The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-19
REVOLT TON.
The Friends of Hawaii's De
thrOned Queen,
Make a Determined Effort to
Restore the Monarchy.
THE REPUBLIC LIVES.
Number of Killed and Wounded
and Many Arrests.
THE REPUBLIC LIVES.

uary II, yesterday afternoon, and
brings news of a revolution and
bloodshed in Honolulu Charles l..
Carter, one of the annexation com
missioners, was killed and other gov
eminent supporters were wounded.
There has been much fighting and at
least twelve natives have been killed.
Nearly 200 royalists are under arrest.
Robert Wilcox is the leader of the
rebels. The fighting was still in
progress when the Alameda left Hon
olulu on January II, but the govern
ment forces had practically overcome
the revolutionists.
There were no fresh developments
in the threatened uprising in Homo
lulu until Sunday afternoon, the 9Th
instant, when the marshals detec-
tives brought in news for that officer
Immediately to summons the cabinet
and leading officers of the military
and citizens guard for consultation.
In few minutes after their arrival
Deputy Marshal Brown and a squad
OF police under Captain Parker left
for the beach at Waikiki with orders
to search the premises of Henry
Bertlemann, a prominent royalist,
previous to reaching the place
the posse was Joined by
Charles L. Carter, Alfred Carter and
]. B. Castle, who lived near by, all
members of the citizens guard. On
approaching the house the deputy
marshal left the squad on the lawn
while he entered the house, and find
ing Bertelmann and a strange white
man there, proceeded to read his war
rant. When half way through shots
were heard from the rear of the
house. The officers asked quickly:
What does that mean?"
Bertelmann replied: Il know moth
ing about it, there are no arms
here
Brown rushed out to join his squad
just as Charles Carter shouted:
There they are, under the boat
she'd" pointing to a shed in the rear
of the lot, and rushing forward, fol-
lowed by his cousin, Castle and
others. At that instant a volley was
fired by crowd of natives under the
shed, and Charles Carter and Lieu
tenant Holt fell wounded. The po-
lice charged and drove the natives out
on the beach, when the latter re-
treated to the brush, keeping up a
desultory firing. As the police only
numbered eight and there were three
or four times as many natives they
returned to the house, taking with
them three of the rebels whom they
had captured in the melee, during
which some sky shots were fired.
Taking the wounded men in and first
caring for them as we'll as possible,
they searched the prisoners, placing
Bertelmann under arrest.
About this time the natives were
advancing on the house to take it by
storm, when one of the officers told
Bertelmann he would blow his brains
out on the instant the first man went
inside the house and hurt anyone.
Bertelmann called to the natives out
side to that effect and they at once
withdrew and ceased firing.
Within two minutes after receiving
the telephone account of the fight a
detail of thirty-two men from the
regulars stationed at the government
building was ordered out The COM
mand was given to Lieutenant King.
the same who led the expedition
against the 1eper outlaw, Koulou,
some months since. Volunteers were
called for, and nearly every man in
the barracks stepped to the front.
Within ten minutes the detail was on
the way, as fast as horses and wheels
could carry them, the distance being
dOOub 4OuE nAASS. rs SOOn DIS JuGN
came within shooting distance of the
scene of action the natives fred a
parting volley and fed.
At daylight large force of natives
who had taken a strong position on
the slope of Diamond Head attacked
the place. After standing fire for
about an hour, and finding the ma
tives had the advantage of mum bers
and position, Lieutenant King moved
his force to Sans Souci, a pleasure re-
sort a few hundred yards nearer
town, with telephone communications.
In a short time after the telephone
was used Lieutenant Coyne and
twenty-five more of the regulars were
sent out The number of insurgents
was various1y estimated from 100 to
200. With Covne's force was sent an
eight centimeter field piece. Presi-
dent Murray of the citizens guard
with twenty-five special and ten
mounted police, were sent out on a
road leading to the rear of the in
surgents. They met with no resist
ance until they reached Paolo valley,
over the ridge of which a stone wall
extends, behind which small body of
insurgents with a small howitzer
were esta blished. The first intima-
ton Murray's force had of an enemy
was shower of bullets and shrapei,
which did no harm. Had the natives
waited little longer, Murray's troops
could have been annihilated They
retreated short distance. esta Dlished
and fortified camp and esta blished
telephone communication with Lieu
tenant King, the object being to pre-
vent anvepossible retreat. This fight
occurred on the side of a mountain,
whose serrated side forms an almost
inaccessible valley of little width.
After comforting with Captain Muir
ray Captain Ziegler and company of
regulars was dispatched to his aid,
taking with them an Austrian field
piece. The ten-pound shells from
this gun scattered the natives in
every direction, but did not come to
hurt any of them.
The rebels were followed and a L