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protect him, as there was a number of
angry men in Honolulu who would like to
know where he was. This statement some
what disconcerted the rebel, and he replied
he was glad they were with him, and re
quested to be taken to Mr. Smith at once.
After one of the rebels was changed into
another hack and C. A. Brown and Luther
Wilcox had taken his place, the rebel
leader's request was complied with. Be
fore starting, however, Wilcox turned and,
placing his arms about the shoulders of C.
A. Brown said: "You've been my friend,
and I want you to see that I get to the
station-house." Brown replied that he
would get him there dead or alive ; try to
get him ther^e alive. The party arrived at
police headquarters a few minutes after 5
F. M.
When questioned by Attorney-General
Smith and Marshal Hitchcock, Wilcox
showed considerable nervousness. He
stated at the outset that he had two meals
out :ii Hopkins' place, and that when ar
rested he had no arms. Asked for infor
mation concerning his movements and
the whereabouts of the remainder of the
rebel?, Wilcox stated that on Wednesday
last he, with some fifty others, was in
M an oa Valley. After being fired into by
the military he retreated into the hills and
ascended to the ledge near the pass be
tween Manoa and Nuuanu valleys. When
he arrived there he concluded to give up
the tight and take care of himself. Select
ing ten men out of the number of his fol
lowers, he struck across northward toward
Nuuanu Valley near the reservoirs and
went up the west side of the valley to a
place called Maunakiekie (high mountain).
No guards were seen en route. Remained
there Thursday. Thursday night and Fri
day. Friday night went to Kalihi. On
Sunday crossed over to the house on the
reef beyond the leper receiving station.
Remained there until yesterday jusa before
being arrested. At this point of the inter-
rogation Wilcox failed to answer whither
he was going in the hack when arrested.
All of the ten men who left with Wileox
from Manoa Valley had deserted him ex
cept loela, who was arrested with him.
The party left behind by Wilcox in Manoa
consisted of some forty of forty-live men
and are supposed to be back of Tantalus.
Most of the men are soldiers of the old
Household Guards. The oiMcers in com
mand of them were Lot Lane, Lilikoe,
John Silva and Pukila, who was after
ward shot and killed by the sharpshooters
in Pauoa. Wilcox evinced considerable
surprise when apprised of the death of
Pukila. Wilcox believes the remainder of
his party are now in the mountains on the
top of the ridge on the east side of Nuuanu
Valley, near Konahuanui.
Wilcox is suffering from a sore foot and
his hands and wrists are badly scratched,
presenting withal a rather dilapidated ap
pearance. He had not seen or heard of
NowJein since last Monday, when he re
treated from Manoa.
These arrests furnished plentiful topics
of conversation during the afternoon p.nd
evening. At 2 p. M. a special session of
the executive and advisory councils was
railed. It was not anticipated that this
body would have met again, as its func
tions devolved upon the new Legislature.
It being impossible to call the latter at
such short notice, and the death of Charles'
L. Carter having created a vacancy hi the
lower House, the old councils w« - c called
together to act as provided in the new con
stitution. There being four vacancies since
the la^t .meeting, owing to absence and
disability, the only business was to nomi
nate persons to rill them. The nomina
tions wtre made and the councils adjourned
till Wednesday at 2 p. m.
Lot Lane is the only prominent rebel at
large now. He will probably surrender
when he hears of the capture of Wilcox,
Nowlein' and the others.
Louis Marshall, one of the captains under
Nowlein, was, until the rebellion broke out.
a clerk in the harness-shop of W. E.
Foster. He formerly belonged to the
military and is considered a crack
bicyclist
■ king of the time of opening the
schools and allowing general trailic
Attorney-General Smith said to-night:
"We are going to finish the contract we
have on our hands before we attempt to do
anything else. The people are determined
to see tills thing finished and we are going
to see it through to the end."
All the prominent merchants of the city
join in publishing a card to the effect that
.all their employes are granted a leave of
absence as long as their services are
required by the Government, and that in
the meantime they will receive full pay.
While the capture of Wilcox has practi
cally ended the rebellion, no efforts are be
ing spared to ferret out his lieutenant, Lot
Lane, and a special detail of Citizens'
Guards had been sent out to look for him.
Among the arrests to-day were Major
Seward, the secretary of the Royalist Com
mission which recently visited Washing
ton, who is supposed to have negotiated
the purchase of the arms with which the
rebels were supplied. It is claimed the
Government has proof that he left here
with a draft for $25,000 for that purpose.
Also that it is known who contributed to
make up the amount.
It. is now known that the sealing
schooner which brought the arms for the
rebels was the H. C. Wahlberg, whose cap
tain, A. P. Lorentzen, has already had
trouble with the authorities here on ac
count of opium. Charles T. Gulick, a
prominent royalist and .former Cabinet
Minister, and Pat Lane, a brother of Lot
Lane, were arrested to-night.
