The record-union., 1896-04-05

arisen 10 overthrow the government.
Just then a company of National
Guards dashed along the street at a
double quick, and the congregation rose
and left; the preacher knowing it was
useless to attempt to hold them longer.
closed his sermon without ceremony.
During Sunday night Nowlein, with a
large body of Insurgents, started from
the vicinity of Diamond Head TO seize
Funchbowl Hill. which is just at the
back of Honolulu. Marshal Hitchcock.
fearing some such a move, early on the
morning of the 7th dispatched Captain
Murray with thirty-five men to head it
off,
The rebels were found concealed be-
hind stone wall and covered by a
heavy underbrush of lantana. A heavy
fire was opened on Murray, hand-gre-
nades hurled at his men, and all forced
back. Reinforcemen.s were hurried to
their aid, and for an hour the battle
ragged. A piece of artillery was brought
up, and opened with shot and shell un-
til the mountains echoed with reverber-
ations. The dense lantana concealed
the combatants from each other.
At last the rebels were located in an
to dislodge them, but at last they were
driven cut and seven of their Number
surrendered. Then they began coming
in with white flags until thirty-seven
had surrendered. This fight is called
the battle of Moiliili, as it was fought
on the Moiliili road.
On Wednesday the insurgents were
again overtaken at place called Ma
noa. On Monday Diamond Head had
been bombarded and the rebels driven
out At Manoa they made their last
determined stand, Robert W. Wilcox
commanding in person. Tuesday was
spent in searching for the enemy and
following up false rumors. 1t was an
active, nervous day. Troops were hur-
ried from Moiliili road to the foothills
and to Diamond Head few prisoners
were taken and many guns were picked
up, twenty rifles that had never been
used being found in a little fort near
Waialae.
AT Manoa, Wilcox and Lot Lane had
probably about seventy-five men, locat-
ed among the high peaks, where they
hoped to hold out until they could make
terms with the Government.
The forces of the Government were
massed against them at this point, and
the conflict ragged for some time at long
range, but artillery and the long dis
tance guns of the Government men
drove them from their hiding place.
Wilcox left ten men behind as a cover
and went into Panoa Valley. Two ma
tives came in under a white flag. One
had an ear cut with a bullet, and they
led the way to where a third lay dead
with a bullet in his brain. Wilcox and
his forces then retreated into the noun
tains, where they were reduced to the
drest want, supplies being entirely cut
off They had no houses or tents, and
were compelled to sleep on stones or in
caves On January 14th Nowlein, Greig,
Widemann and Marshall were cap
tured They were found in a thicket,
and on being summoned to surrender
came out. dirty and bedraggled, their
clothes torn and their faces and hands
scratched. Marshall, mere boy, was
the only one who seemed cheerful.
The war was now a man hunt. The
rebellion was broken, and the only ques-
tion was the capture of the fugitives.
Robert Wilcox was taken and sent to
prison, and then the hunt for Lot Lane
II.
desperate and dangerous of the rebels,
but was easily captured. Lot Lane was
said at that time to be one OF the finest
specimens of physical manhood on the
islands. He was over six feet tall and
well proportioned, possessing herculean
strength. His father claimed to be a
descendant of the Kings of Ireland, and
his mother had the blood of the Kane
hamehas in her veins.
The Provisional Government decided
to arrest the ex-Queen as the chief in
stigator in the conspiracy. Bombs and
arms were found buried in her yard,
and the confessions of those captured
were sufficient to implicate her. Mar
shall Hitchcock and Adjutant- General
Soper were sent for at $3.50 a. M, We'd
nesday, 9Th, and warrant placed in
their hands for the arrest of Mrs. Lili-
uokalani Dominis, exQueen, and de-
liver her to Colonel Fisher, command
ing the militia at the Executive build
ing. They left at once for Washington
place, the ex-Queen'S residence, in two
hacks. There were number of native
guards around the house who did not
even challenge the officers. The mis-
tress of the house had no visitors in
side The ex-Queen was lying on a
sofa in her bed-chamber, but arose at
once and came into the reception-r room
to meet the officers. Mrs. Dominis has
always been rated as a strong woman,
and her captors half suspected that she
would resist, but she coolly received the
summons Any other woman would
have swooned or given away to flood
of tears or imprecations of rage; with a
queenly dignity and the stoical indiffer-
ence of a warrior, she answered, "All
right. I will 60" Going back to her
dressing-room she attired herself in
black, and seated by the side of Deputy
Brown, with Captain Parker in front,
was driven to the Executive building.
With this rebellion ended the last
hope of monarchy in the islands. The
republic had proven to the world that
it was able to put down any internal
insurrection. Over 1000 men were con-
stantly ready at the slightest notice to
spring to arms to defend the liberal
Government. The ex-Queen was con-
fined for a long time in the Executive
building in the long, airy apartment in
the second story. She was treated with
kindness and her lady friends were. per-
mitted to visit her She addressed a
letter to the President renouncing any
claim on the throne of the Hawaiian
people soon after her arrest and before
the trial. After a few months she was
released and returned to her home at
Washington place, where she now lives,
surrounded by splendor and elegance,
but shutting herself up and refusing to
communicate with anyone save her
most intimate friends. She says the
republic cannot be overthrown, and all
she asks is to be permitted to live un-