The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-01-22
Deserts San Francisco for
Montana.
BOUND TO CAPTURE HAWAII.
Underwood and Morrow Worked Inde-
pendently-He Prophesied Their
Arrest VIII Visit the ISL
ands I'm Time to Celebrate.

A letter purporting to come from
Ralston J. Markoe gives the wherea-
bouts of the chief conspirator against
the Government of Hawaii. Accord
ing to this letter Ralston J. Markoe,
the heir prospective to the Premier
ship of Hawaii and Prince of Homo
lulu to be, is enjoying the free air Of
Montana, while his fellow-filibusters,
DR.. Underwood and w. P. Morrow,
or w. ]. Sheridan, as he gave his
name to the Honolulu authorities, are
eating prison fare in the Jail of the
island republic. Moreover, the liter
ary genius of the filibustering combi-
nation and the man who was To reap
high dignities and honors, when the
ex queen was reinststed tn the throne,
is making no effort to go 10 the rescue
of his fellow-conspirators. He thinks
they got no more than they deserved,
for they overrode his judgment and
went to the islands against his advice.
He did not consider the time ripe, and
now will probably refuse to call his
army to go to the relief Of the impris-
oned seekers for the rich spoils Of the
Paradise OF the Pacific.
Markoe's postoffice address at pres
ent is st. Ignatius, Missoula county,
Mont. MissOula is the extreme
northwestern county OF the State, and
st. Ignatius Is o hamlet in one of its
widest portions.
Markoe himself furnishes the ad-
dress, but fails to state why he chose
that part OF the country as retreat
He was impelled to make known his
whereabouts by his desire "to set
himself and those connected with him
right with the public.' He has sent
to the ''Chronicle" a statement of the
filibustering scheme which failed, and
incidentally gives voluntary c0nfir-
nation OF the truth of the story re-
garding the affair printed by the
"ChrOnicle" last August. At that
time q beaten morning contemporary
denounced the news as faxed, and
even went so far as to forge the name
of Charles T. Wilder, the Hawaiian
Consul General in this city, to a
statement purportiDg TO sustain it's
position.
Markoe wants it thoroughly under
stocd that This setback TO his plans
overthrow the Dole Government, and
gives fair warning to the rulers OF
Hawaii t, be- on guard against Rails
ton MaIkoe au,1 ni- oac6er-.
The statement cent by the hopeful
filibuster under the caption "Give the
Devil His Due'' Is as follows:
"To the Editor of the Chronicle
Dear sir: Through the columns OF
your paper kindly permit me to make
a statement in regard to the affidavit
of w. 5. Burrell given to the Hawai-
and recently published in the ChrOni-
Gle.
Gan effort has been madr, and will
be successfully carried out, for the
OF the national govern.
ment OF the Hawaiian Islands This
is most formidable TO the
little clique of military despots known
as the Dole Government, for the
reason that the movement rests upon
the secure foundation OF the people OF
the Hawaiian Islands; wherefore the
overthrow of Dole and his supporters
is certain to occur in the near future
I'm spite of all that they can do to pre-
vent il.
"Much of the information obtained
and published by the Chronicle in re-
gard to so called conspiracy TO re-
store the constitutional government
Of the islands was true. Yet, as an
act OF justice, l wish To state that
never informed BurreIl or any one
else that Gus Spreckels had agreed To
furnish any money for our expedition
to the Hawaiibn Island; abd T.. w.
Ashford never informed Burrell or
any one else, in my presence or that
know OF, that one OF the Spreckels
bad agreed t. fnr-ish any money for
such an expedition. 1t is equally
false that 1 ever made any attempt
t0 obtain nitro z giycerine or any other
high explosive for any purpose what
ever either in or out Of San Francisco.
iBurrell was known to me to be
playing the detective, aud 70 init
III ated to him several times. He was
given sufficient Information to satisfy
his curiosity and to IN k-- him think
hat he knew much more than he
lid, and / now candidly state that the
80 called conspiracy TO Gust the usurp.
ers who now control the deStinies Of
the Hawaiian Islands and restore the
lawful government Of the country
wa, AMI ls, far more dangerous I'd
he present so-callef republic OF Ha-
wall than Burrell ever dreamed Of
"UnderwOOd aud Morrow went to
he islands contrary to my Judgment