LOT LANE GIVES HIMSELF UP.
Tke Last of the Leaders Ready to Confess
His Fell Participation.
Honoltlt\ Jan. 30.— Lot Lane, the last
of the leaders of the revolution, was ar
rested on January 18. About 8 o'clock he
visited the house of some relatives in
Manoa Valley and asked for food. He was
told to go away as the house had already
been searched, and the occupants did not
want to get into any more trouble. Lane
did not seem inclined to go, but remained
about the place, apparently in deep
thought. Finally he spoke to his niece in
the following language: "I am hungry and
want something to eat. Give me a good
square meal and I will surrender to the
authorities."
When food was placed before the hun
gry man he started to eat ravenously, but
very soon found that the long days of star
vation in the mountains had materially
weakened' his condition. He ate a little,
and after reading the newspaper jumped
into the cart with Long, a Japanese servant,
and Long's grandfather, leaving for town
at 9 o'clock.
A Call correspondent who was at the
Montano residence when Long stopped for
Private Policeman Montano succeeded in
getting Lane's story from the beginning of
the trouble to the present time. '
"How did you happen to get into this
thing, anyway ? ;> was the first question
asked him.
"Well, I don't know as I can tell ex
actly, but I am sorry for it now. I was
invited down to Bertelmann's house on
Sunday evening, January tj, for the pur
pose of having a good time. There was no
idea in my mind that I was going to get
into what I did. When I arrived at Ber
telmann's house there was nothing to eat,
but there was a large quantity of gin.
There were a number of other natives
there. The party appeared to be hungry,
and thought of making a luau for them
selves, and accordingly two or three cattle
that happened to be about the place were
shot. Very soon the natives who had col
lected there began drinking the gin, and
as a consequence many of them became
drunk."
"How did you happen to get into Manoa ?
Every one thought you were in Koolau."
"I have been in the mountains ever
since Monday. I was with the rest of the
party up to last Tuesday. At that time
there was general consternation among
them. They ran in all directions. I
branched out for myself, and have been
from place to place in the Manoa Moun
tains ever since. How people imagined
that I was in Koolau is a mystery to me."
"During all your climbing did you carry
your gun with you?"
"No, I very soon found out that climb
ing was hard enough without a gun. The
steep cliffs and slippery stones made the
least weight an inconvenience. I threw
away my gun and my cartridge belt on
Monday. My shoes were worn through,
and my clothes torn into shreds. It was
cold during the nights and damp during
the days. I could stand it no longer, and
concluded I might as well die with the rest
of the people that had been raptured as to
starve to death in the mountains alone. I
heard the cannon firing and thought mar
tial law was over."
When told that martial law was not sus
pended, Lane expressed a good deal of sur
prise. He had forgotten the anniversary
of the Government.
"When you started into this thing, what
did you and the others with you intend
doing?"
"God only knows. We were simply
fighting in the dark, with nothing toward
which to strive. We were fighting for
'something' and that is all."
"You know, of course, that Wilcox, your
leader, had been arrested?"
"I heard that he has been arrestea; but
when you speak of him as leader, you per
haps think he was the prime mover in the
revolution. You will be surprised when I
toll you that Nowlein was the head man.
He did the planning and getting ready.
Wilcox was invited by Nowlein, and Wil
cox in turn invited the rest. "
"Were you one of the leaders in the re
bellion?' 1
'No, I was simply in with' the rest of
the boys."
"Do you know the consequences of your
action against the Government?"
"Yes. I do, and I am sorry I ever went
into the thing. There was no reason in it,
but I could not stand by and see my mvn
people fight. 1 am ready to make a clean
breast of the whole matter. There is no
use in sticking it out any longer. I think,
however, that the natives will al! take the
oath of allegiance now. They should all
join hands and help the Government
along."
TRI.il BY COIWIARTI.4L.
The Evidence Against Those Taken With
Arms in Their Hands.
Hoxolvia;, Jan. 30.— The court-martial
for the trial of the rebels opened its session
at 10 o'clock in the morning of Thursday,
the 17th, in the council chamber of the
executive building, and was presided over
by Judge W. A. Whiting, with the rank of
colonel, First Regiment, N. G. H.
The board consisted of seven members as
follows : |
Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Fisher; Captain
C. W. Ziegler, Company F; Captain J. M.
Camara Jr., Company C; Captain J. W.
Pratt, adjutant; Captain W. C. Wilder Jr.,
Company D ; First Lieutenant J. W. Jones,
Company I).
Captain William A. Kinnev* aid-de
camp on general staff, acted in the capacity
of judge advocate.
