BLOODSHED IN HONOLULU

Queen Liliuokalani.

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, January 25, 1895.

BLOODSHED IN HONOLULU.

EX-QUEEN LIL'S FRIENDS LEAD A REVOLUTION.

Charles L. Carter, an Annexation Commissioner, Killed in the Fight—Many Royalists Arrested and a Quantity of Arms and Ammunition Captured.

   SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 19.—Tidings of a revolution in Honolulu have been brought here by the steamer Alameda, which has just arrived from Honolulu.

   Charles L. Carter, who was one of the Annexation Commissioners, was killed and other government supporters were wounded. There has been much fighting and at least twelve natives have been killed.  Nearly 200 Royalists are under arrest. Robert Wilcox is the leader of the rebels.  The fighting was still in progress when the Alameda left Honolulu on January 11th, but the government forces had practically overcome the revolutionists.

   The correspondent of the Associated Press, writing from Honolulu January 11th, 1895, says:

   There were no fresh developments in the threatened uprising until last Sunday afternoon, the 6th instant when the Marshal's detectives brought in news for that office immediately to summon the Cabinet and leading officers of the Military and Citizens' guard for consultation. In a few minutes after their arrival Deputy Marshal Brown and a squad of police under Captain Parker left for the beach at Waikiki with orders to search the premises of Henry Bertlemann, a prominent Royalist, for arms and ammunition.

   Just previous to reaching the place, the posse was joined by Charles L. Carter, Alfred Carter and J. B. Castle, who lived near by, all members of the Citizens' guard.

   On approaching the house the Deputy Marshal left the squad on the lawn while he entered the house, and finding Bertlemann and a strange white man there, proceeded to read his warrant. When half-way through shots were heard from the rear of the house. The officer asked quickly, "What does that mean?"

   Bertlemann replied, "I know nothing about it, there are no arms here."

   Brown rushed out to join his squad just as Charles Carter shouted, "There they are under the boatshed," and pointing to the shed in the rear of the house and rushing forward, followed his cousin, Castle and the others.

   At that instant a volley was fired by a crowd of natives under the shed and Charles Carter and Lieutenant Holi fell wounded. The police charged and drove the natives out on the beach, when the latter retreated to the brush, keeping up a desultory firing. As the police only numbered eight and there were three or four times as many natives, they returned to the house, taking with them three of the rebels whom they had captured in the melee, during which some sixty shots were fired.

   Bertlemann was placed under arrest.

   There were several more skirmishes in the vicinity but little damage resulting. Charles Carter received the medical attention he so much needed. It was found he was shot in the breast twice and once in the leg. One of the breast wounds ranged downward and entered the abdomen. He was taken to his residence near by where he died early the next morning Holi's wound was through the breast, but not necessarily fatal. He was sent to the hospital.

   Five of the rebels were killed and a large number were wounded.

Main Street, Cortland.

Some Suggestions.

To the Editor of the Cortland Democrat:

   SIR: A cursory glance at Main street from my window to-day induced me to offer a few remarks on its condition and a suggestion as to the apparently easy and inexpensive process of improving it. The condition only requires a glance from a casual observer at the banks or piles of snow and ice to prove it bad at least. The piles completely lock the passage from, sleighs and other vehicles to the sidewalk except through small canal-like channels opened by the merchants or shop keepers as a passage for the expected customer to clamber through while the team must stand in the narrow space outside these icy piles and banks, often blocking the narrow passage between them and the car tracks, for the driver is unable to reach the curb to hitch.

   My suggestion is that after every considerable fall of snow the street commissioner shall call out his men and teams and promptly remove the snow from a strip or space, say 10 or 19 feet wide from the curbline outwards. Then require the street car company to promptly remove the ridges thrown upon them in clearing their track. This would give a car smooth surface from curb to curb, keep the gutters and sluices always clear and often prevent probable accidents and save the corporation from possible damages for accidents.

   H. J. MESSENGER.

Cortland City Band Minstrels.

