Evening journal., 1895-02-11
FOUR ROYALISTS TO DIE
Ex.Queen Liliuokalahi on Trial
Fer Treason.
MORE NEWS COMES FROM HAWAII.

Among the Condemned Men Are Some
who Claim 20 Be Americans md Eng
Iishmcn-s some Of the Rebels Exiied.
Thurston on the Situation.
VICTORIA, b. q. Feb Hawaiian
pdvices by steamer Marrimo to Fob. 2 are
hs follows. Thore Is lull in affairs here,
and quiet viii probably roign until the
military court now sitting will have fin
ished its work There are a large number
Of conspiracy eases yet to be tried, and tho
probabilities arc that the court viii sit for
two or three weeks at loast Great inter-
est is attached TO tho forthcoming trial of
the OK queen. The government claims TO
have more than sufficient evidence to con
viot her Of treason What her punishment
will be IN case of conviction Is hard to con
lecture Her case will probably be called
on next Monday. ShjDis charged with
treason.
There are six specifications In the charge
The military commission has brought in
findings in "a cases. Their names arc II.
W. Wilcox, S Nowlein, II. +. Bortelmann,
Carl Midemann, W. II. 9. Greig Louis
Marshall, W. G. Lane, i G. June. 9. Il.
Gulick, w. H. Rickard, W. T. Steward,
T. B Walker Solomon Kauie pelahua.
Lot Lane Thomas Poole, j. kalaukoa,
/ Robert Palu J. W. Kipikane kiolaun,
Joseph Clark. ID. Janunha, W. W. Iddiheld,
Joen l>iaknhi. OF the foregoing y. Jan
uaha and J. kalnukna were acquitted.
/ The others were al found guilty, and
sentences were fixed by tho 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 Tho lowest sentence
for treason by the Hawaiian statute is inn
prisonment for five years and iine Of not
less than S., coo.
Tho six leaders were all sentenced to be
hanged They are Charles 4. Guliok
/ William II. Rickard, William I. Steward
! Robert w. Wilcox, Sam Nowlein and
| Henry Bertelmann. Sentence In the last
| two cases will ho committed as both mon
have furnished valuable evidence for the
government Gulick was born In this
/ country. Rickard is an Englishman. VII
COX is Hawaiian
The only one Of the four due to tho pro-
lection Of tho United States Is William
| Steward. As yet no date has been set for
the execution The only important case
tried hofure the military court since the
departure Of tho Australia was that Of N.
| v. Ashford. He is charged with treason.
A batch Of 20 native rebels charged with
rebellion is now attracting the attention
Of tho court
United States Minister Willis has
| changed his attitude since tho latest adj
vices Ho Is not SO belligerent In his do
mands His latest communication to tn,
government is a request that If the deatf
penalty is imposed in cases Of any Amer
loans tho execution be postponed unit
no can communicate with his govern
mont The British commissioner hai
made similar request
Thus far two men who viii claim Amer
lean protection have been tried They
are Louis Marshall, charged with open re
hellion, and Thomas Walker, who pleaded
guilty 20 the charge of treason. The gov
ernment has decided TO Danish three per
sons from the islands FOR completely il
the rebellion. They are J. e. Crarnstoi
and A. Muller, for conspiracy to use dyna
mite and j. B. Johnstono special polio
officer, who turned traitor. Tho men vii
be sent ON the Wnrrlmo, leaing for Vic
toria today. Cranston and Muller wer
to blow up the Central Union church o.
tho night when tho rebellion broke out.
OF the three exiles, Johnstone is q Brit
ish subject Cranston an American AM
/ Muller German. They say they do no
know what they We're arrested for; wer
2 given no trial; were kept confined with
! out any chance Of communication an
3 did not know they were to leave until th
Wnrrimo whistled 60 leave. Johnston
, will remain in Vancouver bus the other
] say they will not leave the steamship, bu
win return ON her to Honolulu when sl
I goes back. They claim that they hay
Q been victims OF gross outrages.