Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-20
Pekin8 Nearly Doomed.
Maine Disaster Nearly Du-
plicated at Honolulu.
A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE
A SHIP NEARLY BLOWN UP BY AN
ENLISTED SPANiARD.

Victoria, B. c., June 20.-Advices by
the steamer Mowera, from Honolulu,
June 10, say: The transports City Of
Picking, Cityof Sydney and Australia ar
rived here together on June /. The voy-
age was pleasant and the vessels trav-
eled abreast most of the way, although
it was necessary for the Picking and
Australia to slow up and wait for the
Sydney.
The Hawaiian Star of June pub
fishes the following story of an attempt
to blow up the United States ship City
of Peking while that vessel WAS in port
here
If the report which is in circulation
today is true Honolulu came near being
the scene of as frightful a disaster as
that Of the Maine and in much the same
way. The story is that an attempt to
blow up the Pekings magazine was
frustrated just in time. An enlisted
man, it is said, was caught In the act OF
| arranging a fuse connecting with the
magazine. The magazine contains 400
tons of powder and had been guarded
| closely. The bastard, 1t is said, is now
under the closest guard, and when the
Picking gets out on the high seas will
be hanged at the yardarm.
The greatest secrecy concerning the
matter is being maintained. The al
legged culprit is said to be half Spaniard
The publication caused a sensation in
this city. Military officers on the ship
denied the truth of the story, but their
denial was made in a half hearted way
There are many corroborative features
which tend to prove the truth of the re-
port which was at first circulated by
enlisted men. Others admitted that the
Spanish half breed was on board the
Picking.
Two Honolulu citizens state that they
were on board the Peking and that they
saw man in irons and under close
guard. They We're convinced that the
prisoner was the man who attempted to
blow up the ship.
Given Freedom of CITY.
The Miowera also brought in the fol-
lowing advices
Eight mild cases of measles broke out
on the Australia. The sick men were
separated from the other passengers on
the ship by being quartered on the hur-
ricane deck, and surgeons had the cases
well in hand when the vessel arrived.
AS soon as the three vessels were
sighted all Honolulu turned out to well
come the soldiers. The wharves were
lined with people, and as the vessels en-
tered the harbor the spectators yelled
themselves hoarse. Such a scene of en-
thusiasm had never been witnessed in
Honolulu.
1t was late, however, and the order
was given to allow no one ashore, but
the next morning half the troops We're
allowed to land. During the day they
were given the freedom of the city. A
committee of citizens furnished free
cars and other conveyances. The ma
jority visited Waikiki and other points
of interest and had a pleasant time gen.
orally. At noon President Dole and his
cabinet received the officers of the ex-
petition. During the reception the stairs
and grounds of the executive building
were thronged with people.
During Friday June 3, the soldiers
We're entertained on the grounds of the
executive building. President Dole well
coined them. The visiting troops We're
introduced to the president by members
of the national guard. The utmost free
dom prevailed, the affair being very in
formal. To each the chief executive gave
q word of welcome to Honolulu. An out
door luncheon was served by the wom-
en-.
The transports left port for Manila
on June 4. The Charleston lifted anchor
about o'clock. She steamed outside
and waited for the troopships, which got
away about 10 o'clock, with the Charles
ton in the rear While the vessels We're
in port they took on about 1,600 tons of
coal. OF the $500 men among the vari-
GUS vessels but two assertions were re-
corded. They We're from an Oregon reg
iment Two men We're left behind, one
of whom was discharged for disability.
The other is in local hospital.