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

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Before noon Co, landing force or
lcach oi our ship. had been fuily equip
ped, with their arms stacked on thc
900 d,gk and with the boats unoai
rpu go .oratcd Aiong the ships side
chat rach could BE- manned 90 one and
iiir are time The men aud officers
kept thcif equipments on aud al that
was necessary before embarkill was
ior each officer TO buckle ON hi. sword
and revolver aud each tlueiacktt and
marine 90 seize his rifle.
The Signal Owen.
As we were AL compelled 20 remain
on board ship in this state Of imme-
diatc readiness for landing. we were
unaware of what was taking place
curing 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. {. Murray and, inside of ten min
utes, tie landing forces cf our two
vessels, numbering about $50 sailors
una marines, were on shore aud march
ing at the double for the eourth house,
their route icing lined with noisy ma
tivos whose looks generally letokened
no good will
Ul ON arrival at the courthouse
yating gun Is crew from the Ports
mouth took position IN front of the
entrance while the remainder of our
landing force form ell in line facing the
front OF the building at a distance of
about fifty yards.
A Wild Scene.
The scene at the courthouse was wild
III the extreme. About the building,
enclosing it and our force on all sides,
were gathered several thousand ma
tives, quite number of them grasping
arus and legs of chairs and tables, and
| sticks or lillets of wood. and, for a
time, the noise they made was almost
dcafcring. 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
rollen furniture, torn books and pa
pers.
Fixed Bayonets.
Within a short time of our arrival 1
was directed to take the Tuscarora s
marines and clear the upper part of the
buildinp in which number of natives
were still to be seen. This did not
take long, although a few violent ones
talked 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
hurry. One ringleader stood his
ground until bayonet touched him
and then, with a 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
at once commenced to disperse, many
of them starting in the direction of
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 they marched up between our
forces and the courthouse, were re
ceived with hearty cheers by many OF
the natives. This force remained al
the courthouse but n short time and
|, then started for the residence of the
| queen dowager, where, | afterwards
learned, they drove off all of the turbu
7 lent natives and then remained to pa
| troi that place and assist in preventing
/ further disturbance in the town.
Shortly after the English force ha(
. 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
r while the English force remained il
. the grounds of the dowager queen.
/. Two or three shots were fred at tn
{ courthouse during that same night, bu
= 10 one was struck by them and tn
!. perpetrators were never discovered
{ The American and English landin
d forces patroled the city for a fey
rights and about one week later, N
other disturbances occurring in tn
r. meantime, were withdrawn to their re
s. spective ships.
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