Evening star., 1897-02-15
N OW AT THE CAIROI
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani Has Left Her
Apartments in the Shoreham.
Mr.. Palmer Tells the Story of the AL
legged AssassinatiOn PlOt-Per-
sonnlly He In Not Fearful.


lani and her suite was transferred today
from the Shoreham to the Cairo. Hereafter
and SO long as this section of the royalist
party remain in Washington the latter cara
vansary will be their home. Inside informa-
ton from this miniature court is to the
effect that the change is fraught with no
significance other than that "her majesty"
was anxious to secure permanent quarters
as soon as possible knowing that it would
be easier now than II the matter was de-
layed until about Inauguration time.
Permanent quarters" was the question
Of Star reporter to Mr.. Palmer, the ex-
queens official spokesman.
We'll. of course, 1 do not know whether
they are to be permanent or not. From the
fact that a move like this is made It Is
safe to infer that We are not to leave
Washington in the near future Further
than that l am not in q position to speak
S Witn authority. Her majesty has not con-
fided any of her plans to me- and she has
not let drop any hint as to the probable
length of her stay in Washington Our
stay Is naturally dependent upon hers. All
l can say Is that her majesty declined to
engage her rooms at the Cairo by the
month, leaving the matter in such shape
that she can leave at any time she
chooses"
The Assassinat ton Story
The ex-queen's suite have been some
what disturbed lately by rumors to the
erect that dastardly plot was on foot to
assassinate her extmperial majesty in
order as the royalists put it, to remove
the most powerful obstacle in the way of
annexation
Late Saturday afternoon Mr. Palmer
was called to the long-distance telephone
In the hotel office to receive an important
communication. The possibilities of the
.eiephone We're put to test, for the mes-
sage was IN the Hawaiian tongue Now
MI. Palmer, albeit he has been to the
hawaiian Islands on several occa sions
does rot speak the language of the tribe
and the best he could DO was to get the
sender to spell the words out for him slow
iy while he wrote them down
Ihe message was not q long one only
some thirty or forty words In ali. hut
when the faithful secretary placed it be-
1t created considerable CONSERVATION II
was to the effect that certain people ennis
sarles OF the Dole government were on
.helr way to Washington with fell intent
message. these villains reached San Fran
Thurston.
AT first Mr.. Palmer was inclined to be
alarmed about the safety of his patroness
but after sleeping over 1t q couple of times
ne was more at his ease this morning He
SAID that there was no doubt about the au-
tnenticity Of the telephone message for
to say whence 1t came further than to saw
that 1t was not from New York or Boston
II simply confirmed rumors contained in q
number OF letters the party have recently
received from Honolulu
Not Personally Apprehen.ive.
Are you really apprehensive of her
safety, Mr.. Palmer?'
personally, l am not in the slightest
alarmed. l think it simply goes to show
what did not need demonstration, and that
IS the loyalty and affection the Hawaiian
people have for their monarch. While she
Is away from them, they are naturally
worried about her safety. precisely as
mother worries about child who is out
of her sight. They know what a blessing
her assassination would be to the syndi-
cate which pretends to rule Hawaii and
they imagine all possible sorts of mishaps
The gracious lady treats the whole matter
as a thing of no Importance. She is not
the sort of woman to be fearful of her per-
sonal safety. The best proof that she is not
alarmed is the fact that yesterday she
drove about the city for an hour In an open
carriage thing she would never have
done had she feared assassination. An
attempt has been made to connect these
rumors with a call 1 made upon Secretary
Thurber Saturday, and with our move from
this hotel to the Cairo. In point of fact,
there Is no connection whatever. They are
three separate and distinct matters, but
you know how you newspaper men can
state such things in way that makes 1t
look though they were all connected in
cious lady has been intending to move for
some time past and this change has
naturally nothing to do with any telephone
message l may have received