Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1895 — LILI ABDICATES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LILI ABDICATES.

sh« Hawaiian Qnonn Recognlxea the Itepabllc and Takes the Oath of Allegiance. A Honolulu special, Jan.-30, via San Francisco, Feb. 6, says: Llliuokalani hat Abdicated in favor of the republic. Tills is by far the most important outcome ol the late rebellion. The document was drawn up by A. S. Hartwell, at the request of the ex-Qtieen. It was presented >n the 26th inst, to President Dole. A e cording to the wording it was executed ireely and voluntarily. The Queen makes a plea for Lie Hawaiians and others who took part in tiie rebellion. She hopes executive clemency will be exercised in tbeis

eases. She expresses a desire to live 1* absolute privacy henceforth. The document includes a copy of the oath of allegiance taken by her, and closes; "1 have caused the foregoing statement to be prepared and drawn, and have signed my name without having received the slightest suggestion from the President of Hawaii concerning tiie same, or any part thereof, or concerning any action or course of my own in the premises.” The Queen's abdication was noi unexpected. It is regarded as a ruse to secure clemency for herself and tffirieJnlerested in the recent attempt to overthrow the Republic, Arrests of conspirators in the recent uprising continue. In all there are 350 men now under lock and key for complicity in that affair.

LILIUOKALANI.