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VOL vm. TWO GENTLEMEN :v OF, HAWAII, -«*•*•*.- Dy SEWARD W. HOPKINS. ICcpyi-^jht, by Koreut Bokxeb’s SoksJ CHAPTER IX. CONTINUED. Had I wished, I could have donned a uniform, and become an officer, but with peace at hand I did not care for empty military honor. Moreover, I wanted all my time to bo free, that I might bo untrammeled in my now seemingly hopeless investigation into the mysteries of my beautiful sister’s disappearance. It was understood, however, that if at any time my ser vices were needed, or the army was to be increased, a commission should bo mine. I took very little interest in any¬ thing save the ono great object of my existence—to find ray sister Winnie. Yet mingling daily, as I did, with men whose minds were full of tho revolu¬ tion, I could not be blind to the needs of tho hour. When Gordon’s duties took him away from Honolulu I ao coinpanicd him, if I was not up a clue that might lead to tho dis¬ covery of Winnie. At tho town of Hilo, on the island of Hawaii, Gordon had a fortress built which commanded the situation in the harbor—the only good one at that islaad. Aud at Lahainn, a small settlement on the island of Maui, an other fortress was built. There Beetned to mo no need for this, but Gordon pointed out the excellence of the place as a stragotic point in case of invasion. Hilo was not far from the great vol¬ cano of Manna Loa. and it seemed probable that if the old mountain kept on vo .niting lava many years longer as fiercely ns it ha l in times past, the town would ho destroyed. As it was located in n beautiful spot, particular¬ ly healthful, it was deemed a foolish carelessness to allow the destruction, if it could he avoided. Gordon male a note of his observations, and pro¬ posed, when we returned to Honolulu, to suggest, to the government that Bomething be done to protect tho town from the molten flow, if it ever reached that far. We also visited the island of Molo¬ kai, and went to tho leper colony. The horrors of this disease had never before beeu known to me. 1 knew it was terrible. I knew that words could hardly express its terrors. But when I saw it in all its putrefying, death-dealing reality, I shuddered and turned sick. The poor creatures who were far on their torturing roa 1 to death looked al us piteously. A wail, a prayer, a plea for some kind of help seemed to be in evory glance and every gesture. Yet there was no help to give. All thej could do wa3 to wait thero, growing more hideous in their infirmity, day by day, until death carao to release them from their awful sufferings. I thought of Doctor Warren and his noble efforts in behalf of these poor aeouraed wretches. But in vain would ho work while he lived. There was no help, no cure. Yet Warren hoped and worked and prayed. This was tho oursa and, now that tho rale of evil was over, the only blot on the beauty of Hawaii. Gordon and I vhite 1 Kauai, another of tho larger islands, and instituted a most careful search and inquiry among the peoplo. Now and then our hopes being aroused by what we would think was a cluo, only to bare thorn dashed to pieces in the deepening darkness of tho mystery. Then we returned to Honolulu. All this, of course, took some time. Things had gone well in Oahu during our absence, aud every industry ol the island seemed developing and im¬ proving. From time to time friendly messages had been received from the Unitod States, and the future seemed secure and bright. Then the new3 came of a change oi administration. Tho Republicans, we knew, had been defeated in the election in Nov¬ ember, and, of course, we understood that on March 4th tho Democratic President would be inaugurated. Bui we did not look upon this as inimical to our interests. To us in Honolulu, the word American meant everything. Party names meant nothing. A Re¬ publican was an American, no was a Democrat. Therefore, the policy ol America in Honolulu having been in¬ dorsed by one party of Americans at home would naturally find favor with another party of the same sort. What was our chagrin and fear when we learned that President C'cvoland had declared against us. Captain Wiltse, of the Boston, died. Commissioner Blonntwith letters ol power from Cleveland and Secretary Gresham arrived on tho Rush, and Admiral Skerrit assumed