The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-11-03

I"tS ANltO"-NNi SullJSl tuSLS SCuOOlS
Of little ones, neatly arrayed, to fol-
low to the tomb one who had de-
lighted to do them good. TO the
ear there was clatter of martial
hoofs and the regular beat of mill
t2ry tread; to the eye, gay sue
cession of uniforms, as the horse and
foot Of the royal guards, and the
gallant liremen by companies, to-
gether with the various societies in
regalia, moved by different ap-
proaches to the rallying grounds Of
the funeroal parade. At the ap-
pointed time for the services to
begin in the house, a scene not soon
to be forgotten was presented in the
outside vicinity. Heavily draped in
futtering Grape, the large front por-
tico was in mournful contrast to the
bright mansion with its lofty gilded
vane, while the symbols Of woe
covering the massive gate pillars
warned tue casual glance that the
gorgeous kahilis lining the garden
avenue were not there to grace a
festival for the living. A platoon of
cavalry stood a guard of honor on
either side Of the main entrance. On
the opposite side Of the street about
q hundred native women, of the Ka-
waiahao Church, were drawn up in
line, 1anked by q few Of the male
members. Far down the route Of
procession stretched the lines Of
military and of the other organiza-
tons, which were to precede the
bearse, and far up the rear the car
riages and pedestrians that were to
follow in the cortege. Along the
sidewalks in rear Of all those men,
toned was'a dense throng Of specta-
tors, Of every nationality in our very
mixed population, Chinese relatively
predominating us being the largest
element in the community who did
not regard the proceedings other
than US matter of curiosity.
The services at the residence were
attended by large number of pee
pie. Their Majesties the King and
Queen, Ii. r. II. Princess Likelike,
"a. r. Fl. Princess Kaiulani, His
Ex. Gov. Dominis, Hon. A. S.
Cleghorn, His Majesty's Ministers
Gibson, Kapena and Gulck, Chief
Justice Judd, Foreign Ministers,
Consuls and others were assigned to
special seats. Shortly after the ap-
pointed time, the chief mourners
took their seats at the head of the
ceeded from the organ. The coffin
was covered with u royal pail of
black velvet, and surrounded with
the most profuse and beautiful dis
play Of floral offerings that could be
conceived, consisting of crosses, pill
lows, horseshoes, wreaths, etc. The
services commenced with the Kawa-
iahao Church Choir chanting a
fuueral psalm in Hawaiian, accom-
panied on the organ by Mr.. Wray
Taylor. 1t WAS sung most beauti-
fully aud with marked expression,
drawing tears from many eyes. The
Rev. Fl. II. Parker then went on
with the service in Hawaiian, after
which he delivered very impressive
and appropriate prayer in English.
The Fort Street Church Choir then
sung very effectively without accom-
paniment, Blessed Home Land"
from the Gospel Hymns, by request
of the Hon. Mr., Bishop. This
brought the services to close, and
the coffin, which was resting on a
small bier on wheels, draped in
black with fringe all round, was
then drawn slowly out of the house
by the front entrance, down an
inclined platform to the catafalque,
the following acting as pall-bearers: |
G. Q. Beckley, Samuel Parker, R. |
Austin, Palekaluhi, Kaluna, Kahale-
hau, j. G. Hoapili, and j. Hum |
phriea. The scene was distressing
in the extreme as the body was
slowly borne from the house. The
faithful attendants of the deceased
and others in the grounds broke out
spontaneously in bitter wailinG,