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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-04

Mr.. Joseph M. Poepoe, the editor
OF the Hawaiian newspaper Kuokoa,
devotes whole column in showing
the natives, that they become trail
tors in the law, if they meet peace
ably and quietly to discuss ques-
tion OF vital moment to the Hawai-
ian nation. AS a rule Mr.. Poepoe
confines himself to translating a
portion OF the Advertiser into his
Hawaiian columns, and to publish
ing advertisements from the Su-
preme Court. He is not allowed to
hold any independent views or
sport private opinion, but as long
as his salary is paid regularly, he
has no scruples in misrepresenting
his oountrymen, and through false
arguments throw doubts and fears
into their hearts.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-04

The Kuokoa, as we'll as it's
missionary supporters know, that
the people OF this republic are justi-
fed and entitled to meet whenever
they please, peacefully and quietly
and without arms, and discuss
questions of public interest. They
have right under Mr.. Dole's con-
stitution to meet and discuss and, if
they please, condemn the oonsti-
tuition, section by section and
neither King Bill nor his Marshal
will dare interfere. The attempt
to scare the Hawaiians will not
work. They know their constitu-
tional rights as we'll as do Mr. Poe
poe and the men who hire him to
do the ignoble act OF intimidating
those of his countrymen who are
ignorant of the law, but who wish
to prove at all times their love for
their country and their race.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-04

They stand up in lawful, peace
ful and friendly manner to protect
the rights of their children, and to
hand down to them, when they
themselves must leave the battle
field of life, country which the
coming generation can call its own,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-04
Our Band Concerts.

The band will play on this Satur-
day afternoon at 4:30, at Emma
Square:
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On Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock,
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The rest and pleasure obtainable
at Long Branch Baths should be
borne in mind tomorrow by the
many who toll during the week. A
plunge in the pleasant waters, at
Col. Sherwood's hostelry, makes life
worth living for at least another
season.
Engineer Herring has completed
the plans and specifications for the
filter plant and sewerage system and
is now at work on the estimates
which labor he expects to finish in
about two months,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-04

The Hawaiians want TO be heard
because the independence OF their
land is bartered away. Does that
make them traitors?
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-04

They want the civilized world to
hear their cry for the preservation
of their race and nationality. Is
that treason?
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-04

They try to place, in the light Of
truth, the circumstances, which
brought them into the thraldom of
usurpers and to show what their
present conditions are. Who dares
call thom traitors for doing SO?
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-04
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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-04

The band will play on this Satur-
day afternoon at 4:30, at Emma
Square:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-09

carcass Get that ak under the back seat
and chop the box open. Hurry up. Dom t
speak and don't get behind that coach or
you'll DROP
The AK was got, the driver chopped
open the box near us, while we stood there
like metal forms in front of clothing stores.
When the box had been split apart and the
little money value there happened to be in
the chest on that journey extracted, the
highwayman all the time keeping his rifle
muzzle slowly moving up and down our
line of Silent, hand uplifted men, he said:
"'Now, driver, get up on your seat.
You gents, get into your coach. Don t
lower your hands and don't let me hear
you peep. Driver, lick your horses I'D fast
and get out of this.
Now, gents, said he as the last of
us had got back into our seats, weaponIess
and moneyless, you can brag that you We
been held up by a single handed man in
the profesh. 1 don't mind telling you
that I'm all alone today and that need
your money awful bad. Tell them Tomb
stone fellers that Dan Elkins has a new
trick In his line of business
1.-THE horses were whipped nm. and the
last we saw of Dan Elkins he stood there
on that big bowlder keeping his bead still
on US until We turned in the foothiu road
mile away. I think this rascal must
have got 81, 900 that day. You see, we did
not carry much money on our persons in
those days, when there was danger of high.
way robbery. Not one of us in the coach
so much as spoke for several miles, and
then we talked Of everything but stage
robbing and how easy it was for q lot of pas.
sengers to assert their rights if they only
wanted to.
1t was not till the spring Of she follow.
ing year that the second hiding place of
Elkins and Wilbur was found, in the foot
hills 30 miles south Of Benson. There they
were trailed by a pair Of hired Apaches
and shot from ambush.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-09
machines tina. in other countries ars used


