Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-17
kAIuLANI HAS
PASSED away
The Hawaiian Princess is Dead
in Hon lulu.
RHEUMATISM THE CAUSE
4 -l4- e = IT
Incidents That Led Up to the Over
throw of Her Mother Some Years
AgO--Other Notes.

Honolulu. via San Francisco, March 10.
Princess Kaiulani died March 9Th of in
fiammatory rheumatism. In 1891 Kaiu-
iani was proclaimed heir apparent to the
Hawaiian throne.
The funeral of the dead princess will
occur on Sunday, March IL, from the old
native church and will be under the di-
rection Of the government. The cere-
monies will be on scale becoming the
rank of young princess. The body is
lying in state at Anahu, the princess old
nome. Thousands of people both native
and white have gone out to the palace
and the whole town is in mourning Flags
on the government buildings are at half
mast, as are those on the residences of
the foreign consuls. Bishop Willis, of the
Church of England, will conduct the
| funeral services.
| All the Chinese in quarantine whose
permits from the old Hawaiian govern
ment are in good form will be allowed to
land in Honolulu without delay
! This is the final decision of the matter
by the treasury department at Washing
| ton.
| The United States transport Roanoake
tarrived from San Francisco on the 9Th
She sailed again yesterday after taking
on coal.
The ship Edward O'Brien which recent
| ly went ashore near this port was sold on
| the I'd for $3.50, her cargo bringing $675
The vessel is a complete wreck.
Captain Harry Mcdaniel Of Omaha,
who was present during the rebellion
which resulted In the overthrow of the
government of Quen Liluokalani and the
event which prevented Princess Kaiulani
! from ascending the throne, speaks of the
memorable fight as follows:
I'VE found upon our arrival at Homo
lulu that the political aspect. was not
very reassuring. as rumors were afoat
4 that the natives We're. to overthrow the
provisional government.
! "A few weeks later the citizens of
Honolulu We're notified while at church
that the natives We're approaching the
city to the number of several hundred,
and a call to arms was made by Presi-
i dent Dole. Volunteers We're plentiful.
: and in brief space of time several
companies were formed. I volunteered
my services, and being well up in tao
tics was personally assigned by Pres-
dent Dole at the head Of company B of
the Hawaiian national guards.
i THE knowledge of the threatened
outbreak was conveyed through the
medium of several gallons Of gin which
was supplied to the natives who were de-
tailed to clean a lot of Winchesters con-
cealed in a sandy beach few miles from
/ Honolulu. The native fondness of gin
He'd them to indulge beyond their capacity,
with the result that they got gloriously
kdrunk and became involved in a fierce
flight among themselves. Several shots
were fired which attracted the attention
of Charles Carter, wealthy plantation
owner, who, in accommodating with
view of giving an alarm, was shot
and killed Mr.. Carter was the only
white man killed in the revolution The
news soon spread like wild fire and
lit was not long before we We're under
] double quick marching orders toward
! the scene of battle. Our combined forces
, only numbered two companies. We were
all anxious and eager to show what man
ner Of men we We're under fire and lost
no time in reaching a commanding posi-
ton, where we opened fire upon the dark
skinned foes. The battle lasted for sew
eral hours and of course resulted in our
| favor with a loss of fully One-third
of the natives dead, wounded or cap
tured, while our total loss amounted to
! only four men killed and three wounded.
/ We pursued the natives, who fed to the
mountains, and then we camped in the
Manoa valley for several days. The
hardships of camp life in that country to
an American unused to the vertical sun,
and tropical food soon had a disastrous
effect and thinned our numbers to a con-
siderable extent
Even 'embalmed beef would have
been a most acceptable ration at that
time in lieu of nothing else in sight.
The cacti and lantana played havoc with
our uniforms. .-....-a.-.-
"Folowing the capture of the ring
leaders came the surrender of the native
forces in large numbers and with it the
grand finale of the tempest in teapot,
! as it was aptly termed, in the arrest of
| Quen Liluokalani, or as the provisional
government officials dubbed her, Mrs.
| Dominis.'
! president Dole detailed myself and
two other officers to make the imperial
arrest. There wer no elaborate cere-
monies and the queens arrest and con-
| viction are matters of history"