The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-24
ROBERT w. WILCOX
DIED LAST NIGHT
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they said he must. They forced him t.
go into the campaign and run for Sher
if. L advised strongly. against it but j
was no use. They nominated him ant
then made him make too many
speeches. They would come here to oul
home and insist that he go out and
work for his party. They would go te
other people speak first. / told them te
| let Mr. Wilcox speak first so he could
come home early with me as he was
very sick. They said that's all right,
/ just be patient, for Mr.. wilcox must
| speak last. The people want only Mr..
Wilcox and if he speaks first he is the
only one they want to hear and then
they will go away without hearing our
other candidates. So Mr.. Wilcox al
ways had to speak last to hold the
crowd and this helped him to his death
o, it's too bad they made him rum
Continuing Mrs. Wilcox stated that
she could not tell when the funeral
keep the body a week but of course the
party leaders would have something to
say about it as he was so prominently
connected with the party and it would
be great blow to them.
Owing to the lateness of the hour of
his death. and from the fact that no
but few people knew of his death dur
ing the night but today when the news
becomes known there Will surely be a
great gathering of Hawaiian people
around the place where his body rests.
Aside from his politics Mr.. Wilcox had
made very many warm friends. The
natives have a great aloha for the
dead leader and are sure to be present
to mourn him, in large numbers.
During the past few weeks Mr.. Wilcox
has been carrying on a very strenuous
campaign, as he was the Home Rule
candidate for sheriff. He has made
many speeches on this island and has
been very busy.
On the evening that he made his last
speech he had previously attended
church with Mrs. Wilcox.
CAREER OF Mr.. WILCOX.
There are very few people in the Ha-
waiian Islands who are not intimately
acquainted with his career. So many
articles have been printed |
concerning him that he has become !
widely known and had a very large
personal acquaintance throughout the :
Islands
Robert w. Wilcox was born February !,
Is, 1855, at Kahulu, Honuaula, Island /
Of Maui, Hawaiian Islands. His father
is VIM. S. Wilcox native of Newport,
Rhode Island; he was a sea captain
and is now eighty-seven years old. |
His mother was Kalua Makoleokalani, !
a direct descendant of Lonomakaiho-
nua, brother of King haulahea of Maui.
He first went to school at Wailuku
at the age of s years. Two years later
his mother died and his father moved
to ranching at Makawao. After COM
pleting his studies in 1875 he was a
teacher under the Board of Education
at Honuaula, until 1880 when he was
elected to the Legislature from the
District of Wailuku, Maui, and subse-
auently went to Italy to study in the
military academies and a year later
was admitted to the Royal Military at
Turin. In 1885 he graduated from the
academy and was promoted to sub
lieutenant of artillery. Then he en-
tered the Royal Application School for,
Engineer and Artillery Officers. While
ne was taking the last course in this
school as an artillery officer he was
recalled by the Hawaiian Government.
That was in the year 1887. He was
Just married to young lady of the
noble house of Colonna di Stigliano.
Her name was Signorina Gina Sobrero.
She accompanied him and in 1888 they
moved to San Francisco where Mr..
Wilcox was employed as surveyor and
wife gave lessons in French and Ital-
an. Wilcox came back to Honolulu
m 1889, and his wife returned to Italy.
In the morning of July 80, 1889, Mr.. !
Wilcox led body of native revolution
sts and succeeded in occupying the
grounds of the 'Iolani Palace now the
Executive Building, but by evening
ne became a prisoner and was charged
with high treason by the government,
but his countrymen, as jurymen, dis
charged him. In 1890, he was elected to
the Legislature from Honolulu as one
IF the representatives In 1892 Mr.. Will ;,
cox was again elected to the Legisla-
ture as leader of the Liberal Party"
In 1895, he led the. Diamond Head
revolution against the Provisional Gov
eminent. After two weeks of revo-
luton he was captured, court-martiaIed
and sentenced to death. Mr.. Dole
committed the sentence to So years inn
at hard labor and $4,000
fine. In January, 1885, he was given a
conditional pardon and in 1898 Presi-
dent Dole gave him a full pardon.
While in prison in 1895, Pope Leo XIII
granted to his wife an annullation of |
the marriage; also the Civil Court of |
Italy. The italian Consul and the |