The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-19

! the captain also acknowledged his
guilt The government claims to have
| evidence of the whole transaction from
/ the original purchase until their final
disposition.
| ROYALISTS UNDER ARREST.
During the day a large number Of
| prominent royalists were arrested, IN
GLIDING the editor of the HoloInua,
which Daper was suspended, the bust
ness manager being since arrested.
Some excitement was occasioned dur
! ing the afternoon by the appearance OF
! two strange barkS and two small
schooners off port The steamer Clau-
dine and tug Eleu with fifty men and
! two cannon went after and seached
them but no contraband of war was
| found.
w a. Kinney, a prominent lawyer,
with his party, including four ladies
and two gentlemen, who was passing
through the rebel lines, were detained
from Sunday afternoon until released
by government troops on Tuesday al
ternoon-
ITp to D. m. Tuesday, thirty-four or
Ronolulu's prominent royaEsts, not IN
Guiding natives, We're under arrest. AT
midnight the remaining rebels We're be
ing pursued in every direction by small
squads Of police, the troops returning
to the barracks during the night, their
clothing torn and their delapidated ap-
pearance showing the effects OF their
hard trip
The steamer Ke-Au-Hou, which was
sent to the islands OF Mani and Hawaii,
to ascertain the condition OF affairs
there, has returned with the news that
everything was quiet. The inhabitants
knew nothing of the revolution and
were not even informed of it by those
on the steamer. But one trusted agent
of the government. Hon. II. p. Balwin,
went ashore on either island
FIGHTING AT THE PUNCH BOWL.
A government spy who had been sent
to the rebel camp returned on Tuesday
at 10 p. m, stating that he had SIC
ceeded in reaching the camp and gain
ing the confidence of the natives There
were about $50 under command of Rob
ert Wilcox, who claimed TO have ,yJv
men with plenty Of arms, provisions,
etc Sam Nowlein, with seVenty-f1Ve
more was said to be within a short dis
lance. The rebel program was to
march to Punch Bowl and capture the
powder magazine there. The spy's
story caused two companies OF volun-
teers to occupy Punch Bowl before
midnight. One field piece was taken
along.
At noon on Wednesday there We're
163 prisoners in jail, about IVo pelnS
prisoners of war.
During the afternoon heavy hr1ng
was from Manoa valley. At o'clock
a company CT sharpshooters and an
other of the citizens guard drove the
rebels from the ridge downwardS, While
the companies and battery from the
Punch Bowl were in possession of the
other side of the valley. The rebels
were hemmed in with no possible es-
cape except by hand to hand climbing
for about 1000 feet. The lowest eSti-
mate of the rebel force is sixty, the
highest 200. At 8 p m. a courier
brought word that one rebel had been
killed. one MORALLY wounded and six
captured At midnight another rebel
was killed.
Carl Wideman, son of theLiliuoka-
Jna's envoy to the United States, has
been missing since last Thursday and
it is believed he will be among the
killed. No casualties are reported on
the government side.
Two prisoners from the seat of war
were sent in yesterday. One is half
white carpenter named Poole, VINO says
he left the Wilcox party the night be-
fore. When captured he had Win
chester and 100 rounds of cartridges.
REBELS ABOUT CLEANED UP.
None of the Wilcox party had any
thing to eat since Monday except
guavas and a bullock they killed.
Poole said Wilcox had thirty men yet
The rest of his party were either
wounded, dead, deserted or taken pris-
oners Another capture was Arthur
Fitzgerald.
Struggling prisoners were brought in
during the afternoon and at this time
il looks as though, with the exception
of Wilcox and his band of thirty. the
Wilcox contingent of rebels have been
wiped out.
A-cavalry company is being organiz-
ed. The city is quiet, and both banks
and many stores have resumed bust
ness. A few arrests have been made in
town on suspicion.
January Ill p. m.-The steamship
Alameda arrived from the colonies at
a. m No one is allowed on board on
any pretense. She is to sail at ) p m.
Nothing new from the front to the
present time.
The ex-queen's premises are under
police surveillance. Her Washington
place residence was raided on Monday
and a quantity of arms confiscated.
What action will be taken in her case
cannot be ascertained-
The Gillian man of war ESmerald
flying the Venezuelan flag has arrived
here.
John T. Waterhouse. a millionaire
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