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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-03-23

annexationists. They now talk
lightly and easily Of "annexing by
resolution" and of "annexing Ha-
wall as a county OF California" We
fancy that larger number OF peo-
pie will be required to assent to this
than some fifty senators ardently
looking for patronage plums from
the administration. 1t will require
not only majority Of the Senate
but a majority of the House. Fur
Their than that California will have
something to say about it. The
boundaries OF this State are defined
by it's own constitution. We know
OF no way in which Congress can
override the constitution OF Califor-
MIA. 1t will be necessary for Cali
fornia herself to vote in favor Of
changing her boundaries. This
State, on September 3, 1879, polled
154,639 votes against Chinese immi-
grafton to 1888 votes for it, Is it
probable that she will now vote to
include in this free white State
"Hawaii County," with half hum
dred thousand Asiatics, half OF them
Chinese9 If go, this revuIsion Of
feeling would be most remarkable.
But in any event these proceed
ings will all take a great deal of
time and great deal of discussion
in Congress and in the press, and
discussion seems to be fatal to an
nexation. 1t has already shrunk 80
much in six months that in six
months more it will apparently have
dwindled to a vanishing point. An
nexation is dead.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-03-23
The Song of the Drum.

Do you hear my summons hammer
thro' the crackle and the clamor,
Do you hear my throb and thrill2
When l meet the smell of powder,
oh, my merry note grows louder,
And my song shall not be still.
Follow, each beside his fellow, meath
the vapors gray and yellow,
Wildly cheering, sternly dumb,
And rumble, rumble, rumble, when
the smoke-wreaths toss and
tumble,
You shall hear the rolling drum.
Follow the DRUM
Men forget their fears and follies as
they face the binding volleys,
And the young recruits they come,
With their simple, sunburnt faces,
from the quiet country places,
To the call OF me, the drum.
Come, plowboy lad and carter, and
your likelihood freely barter
For the bullet sure for some.
And rattle, rattle, rattle, through
the din aud roar OF battle.
You will hear the rolling drum.
Follow the drum
When the boys that follow fast
there, drop aside and fall at last
there,
From the surging lines OF red,
Then no more of pomp and ruffle;
my notes a while muffle,
And / moan and mourn the dead.
But the losing battle needs me, and
the whistling bullet speeds me;
Through the reeling ranks l come,
And clatter, clatter, clatter, where
the broken regiments scatter,
You will hear the rolling drum.
Follow the drum!
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-03-23
Annexation Treaty is Dead.

The Hawaiian annexation treaty
is dead. We can assure our readers,
both annexationists and anti-annex-
ationists, that this statement may
be relied upon. The Argonaut is
not in the habit of printing things
as true simply because it desires
them to be true. For example, some
months ago we believed that the
annexation scheme would be sue
cessful, and we said 30. But much
may happen in few months. What
has happened is what we hoped
would happen-the enlightenment
of the American Congress and the
American people upon the Hawai-
ian scheme. 1t has resulted, as we
hoped it would result, in the killing,
Lest the friends of annexation
should believe that this statement
of the Argonaut is inspired by its
wishes rather than by its knowledge,
we quote from the Washington let
ter of the Chicago Times Herald,
which journal is a Mckinley organ,
its publisher, II. FL. Kolsaat, being
very near to the administration, and
its Washington correspondent, Wal
ter Wellman, having the ear of the
President. Under date OF February
Oath, the Times Herald says: "Ha-
wall is to be annexed by resolution.
The treaty is to be laid aside in
definitely"
This is the first Knockout for the
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-03-23
BUSINESS LOCALS.

