QUEEN LILIUOKALANI OBJECTS

Queen Liliuokalani.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, June 18, 1897.

LILIUOKALANI OBJECTS

To Annexation of Hawaii by the United States.

SAYS IT VIOLATES AGREEMENT.

Her Petition Claims That the Natives Do Not Want Annexation and

That the Commission Appointed Has No Legal Rights.

   WASHINGTON, June 18.—Ex-Queen Liliuokalani filed a protest in the office of the secretary of state. It was delivered into the hands of Secretary John Sherman by Joseph Heleluhe, representing the native Hawaiians, duly commissioned by two of their patriotic leagues. Mr. Heleluhe was accompanied by Captain Julius A. Palmer, the American secretary of Liliuokalani. Mr. Sherman treated the bearers most courteously, but gave no indications of his action in the matter.

   The protest begins thus:

   "I, Liliuokalani of Hawaii, by the will of God named heir apparent on the 10th day of April, A. D. 1877, and by the grace of God, queen of the Hawaiian islands on the 17th day of January, A. D. 1893, do hereby protest against the ratification of a certain treaty which, so I am informed, has been signed at Washington by Messrs. Hatch, Thurston and Kinney, purporting to cede the said islands to the territory and dominion of the United States.

   "I declare such treaty to be an act of wrong towards the said native and part native people of Hawaii, an invasion of the rights of the ruling chiefs in violation of international rights, both toward my people and toward friendly nations with whom they have made treaties, the perpetuation of the fraud whereby the constitutional government was overthrown and finally an act of gross injustice to me."

   The former queen then gives her reasons, which are in part:

   "Because the president of the United States, the secretary of state and an envoy commissioned by them reported in official documents that my government was unlawfully coerced by the forces, diplomatic and naval of the United States, and that I was at the date of their investigations the constitutional ruler of my people.

   ''Because such decision of the recognized magistrates of the United States was officially communicated to me and to Sanford B. Dole, and said Dole's resignation requested by Albert S. Willis, the recognized agent and minister of the government of the United States.

   "Because neither the above named commission nor the government which sends it has ever received any such authority from the registered voters of Hawaii, but derives its assumed powers from the so-called committee of public safety, organized on or about the 7th day of January, 1893, said committee being composed largely of persons claiming American citizenship, and not one single Hawaiian was a member thereof or in any way participated in the demonstration leading to its existence.

   "Because my people, about 40,000 in number, have in no way been consulted by those 3,000 in number, who claim the right to destroy the independence of Hawaii. My people constitute four-fifths of the legally qualified voters of Hawaii and, excluding those imported for the demands of labor, about the same proportion of the inhabitants."

   The former queen objects to the treaty also because the crown lands, 195,000 acres, are "confiscated" by it, and because the new treaty ignores former treaties made by the United States with Hawaiian sovereigns. She calls upon the president to withdraw the treaty.

John Sherman.

SHERMAN'S POSITION.

Favors Hawaii as a Territory not Entitled to Statehood.

   WASHINGTON, June 18.—In view of the fact that false and misleading statements have been sent out from Washington as to Secretary Sherman's position on the question of the annexation of Hawaii, the secretary to-day said to the Associated Press that as a rule he was opposed to the United States acquiring outlying territory, but he regarded the condition of the Hawaiian Islands as exceptional on account of the claim of Japan to these islands. He, therefore, approved the treaty making Hawaii a possession of the United States, but not entitled to admission as a state.

USS Iowa BB-4.

Battleship Iowa in Commission.

   PHILADELPHIA, June 18.—The new battleship Iowa was officially placed in commission at the League Island navy yard, and Captain W. T. Sampson, former chief of ordnance, was placed in command. The Iowa will remain at League island until early in July, when she will go to Newport to receive her torpedoes. She will then probably join the North Atlantic Squadron.

Stewart L. Woodford.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

Minister to Spain.

   The United States sends ambassadors to several foreign countries; to Spain our representative is envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. The rank of the latter is the lower, but at this time none of our representatives abroad is charged with interests of graver concern to the American people than is its incumbent. The president has been careful in making his selection, and in the choice of General Stewart L. Woodford the country will feel that he has chosen wisely.

