People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1893 — Page 2

WHAT BLOUNT SAYS.

Some Extracts from the Hawaiian Commissioner's Report. Liliuokalanl, He Declare*, Would .Not Have Been Deposed Only for toe Interference of Mr. Stevens, the American Minister. SYNOPSIS OF THE DOCUMENT. New York, Nov. 22.—The Herald prints tinder a Washington date what purports to be a large portion of the report of Commissioner Blount It Emms up as follows: Blount’s report will show toat Minister Stevens landed the troops from the Boston long before there was any valid excuse for their presence on Hawaiian soil: that he declined to ro■aove them when requested to do so »y the government and Informed that the ■wrlborities were willing and fully able to >reserve order and to protect American interests; that these troops were stationed across toe sweet from the government building, in which Minister Stevens knew the revoluttonists were about to read their proclamation and that the revolutionist committoe relied upon the American troops to protect them in this act at rebelHee: that Mr. Stevens recognized the provisional government according to a preconceived programme before that government had wbteined possession of the departments and military power at Honolulu, and that the military power was surrendered, as the queen surrendered, only through awe of the superior torce of the United States.” Washington, Nov. 21.—Secretary Clresham decided Monday afternoon to make public all the correspondence and the report of James H. Blount, the special commissioner sent to Hawaii by President Cleveland to investigate the revolution which dethroned Queen lAliuokalani and the establishment of the provisional government. The report in substanee does not add much information to that contained in the extract published in Monday's dispatch, lie says: “Before any demand for surrender had even bees made on the queen or on the commander «r any officer of any of her military forces at any of the points where her troops were located the American minister had recognized toe provisional government and was ready to <ivc it the support of the Uni’ed States troops.” He shows the position which the q[neen occupied, and describes the race and citizenship of the men concerned in the revolution. The various commissioners of the provisional governmentand Minister Stevens are quoted aud commented upon. Nr. Blount shows collusion on the part of the United States minister and the revolutionists. He goes into the details of the matter and points out by time and place the haste with which Mr. Stevens acted, and by quoting from Stevens* report and the papers on file at the legation declares that the minister misrepresented the revolution to the United States government. He points the lack of harmony in the •late meats and criticizes Stevens, saying:

“Mr. Stevens consulted freely with the leaders of the revolutionary movement from the •zoning of June 14. These disclosed to him all toeir plans. They feared arrest and punishment He promised them protection. They heeded the troops on shore to overawe the quota's Supporters and government This fie agreed to and did furnish. They had few *rms aud no trained soldiers. They did Mol mean to fight It was arranged between |hem and tfce American minister that the S Defamation dethroning the queen and organng a provisional government should be read from the government building and should foltow itwlthasppedy recognition. All this was to be done with American troops provided With small arms and artillery across a narrow street within a stone’s throw. This was done. •The leaders of the revolutionary movemreiit would not have undertaken it but for -Mr. Stevens’ promise to protect them against danger from the government. But for tote their mass meeting would not have been -held. But for this no request to land troops J would have been made. Had the troops not ■ been landed no measures for the organization '•C a new government would have been taken The American minister and the revolutionary teaders'had determined on annexation to the -Hailed States and had agreed on the part each ’Was to act to the very end." Mr. Blount says that the natives feel that a great wrong has been done them aad their queen, when the queen resigned under protest, and did not believe that the action of Stevens would be indorsed. He adds: "Indeed, who would have supposed that the •circumstances surrounding her could have been foreseen and sanctioned deliberately by the president of the United States? Her uniform conduct and the prevailing sentiment among the natives point to her belief, as well as theirs, that the Bphit of justice on the part of the •resident would restore her crown." That is the only thing in the nature of a recommendation made in the long report

