The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-05-18
A Fine Pageant.
Funeral Pomp and Military Glitter

Yesterday was in utter contrast
TO the Sunday previous. Instead of
the elements weeping rivers of
water, as if to claim precedence of
grief over mourning nation, scarce
ly cloud ileckcd the broad iirma-
ment from sunrise TO sunset. Upon
the original day set for the beloved
queen dowagcrs funeral, the waters
above threatened to once more join
the waters beneath and whelm every
living thing, at least on this little
spot of earth. Now nothing but the
freshness of tropical life would indi-
cate that anything but sun showers
had ever fallen upon this midocean
group. Nature seemed to have
passed the passionate stage of her
sympathetic grief. The fresh trade
breezes went rustling through the
foliage all day. Tanning the faces
fevered by the assiduous vigils of
long weeks over the bier, they
allaycd, with their soothing balmi-
ness, the primitive turbulence of
national lamentation. 1t was. in
short, one Of our typical days of
brightness and beauty. Outdoors
only the many flags lluttering at
half-mast over town and shipping
betokened that Il woman of royal
lineage-morc royal than in name by
the possession, in abundant measure
and high degree, of the graces that
ennoble her seX-was that day to be
laid to her last sleep.
THE CHURCH SERVICES.
The first service at the Kawaiallao
Church commenced ut twelve o clock.
Long before the hours appointed the
building down stairs and the large
galleries were crowded in every part
Nearly everyone present was dressed
in mourning and the effect, what with
the body covered over with the splen-
did purple velvet pail, the numerous
kahilis and the church drapcd in
black, was very solemn but grand.
BY the expressed desire of His
Majesty the King, the Rev. II. II.
Parker, the worthy pastor of the
church, was requested to deliver a
eulogy at this first service, and the
early hour was fixed so as not to in
terfere with the other service at |
O'Clock. A few minutes after twelve
O'Clock Their Majcstics the King and
Queen arrived at the church and
were conducted to their seats in the
gallery, Immediately in rear of the
platform where the remains lay. To
His Majesty's right were II. r. II.
Princess Liliuokalanl, the Chief JUS
tice and Mrs. Judd, Their Excel
lencies Walter NJ. Gibson, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, and Chas. Il.
Gulick, Minister of the Interior. On
the left were Ii. r. II. Princess
Likelikc and Hon. A. S. Cleghorn,
ii. r. II. Princess Kaiulani, His Elk.
j. M. Kapena, Minister of Finance,
and His Elk. Paul Neumann, Attor-
ney General; Hon. Godfrey and
Mrs. Rhodes, sJustice and Mrs.
McCully. Col. C. II. Judd, His
Majesty's Chamberlain, and Coils.
Curtis p. Iaukea and Jas. II. Boyd,
of His Majesty's staff, were in at
tendance. In the body of the
church seats had been set apart for
the resident ministers and consular
corps. His Elk. the American Minis
ter and Mrs. Daggett, ii. B. MS
Commissioner Major j. H., and Mrs.
Wodehousc, the French Commits
sioner, and Madam Feer, and most
of the Consular Corps were present.
The Captain and officers of II. /. r.
MS Djighit occupied seats near the
Consular Corps. The platform ON
which the body stood was one mass
of the loveliest and choicest flowers
arranged in various designs by loving
hands. The coffin was half-uncover-
ed and showed the silver inscription
plate and the crown. As the royal
party entered the organ broke out in
soft tones, and as soon as seated,
Miss Annis Montague opened the
service by rendering in a most i'm
pressiye and beautiful manner
Handels sublime air, "Angels ever