   General Woodford is in his 82nd year. He has participated actively in affairs, is widely informed and of sound judgment. He was educated at Yale and at Columbia college, and chose the law as his profession. He has served as assistant United States district attorney for the southern district of New York, as representative in congress and lieutenant governor of New York. He resigned his first office, that of assistant United States district attorney in 1862 to enter the army, in which he served till the close of the war, attaining the rank of brevet brigadier general of volunteers. He was the candidate of his party for governor in 1870, but was defeated by John T. Hoffman. His public services closed in 1883, when he retired from the United States district attorneyship of the southern district of New York.

   The settlement of the Cuban question is expected to be achieved during the life of the present administration. The United States minister to Spain will have delicate and weighty commissions entrusted to him in connection with that settlement, and all who know Stewart L. Woodford will feel that they will be executed with firmness, discretion and loyalty to the right.

   ◘ Democrats denounced Secretary Seward for negotiating the purchase of

Alaska. Democrats of the same [kidney] denounce the administration that acquires Hawaii. Mr. Seward's purchase is now universally commended as wise and farsighted statesmanship. The acquisition of the Hawaiian Islands will in time be cited as one of the wisest acts of the McKinley administration.

   ◘ William Luce of Oregon has invented a web foot to help people in swimming.. He took as his model a duck's foot. A webbing of oilsilk is stretched over a wire frame that is strapped upon the foot and fastened to the leg above the ankle. When the knees are drawn up for the kicking stroke, the web frame shuts up like a fan. When, on the other hand, the swimmer kicks out, the thing opens its web again and gives the resistance needed to push the swimmer rapidly along. Mr. Luce hopes his invention will be especially useful to women swimmers, because women never learn to kick properly anyhow. But does Mr. Luce suppose the summer girl would wear anything that would give her the appearance of having "a mammoth duck's foot?" Faith, she would drown first. Mr. Luce does not know the summer girl. Her first thought is to look what she calls "stylish," whether she ever learns to swim or not.

A Correction.

   Our attention has been called to the closing sentence—as published in The STANDARD of June 14—in the resolutions passed by the local board of the Normal school on the resignation of Miss Grace K. Duffey, and which were reported to the board by Mr. Suggett. The sentence, owing to failure of compositor to correct errors marked in proof, appeared as follows:

   We regret, sincerely, her resignation, and her with retirement, at the end of the present term, she will carry with her the best wishes of each and all of us for her future welfare, happiness and prosperity.

   As Mr. Suggett reported it and the board passed it, it was as follows:

   We regret, sincerely, her resignation, and with her retirement, at the end of the present term, she will carry with her the best wishes of each and all of us for her future welfare, happiness and prosperity.

NEXT WEEK'S CAST.

The Company Which Will be the Next Attraction at Cortland Park.

   The entertainment to be given at Cortland park next week will be without doubt, one of the strongest of the season. The Ithaca Journal in speaking of the performance says that nothing has ever been seen in Ithaca, in the way of vaudeville entertainment to equal it.

   The Asbeys, who are the principal feature on the program, were with Barnum & Bailey for three years; and were one of that great show's principal features. They are high salaried people, and their performance has created a positive sensation wherever they have appeared.

   Another factor in the coming week's attractions is Mr. Frank Latona, known all over the United States as the great ''musical tramp." His act is not only very funny, but is full of music which is rendered in a very attractive manner, and is really high class. He performs upon every conceivable instrument, in a way that would bring smiles to a paralytic. He has with him, the funniest trick donkey ever seen upon the stage, and any one whom this animal will not make laugh, is in a bad way.

   Although the salaries paid these artists is very high, the price of admission to the performance will remain the same, only ten cents.

   Beginning to-night and during the coming week dancing will occur at the close of the entertainment in the pavilion instead of upon the open dancing floor in the south grove.

   To-morrow night there will be a band concert at the park and dancing will follow the entertainment and the dancing will be free.

BREVITIES.

   —The Congregational Sunday-school is arranging for a picnic early in July. The date and place are not yet decided upon.

   —Cortland friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. J . Coleman of Madison, N. Y., will be interested in an item in our column of vital statistics to-day.

   —There recently met at the dinner table of Mrs. Wm. Hanford at Etna four old ladies and one gentleman whose ages aggregated 390 years.

   —The First Baptist church has been placing a good curbing in front of the church. It very much improves the appearance of the property.

   —"The Camels are Coming" was the tune the band struck up when the bicyclists appeared around the bend, humping themselves like all possessed.

   —A very peculiar accident and consequent fire is noted in our Homer letter to-day, four barrels of kerosene and a wagon burning up upon the street.