The sessions will continue from day to
day, or until the charges and specifications
to be presented by the judge advocate have
been disposed of.
As early as 9 o'clock officers of the mili
tary and such citizens as were allowed to
attend the proceedings began to gather
about the executive building. As the time
set for the convening of the court ap
proached the men constituting the com
mission assembled in the Foreign Office to
discuss the methods of procedure.
The sessions of the court are held in the
council chamber, formerly the throne
room, and directly under the rooms in
which Liliuokalani is confined. The mem
bers of the military commission were seated
at a table directly in front of the rostrum.
To the right of the rostrum were the seats
for the prisoners and on the left the foreign
representatives and Cabinet Ministers. The
seats for spectators were arranged as usual
at the back of the room.
About 10:.?0 o'clock matters began to as
sume a business-like air. A detail of regu
lars was placed on guard within the cham
ber. Shortly after 11 o'clock a. company of
regulars under Lieutenant Coyne marched
up the front steps, forming a hollow square
inclosing the thirteen prisoners, who
marched in column of twos, headed by
Wilcox and James Lane. Following these
men were Bertehnann, "Seward, Walker,
Gulick, Rickard, W. L. Lane, Bowler,
Widemann, Greig, Marshall and Nowlein.
Wilcox was dressed in a light-gray suit,
white shirt, with white lawn tie. His left
hand was bound in a handkerchief, as a
result of the scratches received in the
mountains. Wilcox looked straight to the
front, with only an occasional glance to
either side. Lane was calm and erect and
appeared to take in everything. "Major"
Seward's face was entirely expressionless.
Tom Walker used his handkerchief freely,
nervously wiping his hands. Mr. Gulick,
with his faded cape overcoat, looked like a
retired veteran.
At 11:30 the commission, Ministers, re
porters and spectators were all seated in
the council-room, and an oppressive quiet
reigned as the prisoners marched to their
seats. When they were all seated Judge-
Advocate Kinncy read the order by which
the .ymrt was convened, requesting the
prisoners to pay special attention to the
wording. After this was read the prisoners
were asfced individually if they had any
objection to any j>erson sitting on the
commission. Each one replied that he
was satisfied.
The prisoners were then given an oppor
tunity to state whether they desired coun
sel. Mr. Seward wanted counsel and
named Paul Neumann as his attorney.
Bertelmann did not wish an attorney. Wil
cox had not thought of the matter, but
named Cecil Brown. Bowler asked for
Neumann or Brown. Gulick wished for
counsel, but could not name any one.
James Lane asked for Antone Rosa.
Walker and Nowlein had no desire for an
attorney. W. C. Lane. Rickard, Wide
mann, Marshall and Greig named Paul
Neumann.
After each of the prisoners had made
known his desire, Mr. Kinney addressed
the court: "It now being apparent that
the prisoners desire counsel, I believe it
THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1895.
proper that no further steps be taken till
the court has given its decision on the
matter." Mr. Kii\ney stated that he was
in favor of the prisoners being allowed to
see their counsel before the commission
was sworn in.
The court retired for consultation. On
their return, Judge Whiting announced
that the court was agreeable to the prison
ers being allowed reasonable time to con
sult with their attorneys, and, by virtue of
this decision, declared the court adjourned
till 10 o'clock Friday morning.
While waiting for the guard to arrive
to take the prisoners to the station, Mr.
Seward held a few minutes' conversation
with Mr. Neumann, and Lane talked with
Antone Rosa. Mr. Brown exchanged a
few wordy with Wilcox, and soon after left
the building. At 12:05 o'clock, while the
cannon was still booming and the band
played in honor of the birth of the pro
visional Government, the prisoners were
marched through the grounds, down
Richards and Merchant streets to the po
lice station. Each prisoner was kept in a
separate cell, no one but the attorneys be
ing allowed to see them.
At Friday morning's session of the court
martial the Judge Advocate again asked
the prisoners if they had any objection to
any person serving on the commission.
They all gave a negative reply. The court
was duly sworn, and the following charge,
signed by Adjutant-General John H.
Sopher, read to the prisoners: Charge and
specification preferred againt R. W. Wil
cox, Sam Nowelin. Henry F. Bertclinann,
Car! Widemann, William H. C. Greig,
Louis Marshall, W. C. Lane, James C.
Lane.
Charge: Treason, by nbctting, procuring,
counseling, inciting and aiding others to com
mit treason and to engape in rebellion against
the Government of the republic of Hawaii, and
by attempting by force and arms to overthrow
THE STEAMSHIP AUSTRALIA APPROACHING THE OCEANIC DOCK YESTERDAY MORNING.
[Sketched for "The fall" by W. A. Coulter.]
and destroy the same and by levying war
against the .same.
