The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-18
THE KINGS BIRTHDAY.
The Various Events on the Occa-
sion.
Reception at the Palace - The Oahu
Railway Co.'s Opening - The
Balloon Ascension.

Last Saturday, the 10Th inst, was the
sd anniversary of the birth of David
Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands,
and as such was noticed as usual, as an
official holiday. In times past the day |
has been celebrated with Considerable |
eclat, programme of events being pre- |
sented which occupied and amused an |
interested public from early dawn till al
most dewy eve. This year the events
were few in number and they were
chiefly to forward private enterprise.
The weather was clear and pleasant and
although a strong wind blew from the
northeast no dust was visible. The day
was an exceptionally pleasant one and
was in marked contrast to those of pre-
vious years But little decoration was
visible in town, flags flying from the
hagstaffs of the engine houses. On the
bay, however, the fag-bedecked men-of-
war presented gay appearance. The
war ships fired salute at noon.
The Receptions.
The first official event of the day was
the reception by their Majesties of the
several native societies the members of
which walked in procession and pre-
sented the usual "hookupu." The offer
ings made were, some of them, quite
rich in value and unique in character.
This reception lasted from s 80 to 10 a.
M, after which at IL a. m. preparations
were made to receive the general public
The hours having been set at which the
various dignitaries, officials and others
would be received there was but little
delay occasioned on the part of those
whose presence was expected.
The visitors were received at the main
entrance by Mr.. J. w. Robertson, Vice
Chamberlain, and by him conducted
to the throne room, where they were
presented by Col G. W. Macfarlane, His
Majesty's Chamberlain, to their Males
ties the King and Queen. The Chan
cellor and the President of the Legisla-
tive Assembly, the Cabinet Minister,
Judges of the Supreme Court, diplomatic
Ministers, the American Admiral, staff
and captains of warships in port, and
| dean of the consular corps took position
on the right of His Majesty. The Off
GERS of the war vessels and Hawaiian
officials were assigned position on the
opposite side, and the general circle at
| the lower end of the room, from where
a good view of the presentations that
took place. The throne room presented
very brilliant appearance, the ming
ling of the naval uniforms adding greatly
to the scene. The reception ended at
II 80.
Among those who presented their res
poets to their Majesties on this occasion
we're: H. r. Fl. Princess Liliuokalani,
Hon. A. S. Cleghorn, His Honor the
Chief Justice and members of the SUI
preme Court, their Bxcellences the Min
lister of Finance, the Minister of Inte-
rior, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and
| the Attorney general, Hon. w. r. Cas-
members of the diplomatic service, Rear
Admiral Kimberly and staff, Capt. J.
Bishop and officers of the U. S. S. Iro-
quois, Capt. J. G. Greene and officers of
the U. S. S. Alert, Capt. J. B. Coghlan
and officers of the U. S. S. Mohican,
F. 6. Fillette of the U. S. S. Nipsic.
Those who registered were:
Professor w. D. Alexander, Hon. ] B.
Atherton, Hon. G. Along and Miss Alice
Along, Mr.. G. Alec, Chinese Commercial
Agent, Alatau T. Atkinson. Misses Zoe
and May Atkinson, and Miss Mulianee
AHA.
Mons. Leon Bellaquet, Chancellor
French Legation, His Lordship the
Bishop OF Honolulu and Mrs. Willis,
Hon. Frank Brown, Professor Henri
Berger, Rev. w. H. Barnes, Cecil Brown,
Esq, S. Ban, w. Ii. Baird, Mrs. G. T.
Bush, Miss Luita Booth.
Hon. J. o. Carter and Mrs. and Miss
Carter, Major W. Ii. Cornwell, Hon. J.
T. Cognet, j. G. Cook, l.. Clark, Mesda-
mes James Campbell, G. A. Clark and
+. Clements.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Dimond, Messrs.
S. G. Dwight, @. B. Dwight, Mrs. J. I.
Dowsett, Sr.
Hon. w. E. Foster, Messrs. A. Fer
nandez, N. Fernandez, Capt. and Mrs.
A. Fuller.
Mr.. NJ. D. Garsten, Mrs. w. NJ. Gift
fard, Mrs. Gookim.
Mr.. and Mrs j. F, Hackfeld, Mr. Paul
Isenberg, Jr.
Messrs. M. Keohokalole, Mesdames
J. U. Kawainui, Kuihelani, Koleka,
Kanalulu; Miss Kanalulu.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. Lose, Mr.. L. J. Levey,
Mr.. D. Lyons, Master D. Lyons, Jr., and
Miss Lizzie Lyons, Mrs. G. A. Long,
Mrs. John Leal.
Rev. A. Macintosh, Hon. H. r.
Macfarlane, Genl. J. F. B. Marshall,
Messrs. r. A. Macfe Jr., S. A. Monsar-
rat, F. B. McStarker, M. Marshall, G.
w. McCandless, Mrs. NJ. D. Monsarrat,
Miss 6. Grace Metkyus, Miss E. Moore,
Miss E. McCombe.
Rt. Rev. Father Herman, Bishop of
Olba; Bernard Ordenstein.
Deputy Attorney General Arthur P.
Peterson, Messrs. John PrendergrAst,
F. S. Pratt, &. G. Potter, Pokelehua.
Capt. J. Ross, Mr.. and Mrs. S. B.
Rose, Mr. and Mrs. w. Roebuck
Hon. F. A. Schaefer, Messrs. F. M.
Swanzy, G. z. Smithie, T. M. Starkey,
Misses Grace and Nellie Stevens.
Hon. Viscount Tori, Hon. w. P.
Toler, Hon. H. S. Townsend, Wray Tay-
lor.
Mr. F. Valentine.
Hon. J. d. Walker, and Miss Maggie
Walker, J. T. Warehouse Jr., Mr.. and