   —Those who contemplate attending the picnic at Cascade to-morrow will be gratified to note that the weather report for to-morrow is "probably fair."

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Bacon, Chappell & Co., Silks Cheap, page 6: Simmons & Grant, New Firm, page 4; D. McCarthy & Co., Men's Furnishing Goods, page 7.

   —Cortland is playing in Auburn to-day, and to-morrow afternoon the Auburns play [baseball] in Cortland. The greatest interest attaches to these two games, as the two teams are considered the strongest in the State League.

   —All teachers and others who have had tickets to dispose of for the Presbyterian Sunday-school excursion on Saturday are requested to report to-night without fail to Mr. R. C. Tillinghast who has charge of the sale of tickets.

   —Mr. Salem Hyde of Syracuse, a member of the local board of the Cortland Normal school, this evening gives the second in a series of three lectures the Y. P. S. C. E. of the First Reformed church of Syracuse. His subject is Good Citizenship."

   —We are authorized to say to all desiring to attend the missionary rally to beheld at Elysium grove on July 1 that the Lehigh Valley will run a special train to the grounds leaving Cortland at 10:30 A. M. and returning at 5 P. M. The program for the day will be given later.

   —The Owego Times has a new version of Proprietor Carns' "bully" time over in Solon. It says: "A ferocious bull got after L. D. Carns, manager of The Kremlin in Cortland, formerly of Slaterville, while out trout fishing, and kept him perched on a limb of a tree, white he saw another fellow whipping the stream for trout."

   —The time of cars on the Cortland & Homer division of the electric road have been changed so that they can meet the trains on the Lehigh Valley R. R., according to the revised schedule of that road. The new time table of the electric road appears to-day on the fifth page. Cut it out and preserve it as it will not be published in full again.

   —The Lehigh Valley R. R. has arranged for an excursion to Gettysburg, Pa., this year for the benefit of the old soldiers and their friends who would like to visit the famous battlefield on July 1, 2 and 3, the anniversary of the great battle. The excursion will leave Cortland June 30, and the fare for the round trip will be $8.26. Further details regarding the limit of tickets, etc., will be given later.

HOMER.

Gleanings of News From Our Twin Village.

   HOMER, June 18.—Yesterday morning John Van Benscoten of Spafford sent his team in charge of a driver named Randall to Cortland to make a purchase of kerosene. Randall loaded four barrels upon a new lumber wagon and started homeward. The temptations of the county seat [Cortland], however, proved too much for him and he found it necessary to brace himself several times, it is supposed, for when he reached Homer his condition was not just that of a man who "looks not upon the wine when it is red.'' He made good progress until Clinton-st., Homer, was reached when he threw away his cigar and turned Spafford-ward. When he reached the woolen mills wayfarers along the road noticed a little smoke rising from the wagon and by the time the residence of Mrs. Eaton was reached the whole wagon and its load was a sheet of flame towering high enough to destroy the foliage of large maple trees by the roadside. Miss Hattie Eaton gave the alarm to Mr. Porter, working upon the road who with help from the woolen mill unhitched the horses and drew the wagon with its fiery load to a place of less danger to surrounding property. The wagon and contents were entirely consumed and the drivers coat was badly burned, but he escaped without injury. The fire no doubt was caused by the lighted cigar falling among the straw in the bottom of the wagon upon which possibly a little leak allowed just enough oil to settle to act as a kindler. When asked about the cause of the accident the driver, it is said, claimed a "'small boy down the street threw a fire ball down the barrel bung."

   Mr. Clarence Hammond, the well known sprinter of this place, made a half mile exhibition run on the track at the bicycle races yesterday.

   A meeting for the purpose of electing directors of the Cortland County Sidepath association was held in Fireman's hall last evening. Mr. Elliot L. Stone acted as chairman of the meeting. The following directors were elected: W. J. Smith, Emmett Wilmarth, G. F. Jones and Cas. Knapp.

   Mr. Nelson Wiegand left last night for Syracuse to take the examinations given by the state board of pharmacy in that place this week.

   P. C. Kingsbury, A. W. Hobart and N. A. P. Kinney attended the funeral of John Cottrell at Scott yesterday afternoon representing the First National bank of Homer of which the deceased was a director. 
   Miss Erva Royce of Carmel, N. Y., is in town to spend her summer vacation with her parents on North Main-st.