Show THE SITUATON IN HA WAl 0 1 A New Treaty Prepared by the Provisional Government i 1 BLOUNT TO RETURN HOME j 1 Nothing Will be Done Until His Arrival in Washington In Exhaustive Financial Statement Hinder by minister Damon Shows that the Government Is Living Within Its i Income and las a Surplus 3 5 HONOLULU July 16The political situation uation is practically unchanged since tho last advices The provisional government x has a new treaty nearly completed and j will soon forward it to Washington As expected a fight occurred between the J troops of the provisional government Koolau the leper outlaw Kamai three soldiers being killed oolau escaped with his wife and child but the remainder re-mainder of the lepers were captured Among the men killed was Private McCabe i Mc-Cabe a veteran of the Ninth Rhode sland regiment Another party of lepers from the settlement of Molokal have also been captured and returned IE is only a question of a short time when the reward offered will result in the capture of Koo lau auIt is reported that Minister Blount hag hinted encouragement to leading anne a tionists lately that nothing will be done however until he takes back his report He hopes to leave here on July 27 Some think President Cleveland will resubmit the Harrison treaty with some modifica ionProf Prof W D Alexander Hawaiian his orian has been appointed to go to Wash ngton and assist Minister Thnrston inns in-ns negotiations It is intimated that in aso the United State refuses the proposition ion and the islands aro forced to stand lone that the first probable stop of the provisional government will be to secure internal peace by expelling the exqueen An exhaustive financial statement mado by Minister Damon shows that the gov rnment is running within the limitof Its monthlyiincome and after providing for the payment of old bills under the monarchy to the amount of foSOOO there is available a surplus of over 20000 Paul Newman has issued an appeal to the provisional government demanding hat the proposal of annexation bo left to a popular vote The an negationists claim hat Claus Spreckles is behind this move and no attention is paid to it |