comma 1 .d Oi the American forcea in Hawaiian waters. Minister Stevens was recalle 1 and censured by Cleveland’s administra¬ tion for “unwarrantable inter vontioa” and "au abuse of power as the repre¬ sentative oi the United Htales.” Commissioner Blount at once ns Buuied a hostile attitude toward Dole's government, aud began collecting evi¬ dence in favor of the queeu. Certain men, who had been powerful under the ex-gncHu’s rule, and who had hoped to gain by her ascendancy, poured their poisoned words into Blount’s ear natil their opinions as¬ sumed, in the mind of the commis¬ sioner, the dimer sions of the will of the majority. So between Blount and his acjvjsers, President Cleveland was THE RECORD. further misled, and LiaiiokaKtffi” stock went np. Thou Blount went home, Ministei illis came, and Admiral Irwin as suuvvl command of the American forces. Disorder came with them. I was silting on tho porch one day, 4 haring making just and returned talking from to Uncle fruitless Tom, a search after a slight clew of Winnio’s whereabouts, wheu Gordon dashed up. Leaving his horse in tho one of in attendant, ho joined ns. “There’s the deuce to pay!”ho said. “ That ’.4 -ip now?” I asked. “Why, Willis is running things to ’’lit- himself. Blount, it appears, in his report, made Liliuokalani tho em¬ bodiment of all the graces, who had been shamefully abused and put down by a horde of riotous ruffians who had ao iuterer.t in older. Think of it! When the American League owns more than three-fifths of the cultivat¬ ed land. I hid a conference with Ode to-day. Ho in terribly worked up. Blount came simply to coileci ivider.ee to destroy Dole’s government, vid yet he came in a friendly guise.” “What has actually been clone?’’ J asked. “Willis sent a communication da mnnding Mo the restoration of the queen. demands that tho provisional government thiliuokalnni stop down and out and resume control. More ;h.vi that-, he has had an interview with tho queen aud offered to restore uer to thethronoandtouso the Unitod States forces to do it.” “fncredible! Would they dare?” “He says they will do it. Dole will not submit. He says he will fight first. We have at least 3000 able bodied men who will tako up arms. But I hope it whl not come to that. But if it does, you will havo a chance So wear a uniform.” “I do not aspire to military honors hut if it stands between Liliuokalani, opium and misrule on one side, against war ou the other, I am ia for war. It could be no worse if wo were beaten.” “No. Nothing could bo worse than to bo under tho queen, with her new constitution, or, rather, no constitu¬ tion.” “It doos not seem possible,” said my uncle, “that the United States Government could stoop to so undig¬ nified a position. If Willis’s propo¬ sition is earried out, as Dole and I attempted to tell him yesterday, it will mean death and rain to us all. I have said little to Tom about it. Poor fellow! He has enough on his niind now. But th9 position, is very seri¬ ous. The queen has declared that il she regains her power she will cause the loaders of Liberals to be beheaded aud confiscate their property. That, of oourse, means Dole, Warren, Sel¬ don, Seacamp and myself, not to speak of the many others. And no doubt Gordon would go first of all, on ac¬ count of his action when tho qneen expected the army to stand by her.” Gordon patted his sword. “Some of the queen’s gaug of ruffi¬ ans had bettor take care, or they will go before I do.” "It remains to be seen,” continued my uncle, “whether Willis is simply harking or if ho is really going to bite. He may be bluffing, to scare us. But we shall not be forced outof our position. Dole is firm ou that point. So am I. If they crowd us to the wall wo must fight.” Uncle Tom set his teeth hard and turned away. I asked Gordon, as I asked him every time I saw him, if he had news of Winnie. “No,” he said, sadly, yet savagely, “not a word. But it cannot go on like this forever. Surely there is news to be lmd, if wo can only strike the right trail. Sharp, the lieutenant in charge he had at Magi, ctuo, reports that he thought a but it came to nothing. Ia Hawaii they are overhauling every town and village. If we could only get some of these dod-rotted natives to help us wo would learn something, but they are with the qneen, mostly, and if they know