Commissioner Blount in his report <ives the following account of the causes leading up to the deposition of XJneen Lijiuokalani: “In the legislatures of 1891) and 1892. many petitions were filed asking for a new constitution. Many were presented to the king and ■qtueen. The discontent with the constitution of 1887 find the eagerness to escape from it •ohtrolled the elections against the ' party which had established it. Ditrisions on fee 'mode of changing the constitution, whether by legislative action or by conctitutiomtl convention and the necessity of •a. - twO-thirds vote of the legislature to effect amendments, prevented relief by either ■aethod. .Such was the -situation at the proro*atton of'the legislature of 1892. This was folsowed by the usual ceremonies at the palace on fee day of prorogation—the presence of the febinet, supreme court judges, diplomatic corps ana troops. The Queen informed her cabinet of her purpose to proclaim a new con•titnaon and requested them to sign it." Mr. Blount tells how the cabinet refused to sign the constitution and the consequent displeasure of the queen. Januaiy 16 a proclamation was issued by the queen and her cabinet saying that what she proposed to do the Saturday previous was compelled by stress of her native subjects. This was sent to Minister Stevens. There was no response. January H she sent another letter, telling him the present constitution would be wuintainfed. On the back of this was •written the Avord “Declined," also the tk»e receivCTi noted. Mr Blount says 4be dSmnet pould not be removed for ifep and, it being against a new eDDStituMou, there was no possibility being proclaimed. |p* description of the revolution is as all of the arm* on the island us MUfefe Honolulu to situated, were tn of the queen’dgovernment. A flUwy force organized *nd drilled occupied *| boa**, the bsmeks and the «uty points es strage tic stg•fefew ** fee crest of • conflict. The •* ***» «t fee moved on their Wsssea sod chljdrcu leased

to and fro through the streets, seemingly ua concerned of any impending danger, and yet there were secret conferences held by a small body of men. some of whom were Germans some Americans and some native-born subjects of foreign origin On Saturday evening, the 14th vs January, they took up the subject of dethroning the queen and proclaiming a new government with a view to annexation to the United States. “The first and most momentous question with them was to devise some plan to have the United States troops landed. Mr. Thurston, who appears to have been the leading spirit, on Sunday sought two members of the queen's cabinet and urged them to head a movement against the queen, and to ask Mr. Stevens to land the troops, assuring them that in such an event Mr. Stevens would do so. Falling to enlist any of the queen’s cabinet In the cause, It was necessary to devise some other mode to accomplish this purpose. A committee of safety consisting of thirteen members had been formed f-om a .little body of men assembled in W. O. Smith’s offlee. A deputation of these, informing Mr. Stevens of their plans, arranged with him to land the troops if they would ask it, for the purpose of protecting life and property. It was agreed between him and them that in the event they should occupy the government building and proclaim a new governmen i he would recognize it “The two leading members of the committee, Messrs. Thurston and Smith, growing uneasy as to the safety of their persons, went to him to know if he would protect them in the event of their arrest by the authorities, to whlchhegave his assent. At the mass-meeting called by the committee of safety on the 16th of January there was no communication to the crown of any purpose to dethrone the queen or to change the form of government, but only to authorize the committee to take steps to prevent a consummation of the queen's purpose and to have guarantees of public safety. The committee of public safety had kept their purpose from the public view at this mass-meeting and at their small gatherings for fear of proceedings against them by the government of the queen. After the mass-meeting had closed a call on the American minister for troops was made and signed indiscriminately by Germans, by Americans and by Hawaiian subjects of foreign extraction.”

The commissioner says the response to that call does not appear on the files of the legation. That very night the committee on public safety assembled in a house next to Minister Stevens’ residence. J. H. Soper, an American, was elected to command the military forces. It was on Monday evening, January 16, at 5 o’clock that United States troops were landed. Not much time elapsed before it was given out by members of the committee of safety that they were designed to support them. At the palace, with the cabinet, among the leaders of the queen’s military forces and the great body of the people who were loyal to the queen the apprehension came that it was a movement hostile to the existing government Protests were filed by the minister of foreign affairs and by the governor of the islands against the landing of troops. M essrs. Parker and Peterson testify that on Tuesday at 1 o’clock they called on Mr. Stevens and by him were informed that in the event the queen’s forces assailed the insurrectionary forces he would intervene. At 2:30 the same day the members of the provisional government proceeded to the government building in squads and read their proclamation. They had separated in their march to the government building for fear of observation and arrest Mr. Blount describes the location of the troops, showing that the American troops controlled the position of the queen’s troops, and continues: “They were doubtless so located to suggest to the queen and her counsellors that they were in cooperation with the insurrectionary movement and would, when the emergency arose, manifest it by active support. It did doubtless suggest to the men who read the proclamation that they were having the support of the American minister and naval commander and were safe from personal harm."

CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

Canadian Dynamiters Try to Destroy a Monument at Montreal. Montbeal, Can., Nov. 22. Henri Mercier, aged 20, an officer of the Sixtyfifth Canadian rifles, son of ex-Premier Mercier; Paul de Martigny, aged 19, son of a prominent physician; Oscar Pelland, 18, brother of L. O. Pelland, a prominent barrister, and Gaston Hughes, son of Lieut CoL Huges, chief of police, were arrested at an early hour Monday morning. They were caught red-handed in the act of attempting to blow up the Nelson monument on Jacques square, where, since 1808, it has stood to commemorate the victory of England’s great admiral over the combined fleets of France and Spain in the memorable battle of Trafalgar. While the police of Montreal congratulate themselves on the timely discovery of the plot the consummation of which possibly meant the loss of many lives, the affair has caused a tremendous sensation. For some weeks the French press has been agitating the removal of the monument from the famous French square, and incidentally have bitterly attacked the private life and personal character of Nelson, claiming him to have been a moral leper. This no doubt led to the conception of the plot. That the destruction of the monument had been carefully thought out was evident by the fact that a hole had been bored in the base to admit the dynamite cartridge. When the police seized him young Mercier was just placing the cartridge, and attached to it was a fuse 20 feet long. The city hall, the courthouse, the Jacques Cartier hotel and the Kiendieu hotel surround Jacques Cartier square, and the cartridge was large enough to have blown the entire block to atoms. The cartridge was 11 inches long and contained a pound and a half of dynamite

Crimes of Bank Officials.

Washington, Nov. 22.—1 n his annual report Mr. Drummond, ehief of the secret service, states that section 5209 of the revised statutes, which relates to the unlawful acts of bank officials, is so worded that crimes not specifically characterized by itcannot be reached by law. Mr. Drummond recommends that the period fixed by the statue of limitations in cases of crime committed by bank officials be extended from three to five years. He says the Columbian half-dollar was counterfeited to a very great extent

Died of Her Burns.

Burlington. la., Nov. 22.—Florence Harmer, 5 years old. died Monday of burns received while playing al out * bonfire.

THURSTON HITS BACK.

The Hawaiian Minister'* Reply to CommlMloner Blount, Washington, Nov, 23. Minister Thurston, the representative of the Hawaiian provisional government, is out in a statement to the public in reply to Mr. Blount’s report On the main question of fact as to the landing of the American naval forces before or after the revolution Thurston flatly contradicts Blount and declares that the revolution had been an accomplished fact for two days before the American marines landed. He acquits Minister Stevens

LORIN A. THURSTON.

of any foreknowledge of the revolution. and he generally denounces the Blount assertions of a conspiracy as false. He says: “I desire to call attention to Mr. Blount’s method of constructing ’bis report. Although he in several places states that I was the leader of the revolutionary movement, he has never asked me a question concerning the same nor given me opportunity to make any statement, although I have at all times been ready and willing to do so. The same is true of a large number of other men who took a leading part in the movement of January. “In the second place, his evidence consists exclusively of prepared affidavits, or of answers to leading questions put by himself at private Interviews, no one else being present but the stenographer. In no instance has there been any cross-examination of witnesses. opportunity to give contradiction or explain evidence given, or present as evidence. “First, Mr. Blount charges that the American troops were landed under a prearranged agreement with the committee of safely that they should so lend assistance in the overthrow of the queen. In reply thereto I hereby state at no time did Mr. Stevens or Capt. Wiltse assure me or the committee.or any subcommittee thereof that the United Slates troops would assist in overthrowing the queen or establishing a provisional government, and, ns a matter of fact, they did not so assist The troops were landed to protect American citizens and property in the event of the impending aud inevitable conflict between the queen and the citizens, and not to cooperate with the committee in carrying out its plans. In fact the troops did not cooperate with the committee, and the committee had no more knowledge than did the queen’s government where the troops were going nor what they were going to do. “Second, Mr. Blount charges that the queen had ample military force with which to have met the committee, and that but for the support of the United Stales representatives and the troops the establishment of the provisional goverment would have been impossible. “In reply thereto I hereby state that although the presence of the American troops had a quieting effect on the rough element in the city and may have prevented some bloodshed the troops were not essential to and did not assist in the overthrow of the queen. The result of the movement would have been eventually the same if there had not been a marine within a thousand miles of Honolulu