machines thai in other countries ays used
exclusively by mon With the garments
they wear the top bar is not inconvenient,
and they find no difficulty In mounting.
While the display Of anatomy is not rs
alarming as ono can see mt any OF the fash
ionablc seaside resorts in the United
States, the character and the variety Of
costumes afford much food for comment
and reflection.
The average Paris woman wears bloom
ers and golf stockings without skirts.
Some Of the costumes might be considered
immodest by particular people for they
fit very tightly over the hips and thighs
and over portions Of the body which are
usually concealed by skirts, and now and
then rider appears who looks as If she
had just stepped out of a march of the
amazons in u ballet at the Grand Opera
But most Of the costumes are OF the zouave
pattern, with full trousers, and ere not
only modest, but sensible. 1t l. not edify-
ing, however, to see n lot of baTclegzcd
young women sitting around the cafes and
music stands ut st. Cloud and i'm the Bots
dc BoulOgne, but there is difference in
taste about such things.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-09

tend tho University OF Paris until he has
reached the age of discretion. The temp
tations are greater than in any other city,
and no social pleasures arc offered him
except those which the students provide
for themselves. They are not usually such
as American mothers would approve.
The grisette seems to be a part of tho
university system, Is essential as the libra
~ or the laboratory, and she is very in
teresting person. She generally comes
from the shopkeeping class of Farisians
and the families of artisans, and she I'M
derstands that the attachments she may
form will last only during the six scmes-
tiers, or three years, which constitute the
university course. When her lover receives
his diploma or his bachelors degree, their
relations are dissolved forever unless he
chooses to make her a rare exception and
introduce her from the Latin quarter into
new scenes and surroundings. Thus tho
grtsettes arc passed down from class to
class until they get old and lose their at
fractions. Then they become concierges,
or mattresses, or take up dressmaking for
the younger generation that has followed
them into student life. Perhaps they may
set up wineshops or take in washing or
marry laboring men.
AT tho Bal Butler one night a pretty
girl related to me that she left the Latin
quarter for year after tho departure of q
certain American student from Paris and
took a place he obtained for her in a shop
The hours were short, tho wages were
good, the labor WAS light, and her en-
ployers were very kind to her. but they
were not congcnial or sympathetic, and
she despised people whose aspirations were
sordid and who were always talking about
money and trade. Therefore as soon as
her time was up she returned to the uni
versity," as she put it. She would have
gone distracted if she had been compelled
to remain away another year. She would
rather live in IL garrett in the Latin quar-
ter, where the associations were refined
and intellectual, she said. than in q palace
on the other side of the river.
Such girls are sincere. They are willing
to share the poverty and privations of the
students as well rs their prosperity and
take their breakfasts without murmuring
at the fountain of st. Sulpicc. as the prov
erb goes, which furnishes nothing but
water, when their personal attractions
| might purchase them life Of luxury in
other sections OF the city
Trilby' Is true story, a composite of
the experience OF many poor girls Of whom
she is an accurate type. They know no
better life than they arc living Their
moral development is limited and there
fore their untaught souls feel no conscious
| ness of shame. The grisettcs arc not al
ways wicked or always gay. Their moral
perceptions are not as acute as those of
some people, but they are true to their own
standards of honor and propricty. They
have troubles, like other women. Many Of
| them suffer from brutality and neglect
They are often found sobbing before the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-09

