Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — PLOT TO OVERTHROW HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

PLOT TO OVERTHROW HAWAII.

United States Authorities Receive Startling Information. The customs authorities of the Puget Sound district have been instructed by the government to keep a sharp lookout for filibustering parties fitting out for the Hawaiian Islands. A few days ago it was reported vessels were openly loading and freighting to the islands munitions of war. Orders have now been issued to closely watch and search all vessels bound to the South Sea for arms. It is believed a large quantity of arms and ammunition have been smuggled into Hawaii from Puget Sound. It is positively known that secret agents of the royalists dispatched one small consignment to the islands last October. One source of information says an uprising is planned to commence Sept. 1, and that 4,200 men will be in readiness to bear arms against the government. Tho insurgents, after being repeatedly drilled in Southern California, expect to get their stores and assistance from Puget Sound.