“At 2 the afternoon of Monday, the 16th, a mass meeting of 3,000 unarmed men was held within a block of the palace. The meeting was addressed by a number of speakers, all denouncing the qveen. The meeting, with tremendous enthusiasm, adopted resolutions declaring the queen to be in revolution, and authorizing the committee to proceed to do whatever was necessary. "Never in the history of Hawaii has there been such a tense condition of mind or a more imminent expectation of bloodshed and conflict than there was after the adjournment of these two radically opposed meetings. Mr. Blount’s statement that the community was at peace and quiet was grossly Inaccurate. It was at this juncture, two hours after the adjournment of the above meetings. that Capt Wiltse and Mr. Stevens, acting upon their own responsibility and discretion and irrespective of the requestor actions of the committtee, landed the troops, which were dis tributed in three parts of the city instead of being massed a" one point, as stated by Mr. Blount. The reason that the queen’s government took no action against the committee or its supporters was that they were overwhelmed by the unanimous display of indignation and determination shown by the citizens and were cowed into submission in the same manner that the king and his supporters were cowed under , precisely similar circumstances-by the same I citizens in June, 1887.” Mr. Thurston then at great length presents facts and arguments to prove that the queen and her supporters were demoralized and devoid of leadership, and that the committee and their supporters were united, had ample force to execute their purpose and proceeded i with deliberation and confidence to do i so. He continues: I "It is unnecessary for me to here restate the ; details of the bitter constitutional conflict j which had been carried on between the queen j and the legislature during the seven ; months prior to January last, nor to • speak of the intense indignation existing ; among all classes of citizens by reason of the ■ open and successful alliance of the queen ’ with the opium and the lottery rings. The po I litical liberties of the people were trampled up. I on and their moral sense shocked. It simply • needed the added provocation of the arbitrary 1 attempt to abrogate the constitution and disfranchise every white man in the country to spontaneously crystalize opposition into a force that was irresistible.” “In reply to the sneer that the persons taking part in the movement Jwere 'aliens, I would say that every mau of them was by the laws of the country a legal voter, whose right to franchise was by the proposed constitution to be abrogated: a large proportion of them were born in the country and almost without exception those who were not born there had lived there for years, owned proper ty there and had made it their home. They were the men w’ho had built up the country commercially, agriculturally, financially and politically, and created and made possible a civilized government therein. They were and are such men as to-day are the leading citizens of the most progressive communities of the United States, with interests as thoroughly identified with the interests of Hawaii as are the interests of native and foreicn-born citizens in similar communities in this country identified with it."

THEY FAIL.

Ohio Worsted Manufacturers Are Forced to Close Up. Cleveland, 0., Nov. 22.—The Joseph Turner & Sons Worsted Manufacturing company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the country, has assigned to Henry H. Stevens and Joshua Turner. About 500 people are employed when the mills are all running. The ipills were closed down Tuesday, and there will be great suffering among the employes unless -hey start soon. The assets are s.‘>oo,ooo, with liabilities between BJ.'iO.iWi) and S4OO,O'J.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

William Chambers, superintendent of Anderson Steel Casting Co., has brought suit in the circuit court asking for the appointment of a receiver. The capital stock of the company is 160,000, with liabilities amounting to *20,000. The Indiana Brewing Co., of New Albany, went into the hands of J. O. ■ Endres, as receiver. The company .■ claims that it can pay two for one if allowed a little time. ' Ten years ago Woodson Bryan, of Plainfiojd, applied for a pension. He has just been granted $2 per month. There is general dissatisfaction be- | cause the grand jury failed to indict the proprietors of the Indiana cotton mill, at Cannelton, for employing children under fourteen years of age and working them eleven hours per day. R. H. I rank and O. H. Keller have brought suit against the Panhandle Railroad Co., at Marion, each demand* ing $5,000 for the killing of their sons, . Evan Keller and Henry Frank. The remains of Charles F. Tucker, i who was found drowned in the Chicago river, were brought to Laporte for interment. County Recorder Peter Carson died at Indianapolis suddenly the other morning of apoplexy. At Richmond, J. W. Fuller, the noted bank swindler and crook, was arrested the other afternoon for attempting to realize on a worthless draft for $1,003 drawn on S. Farnham & Co., of Sandusky, O. Wm. B. Lacy, an Evansville hatter, made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities about $6,000; assets sufficient to protect creditors. The headless and limbless body of a man was found near the railroad tracks at Clinton, sixteen miles south of Newport. The coronial verdict was accidental killing. The high school pupils of Muncie have organized an athletic club. Harry George was sent to the state’s prison from Muncie for two years for pocketpicking. Sheriff Samuel Wintrode has sued John Renbarger for SIO,OOO damages for slander, claiming that Renbarger accused him of keeping the Huntington jail in worse condition than Libby prison.