SracmcATZOX: That the said R. \V. Wileox,
Samuel Nowlein, Henry F. flertelmann, carl
Widemann, William H. C. Greig, Louis Mar
shall, W. C. Lane and James C. Lane, on the
isjand of Oahu, one of the Hawaiian Islands,
did at divers times within six months now la.st
pa*t commit treason, aud did abet, procure,
counsel, incite and aid others to commit trea
soif and engage in open rebellion against the
Governraentof the republic of Hawaii, and to at
tempt by force and arms to overthrow and de
stroy the same; and at divers times within one
month now last past did engage in open rebel
lion against the Government oi the republic oi :
Hawaii, and did attempt by force and arms to |
overthrow and destroy the same and levy war !
against the same.
Wilcox pleaded guilty to the charge and
specification, as did filso Nowlein and
Bertelmann. Carl Widemann, William
Greig and Louis Marshall declined to plead
either to the charge or to the specifica
tion, acting under the advice of their
counsel, in which case the court ordered
the plea of not guilty to be entered. The
two Lane boys pleaded not guilty.
Judge Advocate Jvinney suggested that
those who had pleaded guilty be set aside
and the trial of those pleading not guilty
proceed.
The remainder of the morning session
was taken up by arguments from Paul
Neumann and other attorneys for the de
fense, who objected to the jurisdiction of
the court, principally because the rebellion
was practically ended. Th^se objections
were overruled by the president of the
court, and, it being noon, a recess was
taken.
At the afternoon session United States
Minister Willis, British Commissioner
Hawes, Charge d'Affaires Canavarro and
United States Consul-General Mills occu
pied the diplomatic row. Promptly at 1 :28
p. m. the commission entered the council
chamber in single file. The prisoners,
Messrs. Wilcox, Nowlein, Bertehnann,
Wideraaun, Greig, Marshall, James Lane
and W. C. Lane, were escorted to their
seats a few seconds later.
Deputy Marshal Arthur M. Brown was
the first witness called. He stated that he
was sent by Marshal Hitchcock to search
Henry Bertelmann's place for arms; Cap
tain Robert Parker and five native officers
accompanied him; when they reached
Bertelmann's house saw a nujnber of na
tives there; left Captain Parker and other
otficers near by and returned to town to
notify marshal and get more men ; return
ing met Parker and officers at Sans Souci,
to where they had retreated ; was informed
that one of the officers had been shot;
Messrs. C. i,. Carter. Alfred Carter,
J. B. Castle and Jack Atkinson, j
who had been attracted by the
firing, accompanied the party to
Bertelmann's. Atkinson was sent back j
with a message. On arriving at Bertel- ■
manns, officers were challenged by a na
tive on guard ; advanced and found Ber
telmann and a woman sitting on the front
porch ; told Bertelmann had a warrant to
search the premises; was requested to read i
it; went into dining-room with Bertel- !
mann; while reading warrant firing was
heard outside; asked Bertelmann what
firing meant; he replied, didn't know.
At this point a diagram of the Bertel -
mann premises was introduced by
the Judge Advocate and accepted
by the defense. When firing com
menced witness ran out back of house;
met Parker with Lane boys ; both had rifles
and belts of cartridges; saw Carter brought
into house and examined him; while doing
this heard more firing outside, seemingly
from direction of town; heard shouting,
running and more shooting from toward
Diamond Head; went into room with
Parker and arrested men; went to Nolte's
residence and telephoned to town for as
sistance; when returned to Bertelmann's
found military under Lieutenant George
W. King in possession.
Cross-examined by Counsel ftosa —
Found Carter's body on Waikiki side of
entrance to boathouse; thCre were boats in
the house ; a canoe was on Waikiki side of
boathouse; Waikiki side is toward Dia
mond Head; was in dining-room when
Lane boys were arrested; first saw them in
custody of Parker; heard firing first while
reading warrant to Bertelmann in dining
room; few moments after firing com
menced again; second firing heavier than
first; don't know where Carter was when
first firing commenced; left him on ground
in front of house ; it was between 8 and 9
o'clock when first shots were fired ; they
seemed to come from boatshed just back of
dining-room : second firing seemed to come
from along beach toward Diamond Head;
several shots came through window on
side toward Beckley's place; have visited
Bertelmann's place since and am acquaint
ed with location. Pointed out place on di
agram where Carter was found.
Captain Robert Parker, the next witness
called, substantiated the details mentioned
above by Deputy Marshal Brown.
Numerous other witnesses were exam
ined, two of whom swore positively that
Poolc, one of the natives in the boathouse,
had told them afterward that he fired
the shot which killed Carter. There seems
to be little doubt that the three shots
which penetrated Carter's body were fired
by Poole and the two Lane boys, and that
they will all be foupd equally guilty, it
being impossible to tell which fired the
fatal shot.