anythiug, l?eep their months well shut.” It was thus always. I was growing ill under the awful suspense. Yet 1 could not give np hope. CHAPTER X. The direot result of the advent ol Willis and the declaration of his pur¬ pose those wa-i lawless tho elements nttoj, demoralization that had of here¬ tofore beeu kept in check by the power of tho government and a fear of pun¬ ishment. But now we were confront¬ ed by a strange affairs. aud disturbing con¬ dition of We, the Liberals, holding the reins of government-, were at war, figura¬ tively, with the Royalists on ono hand, and the United States—the very power we depended upon to befriend ns—on tho other. The Royalists, seeing their advantage ly in the presence of a friend¬ fdreo, became menacing and bold. Buildiugs were burned, fired by mis tsreants at night, and placards left pro¬ claiming the supremacy of royalty. Whether tho3e outrages we com¬ mitted by persons of good standing iu the Royalist ranks, or by lawless people glad to seize npon any pretext to give free rein to their depredatory proclivities, I do not know. But it'ii certain that under the impetus given to lawlessness by the strange attitude assumed by the United States minis ter, Honolnln was kept in a horrible condition of nnrost. We of theAmer icau League did not kaovf what mo- Devoted To The Interest Of Johnson County And Middle Georgia. WRIGHTSVILLE. GA„ FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1900. moit the gang of the United States ships would open on us. 'There was one hitch. President Cleveland had insisYed that Qneen Liliuokalani grant general amnesty when she became reseated on her throns, This she refused to do. She ffcubhornly insisted that Dole aud all other members of the government should be beheaded. Willis stood appalled before this menace, and moved neither backward nor forward, And chaos reigned. A sold'a:- was struck down by a stone, thrown by an adherent of the queen. Gordon soon brought tho culprit to justice. The ladies of American families wero terror-stricken and -4 remained secluded, as they wero continually in¬ sulted if they ventured out. Tho true condition of affairs was so distorted in the minds of the Royalists, that tho more ignorant among them thought they would have the protec¬ tion of tho United States in any act directed against the provisional gov* ernment. Captain Jobbs had uttered incendi¬ ary words aud bad been dismissed from the service. lie hung arouud Honolulu for a few days and then dis¬ appeared. Some person set fire to the Nunauu Hotel, and it was burned to the ground before the laggard fire depart¬ ment got to work. I never saw a more exasperated man than Seacamp. I saw him a day or two after the fire, at the head of a lot of workmen, tear¬ ing away tho charred ruins of his onco famous inn. “What are you up to?” I asked. “Going to'rebuild thoNuuanu?” “No, sir!” he almost roared. “I Ain not going to rebuild tho Nuuamt. The Nuuauu is gono forever. No more shall a hotel of mine boar that heathen name. But I am going to build a hotel, and I am going to call it Tho American. Yes, sir. The American. Wo’ll see how the blamed niggers like that. And if they burn it down, I’ll build another, Lot the eagle scream! Beat the drums? Let the eagle scream? He is muzzled just now but he’ll scream again. Don’t you worry about that. ” iSeaeamp’a patriotism was earnest and true, but somewhat inflammatory in its nature. A few days after this I mot Gordon in town. "I was going to hunt you up,” lis laid. There was a look of oagornoss on his face. “Have you heard anything?” I isked, anxiously. “Not definite. I recaivod word from a scout, just, a few minutes ago, that a baud of natives were encamped »t the extremo end of tho valley, and were performing some of their old-time deviltries—idols, sacrifices And all that. There is going to be a groat dance to-night, and a sacrifice offered to the goddess Pele, or some other heathen deity, to obtain help in restoring the queen. Wo will tako a file of soldiers and witness that affair, and see who is to be sacrificed. Tin* daughter of a Portuguese sailor is miss¬ ing, aud a French girl who was a ser¬ vant in in the family of Mr. Seldon. Tho fanatics must havo one of these or Winnie. Whoever it is, we will save her.” With about twenty soldiers we started off up the Nuuanu