   The Cortland City band have been making extensive arrangements for their minstrel entertainment to be given in the opera house in this village, Feb. 8 and 9, next. The members have been rehearsing for several weeks past, and those who have had the opportunity of witnessing these rehearsals, say that the boys give as good if not a better entertainment than the average traveling company. The music is especially fine, and the sets are all new and very funny. The jokes of the end men are up to date, and the clog and jig dancing is said to be immense. The singing by the "Carriage City Quartette" will be a strong feature of the entertainment. The boys promise that they will give a full dollar's worth of amusement for every dollar received.

   The Cortland City band is an organization that Cortland people should be proud of, and there is every reason why it should be encouraged and supported. Such an organization is almost a necessity for any town of the size of Cortland, but it is seldom that a band is self supporting outside the large cities. They need some assistance and here is an opportunity to have an evening's enjoyment at moderate expense that will at the same time benefit an institution that Cortland can hardly afford to lose. There should be no empty seats at the City Band Minstrel show.

Never Heard of Them.

   A Georgia cattle buyer, who is also a good Presbyterian, was somewhat surprised recently to find out how utterly unknown in a certain part of Cohutta Mountains was the good old Presbyterian church. It is said that he stopped at an humble cabin home, and during the absence of the man of the house, was negotiating with the old woman for the purchase of a cow. In the course of the conversation he remarked to her that she lived very far back in the mountains.

   She replied: "Yea, but a leetle fudder up the road thar's several other families."

   Wondering what religious faith might be hers, he inquired if there were many Presbyterians about there.

   "I can't say,'' she said."I never pay any attention to such things and wouldn't know one if I wus to see it. But John is a powerful hunter, and you can look back of the house among his hides and may be you can tell if he ever kilt one."

Thomas C. Platt

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.

   ◘ Farmers who are finding fault with the low price of wool and sheep will do well to remember that wool commenced to drop with the advent of the McKinley bill, and as the price of wool makes the price of sheep, of course the value of sheep was reduced accordingly. The price struck bottom when the McKinley bill was in force.

   ◘ Never in their palmiest days did Martin Van Buren, Thurlow Weed, Roscoe Conkling or any other of the great political "bosses" of this State begin to wield the power at Albany exercised at present by Mr. Platt. Senate and Assembly and the committees thereof are controlled absolutely by him and any pretence at reform legislation will be a farce. The Republican party in this State has come to a pretty pass indeed when the best thing it can do with such a victory as that won last November is to tie it to the tailboard of Platt's cart.—Syracuse Herald. Rep.

Clarence Lexow.

A PROTEST AGAINST LEXOW.

His Police Bill Does Not Please New York's Reform Association.

   NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—Two mass meetings of citizens to protect against the passage of the police reorganization bill offered by Senator Clarence Lexow will be held in this city within the next week. Arrangements will soon be made by committees from the various citizens organizations that had so much to do with the downfall of Tammany at the last election.

   Representatives from the City club, the Committee of Seventy, the Chamber of Commerce, the Good Government clubs and the City Vigilance league met in the rooms of the Bar association early last evening and discussed the situation. Among those present were the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, Jay Augustus Johnson, president of the Federation of Good Government clubs, R. Bayard Cutting, John Jay Chapman, William J. Schieffelin, James W. Pryor and R. W. G. Welling. The meeting was held in secret, and all those present refused to tell just what had occurred. All of the representatives reported that the various reform organizations are dissatisfied with the report of the Lexow committee and the police reorganization proposed by Senator Lexow, as being altogether inadequate to effect the reforms in the Police department demanded by the people. The representatives agreed that two mass meetings should be held in the near future to protest against the proposed legislation.

Sanford B. Dole.

Washington Letter.

(From our Regular Correspondent.)

   WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 1895.—The republicans in Congress have another bad case of Hawaii fever, brought on by the news of the very feeble revolt against the republic of Hawaii, which was published in Saturday's papers. In their ravings against the [Cleveland] administration the republicans forget that the absence of a U. S. warship from Honolulu at the time of the revolt was directly due to a request made by President Dole of Hawaii; also, that Minister Willis in his official dispatch to Secretary Gresham, giving news of the revolt and of its failure, says: "President Dole expressed to me his gratification that no national ship has been in port during this disturbance." In other words, that the President of Hawaii was glad that he had been able to demonstrate to the world his ability to put down a revolt without the moral support which the presence of a foreign war vessel or vessels would have given him. But these are facts, something the republicans never trouble themselves about when they start to abusing the administration. The cruiser Philadelphia has been ordered to Hawaii.