The third day of the cpurt-martial
brought an end to the case against the first
eight of those to be tried. The morning
was consumed in taking testimony of the
witnesses for the prosecution. At the
afternoon session the Judge Advocate an-
nonnced that he had no further testimony
to offer.
Evidence for the defense was then tje
gun. Colonel Neumann called Robert
W. Wileox to the stand. Wilcox gave
his testimony in a straightforward man
ner and seemingly had no desire to
deny the part played by him in the rebel
lion. After stating that his name was
Robert W. Wilcox and that he resided in
Honolulu, the witness recounted the open
ing events connected with the outbreak of
hostilities He knew nothing of the move
ment until about a week before it com
menced; on Sunday, January 6, went out
to Koala waii; reached there about 4 o'clock
in afternoon ; was ordered there to take
charge of kanakas; had no arms
when went there first; remained
in locality until Monday afternoon;
when arrivorl saw men cleaning rifles;
they had been buried in sand ; had a list
of names of persons who would act as cap
tains; only one of these was there when
arrived ; were about forty men at Kahala
and sixty at Kaalawaii; total number
should have been over 300; the two places
are about one-third of a mile apart; fin
ished cleaning arms about 6 o'clock; right
after that time some men arrived, and told
of a squad of policemen at Bertelmann's;
replied that their presence would check
natives coining from Honolulu; on receipt
of this news got out squad about twelve
men ; ordered them to be armed with pistols
and to go to Bertelmann's and surround
police and capture them ; another squad was
detailed with rifles and instructed to assist
first squad; after first squad left learned
they were armed with rifles, notwithstand
ing my order; took another squad and
went down there myself; while on the way
learned from outside sentinels that first
squad had quarreled among themselves;
several wanted to be leaders; they had
been drinking; afterward met second
squad; was told that Lot Lane took ten
men and went to capture police; ordered
whole party to march to McKenzie's house
nearßeckley's; while en route heard shots:
was told some of the boys had shot at
policemen ; also that firing had been re
turned by officers ; soon as heard firing knew
thing was all over ; gave orders for all to go
to position along Diamond Head ; intended
to remain there until morning and
try to make some terms with Government;
heard more firing and sent squad down to
stop firing and call every one back; told
them to stop this nonsense; some of those
who came back were drunk: this about 9
o'clock in the evening; heard firing toward
Bertelmann's; thought all men being
massacred; Lane boys were missing;
thought they had been killed; first squad
sentout under command of young William
Pua; about twelve men in this squad; dis
tributed men all along beach and told them
to hold defensive position till daylight,
until could see what to do; witness went
up with men on top Diamond Head;
stationed three men on top and
three on mauka side; returned to
Kaalawaii next morning; took rest
of one hour; messenger came and
told of fighting at Bertelmann's with Gov
ernment troops; took more men up Dia
mond Head; ordered them to hold posi
tion; firing continued; cannon commenced
shelling; that time Nowlein was holding
Waialae road ; wanted to consult with men ;
thought perhaps could make terms of sur
render with republic; afterward ascer
tained that cannon was shelling position
of Nowlein; my men did not take part in
the fight ; saw tug coming out from Hono
luiu; my men scattered when they saw
this; Nowlein's men also scattered;
ail us half starved; went down side
Diamond Head into banana patch to
get food; did not see Nowlein
after Monday; didn't know whether
Lanes were killed; was cognizant of at
tempted revolution on Sunday of the week
before; was called uuon to join account of
Hawaiian:* ; another party arranged every
lliing; Hawaiians wanted their Queen
back ; this wa3 the basis of revolution ;
pave up fight after first day ; Tuesday and
Wednesday crossed into Manoa Valley;
was fired into by Government troops at
times; my men answered; afterward
worked across to Xuuanu into Kalihi;
was arrested there; don't care to call any
names: after some hesitation witness said
he saw Greig, Marshall and Widemann
Sunday evening at Kahala; didn't see them
fight; never saw them afterward.
CHARGED WITH TREASON.
Testimony Given Before the Military
Commission.
Hoxolultt, Jan. 30. — The fourth, fifth
and sixth days of the military commission
were taken up with the trial of Charles T.
I Gulick, W. T. Seward, W. N. Rickard and
I T. B. Walker, who were all charged with
I treason in engaging in open rebellion with
! force of arms to overthrow the republic
and levying war against the same. There
i were five specifications attached to the
■ main charge, which were directed to the
i matter of purchasing and procuring arms,
i it being the purpose of the Judge Advo
cate to show that these four defendants
were the main plotters who procured the
arms and ammunition, without which the
rebellion could not have been started. The
prisoners were defended by Paul Neu
', mann, but Walker pleaded guilty. From
I the testimony of the numerous witnesses
examined the true story of the landing of
the arms here is as follows:
The business was in the hands of Major
Seward, secretary of the royalist commis
sion which went to Washington but did
not succeed in obtaining an interview with
President Cleveland.