White Cotton, full yard wide, Is
yards for $l.00 at N. S. Sachs.
Lovely white Goods for Dresses,
Is yards for 81 at N. S. Sachs Dry
Goods Co., Limited.
Yard wide unbleached Cotton,
good quality, Is yards for ST at N. S.
Sachs Dry Goods Co., Limited.
New Style Ladies Hats may be
becoming to some ladies, but
"Rainier Beer" will becoming to all
ladies by simply Phoning 1888.
Scotland is famed for it's fine
whiskeys, and the best brands of it
are obtainable at the Pacific Saloon.
Ask for Andrew Ushers o. V. q. E
For a good and clean shave, also
up-to-date hair cutting, call and see
Charley Molteno at the European
Barber Shop, on Merchant street.
Major Hawkins of the Royal"
wishes it to be known that Pabst
Bohemian has superseded the fam
GUS draught of Doppelbrau. The
latter in bottle is an excellent tonic
at rs.
The favorite beverage Of the no.
bility is Andrew Usher's whisky and
Schweppe's famous soda. The Royal
Annex, always up to date, is now
responding to the frequent calls for
"U. & S"
For straight and soft merry bever-
ages one should call at the Cosmo-
politan Saloon, where the finest OF
Pabst Milwaukee and bottled goods
are served by the two veterans
George Cavanaugh and Archie Tur-
ner
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-03-23
Dole and His Mission.

Notwithstanding the considera-
ton Of the Hawaiian treaty in exc
cutive session, Senator Pettigrew Of
South Dakota has performed pub.
lie service in bringing the question
into the field Of open discussion.
Into this field the advocates OF the
scheme OF annexation can hardly
avoid following him. The Presi-
dent OF the Republic" of Hawaii
comes to the United States on a
public mission to promote this
scheme, and is received with official
pomp and ceremony BETTING q
guest of the nation" He comes
officially accredited by the Supreme
Executive Council OF Hawaii, and
with the approval of his mission by
the Administration at Washington.
Why, then, should not the whole
character of this public mission be
openly discussed, instead of it being
RENTED to the secrecy Of an execu-
tive session OF the Senate2 Com
plants have already been made, and
doubtless with much justice, that
speeches in the executive session
have been much misrepresented in
the newspaper reports. Such q
thing is almost unavoidable in re-
ports of speeches not intended for
the public ear, and hence the neces-
sity Of an open discussion of a ques-
ton of 80 much vital concern to the
American people.
As to the tact of bringing Presi-
dent Dole to Washington to work
for the transfer OF Hawaii to the
United States while the Senate is
celebrating on the question, that is
a matter in which there may be
room for some difference of opinion.
That the President OF Hawaii has
himself some misgivings on this sub
iect may be inferred from his court
eous declination of an official recep-
ton by the two Houses Of Congress
Had vote been taken by the Senate
on the day after his arrival in Wash
ington the treaty of annexation
would have been rejected, on the adj
mission of it's advocates. What in
fuence he may be able to exercise
upon the Senate while in the
National Capital remains to be seen.
But whatever may be said Of the
propriety of President Dole's mis-.
sion, he has furnished the opponents
of the treaty with weighty argu-
ment against the scheme of annex.
alton since his arrival. He has &C.
knowlsdged that on popular vote
no majority could be obtained in
Hawaii for annexation, for the sim
pie reason that the great majority
OF the inhabitants OF the islands are
not qualified for the suffrage. By
his own admission of what is a
matter of public knowledge, an OK
tremely small proportion Of the in
habitants possess the elective fran
chise; and upon this small percent
age rests tho Republic" of Hawaii.
Such is the oligarchy which it ispro-
posed to invited to participation
in the democratic institutions Of this
Telegram, Hartford, Conn.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-03-23
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The price OF a thing is generally
what it is worth, competition
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the better the quality as rule; but
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There's great responsibility selling
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Life and health depend on good
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That's the kind we sell.
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Refined folks use refined foods;
that's the kind we sell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-27
Marriages In Southern India,

