The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-01-30

whenever IL suited his pleasure, and tnat&
- he was always greeted enthusiastically
! by the audience; again when the King
and his suite visited baseball game
given for the benefit of the orphans, tea
Thousand people arose in their seats and
cheered Justify for five minutes, whileE
! the bands were playing the Hawaiian
ode. About Christmas time, the King
yielded to the opportunities of the auth (
critics of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara,
and San Diego, and with his suite took
the special car placed at his disposal by
the Southern Pacific Railway, to visit
the southern portion OF California.
The King Caught Cold.
In driving to Ellwood, MIR. Cooper's
ranch near Santa Barbara, he had |
caught slight cold which changed to al
4bilious fever. That cold caused his
&death.
Invitations to the inaugural ball andS
receptions at the State capital were de-
fclined on account of his illness by theI
tdesire of Admiral Brown. He seemed.
5however, to be rapidly recovering, and|
: elaborate arrangements were made for|
- additional trips throughout the Coast.
: Then he had a severe relapse. The cold
had settled on his kidneys and had as
zsumed the form of Bright's disease.
II Tuesday, the 18th inst, against the|
most emphatic protest of Admiral Brownl
land DR.. Woods, he left his apartments to|
ATTEND banquet at the California Hotel
and the -Adiniral's persuasion mott
/ strong enoug h to induce His Majesty toI
s8decline q Masonic reception the follow
ling evening.
These festivities left him almost at
deaths door, and he began to sink rap
idly, the medicines administered having
apparently no effect Sunday showed u
+ sli.ht improvement, which was soon fol-
lowed by the dangerous symptoms OF
acute Bright's disease Blood poisoning
S had set in and for forty-eight hours pre-
[ ceding Tuesday he Was unable to take
nourishment and was practically uncon-
scious.
81 On Sunday night he began to sink still
r. lower. Rev. F. H. Church, assistant
Hrector OF Trinity, was summoned by
@Senier Warden G.. V. S. Gibbs. The
s8reverend gentleman remained at his sad
#duty all night. The impressive Episco
Epal communion service, doubly solemn
81 II the room of death, was read. The
Hsacrament was administered, but the
liking was unable TO receive it. The com
muuicants were Colonel Macfarlane
MColonel Baker, Mrs. Mckinley, MI. Price
@and G. Y. s. Gibbs. With remarkabl.
vitality the XII clung to life, but tn
END was very near.
DIR. Woods had, ON Thursday, called
MDrs. Sawyer and Taylor, who occupy 8
Appointment position among medical mer
Elm San Francisco The result of their
diagnoses confirmed the decision previ
R,th x, tlr 10 ho
EBrghts disease in it's worst form wa.
Mmaniiest Then followed IA struggle L
Ehold the Kings lie, and raise him VI
from his prostrate condition in order tina
@he might ne conveyed back to Honolulu
kdto die among his beloved people. 1t wa'
Eapparent by Monday, however, that tn,
Econtest was fntile and that the Kin,
Hmust die within a few hours. The san
EFrancisco newspapers had containet
Earticles OH His Majesty's illness from tn,
Ehrst, but when the worst became known
@public excitement was intense. Extr;
AedlnODs were issued every hour detailing
with huge headlines the precarious con
Edition OF the King. Hundreds Of peopl
E4hocked to the Palace Hotel to learn tn
E8particulars,s --a-ticzen~~reposter
y waited in the corridors for items. Econ
T. an extra >" of the Post, of January 2lst
is taken the following:
Newspaper Reports.
IS King Kalakaua has been actually dS
Is ing for three days 4
Late on Saturday night he becam
Is unconscious and began to sink.
y His friends and the members of hi
sute, hoping against fate for the bes
agreed not to make public the real cor
dition of the dyin. monarch until tn
last chance OF his recovery had vanished
This condition Of things presented itse
f. last night and the truth was mad
B known.
s. Like wildire the report flew about tn
0b&city, increasing as it went, until at day
: $light this morning half Of San Francisc
believed the King was dead.
). e During the entire night Mrs. McKiI
@ley, Mrs. Price and DIR. Woods have r,
!, manned at the bedside of the dyin
= king.
III When the reporter called this morr
ii ing. Drs. Woods, Sawyer and Taylc
MI were in ate adance
Replying to a question addressed
&them collectively, they all answered
=" He cannot live more than few hours
;o At an early hour Sunday the King ha
el ia lucid interval. He turned to Admir-;
Brown and said:
"Well, am very sick man."
1t is plain that His Majesty recognize
y. the fact that his condition is quite ser
r. Gus, he doesn't appreciate the fact tn,
a She can never recover except by m
=, racle.
- 1t has been discovered that the Kin
:. has entirely lost the use OF his rigf
+, arm and that the upper part of his sp
~ nal cord and perhaps the brain itself,
" seriously diseased.
sd 4, Death Approaching.
OIL The report was soon proved tails,
'n however, by bulletins sent out by pres
al reporters stationed near the apartments
y 'Hv vet at this time the King was slowl
q failing; and as his extremities becam
II cold, his respiration rapid, the pulls.
. lions OF his heart quick and feeble, h
II breathing strenuous, it was perceive
It that the end was close at hand. 1t Wa
now that the Rev. j. Sanders Reed con
10 menced to read lines OF Scripture ca
&culated to cheer the heart OF one abor
to pass into eternity hymns wer
y 9sung by the Rev. Mr.. Church; and 6
!, the last moments approached the clerg
H cad III prayer, everyone kneeling, tn
u words OF petition mingiing with His Nj;
:, jesty's last breath.
i He passed away at exactly 2:35 NJ
y IF Tuesday, January 20, 1891, and ther
Sere present at his bedside, on the rigl
:, Hof His Majesty, Rev. J. Sanders Reed
= Col. Macfarlane, and Admiral Brown
1t on the left Col Baker, Kalua, and Ks
u likina; and at the foot of the bed Coz
:. Is sui Mckinley, Mrs. Swan, and Flee