The existence of a definite conspiracy to
overturn th- repuldie and rest re the mon
archy accordingly has ceased to he a matter
of derision in royalist dailies. Definite evi
dence of conspiracy having accumulated itt
the h inds of th • marshal, four persons were
arrested on Saturday, December Sth. John F.
Bush was the first man arrested. He is ed
itor of Th« Kalfo. issue*! both in English
and Hawaiian and loaded full of violent
abuse of the government. Bush is as prom
inent as any man of that party. Crick came
next, the chemist who fixed dynamite
bombs tn K-X. but was discharged for lack
of evidence. He has Inen writing for Bush's
English edition of The Kalfo. • ’rick is in
very low spirits. The next am— t was that
of Joseph Nawaki. a prominent native
lawyer. Freed Weed was the fourth, a half
white clerk in a book store. Shortly after
Bush's arrest his house was searched ami
sewn rifl.s were found behind a false parti
tion. At a house on Liiiha street four more
were found hidden under the flour of an
outhouse. He vTa I m «rv have liwn found,
one <r two in a house.
A number of (wnrons have been am sled
on suspicion, but they have b*-»-n released
on bail. Bail was refused to the four first
arrested.