Valley. We traveled as rapidly as our horses could carry us. The soldiers were mounted on horses from a livery stable, the popular .idea among those who saw us start off being that we were a scout¬ ing party looking for bidden enemies. At the end, or rather the beginning of tho Nuuanu Valley, it opens out into a wide plain bordered by forests. It was moonlight when we reached the place. Not a living thing, human or beast, oould be seen. “We will leave ouf horses here in charge of four men, aud go through the woods to Lake Maliwai,” said Gor¬ don. Cautiously we mado our way through the trees. Wo wanted to surprise tho camp, “There they are,” whispered a sol¬ dier, pointing to an opening in tho thick growth of bushes and trees around us. Through ft we co.pJd see a camp, ou the border of tho lake. Stealthily wo took our positions to watch. We looked upon a strange, fascinat¬ ing, horrible scene. A group of natives, probably two hundred in all, sat or squatted upon their haunches, in a largo semicircle, in tho center of which burned a fire. On either side of tho lire was a hideous idol or heathen god. These gods, while still holding a mysterious power in the minds of tho older natives, had of late been seldom seen. There may have been, perhaps,fifty or a hundred of them in Honolulu, but they were closely guarded by their possessors. These horrible extravaganzas in wood and lava-stone were supposed to be omnipotent. Under tho unusual excitement that had existed so long in Hawaii, all tho old superstitions were revived, and the natives descended to their former level of idolaters and stone-worship¬ ers. “Keep quiet,” said Gordgkrlto the soldiers. “Let ns watch them.” There were men, women and a few children. But little clothing was worn. The fanaticism under which they were working had discarded clothes. The entire crowd were putting their bodies through various methodical con¬ tortions,all in unison, and they chanted a weird, solemn dirge that had not been heard ia Oahu for many years before. (To be continued.) London has a special society for the suppression of advertising in public places where it disfigures scenery. A bill for the suppression of this nuis anoe has been before Parliament for some time, BRYAN BY ACCLAMATION - Democrats Nominate Nebraskan for Head of National Ticket. PARTY CHOICE RATIFIED Committee On Resolutions Re¬ port Platform Which Was Adopted Unanimously. Hon, W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, was named by acclamation for presi¬ dent of the United States at Thurs¬ day’s session oi the Democratic nation¬ al convention at Kansas City. The report of the platform commit¬ tee was read and adopted. The presentation of Bryan’s name and the announcement of his nomina¬ tion were greeted by outburts of the same character as that of the night be¬ fore when Chairman llichardeon first mentioned his name to tho convention. HON. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. Unanimously Nominated as the Democratic Candidate for President of the United States. Chairman Richardson called con¬ vention to order at 11:03 Thursday morning, and pending a wait on report of committee on resolutions, speech¬ making was the order. At 12:47 the convention adjourned until 3:30. It was not until 4 o’clock, however, that Chairman Richardson, turning Irom a conference with Governor Mc¬ Millan and Senator White, rapped the convention to order. The platform committee, headed by Senator Joues, D. J. Campean, Senator Tillman aud Judge Van Wyck, had just pushed their way through the dense throngs and proceeding to the platform had taken seats flanking the chairman. Mr. Richardson appealed long and vainly for order. The portly form of Senator Jones, silver haired and serious, ad¬ vanced to the front of the stage and in a clear voice he announced that Senator Tillman would read tho docu¬ ment. A dramatic incident of the day was presented when Webster Davis, of Mis¬ souri, until recently Republican as¬ sistant secretary of the interior, made announcement of his purpose to vote for and support the Democratic nomi¬ nee for tho presidency. The Davis speech was the great surprise of the day. Nobody know it was coming. In announcing his intention of sup¬ porting the Democratic party and its ticket, Mr. Davis said with great em¬ phasis: “I stand upon this platform