The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-01-03
GREAT FALL IN PLASTER.
Captain Ziegler Lucky That He's
Alive" Kahunas at Work."

A1Vc- hunuuaS ~ "
You can say that there's moro
vandalism by the p. G.. army, and
that the kahunas are at work"
With an address like this and fur
thcr explanation in answer to a
puzzled look and an inquiry as to
what he was giving us, Lieutenant
G.. W. II. King led the BULLETIN re-
preventative from the Agriculture
Office in Aliiolani Hale, or the Judi
ciary building as it is now called, to
the hall of the Legislative Assembly
now occupied as the barracks OF Co.
A, Hawaiian National Guard.
There a scene of devastation was
revealed. Had the bloomin' royal
lists been using what the anarchists
choose to call the 'weapons OF civil
izatiou!' Or had one of the war
ships taken a sighting shot at the
building and dropped a shell inside
with only too sure an aim for the
comfort OF the garrison9 The con-
dition Of the rooms to the rear OF
Assembly hall looked as If one Of
these things had happened. These
rooms formerly contained the Audi
Generals office, the Office OF the
Board Of immigration, and that OF
the Registrar of Elections. They
arc separated from the main hall by
large folding doors, and divided
from each other by thin partitions.
What was seen was the floor all
covered with plaster, including huge
iunks of cornice, and nothing left Of
the ceiling overhead but bare laths,
with part of the cornice and the
large ornamental piece in the mid
die. This piece being anchored by
the chandelier rod looked secure
enough amidst the wreck and ruin
Where the Auditor-G General used
10 regulate the finances OF the coun.
try was selected by Capt. Zieglel
for his berth, when he takes time
from the defense of the 2. G.. fol
slumbcr. lie is usually taking .
sicsta on his bed in that corner at
o'clock in the afternoon, but some
thing intcrfcred with his custom q,
that hour yesterday. Fortunate fol
him was the deprivation Of his &C
customcd couch on this occasion
fbr spawl of cornico weighing
four or fyc hundred pounds cam,
down kerwhark Oh his bod. II smash
rd tlIsirOn brdsirad into scraps ant
uadc a noise prodigious enough Il
iuocula,r the souls Of the soldier
against all terror from the crash o
h0mbshells. As this great tumbl,
in plaster was followed by ,lcsultor,
showers OF the same sort of insolu
ble hail. the company was set I,
work aud tore down the whole cell
Ing with the exceptions above. men
. toned
Where the plaster first began [,
break away. hrrrir the heavy picc,
. fell that drmuli,,,d the captain
bod. was at cracked beam under
meath the Government law library
whose weight Of legal knowlcdg
materially is such as to require
very substantial basis OF beams, q
intellectually but n small proportion
OF It's contents would suffice TO strait
many legal luminary's understand
ing. Pieces Of laths that have fallel
arr found TO bo clean gone with dr.
rut and th. ravagcs of ants. Tn
virtue Uf the plaster, whatever
!. had once. Is now absent. Who. ha
fallen aud bccn taken down include
two heavy cornicc belts that ran in
, side nT tho main cornice remaining
An inspection Of the joists beneatl
I the law library aud the heavy safe
Of til" judiciary Department woul'
= seem To ba in order now. ~ tn
! beams arc ant-catcn or touched wit
) dry rot. a terrible casualty nigh
! occur at any moment.