The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-07-30


at least q thousand persons, including a
large number of native Hawaiians, de-
pendent on the employment furnished
bv Wilder & Co., the Wilder Steamship
Co., the railroads and other of MIR.
Wilder's large concerns. His restless
enterprise was only checked in still
| greater development by the failure, for
| the time at least, of his scheme to obtain
money in the London market for build
ing a railroad from HilO to Hamakua
This was indeed on the eve of success to
every appearance, when news OF the rev.
olutien of 1887 reached London and in
timidating capitalists rendered nugatory
| all that had been thus far effected.
During the extraordinary session of
! the present Legislature last year, Mr.
Wilder again left for London in the hope
of confidence being again restored in
Hawaiian securities. A strong COmbin-
alton was, however, formed against the
scheme in San Francisco, in whose hands
further disquietlng rumOrs from Honolulu
proved only too effective ammunition.
Mr.. Wilder again returned with but
failure to report, a large proportion of the
community heartily sympathizing with
him in his disappointment. At the
opening of the extraordinary session he
was elected President of the Legislature,
but after he left for London circum-
stances made it advisable to the mem
bers to elect permanent President for
the balance OF the session. Neverthe-
less, at the opening of theregular session
now running, Mr. Wilder was unani-
mously chosen again as the head Of the
Assembly. He was practical parlia-
mentarian; just, prompt, and precise in
his rulings; combining rare tact with
energy in the dispatch of business. His
Majesty had conferred upon Mr.. Wilder
the distinctions of a Knight Commander
of the Royal Order of Kalakaua, and
Grand Officer of the Royal Order Crown
of Hawaii.
The funeral of the late Hon. S. G.
Wilder took place from the residence,
Esk bank, to the Nuuanu Cemetery at 5
o'clock on Sunday afternoon. A large
concOurse OF people filled the house and
thronged the grounds before the cere-
monies began. Religious services were
conducted by the Revs. H. H. Parker
and DR.. Beckwith. The singing was
beautifully done by quartet consisting
of Mrs. A. +. Judd (alsO piano accom-
panist), Mrs. John H. Patty, Hons. j. T.
Warehouse and H. f. Baldwin. The
hymn "Abide with me- was sung; Mr.
Parker read the 103d Psalm, Bless the
Lord o my Soul" etc. DIR. Beckwith
offered prayer in English, and Mr.. Par
ker in Hawaiian, and the hymn, I"
would not live Away" was sung. The
body was preceded to the grave by
long line of employees of the different
Wilder interests, and borne thither by
native HaWaiians in the same connection.
AS the cemetery adjoins the homestead
the route was taken through the rear of
the latter without going on the street,
and the distance was too short to
allow the general public time to form in
the Honorables G. r. Bishop, Justice E.
Preston, II. A. Widemann, A. S. Cleg-
horn, @. w. Macfarlane, j. Mott Smith
and w. H. Rice, and Capt. J. A. King,
manager of the Wilder Steamship Com
pany. After the chief mourners large
company, came Cabinet Ministers and
the Legislative Assembly in a body, fol- |
lowed by vast column, spreading at
the rear into a crowd, of the general |
public. 1t seemed as if the whole re- |
spectacle portion of the community were |
in the cOncOurse, which was probably |
more numerous than attended any fun |
eral ever before seen here except of |
royal personages. The family burial lot |
is close to that of the DicksOns, in which |
the venerable mother was inferred the |
previous day. Brief religious exercises
were conducted at the grave, concluding
with the hymn, "Shall we gather at the
river?"
Mr.. Wilder leaves a widow, three sons,
two daughters, and four grandchildren.
He lost his frstborn son by accident at
the KuOlOa plantation mentioned above.
His son q. 2. Wilder was married last
year and one of his daughters is Mrs
g. l.. Wight of KOhala Brothers of the |
departed surviving him, known and
of all in this community, are
Messrs. William G. aud John K. Wilder.