The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-12-22

The reception given by King kala
kaua on the evening OF December 9Th, at
the Palace Hotel was very largely at
tended by the leading society people of |
the city OF San Francisco. Since that |
time he has been feted and dined, and |
has received every possible honor and |
attention.
The King passed the first Sabbath |
here very quietly, attending divine ser
vices at Trinity Church in the morning.
He was plainly attired, with nothing in
the way Of conspicuous decoration to de-
note his rank. His Majesty occupied
place in Mrs. j. Sanders Reeds pew.
The service was connected by Rev. j.
Sanders Reed and Rev. F. IL. Church.
The King was among those who received
the Holy Communion. OF the sightseers
who congregated about outside the sacred
ifice before communion many were not
aware that King Kalakaua was mem
Der of the Episcopal church. Accord
ingly, when a dark-skinned gentleman
came out and stepped into a waiting
carriage, many believed that he was the
King. 1t proved to be one OF his attend
ants. A little breeze OF disappointment
was raised in consequence. The King
did not appear until the conclusion OF
the communion service. He was accom-
| panied by Colonel Il. w. Macfarlane, his
| Chamberlain; Colonel Robert II. Baker,
aide-de camp, and Hon. ID. A. Mckin-
| lev, Hawaiian ConSul-General for Cali
| fornia.
| On Monday, the King remained in his
rooms at the Palace, receiving large
number of prominent people who called
upon him there. Among the callers was
a party OF about twenty Hawaiians, resi-
dents of this city, who paid their respects
to their monarch He received them
very cordially and chatted with them
nearly half an hour. In the evening
General Dimond and staff, accompanied
by Brigadier-GeneralC Cutting, paid their
respects to the King. In the afternoon
| OF Tuesday he took a long drive through
the park and to the Cliff House, return
ing in time for an early dinner. His
Majesty's health is improving rapidly
under the influence OF the bracing
climate of San Francisco. The managers
of the State Citrus Fair at Marysville
have had prepared an ivory sheet, illu-
minated in gilt, on which an invitation
has been written to King kalakaua to
attend the Citrus Fair, which is to be
held there A committee has been APP
pointed to entertain the King in royal
manner should he accept.
Friday night the King reviewed the
Second Brigade of the National Guard OF
California, General John T. Cutting
commanding. The review took place at
the Mechanics Pavilion, and the affair
was not only largely attended, but one OF
the most brilliant social and military
affairs of the season. After the review
the King and his suite, accompanied by
Admiral Brown, Major General Dimond
and Brigadier General Cutting and then
|, stats attended. The annual Charity
Ball, given under the auspices of the
Woman's Exchange at Pioneer Hall
The King and his suite were assigned &
separate table 1t it said that the bal
was the only one ever given In the
United States at which reigning Kins
was present. Itwas the society event o
the season; the attendance was large
and the scene presented on the floor BY
the handsome costumes of the ladies
and the uniforms of the officers and tn,
suite of the King was brilliant one.
King Kalakaua will visit Golden Gate
Park to-day to see fashionable San Fran
cisco on the drives and listen to the con
cert by the Second Regiment Band. II
honor of His Majesty the band playe'
the Hawaiian National Anthem, tn
: words of which are said to have beer
, composed by the King.
> King Kalakaua intends going to Sal
!; Diego in the course of a week, and vii
remain there several days as the guest G
John ID. Spreckels at the Coronad
: Beach Hotel. Thence he will go t
J. Washington, where he will stay for som
time, returning over the Canadian Pa
cifc Railway. He expects to leave Sa
Francisco on his return home about 81
weeks from now, and he will go as h
. came-the guest OF the United State
y Government, on the United State
: cruiser Charleston.
= Annexation Talk.
" Immediately on his arrival here Kin
9 kalakaua through Chamberlain Macfal
lane sent a dispatch to Minister Carte
O at Washington summoning him at one
to San Francisco. The newspapers {
San Francisco and Washington seize
upon this fact with avidity and ex
planned its import on the theory that
b was the preliminary move toward bring
p ing about the annexation of the Ha
waiian Islands by the United States
u \ dispatch of the 9th inst. from Lon
., created in English public circles by tn
kaua proposes to sell his kingdom to tn
e United States The English have i'm
n portant interests in Hawaii, and hav
e long been suspected Of an annexatio
If plot themselves.
II Trans-Pacific Cable.
/ A dispatch from Ottawa announce
y that the first partial surveys for the pre-
posed submarine cable from Vancouve
u TO New Zealand via Honolulu are abou
&c completed. The detail work is by n
u means finished but in general way it
/ known what character of sea bottom tn
cable Will have to be laid upon. 1t i
&c stated that chain of islands in tn
II South Pacific has been seized by tn
II British Government for intermediat
'e stations between Honolulu and Ne,
- Zealand SO that no section of the cabl
will have a greater length than 2,2O
IL miles. The longest stretch will possibl
be between Vancouver and Honolulu
n but this will be one of the easiest sec
Is tons to lay as the bottom is said to be
good one.
E. Last week the United States Senat
passed Joint resolution authorizing tn
|: Immediate and thorough survey Uf %
OF line for a cable from San Francisco I
l. Auckland and Sydney, touching a
Honolulu and Samoa. The resolutio
, also provided that vessel of the Amer
Is lean navy, manned by the United State
E. photographic Office, should be special
ii detailed to do the work and should pre-
p secnte it till every condition was read
for the laying of the cable. The resolt
ton further authorized the formation {
a cable company on the plan OF tn
American Canal COfnpaDy which