fuChEIDuDhS IN TEE LETTER BOX
dropped On that day In the letter boxes
That is the proper method now among the
light fingered fraternity fer disposing Of
the inconvenicnt evidence OF their guilt.
If they were 70 throw the pr:rsc into an
alley, il would be n suspicious action that
would be noticed at once, but by wrapping
1t in piece of paper, they can walk bold
1y up to the nearest letter box and drop it
in, sight SO common to the passnrsby
that no ones attention Is attracted Every
time there Is an unusual crowd the num-
Der of purses found incrcases-pickpocket
can work best in pushing, Glowing
crowd. So there are more riilcd pocket
books after Memorial day than cTcn on n
pleasant bargain day, moro in the down
town districts than in the outskirts and
more in the vicinity of ball parks, race
tricks and conventions than elsewhere.
'Thc greatest number OF these are the
long wallets Of the kind that is carried in
inside pockets, and they are rarely stripped
OF the negotiable paper or of anything but
actual money. Anything else is likely TO
prove evidence against the one who lifts
the purse. We find checks and drafts,
notes, memoranda and all kinds of trinkcss
untouched One time there was So, 600 Of
good bankablc paper that had not been
disturbed. Often there is a note TO tho
loser, his name sometimes being added,
showing THAI he was known They tell
him not to be sore, Giving to the poor is
lending TO the Lord, or Don't mind this,
Willie, which is adding insult 10 injury"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-09

| SO that the driver outside could not hear
he commanded each of the five passengers
to keep silent and put his watch, money
and gold III his (the robber's) capncious
oyercoat pocket. One young man, who
seemed dcxtcrous, he ordered, with cooked
pistol against his back, to search each Of
the other passengers to throw all Of the
firearms he found out Of the coach win
dow and to turn all valuables into the
highwayman' big pockets. The plan was
SO neatly and trinity done that the last
passenger inside the coach had been
| searched when the bandit companion, by
q prearranged plan, stepped out from be-
mind dense growth Of manzanita and
chaparral and. masked and winchester rifle
IN hand. commanded the stage driver to
stop At that moment the robbcr jumped
from inside the coach and helped in the
coercion of the unwilling jehu by sending
few No. "A bullets whizzing dangerously
near his head. The money under the
driver box was thrown off in a second,
the driver was ordered to go on as fast as
possible, and the stage went cracking
away over the desolate desert on its way
toward Fort Yuma, some 200 miles
away When the chest had been smashed
and the valuable contents appropriated
the robbers mounted their horses and in
few minutes disappeared among tho
giant cactus and sagebrush across the
trackless desert.
The United States marshal and a posse
Of men went here, there and everywhere
in the territory searching for the bandits.
The owners of the Billy Mining company
at Tombstone offered, a reward of So. 600
for the capture of the robbers, and there
We're several Others of smaller sums. There
seemed to be 10 clew to the men,
The government officers finally suspect
ed that Elkins and Wilbur were the high
waymen. SO one night the marshal and
his deputies made descent upon the
adobe hut that the robbers used as a home
on the extreme outskirts Of Tucson. FL
kins or Wilbur must have seen the officers
approaching their habitation in the moon.
light, for no sooner had the men cautious
ly dismounted from their horses than the
door flew open and the two robbers came
out. Quicker than thought the marshal
| was knocked down unconscious by an aw-
iul blow on his head with the butt of a
revolver, and three of his deputies were
shot. Two of them were killed instantly
a half dozen shots went toward the rob-
berS. In less time than it takes to tell it
Elkins and Wilbur had run to the corral
| at the back Of their adobe. and, each hav-
| ing thrown Q bride across horse, they
were of at terrific speed. A heavy wind
| storm came up the next day, and it was
| absolutely impossible to trail the bandits
IN the shifting sands
Dan 'Elkins is remembered as the orig
inal lone bandit of the southwest because
| single handed and alone. he once held up
a stage load Of eight passengers besides
the driver, when all were armed Judge
| Bennett. now of San Gabriel. Cal, was enc
OF the passengers that day, and he recently
told q st. Louis Globe Democrat CORE
spondent how the robber worked his des.
| perate game.
I've on the inside Of the coach had lust
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-09