The Inhabitants of southern India
have peculiar marriage customs. accord
ing to DR.. Boeck, the German explorer.
There are always two marriage cere.
monies, he says, one taking place when
the betrothed ones are mere infants
and the other when the bridegroom
takes his wife to his own home. At the
infant marriage rites two brothers of
the boy place him on an elephant and
take him around to give him a glimpse
OF the city where he and his bride are
TO live, and at the same time the girls
mother is doing her share by singing to
the little one a marriage song.
AT the final marriage the mother in.
law leads the young husband by the
nose into room, where his friends and
relatives are awaiting him, and, amid
the loud noise of tamtams, the shrill
whistle Of pipes and the roaring of
trumpets, the bride enters, unveiled.
She gives the men present an opportu-
nifty to gaze at her, because in future no
man but her husband may look at her
face. Should this rule be broken at any
time, her husband must commit sui
eide, and she must be burned on a fu-
neral pyre before the sin is blotted ont.
The bride is placed in basket during
the Brahman marriage ceremony. and
when it is over she energies yelled and
closely guarded by her husband and his
friends. New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-27
HEROIC JOHN PHILLIPS.
A Pension Bill Recalls . Tragic Act o
Self Sacrifice.


A recent pension bill recalls the heroic
act of John Phillips. who lost his life in
saving the garrison of Fort Phil Kearny
| from massacre by Indians. On the 2lst
day of December, 1866, Fort Phil Kearny,
commanded by Colonel II. B. Darlington,
| located under the shadow of the Big Horn
mountain and over 200 miles from the
nearest telegraph line, was the extreme
outpost in that part OF the northwest. The
savage Sioux, under Red Cloud, had been
lowering in the vicinity of the post for
some time and had been seen in large
numbers ON Tongue river, northwest Of
the fort.
The bloodthirsty Sioux were command
| ed by Red Cloud and outnumbered the
garrison by 90 to 1. They surrounded the
fort and an attack was hourly expected.
1t was well understood by the garrison
| that If the Indians were successful in TAX
| Ing the fort it meant death for each and
| every one. Realizing the terrible fate
that awaited them the women and chill
dren begged piteously to be placed in the
| powder house and be blown up in case of
| a successful attack from the Indians.
At this juncture when brave men felt
that the only possible hope for the garri-
son was in sending news of their belea.
guerment to the nearest outside post and
not soldier could be found who would
brave the attempt to break through the
| savages and ride to the nearest outpost, a
| distance of 235 miles, John Phillips, a
hardy scout and hunter, volunteered to
take dispatches to Fort Laramie. Placing
few biscuits in his pocket, tying on his
! saddle a small quantity of feed for his
mount, he quietly left the post at mid
night on the night succeeding the mas
sacre and by hard riding and escaping
many perils on the way he succeeded in
reaching Fort Laramie five days later.
| The country across which he rode was alb
| solutely uninhabited by white men, and
the ground was covered with snow from
| three to five feet in depth
! His sutferings will never DO told. The
| weather was exceedingly cold, the ther.
mometer reaching 90 degrees below zero.
| When Phillips delivered the dispatches at
| Fort Laramie, hardy, brave frontiersman
as he was, he fell in a dead faint. Imme-
diately upon receipt of these dispatches
troops were forwarded from Fort Laramie,
and the garrison at Fort Phil Kearny was
relieved. subsequently Phillips became a
fully naturalized citizen of the United
States. He was now broken in health by
the exposure and strain of his long and
| perilous ride. One night, feeling that his
end was near. he called to his bedside his
| wife and child. Taking tho hand of each,
he pulled them nearer to him. They heard
him family whisper, II did the best I
| could And he was dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-27

