Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — DEPOSED THE QUEEN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DEPOSED THE QUEEN.

SUDDEN BUT BLOODLESS REVOLT IN HAWAII. .Uinokalanl Tries a Coup Which Proves a Boomerang Provisional Government Recognised—Annexation to the United States Demanded—Foreigners Are in Con. troL Uncle Sam's Tars Landed. Little Hawaii’s turbulent history has come to a climax. Queen Liliuokalani has been deposed and four oitizens, two of them Hawaiians of American parentage, one an American, and one a Scotchman, are in charge of the provisional government which has replaced the island monarchy. The overthrow of the government was accomplished without bloodshed or violence, and was the work of a few hours. The crisis came as a bolt from the blue sky, though those who knew and feared the dusky Queen’s intrigues vere not wholly surprised. Mail advices vitf the steamship Claudine to San Francisco say that the revolt began on the forenoon of Saturday, Jan. 14, and by the following Tuesday

afternoon it was ended. The four men who rule the islands are: Sanford B. Dole, in charge of the Department of Foreign Affairs; P. C. Jones, Finance; James A. .King, Department of the Interior; William G. Smith, Attorney General. They were appointed by a citizens’ committee of thirteen, to which the people gave entire control of the government. The deposed Queen at last accounts was in herjprivate residence in Honololu, and at her own request was under an honorary guard of sixteen men. The

palace stands empty, and in place of the native household guards companies of volunteer citizens occupy the barracks. From Monday, Jan. 16, 300 marines and sailors from the United States cruiser Boston have been ashore under arms to protect the United States Legation and Consulate and the lives and property of American citizens. Five Commissioners were dispatched Wednesday to the United States to ask this government to annex Hawaii. The Commissioners are: Lorrin A. Thurston, Chairman, who wa9 Premier of the first Revolutionary Cabinet of Hawaii in 1888; William C. Wilder, head of the Wilder Steamship Company, which does a transportation business among the islands; William R. Castle, a lawyer who is largely interested in real estate in the islands; Joseph Marsden, a sugar planter; Charles I. Carter, the son of a former Hawaiian Minister to Washington. How the Revolution Began, The Queen attempted Saturday, Jan. 14, to promulgate a new constitution, depriving foreigners of the right of franchise and abrogating the existing House of Nobles, and at the same time giving her the power of appointing a new House. This was resisted by the foreign element of the community, which at once appointed a Committee 6f Safety of thirteen members, who called a mass meeting of their class, at whioh 1,200 to 1,500 were present. That meeting adopted resolutions condemning the action of the Queen, and authorizing the committee to take into further consideration whatever was necessary to protect the public safety. Monday the Committee of Public Safety issued a proclamation tq the Hawaiian people recounting the history of the islands and calling attention to the misrule of the native line of monarchs. The Queen, in an address from an upper balcony to crowds outside the palace, denounced what she called the perfidy of the ministry. Representative White, from the steps of the palace, told Iho crowd that the Queen had betrayed them, and demanded her death. It was at this juncture that the Committee of Public Safety was formed, and shortly afterward troops were landed from the United States steamer Boston. The armed uprising of citizens and the proclamation of a provisional government followed. The ex-Queen, seeing resistance was hopeless, retired to her private residence, where a guard was stationed by the new government. There was no bloodshed. Annexation to the United Stares as a territory is desired, not as a state. The Boston is the only warship the United States has at present on the Pacific Ocean,but a late dispatch from San Francisco says that the United States flagship Mohican is now on her way to Honolulu and the Ranger and Adams are expected to immediately leave the Mare Island Navy Yard for the scene of revolt.

DEPOSED QUEEN LILIUOKALANL.

HAWAII, THE CROSS-ROADS OF THE PACIFIC.