   The Naval appropriation bill, which has been reported to the House carries, in accordance with Secretary Herbert's recommendations, $12,000,000 for the construction of three coast-line battleships; also provision for the construction of twelve torpedo boats of from 100 to 300 tons each. The bill provides that one of the battleships and three of the torpedo boats shall be built upon the Pacific Coast or in adjacent waters, if it can be done at a fair cost; abolishes speed premiums, and says that one of the battleships shall be named Kearsage. When the proposition to build these battleships was first made many Congressmen were disposed to oppose it on account of the slim condition of the Treasury, but upon consideration of the fact that the largest part of the money for them will be paid for labor, thus giving needed employment to many, the most of them have withdrawn their opposition, and it is now regarded as certain that the bill will go through practically as reported.

HERE AND THERE.

   How dear to our heart is cash on subscription,

   When the generous subscriber presents it to view;

   But the man who don't pay we refrain from description,

   For perhaps, gentle reader, that man might be you.

   The hospital association are repairing the building bought by them last week.

   The sale of Forrest & Tenney's stock of groceries has been postponed to Jan. 30th.

   Burgess, the clothier, advertises a sale of winter clothing which meets the demands of any purse.

   Sheriff Hillsinger sold the Sanders, Cotton & Co. stock of groceries last Saturday to W. B. Stoppard of this place.

   The Kings' Daughters will meet at Mrs. A. M. Johnson's, 34 North Main-st., Jan. 25, at 2:30 P. M.

   Be sure and see "Zarah's Sacrifice" in the Opera House Jan. 29 and 30. The proceeds go to benefit the Cortland Hospital.

   In another column we publish the new game law passed by the last board of supervisors. Sportsmen will do well to read it.

   Mr. F. S Beekman of DeRuyter has sold his hotel in that place to Messrs. Jones and Millard of Sherburne and Earlville for $13,000.

   The town hoard has appointed Dr. W. L. Baker to examine the diary cows in this town to see if any of them are suffering with tuberculosis.

   The board of trustees of this village has authorized the president and clerk to prepare an amendment to the village charter to be submitted to the legislature giving the trustees power to compel owners of property lo pay one half the expense of paving the streets along their premises.

   The Cortland daily Standard will be issued Feb. 22, as usual, but the editorial work will all be done by a corps of Cortland ladies. It is expected that the paper will show a vast improvement over the regular issue. The novelty of the enterprise ought to insure a large patronage which will result in turning a handsome profit into the treasury of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. The Syracuse Post was the originator of this sort of enterprise in this section.

   The Court of Appeals has held recently, that if a newspaper publishes a retraction within a reasonable time after a libel suit has been commenced the retraction shall be considered by the jury as an element in reduction of damages. Heretofore the opposite doctrine has prevailed. The practical effect will be to make libel suits hardly worth the trouble of a contest, and speculative lawyers will go slow before risking their chances on a contingent fee of so unpromising a nature.—Exchange.

  

Kings' Daughters.

   At the annual meeting of the Loyal Circle of Kings' Daughters, the following officers were duly elected for the year 1895.

   President—Mrs. F. J. Cheney.

   First Vice Pres.—Mrs. E. D. Parker.

   Second Vice Pres.—Mrs. Lyman Jones.

   Secretary—Mrs. A. Holt.

   Treasurer—Mrs. A. M. Johnson.

   Superintendent of local charity—Mrs. Quinn, 16 Charles-st.

   Directors of local charity work:

   First ward—Mrs. Ellis, 7 Duane-st.

   Second ward—Mrs. E. D. Parker, 95 Lincoln-ave.

   Third ward—Mrs. Homer Smith, 22 Hubbard-st.

   Fourth ward—Mrs. Relesy, 11 Blodgett-st.

   Chairman of hospital work—Mrs. Hyatt.

   Superintendent of employment agency—Mrs. Rindge, 30 North Main-st.

   Superintendent of sewing committee— Mrs. Lyman Jones.

   Entertainment committee—Mrs. Marcus Brownell, Mrs. C. F. Thompson, Mrs. E. F. Jennings, Mrs. Frank Collins and Mrs. O. Niverson.