The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-07-26

virtually as at last writing. A battle has
been fought between troops of the Pro-
! VlsIonal Government and koolau, leper
outlaw of Kauai. in which three men
were killed. Koolau escaped with his
wife and child over the divide. A reward
OF $1,000 has been placed on his head by
the Government.
| BATTLE WITH LEPER BANDIT.
| On July 9th a steamer arrived from the
valley of kalalau, Kauai, giving full par
tlculars of battle fought between Gov
eminent forces and the leper bandit
Koolau, who was driven at bay on the
mountain side of the valley, where the
lepers had taken refuge. Sl1irmishers
were throw n out on July 4th, and a squad
advanced to the head of the horseshoe
| shaped valley. a trail was soon discov-
cred leading upward. 1t was followed
800 feet up a cliff toward the ledge. The
| troops crawled up the ridge, clinging to
vines and tropical growth. Three of the
skirmishers were within forty feet of the
ledge, when two shots were fired stimuli
| taneously. Private Anderson was shot
through the body. His body was recov-
cred next day some distance from where
he was shot. The wound had been
plugged with fern leaves.
On the morning of July 9Th, another
| advance was made, in which Private Nc
Cabe, veteran Of the Ninth Rhode Island
Regiment, was shot and instantly killed
by lepers, and Private Hirschberg was
| accidently killed by the discharge of
his gun. One of the men, johnson by
/ n a ff~l bar l.
losing his footing and rolling down the
steep hillside over 600 feet.
That day and the next Krupp field
guns were dragged up the divide, and an
attempt was made to shell the lepers'
stronghold. During the day leper spies
were sent up, and were so successful in
treating with the lepers Koolau had in
duced to join him that by night, after the
firing had ceased, all the lepers had sur
rendered and were brought into Camp
Dole on the beach at the mouth of the
valley, except Koolau, his wife and
child. The boy is a leper, but the wife is
not.
In the official report sent to Honolulu
1t was stated that Koolau would likely
escape into the mountains back of the
valley.
This, with rumors of friction between
the troops and police, caused Attorney
General Smith to visit the seat of trouble
at once with more soldiers and a supply
of shell and canister for the Krupp guns.
| The Attorney General arrived on July
18th, and at once took command. He
took scouting party and repaired to the
stronghold of the leper bandit. Spies.
relatives of Koolau, were sent ahead but
his fastness was found deserted. The
koolaus had escaped over the divide in
the wild mountains which form the CEN
ter of the island of Kauai. The Attorney
General then determined to abandon the
fruitless search.
The Government has since set a reward
of 81 600 on the head of Koolau, to be de-
livered dead or alive, and it is only mat
ter of time until the natives will deliver
him to justice.
The expedition evacuated the valley on
July 18th. The bodies of the dead soldiers
were exhumed, placed in lead collins and
moved to Honolulu, where they were
buried with military honors.
Of twenty-five lepers in the valley.
twenty-three have been captured and
will be forwarded to- the leper settlement
within week. Since the reward was
offered a party of three white men has
been organized to capture or kill Koolau.
They leave for kalalau Valley this even
ing, and expect to get their man by keep
ing under cover and waiting until the
leper murderer returns to the valley.
POLITICAL SITUATION.
The political situation has not materi
ally changed. Minister Blount saws alb
solutely nothing, but has limited much
encouragement to leading annexationists
lately. 1t is said that Minister Blouut
states that he hopes to be relieved by the
next mail, so he can return by the
steamer Monowai, which sails hence on
July 9th. 1t is reported that he has
given the Provisional Government to I'M
derstand that nothing will be done until
he sends back his report, which may be
acted upon during the extra session of
Congress next August.
The new treaty, previously mentioned
in dispatches, which was drawn here to
be submitted to the United States Gov
eminent, has been discussed and pre-
pared. but will be withheld awaiting the
action on Blount's report. The latest re-
ports concerning the document are that
it is staight treaty of annexation, with
out conditi ons, in which no reference oc-
ours relative to the labor question, finance
or the present system of land-holdings.
The Executive and Advisory Councils
yesterday appointed Professor W. d. AL
exander. the Hawaiian historian, to 90 to
Washington as co-Commissioner from
this Government for the purpose of as
sisting Minister Thurston in negotiating
for political union with the United States.
Professor Alexander will leave for Wash
ington either by the Rio Janeiro, on the
18th, or the Monowai, on the 9th. He
will 60 direct to Washington and will
carry, it is said, full and final dispatches
to Minister Thurston relating to the Ha-
waiian matter. The instructions will not
limit Thurston's action in getting the
best terms he can.
From all that can be learned from
seemingly reliable sources, it looks as
though the Provisional Government in
tends carrying out a more aggressive
policy in case the United States refuses
the proposition to annex the islands, and
while nothing definite is known, it has