IitiOu appeared iu an advertisement
few DAYS ago. The advertisement
which led to- the discovery of the fill
.r-lorIug scheme appeared i'm morn
lg paper. Tuesday. July 30. lt reads:
"Tmbwmen and hunters To- escort
prospecting party; good pay ,o good
men. state age; fare $16. Address Box
1929. Examiner Office.
a Chronicle reporter answered this
advertisement and I'm q few hours re-
cc.yeI Che following typewriter reply:
THE REPLY.
"We want men for an expedition. and
there win probably DE some fighting in
the interest of some 10000 people with
less than 5000 -l oppose them. Only
small organized body To- beat not eX-
ceediug seven hundred, who amount to
only little as soldiers. being newly re-
cru.ted and Oficered bY civilians With
ont capaciay or discipline; pay S-5 and
upwards per month, according to what
sou can do. also @ grant of enough iruit
Cr coffee land i'm bearing TO iX you for
lfe You viii hay5 TO furnish rifle and
umUDit.Ou III prospects suit y0u.
answer and q meeting can be arr
RANGED"
"Have YOU any idea of the goal of
this expedition 2' Morrow asked.
The Chronicle reported said that he
thought DO might DE Salvador.
That is a mistake was the reply
rhe scheme is TO restore the Queen Of
Sandwich islands TO her throne
Yves win enlist two hundred Co four hum
@ men from here and take a sailing
vessel from ,his port within ten days or
r"o weeks. We have given out
FALSE INFORMATION
.s to our starting point. telling the peo-
Ihat we were 90 start from the
N.-l to Alaska or some other northern
- We shall. however. go from here
about cen days It Will cost SIG to
.r necessary outfit of clothes and
uuiuon
The Dole government owns three
gs Ol the landed property in the
and the proposition is that II
Npedi-i0u is successful 10 distriD-
-.e captured property TO the adher-
and send Dole and his supporters
o. the islands without cent.
TIE STANDING AR1IY
of one hundred and twenty
and forty officers besides a mill
1--WE hundred and eighty men.
u9wen- of the Standing army is
.. .nr urn- which 9rc stationed