At Madison the three-year-old child of Alphdnso Edwards fell into a grate fire and was fatally burned. James Gallivan, an L E. and W. switchman, was run over and killed, his body being almost cut in two, near Muncie. W. H. Ott killed an eagle while duck hunting near Eckerly. At Muncie Charles Cummeford, charged with burglary, was sentenced to four years. He is but twenty years old, and this is his third trip to the penitentiary. Frank Williams and Edward Murray, Muncie iron workers, who broke into a freight car anti stole a quantity of whisky, were the other day sentenced to one year each in state's prison. mile driving a well near Columbus the dri.l passed through a three-foot log at a depth of eighty feet, and struck gas at 200 feet. The fluid continues to burn, while the force is said to be increasing. Mrs. Racket, Reeder, of Hartford City, has been deprived of her sl2 pension pending further proofs. Mrs. Reeder is 74 years old, and was in the poor-house for some years, until her pension came three years ago. Her .only son, John W. Reeder, Company G," Thirty-third Ohio infantry, was killed ' in the War. The jury in the case of Ambrose Hedges, who has been on trial at Lebanon for a week for the murder of Daniel Gaddis, returned a verdict of not guilty the other day, after being out twentyfour hours. Miss Cyrena Stack, the fifteen-year-old daughter of John Stack, residing three miles east of Kokomo, was sent to the reform school by Judge Kirkpatrick for horse-stealing. Several days ago she stole n horse and buggy from a farmer near Windfall, and started to leave- the country, but was overtaken by the officers sent in pursuit, being captured near Greentown with the rig, and the little miss was brought to Kokomo and jailed. She pleaded guilty -and was given a sixyear sentence in the reform school.

The town of Matthews, near Gas City, has secured a glass factory. For the first time in many months the jail at Connersville is without an occupant. The paternity charges against Senator Boyd, of Hamilton county, were dismissed by the court, it being proved that his accuser was a depraved adventuress. Dr. E. D. Snyder, of Burr Oak, was arrested in Ft Wayne by Deputy United States Marshal McKinson,charged with sending medicines through the mails to be used for criminal purposes. The Humane society of Richmond is investigating the case of Edward Burkhardt, aged 12, alleged to have been cruelly beaten at the orphan asylum. Fari.ow Shalty was arrested at Kokomo, charged with stealing a drove of-hogs from a Boone county farmer. A girl tramp, eighteen years old, was picked up at Huntington, having come from Chicago on the blind end of a baggage car on the Chicago and Erie road. The post office at Soppa has been discontinued, as no one wishes to he postmaster.

PERSONAL MENTION.

The czar is amused, it is stated, at the spectacular reception accorded to the Russians in Paris. Czardonic smiles, no doubt. The family with the longest known pedigree is that of Confucius, which forms the aristocracy of China. Confucius lived 550 years B. C. When the duke of Monmouth was executed for treason his duchess or> dcred every oak in the park to be cut on the fateful morning. The new growth, belonging to Lord Ebury, is one of the finest forests in Britain.

LYNCHED IN COURT.

