Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-27

snd Princess Lilinokalani and her
husband, the Hon. John Dominis,
governor Of Oahu and Maui. Then
came the bearer Of the kings jewels
and decorations, scepter, sword of
state, crowns, and feather cloak,
palao, ~puloulou, and the kings torch.
The things special TO this Hawaiian
coronation are all old Hawaiian sym.
bols Of chieftaincy and kingship. The
palaoa may be said to take the
place of the orb In European
c~oronations, being . globe with
pendant. The puloul,u IL
q symbol Of chieftanoy which used
to be set In the ground beside the
Ioor Of the chiefs residence or beside
his camping place In . It has the
form Of q cross-an upright stick
three feet In height and . transverse
piece Of about nine inches. Above
the latter Is Q ball, through which the
upright piece passes, leaving q point.
ed end OF about three inches above
the ball. The torch used by the Ha.
waiian is q long mass Of fatty matter
enveloped In leaves Of the Il plant.
The kahili Is made Of feathers, and
has the shape OF . huge cylinder
dexteriously constructed from feathers
of fowls and turkeys. These are car
ried at the head Of long poles, and
form part Of all Hawaiian state shows.
The kahili Of Pill Is Of moderate d.
mensions, and IL made wholly of
white feathers, presumably obtained
from sea birds.
Among the bearers of the insignia Of
royalty we're two ~prlncesses, cousins
Of the king, magnifcently attired ic
dresses Of pale.pink saton, with tn.
MOS of crimson velvet richly trimmed
with gold braids and deep gold fringe.
These are the princesses selected to
present certain articles to the king
during the ceremony. They were fol.
lowed by the kings chamberlain, the
Hon. Charles Fl. Judd. Al o a
he had passed out of the door of the
palace . loud fanfare of trumpets an.
nounced the approach ii the king and
queen, followed by the ladies of the
household and the kings aids.de
camp. King Kalakaua was dressed In
the uniform Of q generalisimo Of the
Hawaiian forces-a white tunic and
light blue trousers. The queen wore
. magnificent robe Of ruby velvet, with
. splendid train borne by two attend,
ants, ladies'. The king and queer
and personsges who had formed THU
exceedingly pretty procession having
taken places in the pavilion, al
anthem was sung by a large choir o.
native and foreign singers. The Hon.
j. M. Kspena In q loud voice declared
the kings rights and his accession
This declaration was made first In tn,
Hawaiian language and then In En-
glish. Prince Poomalkelani now cam,
forward and presented to the king O.
the palava, the ~puloulou, the torch O.
Kanikaua, and the kahili of Pill
after which the king renewed the OATH
taken at the time Of his accession ir
the following terms: "Sir, Is you
majesty willing to resffirm your pre-
vious oath2" To which the king re-
piled: II am willing" and leavin,
his throne he advanced toward tn,
chancellor, raised his right hand, and
after taking and signing the oath, re
turned to his throne. When tn,
king signed the written copy of tn
oath the chancellor presented hin
with q sword of state, saying: "Re
oeive this kingly sword a. en-
sign of justice and mercy Princes
Kekualike, governess of the Islant
of Hawii," then presented the kin,
with q splendid feather cloak mad'
entirely of precious yellow feathers
which grow under the wings OF q llttl,
mountain bird. This Is an heirloom o
Hawaiian kings, and presented az q,
ensign Of knowledge and wisdom. Tn
chancellor then put on the king
fourth finger Of his right hand q colder
ring, saying: "Receive this ring tn,
ensign Of kipgly dignity" He thel
placed in his hand q scepter, With tn,
words: "Receive this royal scspter a
an ensign Of kingly power and JUS
tice." Prince Kswanaka then brough
forward the crowns, the choir mean
while singing another anthem. Hon
Godfrey Rhodes, President of tn,
Legislative Assembly, the body will
which the election Of kings reste (whel
succession breaks down, and to who's
votes Kalakaua owes his throne), CAV,
the kings crown to the chancello
with an appropriate speech. TIL,
chancellor put 1t In the hands of tn
king, who, like Napoleap l., crowne'
himself.
There was great jealousy as to Wit
should crown the king. The difficult,
was we'll got over by giving separat
offices connected with the act of crown
ing to q representative of the nativ
alils to q president of the Legislature
and to the chancellor, and yet ~leavinI
his majesty to place the crown on hi
own head. The king now rose, pre-
ssnting q stately figure, arrayed In tn,
feather cloak, and wearing his crown
He looked every inch o king, as ",
zee kings of old portrayed in tn
pictures, statues, and on the stage
He received from the chancellor an
other crown, which he placed on tn
brow Of his consort, she bending rever
emily to receive It. Queen Kspiolani |
q handsome woman, and looked YER,
well ON this occasion, bearing herssl
with graceful dignity. Both kim
and queen now knelt, whilst the chap
lain offered up q prayer, As the!
rose sgsin . sslvo of guns announced
to all the population hat the much
talked.of coronation was an accom-
plished facs. Another anthem, tn
words of which r appropriate To tn