Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-08-15

y mHfiING NI fHtffWH. tAIlfH w WiniH'ft
Resident Nsml s Ihs fslursi nt Amrn,sa
U.NlsHu vas hsld last saurit, evening he
ilaeHnn Hotel Niurs, NsuNl presided
uu matIau do.idsd to hs ihs ssnss of ths
meeting thal plilif srf,itsi hs tsii u.mmrm.
ufHfi,s ~ fhs character sni plhl, services ~
iIs hu g. = Dtan tu utangr mf such
services ihe following committee via chosen
IT, ! p N,ttev, Minister Resident Msf
dl. To- y " Emerson. H. g. T.
Ryiecp, NJ \ Hopper Mt Il " lsioc
and Nj u s smith The ptuam,d was
chairman snd The last NAMED secretary This
,1mmiuc, met Yesterday aud decided ia hold
publl, msmotial service. VI The dead beto 10
tou street tbutrh la,l Thursday at } r. N
th memorial walls of liUnalulus hwtIr.
sanctuary wrrr mpumhlly beautiful with
mnc,ss iwpping, lsa Thursday afternoon,
and rptc'Wtives of all llavai, we've
gathered there to honor one whose achieve
mcrl, hororcd NOT only h,s nation hut hi,
o,uwy
tl The morning busy h,tIns and cunning
IlNli'l" NA'N N''N w N'iN NNfHH I'Af IlN -.
ttuet Ma, George W Merrill Nln fmnk
= llaung,, Miss May tauct Mis-, Maggie
lioppcf, Manage, We'll, Of kobala, Secretary
tullr, " the v VI, g. 49, Ianitor Donnelly
OF the church had been the efficient executives
ol Nes,u. ? &, Jones and \ Hopper.
committee on decorations The effect was o
triumph ol artistic good taste. over The
organ with knot ui flowers and lcins At the
apcs, two American nags met and fell to len
and right Two bands of black and white
cupc were placed perpendcularly on the
organ front Between them was . large, half
life sire likeness oi the dead hero the same
that had been displayed in the window Of
Mcssts VI oat, IT,, 4 Co Along the
railing oi the choir were Two large American
flags dmped with mourning, fastened in
several places by masses oi white and pink
flowers and ferns dainty s,ikcn flag
covered the font ol the reading desk, which
was ilanked aud iron,cd Ivy horrl columns
leaning against masses oi gfecncfy, The
lamp brackets around the room were gaIlanded
with ferns and mailc, aod the gallery rail was
hung with iendrils Of male, relieved by masses
ol icfns and white flowers.
The programme was long onc-but a.
good a, It vas long II consisted Of 10 mum
bers, including the closing voluntary, seven
being musical Two hours, almost TO q
minute, were occupied two profitable and
enjoyable hours
The platform was occupied 10y Minister.
Rcsidcn, Merrill, Rev. ). T., Bishop Rev Z.
{, Oggcl aud Rev. George Wallace. Makai
Of the ros,ium sat the various speakers Two
historic chairs, once the property OF King
LOUIS Philippe OF France, loaned ior the
occasion by Dr. !. 5, MtGrcw, were occupied
10y King kalakaua and Queen kapiolani.
The queen sat ON the kings right ON her nigh,
Princess Likelike, on the right Of whom sat
Hon A. $. Cleghom, On the kings lef sat
Princess l.iliuokalani on whose left sat
Govcncss poomaikclani Behind the king
sat Ministers Gibson and Guliek and Mrs.
Culick. At their LEFT sat Postmaster General
and MIS- Whitney. surveyor General and
Mrs Alexander Behind the queen sat
Justices Preston and McCully and Mrs.
McCully, At their left sat Marshal and Mrs.
Sopcf Behind the cabinet sat Commissioners
Wodchouse and Feer, Mrs G.. W. Merrill,
Vice Consul Davies, Mrs. H. w. Schmidt and
Vice Consul and Mrs. Hastings. Behind the
supreme judges sat Consuls Schaeier, Laine
and Nakamura, Acting Consul lIackield
| Commercial-Agent and Mrs. Goo Kim. BE.
hind the foreign representatives sat members
OF the G, A. X. The house was well filled.
but not uneomfouably crowded. The after
noon was delightfully."- cool.
The speakers had been iudiciously chosen
from list selected by the general committee.
Doctor Rodgers had undertaken the task OF
securing the acceptance OF those invited ; and
only one man failed him-Rev II. II. Parker,
whose modcsty obscurcd his duty to the land OF
his parents. Law, medicine, journalism and
agriculture were represented. Hon, A. 5.
Hanwell, an officer in the Union Army and a
former Hawaiian iurist Mr.. Jonathan Austin,
also Union soldier and also lawyer DR..
| y. II. Emerson, private in the Union ranks
and now skilled physician; Consul-General
Putnam, lifetime journalist Mr.. J. NJ,
Homer, an American iarmer-ihe old-time
type that believes in God and hard work, the
type tha, won the Revolution and pu, down
the Rebellion.
II Mr., Hartwell's speech was unfortunate in
its perversion of truth, and still more un'
fortunate in the stiffness of its delivery, it wa,
not without traces of the ability that ha,
made its author so successful among his
fellows. Mr.. Homer spoke without notes,
but with an earnes,ness and certain rude
paihos that stirred every patriotic heart in the
large audience and brought tears to man,
eyes We regret that we are unable to CIV
even Inc substance OF MI Horners address
mere outline would DO II great injustice