The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-01-14


naH whea aiio,ted 90 ao 30 by a MES.
ttnAr ftrM tiu nitcI flrt,s Allu.
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hhor9 noon tuo landing force on
'cncn oi oNr ships bad been iullv equip
ped, with their arms stacked ON tuc
iaf dt.k nuI with the boats hnoat
nua su located alung the ship p side
that cnct could te MANNED az ore and
Tire sai.e time. The men and officers
kept their equipments on and al that
was necessary before emharkiul was
Tor each officer TO buckle on hi. sword
and revolver and each tlueiack,t and
marine 10 seize his rifle.
The Signal Given.
As we were al compelled 90 remain
Gu board ship in this state Of imme.
diatc readiness for landing. we were
unaware Of what was taking place
nurng the session of the legislative as
scmbly at the courthouse. About the
middle Of the afternoon Mr.. Barker
broke the flag at the masthead of the
D. c. Murray and, inside of ten min
utes the landing forces Cf our two
vessels, numbering about $50 sailors
una marines, were on shore and march.
ing at the double for the courthouse,
their route Icing lined with noisy ma
tivcs whose looks generally hetokened
no good will.
Gil on arrival at the courthouse a
eating gun 8 crew from the Ports
mouth took position in trout of the
entrance while the remainder of our
landing force form ell in line facing the
front OF the building at n distance of
about fifty yards.
A Wild Scene.
The scene at the courthouse was wild
in the extreme. About the building,
enclosing it and our force on all sides,
were gathered several thousand ma
tives, quite n number of them Grasping
arms and legs of chairs and tables, and
sticks or illets of wood. and, for a
time. the noise they made was almost
dcafcning MANY natives ran out of
The courthouse from the side and rear,
some Joining the crowd and some run
ming into the town. The ground
around the building was Uttered with
roken furniture, torn books and pa
pers.
Fixed Bayonets.
Within short time of our arrival l
was directed to take the Tuscarora s
marines and clear the upper part of the
building in which a number of natives
were still to be seen. This did not
take long, although few violent ones
talked a great deal and offered a slight
resistance but when the marines form
ed in line and started for them with
fixed bayonets most of them made for
the side door and the windows in a
Lnrry. One ringleader stood his
ground until a bayonet touched him
and then, with yell, made for the
door. The building was in great dis
order, nearly every window being
smashed and apparently all the furni-
ture having been broken. The floors
were Uttered with mutilated books and
torn papers and that of the upper room
was blood stained in several places.
The noise continued outside and be-
fore long several natives, evidently
leaders, commenced to harangue the
crowd, one particularly noisy one
climbing a small nearby tree for the
purpose After what seemed like a
long time a few of these disturbers
were taken in charge by our people,
which had good effect, as the crowd
ct once commenced to dispense, many
of them starting in the direction of
the residence of the dowager queen
Soon after our arrival it had become
evident that quite a number of ma
| tives in the surrounding crowd were
rot active participants in the disturb
, ance.
Cheers for British.
Within half an hour of our reaching
the courthouse the landing force from
the British gunboat Tenedos arrived
and as thpy marched nm hntwean our
| forces and the courthouse, We're re-
coived with hearty cheers by many of
the natives. This force remained at
the courthouse but short time and
then started for the residence of the
I queen dowager, where, I afterwards
learned, they drove off all of the turbu-
i lent natives and then remained to pa
troi that place and assist in preventing
further disturbance in the town.
Shortly after the English force had
! marched off, the Tuscarora g force
marched to the armory, while the Ports
| mouth s force remained at the court
house. The American forces occupied
+ the courthouse, armory and prison,
while the English force remained in
the grounds of the dowager queen.
| Two or three shots were fired at the
I courthouse during that same night, but
no one was struck by them and the
perpetrators were never discovered
The American and English landing
forces patroled the city for n few
| rights and about one week later, nc
othcr disturbances occurring in the
meantime, were withdrawn to their re
spective ships.