Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-01-25

decided the government to take immedi-
ate measures for its protection. Martial
law was proclaimed and all saloons and
liquor stores closed. BY noon Monday
all the stores were closed and there
were few people on the streets. The
street cars and buses were stopped
and the only excitement was at the
marshafs, where arms were being dis
tributed. The announcement that the
right of writ of habeas corpus was sus-
pended was quickly followed by one
| requiring all persons not engaged in
| military or police forces to deliver all
| arms or ammunition in their possession
J to the marshal within "a hours
| NATIVES SCATTERED.
| At noon Captain Zeigler and a COM
pany of regulars were dispatched to the
aid of Captain Murray, taking with
| them an Austrian field piece. The 10
pound shells from this gun scattered the
| natives in every direction The natives
| were beaten and scattered into the
| dense brush, followed by the troops. 1t
| Is certain that many of them were
wounded, as blood. shreds of clothing,
| etc, were seen everywhere. The only
man wounded on the government side
was Lieutenant Ludwig, who received a
| flesh wound in the thigh. Here the first
prisoners were taken, seven in number.
| and from them 1t was lie armed that the
leaders of the rebels We're Sam Now
ein, formerly colonel of the queens
household guards, and Robert Wilcox,
who was leader Of the revolution in 1887,
the other prominent ones being half
lit ,AtIxr 90 81,
queen.
After the first surrender the natives
came dropping into the government
camp in punches until there were more
prisoners than troops. The prisoners
claimed they had 600 rifles. but only 500
men were arrested. At p. m the gov
eminent forces camped for the night.
pursuit being impossible in the dense
brush.
SHIELDED THE ENEMY.
While this was going on the tug Flu,
with field piece and detail of the
sharpshooters' company. left Honolulu
and in half an hour was in a position
to shell from the rear the natives whose
camp fronted Lieutenant Kings COM
mand. A few well-directed shots scat
tered them like sheep, one shot falling
directly into the native camp. 1t is
known that five men We're killed here
and large number wounded. The ma
tives We're pursued by Lieutenant
Coyne's company as far as the nature of
the ground allowed. A shot from his
field piece scattered a crowd of them
who appeared on the edge of the crater
and four dead bodies were the result
Thirty-six rifles, two 100 pound boxes Of
fsslt ftst.
were found in the improvised fort, also
lot of clothing, including a United
States navy dress coat.
From the statements of the natives
captured during the day it was ascer-
tained that the captain of the little
steamer Waimanalo was responsible
for the landing of arms with which the
natives We're supplied. The entire crew
was arrested. The mate confessed and
when confronted with his testimony the
captain also acknowledged his guilt.
During the day a large number of roy
alists were arrested, including the editor
of the Holomua, which paper has sus-
pended. the business manager being
since arrested
Up to p. m. Tuesday "a of Honolulu's
prominent royalists. not including ma
X
the remaining rebels were being pur-
| sued by small squads of police, the
troops returning to the barracks during
the night.
NO CHANCE TO WIN.
government spy who had been sent
to the rebel camp returned on Tuesday
at 10 p. M, stating that he had gained
! the confidence OF the natives. There
nj,
ert Wilcox, who claimed to have |. 900
| men, with plenty of arms and ammuni-
ton. Sam Nowlen, with rs more was
said to be within short distance. The
rebels program was to march to the
Punch Bowl and capture the powder
| magazine. AT noon on Wednesday there
were 1863 persons in jail, about 100 being
prisoners
| During the afternoon heavy firing was
heard from Manao valley. At .. m. a
company of sharpshooters and another
| of the Citizens Guard drove the rebels
from the ridge downwards, while the
| companies and battery from the Punch
Bowl We're in possession of the other
side of the valley. The rebels were
hemmed in with no possible escape ex-
cept by hand-to-hand climbing for
about 1000 feet At s D. M courier
brought word that one rebel had been
| killed, one mortally wounded and six
| captured. At midnight another rebel
| was killed
Carl Weiderman, the son of Liluo-
| kalanis latest envoy to the United
States, has been missing since last
Thursday and will be among the killed.
| The ex-queen's premises are under po-
| lice surveillance. Her Washington
| place was raided on Monday and a
| quantity of arms confiscated.
SKETCH OF CARTER.
| Seattle, Wash, Jan 1S.-Charles l..
| Carter was 30 years old and was the
| eldest son of the late II. A. p. Carter.
| ex-Hawaiian minister to the United
States. He was born in Honolulu and
| finished his education at the Ann Ar
| Dor, Mich, law school. He was married
| at Ann Arbor after his graduation and
| returned to the islands. He took "A lead
| ing part in the overthrow of Queen
Liluokalani and incurred the bitter hos
tility of Wilcox and other royalists He
was member OF the new Legislature
Carter was strongly in favor of hang
| ing Wilcox and other royalist plotters
and his relatives think he was specially
selected as victim by the plotters.
FEAR OF ANOTHER BOND lSSlIe