The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-23

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Idff Indicative of tho natives super.
tIilnn was nm in,iifnt connected with
the last execution The streets near
and approaching the fort were packed
with natives, men and women, who
had come FROM all parts u the island
20 witness the execution They had
waited ~ patiently az could be ex.
pec,ed for the appearance Of the Grim.
inhis. but the moment that the drop
fell. ana II was evident that they had
paid the penalty ~ their crime with
their lives the people as II actuated
by one common thought. cried out
Ghosts. Ghosts" and ran like a flock
OF frightened sheep In the opposite d.
rection as fast as their legs could car
ry them. and In short space Of time
| the streets were cleared.
on the mauka side OF the street, on
the corner OF Kaahumanu. was the
store OF the firm Of Henry skinner e
/ CO., English merchants who figured
quite cOnspicuously two or three years
later in the event OK Lord George
Pauets seizure of the Islands. The
Junior member Of the firm, who was
commonly called Bobby Robson, was
said to have put In a claim against
the government for the sum Of three
| thousand dollars for personal injuries"
1t was commonly reported at the time
that the injuries" were the result of
an alteration which he had with his
washerwoman and that she got the
better of him.
There is connected with the old fort
a national incident which, although
have referred to 1t In a previous ar
! ticle, may not be amiss here. 1t was
| on the occasion of the cession of the
Islands and government, forced by the
acting English Consul Alexander Simp-
son, and Lord George Paulet, an APP
parently willing tool in the hands of
| the much more able British Consul.
The day and hour for the cession had
come. The king and his chiefs with
DIR. G.. Z. Judd as the official inter-
prefer, stood on one part of the YER
| anda of the governors house overlook
| ing the large area of the fort and
little distance ahead from them on the
same veranda, though evidently near
er than the royal party. desired, and
without any interchange of courteses
other than the most formal, were Lord
George, the acting English consul and
a few officers. Below on the parade
ground We're a detachment of the Ha-
waiian troops and also a little dis
lance from them the British soldiers
from H. b. NJ. Frigate Carysfort The
time having arrived, the king stepped
to the front of the platform, which
was a signal for quiet from the small
number who had gathered to witness
the painful ceremony. The American
party refused to be witnesses on the
occasion, while some of the English
residents did not attempt to conceal
their satisfaction that the islands were
to pass under the English flag. 1t
was then that The king gave utterance
with faltering voice to the words
spoken in Hawaiian. THE life of the
land has gone" The remainder of the
brief speech is matter of
record. The official papers were
then read by DIR. Judd, and at
a given signal a national salute was
fired the Hawaiian flag was lowered,
the English flag was raised, and a
national salute paid to it. The cere-
mony being over, the English troops
left the fort with the band playing
Isle of Beauty, Fare Thee Well"
which was felt by many of the old
Presidents as a needless insult added
to injury.
On the Waikiki side of the fort was
a short street running from Queen
street to the water. Near Queen street
was Halekauwila, one of the largest
and finest matched houses on the is
land, the town residence of the king
and queen and also at times the place
of meeting of the council. Makai at
the waters edge, was a small cottage
of plastered adobe, with a Veranda eX-
| tending all around 1t, called Mauna
| kilika, also used for government pur-
| poses, and later by the English Adj
miral Thomas who came to the islands
to restore the flag and the government
! to the rightful authorities. Beyond
this towards Waikiki Were the prem
ises occupied by Governor Kekuanoa,
| and beyond these the residence of the
| high chiefess Kekauonohi and her
husband, Kealiiahonui, son of the
! former king of Kauai, who was
! brought as "A hostage from that island
and married to his royal companion.
! These We're the only buildings of any
Importance on the whole length of the
street from Fort street to the mission
premises, with the single exception of
the Oahu Charity School, n coral build
I ing which was erected for the educa-
ton of the half white children of the
place. This school was conducted by Mr.
a. tombstone, whose square two-story
residence stood the last house on the
mauka side of King street before COM
ing to the plains called Kulaokahua.
| think that the present residence of
Mr., c. II, Atherton occupies the spot
where Mr.. Johnstone's house stood.
Beyond this the plain stretched from
the slopes of Punchbowl to the sea,
broken only by two residences, one
called Makiki. with its little grove of
ha, 81,