Queen No Longer

San Francisco, Jan. 80.- Hawaii's fjovernment has been overthrown by a revolution. Queen Liliuokalani has been deposed, and a provisional government, headed by President S. B. Dole, has control of affairs. The news was brought by the steamship Claudiue, which arrived here on Saturday f rom Honolulú. The Claudine brought a commission, headed by Mr. Thurston, and they are now en route to Washingtion with a petition to the American government to annex the. Hawaiian islands to the United States. S. B. Dole, president of the provisional government of Havvaii, is a son of one of the late American missionaries to Hawaii, is a gradúate of Williams college and has been second associate justice of the supreme court of Hawaii. He is a scholarly man, of acknowledged legal and judicial ability. Fully 75 per cent, of the taxes are paid by American investors and residents. The valuation of the kingdom of Hawaii is now placed at 580,500,000, of ■which the merchants of the United States own S28,500,000. It is said the most serious obstacle to annexatiou with this country is the intriguin? of the English. who never vveary of trying to convince the natives that it would be beneath their dirnity to become subjects of the United States. The English are particularly active in their efforts to prevent the granting of Pearl harbor to the United States as a coaling station. In this manner the same I roents are used as regareis annexation. Washington, Jan. 31. - The Brlttoh government has instructed Sir Julián . Pauncefote, its minister here, to protest againít the ;iction of the United State officials and forces in Hawaii. The protest, it is understood, will be lodged with Secretary of State Foster to-day. To what extent the protest goes cannot be stated now - whather it is restrieted to a protest against the action already taken in Honolulú or whether it goes to the length of protesting in advance against annexation sought for b3' the representatives of the provisional government now on their way to Washington.