The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-09
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Volcano House Witnesses Some
Strange Scenes.

Volcano House Company, that the
leaders of that company be In
formed of certain very serious in
conveniences and abuses which
happened in the nights from De-
cember % to December 81. Friday
evening, about 10 o'clock, there ar
rived a horseback party of four in
dividuals, whose names we will
charitably leave unmentioned.
These gentlemen amused them
selves with making an awful noise
during almost the whole night, or
at least until Or 8 o'clock in the
morning. Besides shouting, sing
ing and playing, they tapped with
sticks on the floor and rang, very
often, the large bell used to call
guests for meals. We lost our sleep
almost entirely. The next day, when
DR.. B. Freidlaender and / asked
the manager who those four "osten-
tatious fellows" were, he grew i'm
pertinent to the highest degree, tell
ing me that I was not fit ito hold
the candle to those gentlemen,
and that "if L did not like the Vol
cano House / could stop somewhere
else ;" that house was a public one,
etc. if he were the boss for few
hours he would show US, etc. But
/ do not insist upon these facts, be-
cause the worst part of the story is
yet to be told, for the next night
the four men, apparently under the
influence of much liquor, made not
only noise worse, if it were posi-
BILE, than the previous night, but
they irsulted US directly. We had
two rooms upstairs, and about II
o'clock the men went to the same
floor singing, over and over again
and as loud as they could, some
song about "crazy Dutchmen." l
opened my door, stepped outside
and told them they were no gentle
men. Then they began to throw
around Mr.. /. Friedlaender's boots,
which were standing before the
door. But short time after the
practices grew even worse, and one
of them thought it an amusing
joke to throw a large quantity of
salt or something of the sort
through the transom into Mr.. L.
room. This was
about midnight. Mr.. 1. Friedlaender
dressed and walked down stairs in
order to ask the manager to put a
stop to it. But that man had a
different and rather strange opin-
ion of his duties. He answered
that the Volcano House was pub
lie house and no church, and used
language of a character which we
forbear to quote. AS help from
that side was not obtainable we
could not do better than to lock
our doors inside and stand the
noise, which, after stop of one or
two hours, continued as before, in
creased only by throwing beer bot
ties or other heavy things against
our doors. The next morning,
when after breakfast l went upstairs |
10 fix my baggage, one Of the gen.
5lemen pushed his impertinence so |
ar as to follow me Immediately |
INTO my room, claiming / had to |
apologize because of certain re-
marks. Of course, I answered |
him 1 would not do so, as those
and criticisms were too
we'll justified. When then
he fellow told me, that he had |
ocked my door inside (and in fact |
ne apparently did SOY and that
,nly one of us would leave that |
.oom, L thought it proper as a
means of self-defense to pull my
pistol. But as I could not get it
Iuick enough out of it's case, he
iucceeded in grasping my hand.
There followed a short struggle for
he pistol, whilst L began to shout
or help. After about a quarter of
. minute the door was opened
rom outside therefore it cannot
lave been locked really and the
'ther gentlemen entered. I left
he pistol in my assailant's hands,
md he fired one shot with it, as 1
uppose only to see if the weapon
vas loaded. His companions ask
d me why l had drawn my pistol
nd I told them the reason. We
walked downstairs and then the
ne who had entered my room
laimed again that 1 should apollo
ize, which of course / declined.
he manager also intended to talk
nth me, but after what had hap
'ened 1 was not so minded and
answered him that l had no fur