UNITED STATES CRUISER CIxCINEAfL
great distance from the shore, and they
were within easy range, but no shots
were fired. II is believed the Spanish
cavalry is establishing a patrol to pre-
vent a repetition of such incidents as
the Porter landing Monday night. The
Ell MORO batteries were believed to be
firing at something about p. m, but it
was impossible to ascertain definitely
whether this was so or not. The Will
mington captured the tiny schooner Sol,
of Sagua, with a cargo of sugar, but
let her go after being careful to see
that she went in direction opposite tc
Havana
Lieutenant Juan Del Pine, Of the
Spanish infantry and his orderly were
brought on beard the flagship yester-
day morning from the gunboat Will
mington, to whom they had been turned
over by the cruiser Cincinnati. The
cruiser captured the Spaniards while
they were in small schooner bound for
Matanzas. Lieutenant Pine was on a
furlough and going to see his wife and
infant child. The child was born last
Friday and he had never seen it. In
these circumstances Rear Admiral
Sampson and Captain Chadwick decided
to let the officer and his orderly go un-
der parole. They were sent ashore in
one of the newspaper dispatch boats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-27
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAM

The color which is to be fashionable
this spring is lavender.
Over s15o.c10 worth of property was
destroyed by fire in the Clydeside dis
trict of Glasgow.
The exchange of mails between thi,
country and Spain and all Spanish Colo
mics has been stopped.
Reports from Havana tell of startling
advances in prices and an alarming
scarcity of food supplies.
Two Spaniards with trained bears
were run out of Jonesville, Va. One was
seriously hurt, but they escaped.
Geore Miles, who shot Birdie Fox at
Oshkosh, Wis. and then shot himself, is
still alive and it is believed that he will
recover.
Nathaniel H. White, an embroidery
manufacturer of Chicago, has been ar
rested on a charge of swindling work.
ing girls.
An invitation to hold the next ma
tional W. c. T. U. convention at st.
Paul has been accepted. The dates Of
the convention are Nov. II 20 Is.
William r. Sexton, the well-known
billiard player. dropped dead at Train
or's hotel in New York Monday after
noon. Death was due to heart disease.
Joseph Mcmahon, an ex-convict, was
sentenced by Judge Baker at Chicago
to fourteen years in the penitentiary
for the murder of Kittie Den Feb. 49,.
1896.
All the Bessemer pig iron producers
Of the central west have agreed to bank
their furnaces for thirty days out of
the three months of May, June and
July.
Two brothers, John and James Rod
dy, were hanged at Somerset, Pa, for
the murder of Farmer David Berkey.
Both men protested their innocence on
the scaffold.
Matthew P. Kossakowski a Chicago
west side druggist, has been arragned
for trial on a charge of embezzling ST.
600 from an express company for which
he acted as agent.
McDuffee, of Boston, holder of the
world S mile bicycle record Q:35 9-5) and
Cissac. the French champion rider, have
been matched TO race twenty miles for
81 600 at Boston about the end of Nav.
Commander Horace Elmer. United
States navy, died yesterday afternoon
at $50 O'Clock at the Mansion House.
Brooklyn. Recently he had been de-
tailed to equip and command the mos
quito fleet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-27
WILL SET THE WORLD ABLAzE.
Spain Determined to Maintain Her "Hon-
or" Rcgardlcss-Silyela's Views.