After the commission returned home
Scward remained behind on the plea of
sickness. He stayed in Washington only
a few da3"s and then went to the Pacific,
where he procured what he needed. From
what has been learned here most of the
arms were sent from San Francisco on a
tug and transferred to a schooner outside
the Heads. It is understood that the
schooner, or sealer, is the H. R. Wahlberg,
commanded by Captain A. P. Lorentxen,
who bears reputation as a daring ad
venturer. Those who received the arms
from the schooner later cannot recall the
name, but distinctly remember she bore a
German one ending in "berg." Reference
to shipping files show the Wahlberg ar
rived at San Francisco from a cruise on
November 1, and was the only vessel of
the kind bearing a German name then in
that port about the time the arms are sup
posed to have been shipped. This fact, or
coincident, also tallies with the date of
'•Major* Seward's visit.
Previous to the arrival of the
schooner in Hawaiian waters it had
been arranged for her to land at
or near Rabbit Island, on the other
side of Oahu from Honolulu, and
a number of men were stationed there to
await her arrival. During this time Major
Seward purchased a boat and sent it over
to the island on one of the regular steam
ers, so that those on the island could go
back and forth to the mainland. The
island is uninhabited and only visited oc
casionally by hunting and fishing parties.
When the schooner finally arrived she
was boarded by two of the men and in con
sequence of a heavy surf running the boxes
of rifles could not be landed and it was
concluded to keep them on board and pro
ceed to Kakaako and land them there
later. Six or seven boxes of revolvers
were, however, opened and their contents,
amounting to several hundred, placed in
sacks, taken ashore and buried. These
were later distributed among the royalist
patriots residing in Honolulu, or at least
such is supposed to have been the case, for
only three of the revolvers mentioned
have been recovered from the parties ar
rested.
In the meantime arrangements had been
made with Captain Davies of the little
steamer Waimanalo to intercept the
schooner and land the rifles, and Charles
Warren went aboard of her as pilot, the
schooner proceeding to sea. Later the
Waimanalo went in search of the schoon
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was overtaken and the arms transferred to
the WaimanalOfc On Thursday evening.
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the arms at Kakaako. Bring interrupted
in their design by the police, the Waiman
alo, after receiving Robert Wilcox and
some others of his command on board,
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later landed her cargo, variously estimated
at 300 stands of arms and a large quantity
of ammunition, at Antone Rosa's place,
near Waialae. For his services Captain
Davies, the owner of the Waimanalo, was
promised $10,000, but he actually received
but $20 on account.
The testimony of the witnesses on Mon
day having implicated John A. Cummins,
one of the royalist commissioners, in the
landing of the arms, he appeared before
the commission on Tuesday and volun
tarily told everything he knew.
Mr. Cummins stated that his presence as
a witness was at his own request, no
threats or promises from the Government
having been used to influence him in any
way. He came to tell his story of what he
knew of the events during and previous to
the rebellion.
He first knew that arms were being
brought to the country on the evening of
December 3, the day when Major Seward
returned from the coast. This statement
was afterward modified, Mr. Cummins
calling to mind a visit received from Now
lein some two weeks before Seward'a ar
rival. He said : "Nowlein came to my
house and asked me if I had any guns. I
said yes, and pointed to some arms which
I had. Mr. Nowlein said, 'When the time
time comes I want them,' to which I re
plied that I wanted them for my own pro
tection. Nowlein then said that the 'old
man' would be back and that he had gone
to the ceast to get arms.
"When Seward returned I told him I had
heard that he had been after arms, and
asked as to the success of his work. He
said that he had not done the work him
self, but had seen that it had been done
and, generally speaking, had been very
successful. He said the last he had seen of
the arms they were on a tugboat being
transferred to a schooner that had gone to
sea. Seward took the steamer from San
Francisco a few days later. I told Seward
I was very sorry he had mixed up in the
affair, as I feared it would make trouble for
my family. Seward replied, 'Don't be
afraid; all the blame will be put on me.'
I then told him that suspicion would be cast
on me because of his being so intimate
with the family.
"I asked Seward about the money with
which the work was done, and he said he
had received a letter from the Queen tell
ing him to go to California, where Mr.
Spreckels would furnish him with the
necessary funds. I think it was Rudolph
Spreckels. I understand the Queen had
given Seward a letter to Rudolph Spreckels
asking him to assist Seward in his work.
