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Show KEEPING SECRET The News Brought From Hawaii Ha-waii by the Corwin. "HELL'S A P0PPIN"j i In Honolulu So Says a Sailor Another Telegram That Sound Fishy Concerning Concern-ing Mormoni In Mexico There Plural Wives, Etc. San Fhancisco, Jan. 8. The attitude atti-tude of Captain Munger, of the revenue rev-enue cutter Corwin, toward the repre-eentatives repre-eentatives of the press and the public in general, ia without precedent in this port. ' ' From the mom int the Corwin arrived, ar-rived, the men on board have been as inaccessible as if in mid ocean, save for the brief interview a reporter had with Captain Munger Saturday evening, even-ing, when the captain went ashore o mail letters. The captain saw fit to zo ashore with the letters himself rather than trust a messenger who might let some news drop when on shore. This tiu.e- for a very few minutes, the Corwin's captain talked with the ip orter and verified the correctness of e Auckland cablegram cable-gram to the assuc ted press. It was .len otctuH fVmt. t . i'iti left. TTnrmlnlil on December 24tii- I he reporter quotes Captain Munger r- follows: "I can tell you no more than came in the Auckland dispatch, There is no pleasure for me to hold news or information inform-ation frumthe people, but, then, you must remember I am powerless In the matter." The sailors have been ordered to maintain silence, but once the officers were caught unawares and a seaman started to talk. The reporter asked him the lateBt news from Honolulu. "Hell's a poppin' down there," was the reply of the sailor, but he was allowed to say no more, for the officer appeared and ordered him below. be-low. IS THIS TRUTH? CnrnuAnuA, Mex., Jan. 8 A party of Mormon converts from Indian Territory, Ter-ritory, who arrived at Santa Rosalie, are not satisfied with their new positions, posi-tions, and several left for their old home in the United States. One dissatisfied dis-satisfied convert who reached here states that instead of being provided with a number of wives, as they had been led to believe they would receive, i they were not given one. j |