The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-13
Try 10 Run Things Their Own Way, and
Declare Martial Law.
One OF the Officers Who Caused the
Trouble a Son of General Mer-
riam-GeneraI King, in Charge
of the Forces at the Hawaiian
Capital, Declares the Young
Men Acted Without Orders.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-The
steamer Australia arrived here to-day,
seven days and nineteen hours from
Honolulu, binging the following ad-
vices up to October 4th:
On the night of October Sd, Second
Lieutenant Merriam, U. S. A, and First
Lieutenant Wheelock, New York Vol
unteers, decided to run things in Homo
lulu, and declared martial law.
Wheelock was Provost Marshal in
charge of the mounted infantry. II
is not known whether Merriam was on
duty. About 1870 at night the two
officers declared martial law, and for
two hours and a half this condition Of
affairs prevailed. Indignant citizens
woke up General King about 1 o'clock
in the morning, and the General caused
the two officers to be rounded Up, and
their martial law was declared off.
1t is stated that both men were under
the influence of liquor. They will be
court-martialed. For a time it was
the liveliest night Honolulu had ever
seen. The two officers assumed entire
control of the town. Citizens were or
dered off the streets, and then off the
sidewalks. These orders were enforced
by the mounted men under Wheelock' s
command. Sailors were chased aboard
their ships, and two steamer Captains
and a customs officer had to scramble
for safety. General King was very
angry when he learned what was being
done, and said that the young men
We're acting without orders. Lieuten-
ant Merriam is a son of General Mer-
Tiam.
The United States troopship Penn
syIvania arrived from Manila, by way
of Guam, yes erday, having on board
twelve passengers, mostly invaded
soldiers from the Philippines. DR..
Smith, formerly surgeon of the United
States cruiser Baltimore, is one of the
passengers. The Pennsylvania will
probably sail for San Francisco on
"Wednesday.
The Pennsylvania sailed from Manila
on September 9th for Guam, which was
reached on the 18th. She remained
there till September 18th, being received
by the inhabitants in a royal man.
ner. Two revolutions had taken place.
which was not bad, since republican
principles had not been long in the
land. Incited by Spanish priests, twice
had the natives pulled down old
Glory" and hoisted the Spanish colors.
Twice had the local police hoisted the
ensign Of Uncle Sam again, and no
bloodshed had ensued.
The Pooh Bah, who is running things
in Guam for the United States, is re-
ported to be a young sailor who is
said to have deserted from one of the
whalers touching there some time ago.
He fills every billet from Governor
down to Tax Collector, and it is said
some of the natives still think the
money goes to Spain. The Collector OF
Customs is a Spaniard but loyal to tn
new regime. 1t seems to have been a
toss-up when the offices at Guam had
to be filed. There were three appli-
cants, including the two mentioned
above and a young adventurer from
the wilds of Borneo. The Borneo man
was left.
Dysentery, mumps and measles were
epidemic at Manila when the Pennsyl-
wanna left.
The Pennsylvania went to Guam tC
return the Spanish doctor, whom the
Charleston inadvertently took away
when the place was captured. 1t APP
pears that he was with the Spanish
troops taken from the garrison, a fact
not known, however, until Manila was
reached. The removal Of the doctor
under such circumstances is a serious
matter, but it appears that no one was
to blame in this case. The United
States Government righted the wrong
by sending the transport back to the
island with the physician. The Spanish
people received the doctor with wild
cheers of delight, and thanked and