The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-01-23
HAwAIrs UPRISING.
Minister WINS Report to the stat
Department.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l. - Saturday
morning Minister 'Thurstou received "a
telegram from President S v Dole,
sent by way of San Francisco and
reading as follows: Rebellion broken.
Leaders and remaining followers
fugitives in the mountains"
Another telegram received by the
minister was from Hawaiian Consul
General Wilder at San Francisco and
announced that the steamer Austria
liza, whose regular sailing day was to-
dav, would postpone her departure
until Monday and that Mr. Hatch. the
Hawaiian minister of foreign affairs.
would return to Hawaii aboard her.
Secretary Gresham received formal
notice of the uprising, in the shape of
the following dispatch from Minister
Willis, telcgraphed from San Fran
cisco
"HoNoLULU, Jan. If, ls95.--To the
Hon. w. @ Gresham, secretary Of
state. Washington: At Waikialtai
Beach. five miles from executive
building, night OF January 6, uprising
of Hawaiians Reported several hun
dred we'll supplied with arms and
ammunition. Commanded by Captain
Nowlcin and X. w. Wilcox. The Hon.
c. L. Carter, late commissioner, killed
first night. Desultory fighting every
day since without further loss of
life or property to government.
Three Royalists killed,and fifty taken
prisoners. Over fifty non com bat
ants, mostly whites, arrested includ-
ing three eX-attorney generals and
many prominent citizens. Martial
law declared January :. No vessels
allowed TO leave. All other islands
reported quiet. Crisis thought TO be
over, but excitement still intense D..
President Dole expressed to me his
qualification that no national ship has
been in port during this disturbance .
Arms reported to have been brought
from Vancouver by Norma.
WILLIS"
Soon after ne reached the state de-
partment Mr.. Gresham sent TO the
navy department for Secretary Her
bert and the two cabinet officers en-
| gagged in close consultation for half
| an hour as to the advis1bility of send
/ ing a United States cruiser TO the
| islands.
After consulting for some time the
! two secretaries came to the con-
! clusion that nothing should be done
! toward sending a ship to Hawaii ex-
cept by the direction of the president
and they went directly u the White
house to learn the presidents wishes
! in the matter.
Later Secretary Gresham requested
! Secretary Herbert to dispatch yes
sci to Hawaii Immediately. The YES
sci chosen is the Philadelphia and
she will have on board Admiral
Beardslee, the commander of the ma
val station.
BROUGHT UP BEFORE CONGRESS.
Soon after the meeting Of the senate
Mr.. Frye of the committee on foreign
affairs offered n resolution expires S.
ing the profound indignation
with which the senate heard ot
the efforts to restore the des-
posed queen TO the throne o.
Hawaii, sending words of sympathy
TO the young republic and
expressing it as the sense of the SEN
ate that the United States govern
ment should at once dispatch war
ships to the islands. Senators gave
the closest attention to the reading
of the resolution and the galleries
filled rapidly. Mr. Frye asked tha'
the resolution be gwen immediate
consideration. After a stirring de
bate the resolution went over on OBJ
lection by Mr.. George of Mississippi
Just before o'clock Mr. Boutelle
"; Maine got the floor in the house
with the purpose of pres nting res
olution relative to the rebellion II
Hawaii. lie made a fiery speech.
Mr. McCrcary vainly tried to inter
rupt Mr. Boutelle whose words
gushed like a torrent. Mr.. BoutellC
said nine tenths of the people of thu
! United States and of congress, ire
spective of party, had no sympath!
with the Hawaiian policy, which ht
charged was directly responsible TO
the tragedy in the Hawaiian islands
At this point the hour of O oclocl
. arrived and the speaker announced
that under n special order the re
mainder of the day would be devote'
to eulogies on the life of the late Rep
resentative Lysle of kentucky.
Mr.. Boutelle vainly sought To have
the order set aside temporarily unit
resolution he desired to offer coulC
be considered. When the speake
1 raped for order he continue,
his appeal amid great cUnfusio
/ and the speaker was obliged to orde
I him to be seated and to instruct tn
1 sergeant-at-arms to enforce the order
Q The resolution was similar TO tina
offered bv Mr. FRYE in the senate.