The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-22
CONTINUED from yesterday


Proceeding along Queen street on the
makai side, we come to the old fort.
This is SO historically well known that
it needs no description from me. Its
walls extended along the street to some
distance past Fort street, at the foot
of which the large gateway served for
entrance and exit. Over this gateway
on two occasions were erected scaffolds
for the execution of two couples, men
and women, for having committed muir
der. Indicative of the natives SUPER
stition was an incident 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 of the island
to witness the execution. They had
waited as patiently as could be ex-
pected for the appearance of the GRIM
inals. but the moment that the drop
fell, and it was evident that they had
paid the penalty of their crime with
their lives, the people as If actuated
by one common thought, cried out
.'Ghosts, Ghosts and ran like a flock
of frightened sheep in the opposite di-
rection ais fast as their legs could car
ry them, and in a 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 &
Co.,. English merchants who figured
quite conspicuously two or three years
later in the event of Lord George
Paulet's 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
and that she got the
better of him.
There is connected with the old fort
a national incident which, although 1
have referred to it 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 ap-
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
Dr. G.. p. Judd as the official inter-
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
ar than the royal party, desired, and
without any interchange of courtesies
other than the most formal, were Lord
George, the acting English consul and
q few officers. Below on the parade
da+o rhT nf no
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 faItering voice to the words
spoken in Hawaiian. 1.-The life of the
and has gone The remainder of the
brief speech is matter of
record. The official papers were
then read by DR.. Judd, and at
4 given signal a national salute was
fred, the Hawaiian flag was lowered,
the English flag was raised, and
national salute paid to it. The cere-
nony being over, the English troops
eft the fort with the band playing
Isle of Beauty, Fare Thee Well,
which was felt by many of the old
residents as a needless insult added
70 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
and, the town residence Of the king
and queen and also at times the place
IF meeting of she council. Makaf at
The waters edge. was small cottage
IF plastered adobe, with a veranda eS-
lending all around it, called Mauna