been talking. said the judge, "of therob-
berries that Ekins and his partner, Wilbur,
had made in the territory, and the shame
1t was that an organized effort was not
made to 60 and keep after the villains un-
I'll they were killed, even If it took year,
when we heard q rifle crack and a man
shout to the driver. Come, now, stop those
horses, or you'll drop deadI'
1--WE were travelling through a rocky re-
gfon along the foothills, and each of us
knew instantly that VIC were in for q hold
up then and there. Every man wondered
what his neighbor would do with his pis-
toll.
"'I'll be blankedr said a big man from
Texas If I'll stand this internal nom
sense, as lie snatched his big shooting
iron from the scat at his side.
1.-THE driver put on the brakes and the
stage was stopped at once, when we heard
voice outside saying:
Now, you feilers on the inside, get
out on this side. Tho first man who gets
out on the other side will drop dead as a
smelt. Don't be lazy. Now all of you
throw down your shooters rs you file out
OF the coach. for there's lot of rifle shots
that's got their eyes on you and are hiding
in these here rocks to lay you out cold dead
II you don't mind what I'm telling you'll
Throw up your hands, gents, said
the masked robber when we were on the
ground and our pistols lay there in pile
by the side Of the coach wheels.
Now, get in line there quick and
face this way. Keep your hands above
your heads. Don't move. Keep your
mouths shut, or you'll know how quick q
man can go plumb to hellr
"We got in line facing our commander,
IN q moment, and mono Of US could extend
his hands quite high enough.
Now, you young fellow with the mon
key whiskers, said the highwayman, you
just shell out there where you stand
Turn your pockets inside out SO me and
my pards over in the rocks can SEQ that
you're dealing fair. That's right Now,
while me and my pards keep you in gun
range, you search that next man and turn
his pockets out. Keep your hands up high,
gents, and save trouble. Don't speak
In few minutes, that seemed like
ages OF an awful silence, each man was
searched, and we all stood there in DOW
with our pockets turned out and Tapping
in the morning breeze, our hands a foot
above our heads and u small pile of wal
lets, watches, little pocket leather and
cloth bags of coin lay at tho feet of the
young man of our party who had been
compelled to search his companions.
Now, You driver, throw your money
box off ID quick, while my parls keep
you in range, said the chief robber when
we had been searched. There, that s
right. Be lively. 1t may cost you your
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-09
A QUEER EPlTAPH.
How Joe Ri,ey's Memory and Grave Arc
kent Green.

81 never henr that saving, i have trou-
bles OF my own, " said the travelling man
from Dubuque, "but think Of a man
used TO know named Joe Riley, who was
the poorest, most shililcss scr. of n cow
boy whcr first struck him out on the
plains. l was greatly surprised when he
came up to me at Dubuque one tlay Look
ing less down at the heel than usual, but
still a sorry looking object. and told me
he was runninga cattle train cut west.
And I'm married To the niccs; girl in
the state Of Iowa. he said. was so as
tonished that such detected specimen OF
man should find girl willing to live
with him that could only calculate:
married.
eyes Ny wife boards n. the hotci. I
am home one week and away another,
and don't drink any more not n drup'
'.This knew 10 be pure fiction. for no
carried the aroma of his favorite beverage
about him, as In the old days. but told
him to brace up said a few encouraging
words and left him with half promise To
call On his wife. However. l left tho
town that night ard did not return. and n
year had passed when one Sunday n card
with deep mourning border was brought
to my room at the house where boarded.
1t read, Mrs. Joe Riley
"'Who can she bc.' wonIc-ui rs fol-
lowed The attendant TO the rarlor where
the caller WAS waiting. A very elegant
young woman in the deepest Of Widows
weeds rose at my cntrnnce, pncsslng .
black toTderod Handkerchief 10 her face.
You were Iry husbands frient,-his
very dearest friend, she so5bed, and how
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-09
IL MEMOkIaM.