and shall support William J. Bryan.” As Mr. Davis concluded the band struck up “Hail to tho Chief,” and while it was rendering the air lie held au impromptu reception upon the platform. When a few degrees of the noise had been silenced, he said: “The next business of the conven¬ tion is the nomination of a candidate for president of the United States. Tho secretary will call the roll of states,” ROPE IS ABANDONED. Department Official* In Waihliifton Fear American* Are Dead. The state department confesses it fears the reports received from Admiral Kempff and others do not show the actual state of conditions in Pekin aud other points in China. It is now be¬ lieved at the state and navy depart¬ ments that the foreign representatives, including tho American consul at Pe¬ kin, have been murdered by tho ro vpJting Chinese. CALLING FOB NOMINATIONS. “Alabama!” the secretary then shout¬ ed, commencing the cal: of the roll. “The state of Alabama,” said the chairman of the delegation of that state, “yields to Nebraska the privilege of namiug tho next president of the United States,” W. D. Oldham, of Nobraska, then, in an eloquent speech, presented tlio name of Mr. Bryan to the convention, Mr. Oldham closed as follows: “With tho issues now clearly drawn, no doubt remaius as to the name of our candidate. On that question we are a reunited Democracy. “Already worthy allies differing from ns rather in name than faith shouted for our gallant leader again, aud every state and territory has instructed its delegates to this convention to vote for him here. So it only remains for Nebraska to pro¬ nounce the name that has been thun¬ dered forth from the foot of Bunker Hill, and echoed back from Sierra’s sunset slope, and that reverberates among tho pine-clad snow-capped hills of the north, and rises up from the slumbering flower-scented savannahs of the south; and that name is the name of William Jennings Bryan, her best loved sou.” The nomination was seco nded by David B. Hill, of New York, E. B. Perkins, of Dal’as, Texas, Tenna»t Lomax, of Alabama, W. B. Moore, of North Carolina, Senator Daniel, of Virginia, David Overmeyir.of Ohio,' Kansas, W. C. Baker, of Ex Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, Governor Benton McMillin, of Tennessee, and others. A ringing cheer followed the call of “Hawaii," and when John n. Wise, of that delegation, rose tho convention demanded that he take the platform, which he did amid great applause. “Gentlemen of the convention,” he said, “the delegates of Hawaii have come 4,000 miles to attend this con vention, and last night she cast the winning vote for 16 to 1 in the com mitteo meeting.” Mrs. Cohen, of Utah, came next and was received with terrific applause. She seconded the nomination of Mr. Bryan in behalf of Utah, her speech concluding the nominating speeches. As the roll call proceeded the shouts of approval of the unanimity of tho vote seemed to increaso. Iho list .... of states . and , territories , ,, . was completed with the calling of the ter nU>ry of Hawaii. nuno ] lQC< *™ eu * Chairman Richardson that Mr. Bryan had been nominated for president of the United States was received with great ap plauso. A8 tho peoplo already were leaving fTcrtfriced tho hall, Chairman Richardson an at(B:53 that the convention was adjourned until 10:30 o’clock Fri day morning. -- FOURTH CELEBRATE!) IN MANILA. x lllplno School Children. Listen to Read* ing of Declaration of Independence. A Manila special says:, The Fourth of July was fittingly observed here. The town was generally decorated in American flags, lhe school children gathered in the principal theatres of the town and listened to the reading of the declaration of independence. I was a day of patriotic addresses and the singing of patriotic songs, LEGATION SAFE ON JULY THIRD A Ray of Rope Is Kindled By Later News From China. JAPAN IS AUTHORIZED TO ACT Powers Agree to Give Her a Free Hand, Full Co-Operation and Pay to Whip the Chinese. The London foreign office has issued tho text of a telegram from Acting Consul General Warren, at Shanghai, confirming from thoroughly trust¬ worthy souri’s the news from Pekin by. courier JY iy 3d, by way of Shang¬ hai, to the London office of the in¬ spectorate of Chinese maritime cus¬ toms, saying two legations were, the day the courier left, holding