Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-01

"reminiscences of Honolulu. No. A.
OCTOBER |, 1881

Natlo Nhlp Hno tould nOl cHicr NHo nhtnor) ,
that her crew took tho liquor business, 40
90 say, into thcir own hands. At that
time there were two kinds Of liconsc for
the retail Of spirts--ono which was rc-
strictod to selling by tho bottle only, some.
times called hotel license, and supposed
g. DO for tho accommodation Of tho better
GLASS OF residents and shipmasters; and
these wore allowed to keep open house on
NIL days OF the week. Tho sccond.clnss
houses could sell by the glass only and
were closed on Sundays. These last were
vulgNrly called "tid.shops." The term
WAS derived Ivy soafaripg mon from n
square piece of wood inserted in the heel
Of ships topmnst to keep il in its place.
and was whimsicolly applied to glass of
liquor. Tho most Of these groggcrios were
located on Nuunnn street. which. owing to
the circumstance, was then and for somc
years thereafter, known ms "fid-stroot"
Tho CoRBgrood's crew numbered ovor
fvo hundred men, and ono Saturday morn.
ing in August 1886, about half Of thcm
landed in Honolulu on "libcrty" for three
days. They enjoyed themselves, sailor
fashion, up TO ten o'clock on Saturday |
night when tho liquor shops were closed (; |
but tho trouble began on Sunday morning.
Thirsty, sick and nervous from tho excess
Of tho previous day, they clamored and
banged Mt tho entrances of the 'Rd.shops,"
for "a hair of tho dog that Ind bitten
thcm.' All in vain, for tho grog.scllcrs
know that n forfeiture of their license
would result il they opened their doors.
BY ten o'clock tho street between King
and Hotel streets WINS filed with snlors,
th,a, fr,p, ,xh ,l..b,,. -, Il IL
common cause with the man of-wnr's crew.
Finding at lcngth that they could not get
tho liquor shops open in fair way, they
held brief consultation, tho result of
which was that, with tho MD of piece of
timber found near by, the doors of the
"hd.shops' were battered down, and the
sailors crowded in But thcrc was not, ms
might have been expected, any further
violence or any destruction of property.
In each OF the two shops thus entered, the
sailors appointed one of their own number,
noted for temperate habits, who acted ms
bartender, and nobody was supposed to get
any drinks without paying for them. How
far this rule was strictly carried out, it is
Impossible TO say; but the proprietors of
tho shops found their tills full of coin after
the sallors had gone, and were apparently
satisfied with the result. Not SO, however,
while the affair was in progress for late on
Sunday afternoon, in consequence of com.
plants to Admiral seymour, n squad of
marines was landed from the Cohing,cood
and all tho sailors found about the liquor
shops were arrested and taken on board.
II never trauspired as to whether they re-
oeived any punishment for their acts of
lawiessness.
After the departure of the Coliing,cood,
September 3D., the ./umo remained in port.
Her Commander familiarly known among
his crew as paddy Blako'--he was an
lrrshmnn aud his christian name was Pat
rick~ was somewhat fiery, mad.cap sort
of Character, and evidently held the Ha.
waiinn Government in contempt. His crew
very naturally followed the example of the
Captain, and the result was that they be-
+. gan to emulate the actions of the COtiiHg-
,ooo2 men, and SO became noisy, fghtable
aud very troublesome when on shore on
liberty One night they had regular
battle with the native police, in which
clubs were freely used-the sailors were
the aggressors- some on both sides
were badly beaten. With the help of ont
siders among the natives the sailors were
defeated and number of them captured
and taken to the Fort. Captain Blake de.
manded thor unconditional release, the
next morning, which, after some little
parley, was granted. The next party Of
liberty men from the J,o,o paraded tn,
streets armed with bludgeons aud challeng
ing the police and natives to fight. The,
were particularly anxious to find the Pre-
feet of Police who they thought was re
e,n,s,hla f,r ba haa A., d.
their shipmstes on the former occasion
But they did not succeed in getting Mt tn
object of their wrath. The late Henry SCI
was Marshal of the Islands at that time
and A. p. Brickwood, Esq. was Project O
Poliee-the latter an office corresponding L
that of Sheriff. During the three day
liberty of these drunken sailors the resi-
dents were in constant state Of alarm
for they threatened all sorts of vengeanc
upon the town. Governor Kekuanaoa KEEP
force of two hundred men quietly in til
Fort, but ready to sally out on an en-
Urgency and the high chief Paki, could a
short notice have brought several hundre
armed rctainers on to the street. But
the end plentiful supplies of liquor did tb
work OF quieting the sailor mob, and n
great amount of damage was done
them. However, the visit of PADDY
Blake and his riotous crew was long r,
membered here.
On the S,h of October, 1886, a flag W,
dispiayed IN Honolulu harbor that is sc
dom seen outside Of European waters. I'll
Danish frigate GaIdteo, 20 guns, CAPITA
Steen Bile, arrived from China aud Japa
on a cruise around the world. She carrie
Ac,rps Of seven scientists, skilled in Il
departments Of Zoology, Botany, Geolog
Entomology, and Painting. The Gutat
remained here about month, aud
course the indefatigable Mr. WyIie in
proved the opportunity to conclude
"Treaty of Friendship, Commerce al
Navigation" with Captain Bile, who W.
duly authorised thereto by the King
Denmark. MIR. Il. A. Sewsrkrop, reside
merchant here, was appointed Royal Da
ish Consul. The crew of the Goiat
were remarkably well-behaved and order
men, in marked contrast with the men
the same class who had preceded them.
was said that majority Of these comm,
sailors Ind Kent ionrnals of the yovnpe-