The record-union., 1897-09-24

eide by Hanging Himself With
His Hammock Lashing-He Had
Been Sentenced to Solitary Com
fne1nent for Disorderly Con-
duct.
WASHINGTON, Sept 23.-Orders
We're sent from the Navy Department
to-day to San Francisco to have the
! gunboat Wheeling sent to Honolulu as
soon as she can be prepared for the
voyage. The Wheeling has been put
in commission recently, and was about
! to start in a short time for Sitka, TAX
| ing stores and relief for the gunboat
! Concord, now on duty in Alaska She
is small, but well equipped modern
| gunboat, somewhat smaller than the
! Bennington, now at Honolulu, but to-
! gether the two boats will make good
force. The Philadelphia will remain at
| Honolulu until the Wheeling arrives.
| Whether the Yorktown will then be
detained is not certain, but it is likely
| that she will not stop at Honolulu on
| her way home from China longer than
| is necessary to secure coal and stores.
The Philadelphia, upon reaching Mare
! Island viii place most of her men on
| the Baltimore, which has just been
extensively repaired, and the latter will
go to Hawaii as Admiral Miller's flag
ship. The Admiral will remain at Hon
olulu while the exchange is being
made
LATEST FROM THE ISLANDS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23.-The
| ct allf r. in
Honolulu, arrived this morning with
the following Hawaiian advices:
HONOLULU, Sept. 16.-Woolf,
seaman on board the Philadelphia, dis
rated and confined in the brig on a
| serious charge, committed suicide on
the 14th by hanging himself with his
| found at an early hour. in the morn
ing when the Corporal went in to in
spect his cell.
| Woolf was ashore last Saturday night
and commenced drinking heavily. Late
at night he went aboard the German
| ship Glade and lay down in the fore
| castle. He created such a disturbance
| there that the sailors drove him out
and chased him through the streets,
threatening to use violence if they
caught him. The matter was reported
| the next morning to Captain Dyer of
| the Philadelphia, who started an in
vestigation. The Captain of the Glade,
| being anxious to go to sea, refused to
prosecute Woolf in the local courts.
| Captain Dyer; however, found that
Woolf was guilty of disorderly conduct
and bringing disgrace upon the ship,
| and sentenced him to five days Soli-
! tary confinement on bread and water,
at the same time reducing his rating
| from first to fourth class. Captain
Dyer believes that the man was in
sane. The dead man was an Austrian
| by birth and about 80 years of age.
| The deplorable condition of the
| Hagsten orphans, who were sent to
| San Francisco from this city on the
| bark +. P. Rithet last month, is eX-
| citing considerable attention in Homo
| lulu. immigration Commissioner Strad-
| ley, as well as the press, are condemn
| ing the Honolulu people for dumping
| their paupers in California. They are
! strongly opposed to the children re-
naming in the country, as 1t would
create a precedent for opening the
State to paupers. The Honolulu peo-
pie claim that they acted in good
| faith and it was not until the consent
| of Attorney General Smith was OBJ
| tanned that the children were sent up
| to San Francisco at all. The orphans
were sent at the request of the Saliva
| ton Army who claimed that they
would secure a landing and then care
for the children. They have no rela-
tives in Hawaii. An uncle and aunt
are living in Wisconsin.
The convention of the American I'm
ion rarity of Honolulu met last even
ing and nominated six candidates for
the House of Representatives. The
election Will be held on the 18th inst.
The candidates are: Alatau T. Atkin-
son. editor of the Hawaiian STAR; A.
G.. NJ. Robertson, a prominent attorney;
A. V. Gear, ]. L. Kaulukou, S. G. Will
der and l.. L. McCandless. All the
candidates are pledged to annexation.
James B. Castle, who recently re-
signed the office of Collector of Gus
| toms. has been appointed Secretary of
the Hawaiian Legation at Washington
He will leave at an early date for his
new post. along with Minister Hatch,
who has been visiting Honolulu. Mr.
Castle has a reputation for being an
able nan. He is a son of the late S.
N Castle.
REPORTS DENIED.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Referring
to reports brought by the steamer Pc
king that the passengers saw large
number of well drilled japanese land
in Hawaii. under the direction Of a ser
geant. and divided into military squads,
Durham w. Stevens, counselor OF the
Ja panese legation, says the reports are
untrue. and are calculated to cause an
uniustifiable impression against Japan
Mr.. Stevens said no Japanese immI-
grants are allowed to land in HAWAII un-
| less they have previously secured the
approval of the Hawaiian immigration
authorities, and that such have been
previously engaged by the Hawaiian
planters 1t is impossible, therefore,
for the Japanese to land unless HAWAII
desires their presence.
Persistent reports have appeared that
the Japanese were gradually and quiet
~ building up a strong military estab-
lishment in Hawaii, but Mr.. Stevens
SAYS all these reports are false and pref
JUDICIAL The japanese warship Naniwa
has been withdrawn from Hawaii. so
that Japan is no longer represented by
any military or naval force.
THE WHEELING SAILS