The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-01-15
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BASE
BALL PARTY.
1MrRussloNs OF HONOLULU.

Dall party WHICH passed JHTOuSn |
here en- route for Australia. No
thing but kindlyIwords, so far as we
have seen, are spoken of Honolulu
and its people. Following is sam
pie of the voluminous correspond |
ence:-
In order to catch sailing vessel
and thereby gain 4 week or more on
the regular monthly steamer,
mailed the same night u description
of our reception at Honolulu. In
such hastily written account, how
ever, many points worthy of note
were necessarily overlooked and |
must venture therefore to recur TO
that occasion. From Mr.. Geo. w.
Smith, the chairman of the recep-
ton committee, | learn there was
the greatest disappointment at our
non-arrival Saturday morning. The
Kings native band together with
Messrs. Giifard, Whitney and Simp-
son, were ut dock at daybreak and
the Government tug Eleu was in
readiness to carry the party out to
meet the incoming steamer. All
forenoon they vainly waited for the
telephone message from Diamond
Head announcing the Alameda in
sight and it was only V at three in the
afternoon that hope was finally
abandoned. The day had been
tacitly set aside as holiday, and
as it was too late to resume business
game was gotten up between
picked mines of local players
and the disappointed crowd was
furnished amusement for the bal
ance of the afternoon. 1t was
then supposed that the steamer
would not arrive until Monday
morning, and when she was an
nounccd early Sunday morning
there was great haste to get things
in shape for fitting reception. 1t
had been the original intention to
literally prevent our landing by
heaps of flowers, but in the brief
notice given it was not possible to
carry out the programme as planned.
The floral wreaths placed about the
neck of each player, the immense
bouquets sent each lady, and the
Hawaiian Band playing the Ameri-
can national and popular airs made
a welcome so unique and striking,
however, that nothing more was
needed. A small boat from the u.
S. man-of-war Alert, filled with
marines, pulled alongside to add to
the welcome, and some of Kelley's
friends who had large stand of
flowers ready TO present him were
much put out to learn that he was
not with us.
The formal reception of the Am
ericans by the King in the Throne
Room of the Royal Palace was on
the part OF most of us, dare say,
the first encounter at short range
with royalty, and under the circum-
stances, / believe we bore ourselves
with becoming dignity. On each
side of the Throne there stood an
odd looking figure in high white hat,
yellow feather cape, black coat and
white trousers, that looked so much
like the wax figures in the Eden
Music that Fogarty and DAILY had
to bite their lips very hard to keep
from laughing, but altogether the
affair passed off very pleasantly
King Kalakaua himself is too well
known to all Americans by sight
and from his portraits to require
any description here. During tho
ceremony of reception, he advanced
toward the centre of the room and
after all had been presented, stoot
quietly convcrsing with whoever fel
disposed to engage him. He was
courteous yet dignified, held himself
erect and looked every inch Ha
waiian King.
AS soon as it was learned there
would be no game preparations wer'
quickly made for seeing the sights
Carriages and saddle horses were
engaged and the entire party Sc
out, first, to see the farfamed Pail
the precipice by which the Nuuanl
valley is so abruptly and grandly
terminated. Leaning over the little
iron fence that skirts the edge, one
can look down sheer descent o.
eleven hundred feet. In the face
of the precipice about ten feet be
low the top simple beautiful foweI
of the ohia-lehua was tossing back
ward and forward in the strong
trade wind. 1t would make a pretty
souvenir of the spot and Tommy
Burns determined to possess it
Finding it impossible TO dissuad'
him from the perilous attempt you
correspondent was forced to assis
him, With cane in one hand AM
clinging to the iron support will
the other he let himself down anC
over this uncertain ladder, Burn
made the descent. Holding on t,
one end of the cane he just man
aged to reach the flower and thel
regained the top in safety; but an,
slip of the foot would have thrown
his entire weigh, on the cane and a
he is not lightweight there woulC
have been an opening next seasol
for "colt" on Chicago third base
Some of the party, returning
drove to the residence OF Hon. a
S. Cleghorn, one OF the pTetties