| Spain Determined to Maintain Her "Hon-
or" Regardless-Silvela's Views.
| Madrid, April 27.-Spains determine
| ton to set the world ablaze rather than
withdraw from the conflict dishonored
is very marked.
| The general tone of the evening pa
| pers bears out the opinion that the war
viii be long one. AS Senior Silyela,
| leader of the dissident Conservatives,
has said Spain has already lost the ma
| terial advantages resulting from the
possession of Cuba, but will fight to the
| last on the question of maintaining the
| flag. preferring to fight America openly
TO having America secretly fomenting
instruction. The result of defeat, as
Senior silvela puts it, will only mean a
less OF what has already gone, since
Europe would not allow any army of
occupation in Spain pending the pay
| ment of war indemnity.
The Conservative leader says: ct
| daily becomes clearer that America has
| Numbered into a war that will be dis
| astrously expensive to her, whatever
the outcome. The fault lies with the
lingo papers in urging American states
| men beyond the bounds of reasonable
i demands of good government for Cuba.
| American Is justified on that point, but
| not justified beyond it" 1t is argued
that the war must be disastrous to the
| true interests of the United States.
| Spain intends to prolong it until Eu-
| ropean interests are involved and the
| powers are compelled to intervene in self
| defense, or until the expected general
| coniiagration of Europe against Anglo
| Saxon dominion is brought about. >
| London. April 81. - In the commons
yesterday Balfour, replying to questions
on the subject, said he had reason to
believe the Spanish government in
tended to limit itself to the requirement
of auxiliary cruisers like those proposed
| 10 be employed by Germany in 1870
| Respecting interference with. cables
he pointed out that article Is of the
Paris convention of 1854, to which Great
Britain. Spain and the United States
| were parties. provided that belligerents
in time of war were free to act with re-
gard to cables as IL the convention did
not exist. Il am not prepared" said
| Balfour, TO deny that belligerents on
the ground of military exigencies would
be justified in interfering with the
| cables between the territory Of an op-
posing power and another part of the
| world"
| Replying to a question of which
Hogan, anti-Parnellite, had given notice
as TO the movements and status of
Senior Polo de Bernabe. former Spanish
minister st Washington. Saifour said:
Senior Polo de Bernaoe is now a resi-
dent of Toronto. and is in exactly the
same position as any other foreign resi-
dent in private capacity in her ma
jesty's dominion. and he has no limita-
tons placed upon him other than the
duty of observing the provisions of the
/ foreign enlistment act"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-27
EUR0PE'S INTENTIONS
Rumor Of Intervention After One
Battle Has Been Fought
to a Finish.
SPAIN, HOWEVER, Is DESPERATE.

viii Set the World Ablaze rather Than
Submit with Dishonor-B lanco Cables q
Romance-PoiDts of the Spanish Budget
,surplus Figui Out-Lower House Of
the Cortes Meets .epublicans Restless
Balfour on Cable Cutting.
London, April 27.-The Vienna corre-
spondent Of The Standard says: TT is
probably due to complete understand
ing reached between Count Goluchows-
XII, the Austrian-Hungarian foreign
minister, and Prince Hohenloile, the
organs Of the Vienna foreign office are
propagatirg the idea that after the first
serious encounter between Spain and
the United States the intervention Of
the powers will bring the war to a close.
The intervention would consist of a rec
ommendation that Spain should give up
is in keeping with this idea that the
foreign office organs express extreme
i.npatience at the slowness of develop
ments, while admitting that Austria
and Germany are united in politics"
| Blanco Cables Fairy Story.
Madrid. April Pin the senate Mar
shall Count Chaste eulOgiZed the army
| in Cuba and recalled his experience
| forty-five years ago when, as captain
| general of Cuba. he ordered the forts
to fire on the Anglo-American fleet
which was obliged to retire. He said
he hoped General Blanco would fulfill
his promise to come through the con-
flict dead or victorious ICheers.l Cen
eral Blanco cables that the situation Is
unchanged. His dispatch says: This
| (Tuesday) evening a division of five
American vessels approached Marianao.
The Spanish gunboat Nigera repulsed
three destroyers which entered the port
Of Cardenas and compelled them to re-
treat. I believe the Americans will not
dare to disembark in Cuba"
] Figures from the spanish budget.
| The budget OF 1883 shows SOS, sos. IA
| pesetas expenditure and 87e,0l4.S70 in
| come. There vii be an increase in all
| direct and indirect taxation. The extra
| ordinary budget is chiefly devoted to
additional military and naval expendi-
ture, which is covered by the naviga-
| ton tax and credit for 100. OO0, GOO pes
etas Of treasury bonds. guaranteed by
the Almadon quicksilver mines. There
Is also a provision to enforce the ad-
vance of years territorial and indus
trial taxes
The congress Qower house of the
cortes), which met forthe first time since
the assassination Of Senior Canovas del
Castillo, passed a resolution of condo
lence. proposal was submitted for
| obligatory military service. The Re-
| publicans propose revolutionary cam
paign in the chamber, in which case it
| Is practically certain that the constitu-
tionai guarantees will be suspended