The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-02-14

When the announcement was made by the Presi-
dent of the Assembly on Thursday lat q few minutes
before 8 p. NJ that Prince DAVID KALAKAUA was
elected King of the Hawaiian Islands, several at
tempts were made in the audience to cheer, but they
were promptly suppressed by the police. Some
cheering was heard from the crowd outside, but it
was mingled with yells and cries of rage from the
mob of Q~ueenites. Orators, mostly of the sans
~cullotes =" class, were busy here and there, exciting
the passions of their hearers against the Representa-
tiyes, for having, as they declared, voted against the
wishes of the people in making Kalakaua King.
Meantime the Committee appointed to wait on the
the Prince issued from the Court House and were
about entering q carriaGe- when an attack WAS nad0
upon them by the mob. They were severely hustled,
and their clothes torn, aud were compelled to beat n
hasty retreat, re-entering the Court House from the
rear entrance. In the rush at this moment. a for
eIgner, named John Foley, who endeavored to rescue
Major Moehonua against whom the mob appeared to
be particularly spiteful) was struck by some one in
the crowd, whereupOn he squared himself and struck
right and left, but only for a moment. A blow with
a stick from behind felled him TO the ground and he
was jumped upon and would have been killed in all
probability, but that Major Wodehouse, the British
Commissioner, who happened to be near, forced his
way through the crowd and stood over the man until
he was carried away, badly but not seriously hurt.
The COMMITTEES having got back inside the Court
House, the mob now surged around to the front en-
trance, where with savage yells they demanded that
the Representatives appear. Whenever one Of these
was seen at an upper window, fists and sticks would
be shaken at him, and the shout went up, Look out
for yourself - while the eyes Of the upturned faces
glared with demoniacal fury. Repeated attempts
were made by the Marshal and Deputy, and by we'll
known foreigners to persuade the mob to dispense
peaceably. but these attempts only seemed to still
further excite their unreas6nM r Iney declared
that they had nothing against any foreigner, but Oh.
wanted to get hold Of the native Representatives, to
wreak on them their vengeance for having voted
against Queen Emma. The situation of the mem-
bers was now getting precarious, shut up unarmed in
a building, the doors of which would yield to a mod
crate assault, with a bowling mob without, apparently
thirsting for their lives.
The cry was now raised by the mob (about four
o'clock) "Break in the back doors 1.-THE front
being guarded by the police. Ut is proper to state
just here, that throughout the riot, the native police
were of little or no use.) One or two rushes. a
piece of lumber used as @ battering ram, and the
folding doors yielded and the mob poured in. The
members were now mostly all in the upper portion
Of the building, with several Of the Ministers, Judges.
and other officials. For a time, after gaining an
entrance, the mob devoted their attention to the
destruction of property, and appeared to forget the
Representatives, while they proceeded to smash fur
niture, tear up papers and mutilate books, in the
Offices Of the Attorney General, of Judge Hartwell.
Judge Widemann, the Police Magistrate, and the
Police Court Room. Many valuable private and
some public ocument were r~uthlessly destroyed, of
a nature that can never be replaced. Fortunately
the records Of the Supreme Court, in the Clerks
Office up stairs, were not reached by the vandals.
All the windows and most Of the window-sash Of the
Court House, both above and below, were broken
with coral stones thrown by the mob or with clubs.
And new commenced the attack on the Repre-
as they were endeavoring to escape from
the building. Cubs, improvised from table and
chair legs, were freely used, and that murder out
right was not accomplished can only be explained by
the number of the sssailants all striking blindly at
once. \ few foreigners too, were active and eour-
ageous in endeavoring to rescue and save the mem
bers. As it was, four were seriously injured by
blows about the head, viz: Messrs. Kipi and Haupu
Of Hilo; Nahinu Of South Kona; and Moehonua Of
The following were badly, but not seri-
ously cut and bruised Messrs. Lonoaea and Birch,
Of WailUku; Kaiue and Kupihea, Of Molokai; Ka-
pule, Of Makawao; Koakanu, Of Koloa, Kauai; and
Of Hama, Maui. We have heard of but one
person outside the Representatives who was attacked
beaten-J. Koii Unauna, a known strong parti-
san Of kalakaua. Hon. W. T. Martin and his son
Il. Martin, both members of the Assembly,
barely escaped from the mob, through the courageous
Of foreign friends. A notable circum-
stance throughout the whole Of the riot was that
with the one exception at the beginning, no foreigner
was molested, though if the rioters had not been
lisrr' 81 by a show Of an armed force just at the
zen they were, indiscriminate violence, robbery
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