The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-12-26
GOES FISHING TO ESCAPE HER
Cleveland's Device to Avoid His Ha-
waiian Protege.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Sun
says: 1t is the irony of fate that the
faithful Thurber should have been
the medium through which the
approaching calamity was made
known. The blow fell at 8 o'clock
this morning. Thurber was reading
the morning paper when his eye
saw the startling announcement:
"Ex-Queen Liliuokalaui is on her
way to Washington" The full
force of the words did not strike the
private secretary at once. 1t seized
upon him gradually.
He was smiling to think how Mrs.
Dominis would upbraid the Repub-
lican leaders for their ungallant
treatment OF her, when slowly but
surely, like the creeping Of dumb
ague, the full significance of the
dusky Queens coming enveloped
him. Queen Lii in Washington
Why, that meant that she was COM
ing to see her great and good
friend" Grover Cleveland, the Chi
valric gentleman who had lifted her
from the ground, where she had
been thrown, metaphoricaIly speak
lug, by President Harrison in the
closing days of his administration,
and half replaced her upon the
throne with royal crown upon her
brow. Now she was coming to
thank her benefactor and solicit
repetition Of his noble deeds.
The shock almost struck Thurber
dumb; but summoning all his cour-
age he sought the President and
made known the portentious new
Secretary Olney was in consultation
at the time.
"Thurber," said the President, 81
must leave Washington when she
comes, and you and Olney must pro
vide excuses"
A few moments reflection and
consultation and plans for instant
flight on the first signs OF Liliuoka-
lani's approach were made. Tele-
grams we're sent to Fighting Bob"
Evans, commander OF the fighting
ship Indiana, and to DIR O'Reilly,
the Presidents physician, in New
York. The telephone was used to
consult the naval officer in charge
I'of the Lighthouse Bureau, and in an
hour the itinery was complete.
The President will leave here Sat
urday night or Sunday morning by
rail for Georgetown, S. O., where he
will be met by lighthouse tender,
probably the Wisteria, and taken
down Winyap bay to the club house,
where the party will be guests of
General Alexander.
Boston, Dec. William Lee,
the publisher, has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from San Francisco:
arrived here this morning. Elk
pect to reach Boston within fort
night. Will telegraph exact date
later. LILIUoKALANI."
Mr. Lee is a cousin of the late
John Dominis, husband OF the de-
posed Queen OF Hawaii.
81 have no further information on
the subject" said he to day, ethan
what is contained in the dispatch.
A member OF the family is in con-
slant correspondence with the
ex-Queen in friendly way, but in
none of her letters has she given any
reason to suppose she contemplated
a journey to this country. have
no idea what her plans are, or what
is her object in coming here"
"Do you imagine her object is po-
litical?"
81 do not. In her letters to MS
] she has alluded but slightly to po-
litical affairs, but she has certainly
given us the impression that she
does not care for restoration, and
that she should make no effort to
regain her throne. My personal
opinion ia that she simply desires a
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