A Mob la Ottumwa, la., Ha. its Revenge on a Brute. Ottumwa, la., Nov. 23.—Fred Gustaveson was taken from the officers of the law in a justice’s courtroom here Tuesday afternoon and hanged from the balustrade just ouside Jhe door. Monday he assaulted a little giri ♦years old, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Saxe, and inflicted injuries ■from the effects of which she will die. The child’s mother brought into the 'room the rope with which the man's life was strangled out Her grandfather, tottering with age, urged the crowd to its grim revenge and was the direct leader of the movement The deed was the climax of disapproval that has been growing in the public mind over the farces, miscalled “trials,” which have resulted recently in letting go, scot free, the perpetrators of eight murders in this city. The preliminary trial of Gnstaveson was set for 2 o’clock, but was kept secret The news soon got out that the prisoner was to be brought out for trial at Justice Truitt's court When they arrived at the justice's office not over twenty-five people were congregated when they started up the stairs. At the head with a number of persons was Jacob Provolski, the aged grandfather of the murdered girt He sprang at the prisoner, was pushed from behind, and a general scuffle ensued. The grandfather’s cries could be plainly heard. The crowd was pushed inside and the scuffle was still continued. The crowd below by this time had become larger and more demonstrative. A number of sworn officers and deputies were distributed along the sidewalk and inside the office. The sheriff saw that something must be done, and spoke to the crowd warning them they must not attack the prisoner and violate the law of the state. This was effective in quieting them, but the crowd did not disperse. Soon a window was raised, and the white head of the ola grandfather was seen. He began crying to the crowd below and urging them to vengeance. His cries roused the people to action. They darted into the doorway and made an attack on the small squad of police and deputies congregated at the head of the stairway leading to the courtroom, where the prisoner lay crouched in the corner guarded by the sheriff and deputized citizens. They experienced considerable difficulty in forcing their way to the head of the stairs and into the door. Once inside the little room the prisoner was at their mercy, and before he had a chance to say a word he was dangling in the air a lifeless mass. The rope broke after the body had remained suspended several minutes, precipitating the corpse to the sidewalk. Here it was picked up and thrown into a wagon, and, amid the hoots and cries of the now thoroughly excited mob, the w agon was driven at a rapid rate to the jail, followed by the mob.

The rope with which the fiend was hung was brought to the scene by the mother of the child, and by her furnished to the mob at the moment he fell into their hands. The mob surrounded the entrance of the jail and demanded to know if the wretch was dead or alive. Mayor Laforce mounted a high box and said: "Men of Ottumwa, the man is dead now; quietly disperse. You have done all you can da He is a dead man. Now quietly disperse;: do nothing now to disgrace yourselves ” Voices called out “that’s right,” and the mob gradually broke up and dispersed. The mob however would not believe that the man was dead and soon returned. More trouble was feared and Mayor Laforce again endeavored to persuade the mob to disperse. A committee of three was appointed. They went into the jail and found that life had gone out of their victim before he had been placed, in the undertaker’s big box. When the committee had reported the crowd dispersed and the body was taken to the morgue, where it was viewed by the board of supervisors and; other officials. Gustaveson lured the girl away from her home with candy and fruit. The first news her parents had of her calamity was when she came staggering into the house. Capt Dan Hannon of the police force soon arrested Gustaveson in his room. When the crime was bruited about on the street there was much talk of lynching. The officers took the prisoner to the Saxe home at an early hour Tuesday morning for identification before the little one might die. When she saw her assailant she drew back in abject horror and cried for protection.

OFFICIAL COUNT IN OHIO.

Gov. McKinley's Majority Over AR Can—diates, 43,026. Columbus, 0., Nov. 23.—Secretary of State Taylor has completed the official count of the vote cast at the last election. the total of which is 833,656, being 26,506 less than last year. The total for each of the gubernatorial candidates is given as follows; McKin1ey.433.312 Neal *352,317 Macklin (pro.). 22,406 Bracken (pop.) 15,563 This shows a plurality of 80,995 for McKinley, and a majority over all candidates of 43,026. The prohibition vote falls 3,606 below that cast for the party last year, while the populists have made a gain of 713 votes.

NERI GIVES UP WAR.

Surrender of the Mexican Revolutionists at Mexieala. City of Mexico, Nov. 23.—Meager reports have just reached this city of the unconditional surrender of the Neri band of revolutionists in the state of Guerrero to Gen. Bravo. The event seems to point to the end of the turbulent times which have ruled on the southwest coast for many weeks. The scene of the surrender at the town of Mexieala is many leagues from the railroaxl and the only means of communication is by courier over one of the roughest stretches of country in Mexico.

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