have come TO tell you that he is no moro.
Joe often told me that II ever needed a
friend would find one in you
This was decidedly Interesting, cspcci-
ally as 1 could not remember that 1 had
ever heard the name Of Joe Riley, but /
said In tone OF deep feeling:
$50 poor Joe is gomez
Yes. and died like hero, tryinr 4,
save his cattle train from being -.Is,ci.s-l.'
Tint brought back the diiapidais.,
Joe Of other days, and looked nj bis Wild
ow with establishment. How In the world
did such a good for nothing as Joe got such
a smart wife?
What can do for youg' asked. OK
pecting, OF course, she wanted financial
help. But no; Mrs Riley informed me with
some pride that sbe was well fixed Whit
she wantcd-as I found out 60 my cost
was to talk about Joe ard have me sym
pafhize with her. According 10 her story,
there never was a whittier man. When si,c
had spent hours in recounting his virtues.
| she paused Ia shy:
lyon should have seen Joe's cur7,ser
II was so much affected 10y the ruci;al
TINT 1 had nothing 20 say TO this. and she
continued:
1--WE buried him on the bluff, and his
friend Jim Holly is going to put Store
p'cr nun at MS own expense. Ii You c.or
pass along there, you must stop and 20
Joe's grave. His friend Jim has ,Jro,a-
fscd to keep IL green
After several moro hours OF this lur,-
brious talk the widow left, promising 10
send me- oe's photo and a lock Of his hair.
collapsed when she left and felt that a
financial demand would have been boon
compared TO this unexpected call for sym-
pathy.
A year later WINS IN Dubuque. and
while there i remembered 'Joe's corpse
With an old fellow from the Julica House
! was piloted to the spot whore 10 vas
buried, where the most remarkable Innnu-
mcne 1 ever saw met my gaze. I have
sketchcd IL literally In detail and was not
surprised when told that 81 was the delight
OF the town, also that IL was orocted 10y his
friend Jim Holly as a salse 10 his con-
science which troubled him fo- getting
Joe drunk so often, on the plea. ] suppose.
that confession is good for the soul. A
more unique tombstone never was de-
signed"
What became Of the widowf" asked
Of the town gossip.
"Oh, she married Jim Holly, and thry
are ms happy as two turtlcdovcs," he rc-
Piled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-09
PAIR OF BOLD BANDITS.
Remarkable Exploits of Dau
Elkins and George Wilbur.
THE ORIGINAL LONE HIGHwAYMAx
4 Survivor Tells How Elkins Held Up .
Stage Single Handed and Compelled
Eight Armed Passengers to DisgorEe.
How the bandits Operated.

Seake sAnBie A1anueo anu Compelleu
Eight Armed Passengers to Dissorge.
How the bandits Operated.
This is story of the two boldest high
waymen ever known in Arizona
They hailed from Boston and went to
Tucson In the spring of 1879. They were
named Dan Elkins and George Wilbur,
and the men and their exploits are still
well remembered by the old settlers of the
southwest They engaged themselves as
workers about the livery stables in Tue
son, where the teams that drew the coach
es from the mines across the alkali deserts
to Los Angeles, in southern California,
rested and were replaced by. fresh teams
and drivers. The two men afterward
said they went to work there to learn
about horses and to especially know the
habits and dispositions of stage drivers.
They bought two very fine horses for
saddle use, and while pretending to be
looking about the country for other horses
for their stable they Were really learning
the lay of the country.
In the fall of 1879 highway robberies be-
gan to occur along the lines of the stages
from Tombstone to Yuma and FL Paso.
They were always done by two men who
wore white masks. The mode of attack
was varied. They stopped the stage to
California three times near Florence, and
then the next week the FL Paso stage was
robbed $50 miles away in another direc-
ton. The driver was killed in two in.
stances, and another time q miner from
Tombstone who was slow in getting out
Of the coach with his bags of gold dust
was shot dead. One attack was in the
night and others at different times in day.
light Once ONE of the robbers took pas.
sage on the stage at some little Mexican
pueblo near Maricopa He was, of course,
well disguised, and said he was on his way
to Los Angeles. At a certain spot on the
way he drew two pistols and compelled the
passengers who were lolling back on the
cushioned seats inside the coach to sud
denly rouse from their sleepiness with the
cold muzzlesof revolver pressed against
| their respective faces.
Then in a few words in an undertone,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-09
Married In the Rain.

While the rain was pouring down in tor
rents young couple of Caro-, Mich, who
attended a church social, were mar he'd in
the open. On the lawn, which YVES wet
with moisture, Frank Lawrence, the bride
groom, and Miss Sadie, the bride took
their positions with an umbrella h.,isted
over their heads, and the Clergyman pro.
nounced them man and wife.