out against the Chinese and boxers and that the troops had lost 2,000 men and the boxers many leaders. CONSUL OOODNOW OOFIRM8 REPORTS. A cablegram was received at the state department at Washington Sat¬ urday morning from Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai dated July 7th, saying that the legations were stand¬ ing on the 3d instant and that the re¬ cent attack of the boxers had been comparatively slight. They seemed disposed to adopt starvation methods. One certain effect of Consul General Ooodnow’s dispatch will be to cause the officials here, aud without doubt, the European governments,to rebonblo their exertions to push forward a force to Pekin. The main hope for speedy action is still in Japan. According to the Japanese legation in Washington, which has Into advices from Tokio, 22,000 soldiers are now on Chinese soil. If this report is true, then the Japanese government has ac¬ complished much more than was ex¬ pected and the officials here see no reason why the advance on Pekin soould ntd begin immediately. It is said that Japan is not' expected to make this campaign single-handed. The international forces at Taktt and Tien Tsin will co-operate to the ut¬ most with the Japanese army corps ia tho movement on Pekin. What, form that co-operation shall take is not known yet; such (lotails are left to the commanders in the field. It is said Japan is to be compensated for th# work she is nbout to undertake in the common cause. Her military prepara¬ tions are very extensive and the cam¬ paign is certain to involve heavy cost, It would be unjust to expect Japan to meet this herself. She has no mis¬ sionaries in Chino, and consequently is perhaps less interested selfishly than any of the powers in the terrible happenings in Shau '1 *n ; and Pekin. CORBIN BEADY TO SEND TROOPS. As a result of the thorough consid¬ eration of the subject by the secretary of war, Lieutenant General Miles and adjutant General Corbin, orders were issued by the war department Satur day afternoon for the dispatch of 6,254 regular troops to the Philippines with a view to their utilization sin China, The force is made up of two battalions each of the Fifteenth, Second, Fifth and Eighth infantry, two rquadrons each of First and Ninth cavalry, one squadron of the Third calvary and a company of engineers. These troops will be forwarded as rapidly as possi ’To and as soon as transportation ar raugembnts can be perfected. issue of the formal orders for ’-’ le (l' p patch to the east of more than 6,000 troops from the army posts in the United States is a manifestation of the energy with which the government > s now about to act in the Chinese ,na ma ‘f ^ er destined ' 'f rue f these for the troops Philippines are nom- to replace the volunteers now out there, but it is admitted that they are being sea “!* ‘ °"‘ ^ ^ Reflection 8 route to that Taku will eas.ly or some ad other convenient Chinese port When t. oso troops are landed in China, to Bother with the Ninth infantry sup¬ P. osed be n ? w a ‘ Takn ; 88(1 tbe “ a : 8,1(1 .P avaI contingent the United States will have a force in action com mensnrate with our interests and in proportion to the European forces. ISTRVENsOS AT LINCOLN. Vice f*r<?sl’<lcntlt»l Nominee Answers Sum¬ mons From ISryan. In obedience to a telegram from Mr. Bryan, Hon. Adlai E. Stephenson left Minneapolis Sunday night for Lincoln, Neb. When seen at the depot just be fore his departure, Mr. Stevenson W ould say little except that he is to attend a conference at Lincoln regard iug the plan of carap aign. More Bodies Are Recovered. Seven bodies of victims of the Ho hoken fire were recovered Saturday from the steamship Saale. This makes the total number of bodies recovered 143, and over 150 persons are still miss ing. FATAL PLAOUE IN LOUISIANA. Physician* Are Sorely Puzzled and'an Ex¬ pert I* Called For. President Souchon.of the Louisiana state board of health, has received a tol f from the pftrish Wd of bea th of C , k3 , ve „ parisb( that ex . ‘ t a quantity f of tents disinfectants ml BftU t J inBpector8 be „ e nt to that ^ , ace ftt on ag a ffiy8terion8 J plsgue ^ broke „ out thero wbich f tal jn every instance. NO. 17. Three Papers a Week -..... - ■ -- -------------- ■■ FOR ABOUT THE PRICE OF ONE. 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