The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-10-08
OF. PRESIDENT GARFIELD
EFFECT OF THE NEWS IN HONOLULU
PUBLIC MEETINGS
SERVICES.

MEMORIAL SERVICES.
On Sunday, the 2nd instant, as the L. NJ.
;. City of Sydney approached the harbor,
and it was observed that the Hawaiian flag
at the main was half-mast, the cry ram
Through the streets, - President Garfield
is dead!" And yet, as it was noticed that,
the Hawaiian ensign was floating at an
unusually low point, many began to sur
mise, and ave expression to the possibility
Of a Hawaiian national calamity. But in
a little while the noble steamer had glided
along channel, had swung past the light
house, had been hailed by some swift little,
CRUISERS that soon passed the news ashore
which spread through the multitude on the
wharf-and the words went from mouth to
mouth, uttered with subdued tone "TheI
President is I'd dead" And native Hawaiians,
taking up the sad refrain, repeated " Ia
make o Gafila "-Garfield is dead. And al
solemnity came over our city, and has rested
upon it all this week as though we all, of
all races assembled in Honolulu, m~ourned|
a national bereavement.
AT THE AMERICAN CONSULATE.
The next day, Monday, L.. S. Consul
M'Kinley a the entrance and indow of
the Consulate very tastefully draped. Long,
folds of black and white cloth hung from the
Ibattlement of the roof to the corner window
lover the Bank. This window had a large|
portrait of the deceased President in it's
center, surrounded by artistically arranged
folds of mourning drapery, blended with
the American flag and the other nine
windows of the Consulate had in the center
of each a tastefully arranged ~rosette, formed
of an American flag, with folds and droop1
ing points of mourning drapery.
All the Consular flags In the city werel
hanging at half-mast; and the most of the
stores an he business part of the city were
draped in mourning.
MEMORIAL MUSIC IN EMMA SQUARE.
On receipt of the sad news, q usual moon
light concert by the Military Band, which,
had been published, was countermanded,
and Professor Berger announced instead for
Tuesday evening, the 4th instant
"a MEMORIAL PERFORMANCES IN HONOR OF THE
LATE PRESIDENT GARFIELD.
PROGRAMME
Comet oaarteate.;i II is by God ordained -.M iDSeiaSGsn
|Chorus-.The Day Of Judgment ..............schneiderj
Funeral Berger
funeral nSrch..: .ShopinI
Cornet ouartette-.Th Sweet By-and-Bye.
The stsr-spangied banner.
Hawaii Ponoi."
The evening was one of unusual beautyl
and sweetness. The grove of Emma SquareI
was adorned by a perfect atmosphere and
sky for an eminent occasion. Every leaf
|shimmered with a silvery effulgence, and
rustled softly a tender requiem. The broad
bright-faced moon was adam in the deep
azure of a most lovely starry vault above
And the thrOng-such a numerous assem-
blage as has not been seen in Emma SquareI
|before-was hushed and subdued, and
moved to and fro gently, and listened in|
SYMPATHY with the mourning of the music,
$50 that the admirable strains of the band]
Isoftened and elevated every heart. TheI
+" Dirge" and "Prayer"-nay, every part
Iof the programme-was beautifully rem
ldered, and listened to in subdued silence i
but the tender strains of the familiar
90 Sweet By-and-Bye" so touched every
heart that a general applause of clapping off
burst forth from the assembled null
NATIVE HAWAIIAN CONDOLENCES.
CWalohiG HarOaii nei.)
Posters were issued within twenty-four hours
after the arrival of the sad news by a committee
Iof native Hawaiians, calling for n public meetingl
at Kawaiahao on Tuesday evening.
At Z pm. a large throng of Hawaiians was
assembled in the old Stone Church. On motion
|of Hon. J. NJ. Kapena, Hon. S. X. Kaai was
placed in the chair, and Mr.. 3. W. KawainuiI
appointed secretary.
Hon. S. X. Kaai, speaking in the Hawaiian
language, then stated the object of the meeting,
with appropriate remarks, and speaking subj
stantially as follows, said =
This was something new for Hawaiians to-
do but we are advancing with other ChrIstiant
nations, and this was an expression of our
sympathy. Garfield was President of
TIE country which first brought Christianity toI
our shores-the country which has done much
for us, and is our nearest and best friend. Hell
thought it was very appropriate for us to tender
our aloha to that country on this occasion of itsI
great nt,-because we have been taught
and enlightenment by many of her
people. And not only that, but also we ought
to pay proper tribute to the memory Of q great
and good man, who has been struck down by
the hand of an assassin"
Hon. J. NJ. Kapena said that his manao, or
correspondent with Nh. Kaai's but heE
would like to make this addition to his remarks.
General Garfield was one of the foremost, and
perhaps one of the strongest, advocates in favor
IF the Reciprocity Treaty we now enjoy. He
by what he had heard and read, that if
had not been for Garfield it would never have
been passed. He then offered the following
preamble and resolutions =
"WHEREAs,-On the arrival of the mail
steamer on Sunday last, Hawaii nei received
with profound grief the news of the death of
JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD, late President of the
States-in whom, as n warm friend of
Hawaii, and the friend of his fellOw-man every
ghere, all true Hawaiian hearts felt an implicit
rust whose untimely departure from this life
$ mourned by all nations. We Hawaiians, in
public meetings assembled, now join in the
tribute of respect to the memory of n
great and good man Therefore, e
RESOLVED That it is with the sense of a s
leep grief that this large assemblage of the Ha-
vaiian people kindly tender to President Arthur,
nd through him 20 the people of the United
States. their heartfelt coincidence ON this great