New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-13
NEW AMERICAN TERRITORY.
NOW HONOLULU RECEIVED THE FORMER
QUEEN AND THE NEWS OF AN
NEXATION.

WITH ADMIRAL MILLER.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
Honolulu, Aug. q. via Victoria. r. c.. Aug. -.
The homecoming Of a throneess queen par
.oxes more Of the nature OF funeral than a
,,te There was this about the return of the
aanosed Liliuokalan to her lost kingdom that
,,,nressed every who witnessed the mid
,,ch, scene Hundreds Of Hawaiians greeted
h.r at wharf and home. and native Honolulu
ZOE ready for night in the barbarsm from
Itch II sprung Liliuokalani had come to her
an,r again. and her people welcomed her from
their hearts
The Gaelic. on which Liliuokalani was known
A.. have sailed. was sighted after midnight Of
.ueust / off Koko Head. Once before the ma
,,vss had prepared to welcome her. when she
d,d not come but. undeterred by the disappoint-
r,ent. many Of them thronged to the deserted
wharf and made ready TO welcome the woman
ohio was still chieftainess to them. The white
neonle who might have scoffed. remained to
wonder at the simple dignity and fervor Of the
Welcome. and the perfect respect of 1t all; and
those who had thought that Liliuokalani was
"a, loved by her people had their doubts set at
rest.
y vas Q o'clock before the Gaelic was sighted
,r, every Messenger was on deck, for queens do
M, land every night. 1t was some time before
1u,uokalani appeared deck. Not a sound
rree,sd her Every native man stood with barred
road and most of the women were weeping but
M one uttered a sound until the Queen herself
hroke the spell by greeting them with an af
Hec.ionate Aloha" which meant much from her
tins The response was quick and fervid
chorus Of "Aohas."
WELCOMING THE FORMER QUEEN.
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and the Domins family. the ceremonies of the
night began In spite OF the hour all OF the
oueens retainers were gathered within the
spacious grounds and servants in livery stood at
the gate and at the front door. The Queen could
be seen sitting in lonely state at plain deal ia
HE OF n type TO be found In most American
kitchens. but though the table was plain. there
was no one good enough TO sit at It with the
Queen. AS she ate native girls waved white
feather kahs above her head.
After supper the Queen received her retainers
They fell on their knees on the veranda outside
her door. and. still kneeling. crawled across the
floor TO her feet. where they touched her hand
with their lips. Nearly all OF the faithful ones
were old the young Hawaians looking on
askance at a ceremony that seemed TO them in
congruous The old people did 1t naturally and
Queens presence Two old women and an old
man were dronng in melancholy recitative the
metrical history of the royal family. No one
paid any special attention to them. But their
sad voices made the night like one in old Ha-
wall 1t was like the funeral Of chief.
At daybreak the natives were still celebrating
the Homecoming in their own way The Kukui
torches were faring In broad daylight. and
women with bundles Of twigs were sweeping
away the flowers that had been scattered In the
pathway OF the throncess Queen.
SATISFIED WITH ANNEXATION
Lliuokalani says that she is satisfied with an
nexation indeed glad OF II, though II was 4
shock and surprise to her. She expects justice
at the hands OF the American people. and thinks 1
that she will have a better chance TO recover
the crown lands from the Americans than from
the Hawaiian Republic. She denies that she had
made any effort TO recover them yet. and
does not think she will make any proclamation
10 her people Though she looks exceedingly
we'll and is stately and handsome. II IS believed
she has cancer. as her physicians have so ad-
vised her and. though IT is said not 10 be malig
nant its presence in the cords OF the neck Is
constant source OF worry TO her.
The Homecoming Of the Queen has in no way
changed the political situation; everything waits
on Admiral Mller's orders. 1t is expected that
the remaining Manila bound troops now In the
harbor will sail on Thursday without waiting
for the ST. Paul or for the flag raising. which
many OF the officers and men were anxious 10
Zee and participate in. There considerable
complaint by the men on the transports OF i'm
proper food and crowding. The Pennsylvania !
however offered the most fragrant instance OF
Three hundred California re-
cruits were compelled TO sleep in cramped quar-
,ers in the forecastle. The men without |
officers, and II was some time before their food |
vas properly looked after They threatened to |
mutny and. as a result, several were court |
The Pennsylvania was towed into |
the stream Tuesday TO prevent assertions. The !
men say that their ration Of meat frequent.
y no larger than hickory nut. Many Of the |
men are ILL., twenty-three cases OF measles hav- !
ng developed on the City Of Puebla in twenty +
three hours These men are in the quarantine /
hospital at Honolulu. though most Of them will !
be taken to Manila The Puebla las been thor
'ughly overhaued and fumigated
Brgadier- General Otiss transport arrived on
Sunday. with the men in good health and good
lumor. and sailed early Wednesday morning.
md on Monday the men Of the Rio were fed by
he women OF tho Honolulu Red Cross.
INDEMNITY PAID TO JAPAN
The Hawaiian Government has just agreed
70 pay $4,000 indemnity TO Japan for send
ng back several hundred INDECENT Japanese
aborers some time ago. Japan demanded dam
iges. but Hawaii TO be clearly within her rights.
efused. The two countries had agreed to set
le the affair by arbitration. but had not fixed
lpon an arbitrator. when President Mckinley
minated that he would like the matter disposed
II before the formal annexation. The indemnity
vas promptly voted by the Hawaiian Council
v State in the interregnum OF the Legislature
II is thought by some that a desire on the
'ar, OF the President to learn what had been
lone in the premises was the cause for the de-