I did not see the letter. I remarked that
Spreckels had been in this country and
had but just returned to San Francisco.
Seward then said a Mr. Follis did the
work. Witness said he knew Follis; he,
with Spreckels and others, having been at
his house; didn't know what his business
was. No one in the family but myself
know of what was going on."
The remainder of Mr. Cummins' testi
mony related to what Seward had told him
about the landing of the arms and was
merely corroborative.
At the afterrjoon session on Tuesday the
Judge Advocate gave the defense a decided
surprise when he culled Sam Nowlein to
the stand. His testimony'shows that he
was to tell the whole story on condition
that his life should be spared. The story
he told is the story of the rebellion as it
is already known.
Attorney Neumann put Sam Nowloin
through a severe cross-examination, but
little new evidence was brought out.
Mr. F. Kaae, private secretary of the ex-
Queen, corroborated the testimony of Now
lein as to engrossing the proposed new
constitution, proclamations and commis
sions, and said that the following were
named for office in commissions already
signed by the ex-Queen :
R. W. Wilcox, Minister of Foreign Af
fairs; Sara Nowlein, Minister of Interior;
Charles T. Gulick, Minister of Finance;
C. W. Ashford, Attorney-General; Antone
Rosa and V. V. Ashford, Associate Justices.
Governors — A. S. Cleghorn, Oahu; Joseph
Nawahi, Hawaii; D. Kawananakoa, Maiii;
J. Kalanianaole, Kauai; W. H. Rickard,
Marshal.
Wednesday morning's session of the
commission was taken up with the argu
ments of counsel, after the Judge Advocate
had read a statement prepared by Charles
T. Gulick, one of the defendants. In this
he denied that he had anything to do with
the plot for four months past, denied that
Nowlein and others had used his house as
a meeting-place ; but admitted writing and
preparing the draft of the proposed con
stitution and other documents, and claimed
that this was done as a simple matter of
business for the ex -Queen, who transacted
most of her business matters through his
agency.
At the afternoon session a fresh consign
ment of twelve of the rebels were brought
before the commission, on the charge of
treason.
The trial of the third batch of rebels was
concluded at 3 p. m. on Thursday, and at
the evening session thirteen more were
brought up, all charged with treason. Sev
eral of these pleaded guilty, and the testi
mony developed little that has not yet been
adduced.
Nothing is known as yet as to the find
ings of the court in «ny of the cases, and if
any have been made they are now in the
hands of President Dole, as commander
in-chief. The general opinion at this writ
ing is that he will not make them public
until all excitement has died out.
JAPAS AP THE ISLANDS.
Will the Mikado Make His Next Move on
the Hawaiian Republic?
Hoxolclu, Jan. 30.— At the very out
break of the revolution the Japanese prob
lem cropped up in a manner that was, to
say the least, very embarrassing to the
Government. On the morning following
the outbreak the police officials were as
tounded with the intelligence that several
hundred Japanese contract laborers em
ployed at the Ewa plantation, some fifteen
miles from Honolulu, were on their way to
join the royalists. A body of' police, ac
companied by several officers of the com
pany, was at once sent out to intercept
them, which they did about half way on
their journey. The Japs made the usual
complaints against their overseers and
wanted to appeal at once to their Consul.
Upon the assurance that their com
plaints would be investigated and upon as
certaining that the Government had the
revolution Junder control the Japs con
sented to jeturn to work. There seems to
be little question in Honolulu that there
volt of the Japanese laborers at Ewa was
part of the preconceived royalist plot, but
be that as it may, the policy of Japan
toward these islands is one that will sooner
or later cause international complications.
Your correspondent is reliably informed
that just previous to the breaking out of
the Japan-Chinese war the Japanese Gov
ernment made or was about to make an
imperative demand on Hawaii for the
equal recognition of her subjects with
those of the United States and Great
Britain. To accede to this demand would
give the ballot to Japanese and simply
make a Japanese principality of these
islands. The Chinese war has simply
staved off the matter for a time. For two
or three years past Japan has openly as
serted that she intended to take charge of
these islands and at the outbreak of the
Chinese war was evidently about to do so.
Japanese laborers on the different plan
tations are all the time in a sort of semi
revolt. They are sullen, impudent and
independent. They openly denounce their
overseers and other white barbarians, and
when remonstrated with or advised sim
ply say, " Wait a little while ; when we get
through with China we will show you who
owns Hawaii." Considering that out of a
total population in the island of 95,000
there are nearly 40,000 Japs, the threat is
one that should at least demand consider
ation. It is well known they have even
announced their intention of annexing
Australia. It cannot be questioned that
the first move of Japan after settling the
Chinese matter will be upon Hawaii.
As mysteriously as she came did the ex-
Chilean man-of-war Esmeralda glide out of
Honolulu bound for Japanese waters.
