The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-31
ARE GREATLY EXCITED
Custom Service Said to Be Under
Military Control.
A BULL AT WASHINGTON
Death o: j ames A. King, Minister OF the
Interlor-Many Brutal Outrages by
Volunteers on the Way to
the Philippines.

Port Townsend, Wash, Oct. 30.-Ac-
cording to advices brought from Homo
lulu by the steamship Elihu Thompson,
arriving here this evening, residents
of the Hawaiian islands are in great
state of excitement over the receipt
Of letter from Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Frank Vanderlip, stat
the Hawaiian islands was under the
control of the war department. The
letter was in reply to an application
for position in the customs service
by a resident of Honolulu
1t is claimed this is the first init
nation the authorities on the island
have received that the customs de-
partment has been transferred to mil
itary control, and when shown the let
ter, Harold NJ Sewall, special agent
Of the United States government, and
other government representatives ex-
pressed belief that Assistant Secre-
tary Vanderlip had got the Hawaiian
island confused with Porto Rico Cuba
and other conquered territory.
Major Mills, in command Of two bat
talions of the 5th artillery, stationed
at Honolulu, disclaims any knowledge
of the new regime. In relation to the
above a rumor is in circulation in
Honolulu that the present officers of
the local government were to be re-
| moved by President Mckinley by new
appointments made Immediately, but
both President Dole and Special Agent
Sewall deny having any knowledge of
| a contemplated change.
| James Anderson King, minister of
| the interior of the Hawaiian islands,
died of apoplexy on October Is. He
| with his family were at watering
place at Mokapu Point. While bath
| ing in about two feet of water he was
stricken and fell face forward in the
water. His small son attempted to
raise him, and at the same time called
| for assistance, but when 1t arrived life
was extinct. Minister King was a
! native of Scotland, and was CT years
old. He is well known on the Pacific
coast, having been master of vessels
coasting in early days as far north as
Alaska. With the overthrow of the
monarchy he became minister of the
interior. He leaves widow and sew
eral small children. He was promi-
nent Mason.
The transport zealandia sailed for
Manila on October IA, the Valencia on
October II. the Sikh and Rio de Jan
GIRO on October IS. During the stay OF
the 35th regiment at Honolulu many
outrages were perpetrated by many OF
it's members, japanese and Chinese
storekeepers assaulted and robbed and
the police interfered with, and reign
of terror seemed imminent. Major
Surgeon J. G. Schultz of the 35th was
ordered to his quarters on the Rio de
Janeiro for drunkenness, and 1t Is said
resigned his commission rather than
stand trial by court martial on charges
filed by Colonel Plummer. The Ric
de Janeiro and the Sikh sailed togeth-
err carrying the 35th, the former trans
port having orders to keep the Sikh ir
sight the entire way to the Philip
pines.
The Hawaiian islands are having
trouble relative to the influx Of Chi
nese, and many are seeking admit.
. lulu. During the past month "a arriv.
ing on the Togo Maru were rejected
, All of them had affidavits setting forti
: their right to land. The vessel is
= strongly guarded, and the authorize:
will see that they return to Yokoha
: ma.
The ship Sir George Curtis and bari
8 Scallon, both from San Francisco. ar
= rived at Honolulu October IS. They
a left San Francisco on October s on {
a race, and arrived within few hour:
= of each other. On the evening of thu
first day out a cabin boy of the Curtis
:, named Fred Gieseke was washed over
. board and drowned. The vessel wa
, making 10 knots an hour and darkness
- had set in, so no assistance could b.
rendered.
Honolulu is on the eve of coal fam
inc caused by the large number o
transports calling there, which hav
made serious inroads on the suppl.
g of army coal, and Colonel Buhlen ha
been compelled to borrow 1000 ton
7 from the navy to supply the last trans
: ports sailing for Manila. The nav,
|, coal is nearly exhausted, and the com
= mercial supply is so nearly depleted
. that if some of the expected coal flee
o do not arrive within short time som
+ of the sugar mills will have to close
n as we'll as other factories. Several YES
! sells with coal are expected daily
h among them being the bark Moody
i 17s days out from Norfolk, and from
d which no tidings have been receive