The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-13
KING KALAkAUA.
arrival in San Francisco and Re-
ceptiOn at the Palace
Hotel. independence"
Day Dinner.

Day Dinner
=
The T. S. Flagship Charleston after a |
pleasant passage from Honolulu arrived
off the Farallons on Wednesday after
noon, December 3rd, but owing to a
heavy gale did not -cr0ss- the bar until
next morning.
The bay was full of government powder
smoke in honor OF the visit OF David
Kalakaua, King OF the Hawaiian Islands:
1t was II O'Clock when the Charleston
passed through The Golden Gate and met
the Swatara, detailed for escort duty up
the bay. The latter vessel inaugurated
| the fling with royal salute of twenty
one guns, running the Hawaiian flag to
| the mainmast head as the first gun was
| fred. Alcatraz and the other forts took
I up the thunderous welcome as the Swa-
tara turned and led the way up the chan
| mel and around the seawall 10 anchorage
off the foot OF Washington street, pre-
ceding the Charleston, also flying the
|
mile.
/ +" The! Swatara's work was very pretty
at the finish She dropped anchor and
tailed in with the food tide ten minutes
before the Charleston came up abreast,
which moment was the signal for man
ming yards. The crew went aloft on fore
and main in fine style, and in less than
two minutes every yard from fore and
main to the ROYALS was decorated with
rows of blue jackets with linked arms,
upright and motionless as statues. Then
there was a. salute of thirteen guns to
Rear Admiral Brown, to which the
Charleston's six-inch rifles responded
with seven blank cartridges. .--
The Bear and Patterson, also had a
greeting to offer, and the salutes became
so tangled up that all but the experts on
naval and International. etiquette lost
track of what the individual vessels were
trying to DO. 's1.'- -',''
" His Majesty received his greeting from
the Charlestons bridge, and was not too
tired by his rough night off the bar to
thoroughly appreciate it. ? y
4 =. Invitations for the Reception
The following invitation had been sent
to those who were supposed to be DESTROYS
? of meeting His Majesty on arrival and
I extending the courtesies Of the city tC
2 him. The invitation was as follows:
Y His Hawaiian Majesty's Consul-Genera
desires the pleasure of your
't-t company to assist in
Y n receiving
! HIS MAJESTY, KING KALAKAUA,
Who is expected, on the United State:
steamer Charleston, about Thurs
day, the 4th inst
} You will please. meet at the Palace Hote
parlors on being notified of
-.,a the hour. ..f."5
The following gentlemen were invited
D to receive King kalakana on arrival
j George w. Merrill, ex-United States
= Minister to Hawaiian Islands; Genera
w. Ii. Dimond, Superintendent United
! States Branch Mint; Ex-Governor Georg,
S Sanderson, Mayor-elect; Barry Baldwin
: Z. q. Phelps, f. p. Danforth, Pari
d Kilbourne, Col. J. P. Jackson, Chic
l Justice Beatty, General S. w, Backus
Ell M. S. Grinbaum, Joseph Lyman, Il. p
s Rithet, Mayor E B. Pond and city Off
) Gals, Governor Waterman, w H. Sears
G Adolph Spreckels, William Alvord, ex
Governor F f. Low, James K. Wilson
n Max Green, Charles Wayne, w. III
e Bailey, S. T. Alexander, E. l.. G Steele
e w. F. Whittier, ex-senator A. p. Viii
It liams, J. B. Stetson, w. w. Montague
y NJ. z. Jones', L. Steinhart, P. N. Lilien
If thai, General John 7. Cutting, f. r
! Lilienthal, Alexander G.. Hawes, Davi'
6 j. Staples, Hon. Chas. r. Bishop, NV
e Spaulding, Thomas B. Shannon, j. N
n Morton, Senator J.. z. Jones, Hon. G. n
FELTON,, Robert Oxnard.
l. The Process of Landing. st
u Hawaiian Consul Mckinley and Lieu
u tenant Lowering of General Gibbon'
staff boarded the cruiser at noon in com
. pany with Collector Phelps and Deput
e Port Surveyor Gaskill. The latter gen
'. tleman personally 4chalked the roya
IL baggage with the Custom House o I
tx" mark, and with his companion
rendered the freedom of the Union to it
q, owner.
Il Consul Mckinley and Lieutenant Low
', ering consulted with the King and Ad
u miral Brown as to the hour of the receI
ton, which was finally settled for 8 3
Pm.
/ At that hour General Gibbons and hi
q full staff. the Preside band and tw
/ troopseof the Fourth Cavalry were draw
d up on the seawall in front of the Cla
{ street float with a dozen carriages for tn
: King and the army officers. An i'm
|
y but unfortunately for the sight seers tn
Z Charleston's starboad gangway was OF
shore and the Decentralization was hid
;. den from view. At 8 As puff of smok
= and bang from one of the cruiser
guns betokened that the King was leav
, ing the ship, and second later the Ha
waiian flag fluttered down and the AID
;, miral's ensign replaced it on the Charles
- ton while from the SWatara the star
;, and stripes and the home penInant,
u slender 800 foot long streamer, tloatec
;, out on the breeze.
: The Military Reception.
a The latter's guns joined with the Char
n lestOn's in the good by salute to royalty
and the batteries We're worked so rapid
a " that it was several minutes before the
a Admiral's twelve-oared barge, manned
q by dozen good-looking tars and fyinl
. the island flag, could be seen emerging
from the smoke-wreaths. The bay wa
= perfectly smooth and the passage to tn,
4 steps did not occupy any great length o
: time. .
: WAY enough! Toss oars!" com
manded the smart young cadet who wa
. ! acting as coxswain, and twelve drippin.
: blades went up in two straight rows a.
n the barge sheered alongside the float.
= Admiral Brown handed his CUES
! ashore and introduced him to Genera
!, Gibbon and staff. A handshake and
= few informal words of greeting followed
> and the procession started. King kala
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