Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1893 — NEWS FROM HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

NEWS FROM HAWAII.

The steamer Oceanic arrived-at-Francisco, Wednesday, bringing the latest news from Hawaii. All was quiet. Soldiers are still maintained as guards about the city and, aside from these, no one would suspect that political troubles exist. It is now a waiting game with both sides confident. Commissioner Blount goes about his labors quietly. His presence has ceased to be a novelty and both factions are satisfied that he has been presented with all the evidence possible. The most important event of the past few days is the appointment of Lorin A. Thurston as Minister to Washington to succeed J. Mott Smith. Thurston’s acceptance of the mission was received May 4, and he was immediately appointed. Thurston was chairman of the committee sent to Washington by the provisional government to negotiate an annexation. He was the prime mover in the revolution and his selection is very popular with the annexationists.