After boldly stating to every one that he
was bound for San Francisco, absolutely
denying to the Japanese Consul here that
bie had any idea of going to Japan, and
positively denying to the same official that
the vessel had been sold, Captain (l;irin
quietly acknowledged a few minutes before
he sailed that he was paid £4000 or $20,000
to deliver the vessel to the Japanese au
thorities. Any report that the vess< ! wa3
to be used here by the revolutionist- i.- ab
solutely false. In fact no one here evej
thought of such a thing. Your corre
spondent visited the vessel the day before
she started, and being able to spi'a'c a little
Spanish gained the information from tlm
crew that the vessel was literally crammed
with ammunition of all kinds and descrip
tions. The vessel purchased 800 tons of
coal here, and groceries for a 60-day trip.
The following is a list of the most prom
inent people \inder arrest for conspiracy:
Edmund Norrie, Henry F. Poor, F. A.
Redward, Arthur P. Peterson, P. J. Testa,
Henry Defries, John F. Bowler, Harry yon
Werthern, 0. H. Clark, E. 13. Thomas, J. B.
Johnstone, P. M. Kooney, Abraham Fer
nandez, Fred Wunderberg, Carl Klemme,
J. K. Prendsrgaast, John Defries, J. Cran
ston, A. Muller, Edward France. A.
McDowell, George Markham, Charles
Creighton, Oliver Stillman, Captain Davies,
John Freidenberg, V. V. Ashford, C. "W.
Ashford, Captain J. Koss, W. H, Bickard,
Thomas Rawlins, Robert Boyd, A. M.
Hewitt, George Townsehd, "Prince" J.
Kulanianaolc, Harry Juen, George Lycur
gus, Nick Peterson, Fred Harrison, James
Browne, John Badin, L. J. Levey, T. B.
Walker, W. T. Seward, G. C. Kenyon, C.
I'». Miiile, J. S. "Walker, Robert W. Wilcox,
Samuel Nowlein, Carl Widemann, W. H.
C. Greig, Louis Marshall, J. W. ISipikane,
Patrick Lane, Manuel Rosa.
HAWAII VI THE SEME.
Teller Scores Herbert for Failure to Pro
tect American Citizens.
Wasbibston, Feb. 6. — The Democratic
majority in the Senate was eliminated to
day when Clarence D. Clark, the new Sena
tor from Wyoming, was sworn in to rill the
vacancy which has existed for two years.
His credentials have previously been pre
sented. Clark is another of the young
men who have recently come into the
Senate, materially reducing the age average
of that body. The credentials of Stephen
B. Elkins of West Virginia, from the term
beginning March 4 next, as the successor
of Mr. C&mden, were presented by Faulkner
of West Virginia.
Coke (D.) of Texas submitted the -creden
tials of his successor, Horace Chilton, for
the term beginning March 1 next.
The resolution of Pet'fer was agreed to
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
for information as to the kinds of money
which had been realized from the sale of
bonds. AVhen the Vice-President put the
question on the resolution there was so
little attention paid to it that no one
voted.
"It is a tie vote," said the presiding offi
cer, "no votes in the affirmative and none
in the negative."
Peffer insisted he had voted aye in a low
voice. The resolution was again put to a
vote and agreed to. The bill was passed
to provide for the examination and classi
fication of certain mineral lands of Mon
tana and Idaho. The measure is of far
reaching importance to the far North, but
by understanding among the Senators it
went through without debate. The bill
amends the bill already passed by the
House. Some time after the bill was
passed, Gorman gave notice he would move
a reconsideration of the vote.
The diplomatic and consular appropria
tion bill was then taken up. The Ha
waiian amendment proposed an appropri
ation of $500,000 to begin the work of lay
ing a cable between the United States and
Hawaii and authorizing the President to
contract for the entire work. Blackburn,
in charge of the bill, stated that he expected
this would occasion some debate, but he
asked it to be passed over until the formal
items had been disposed of.
"Before that is done," interposed Millg
(D.) of Texas, "I wish to make a point of
order against the amendment, and I will
ask for a ruling now."
Blackburn urged that this would precipi
tate the whole Hawaiian debate and he
asked Mills to withdraw the point ol order
for the present. This was finally agreed to.
Pending the reading of the bill Morgan
(D.) of Alabama, chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, presented an
amendment embodying a comprehend*}
revision and reform of the foreign service.
It is based on civil service principles and
applies to the State Department as well as
to the Consuls, Ministers and other officers
abroad. Morgan then stated the members
of the committee were substantially agreed
on the amendment. A number of minor
amendments to the bill were agreed to and
the Hawaiian cable item then came up.
Mills renewed his point of order, saying
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