The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-04-28
THE QUEEN AT MOLOKAI
An Enthusiastic Reception
rendered Her Majesty.
Arches Erected With Appropriate
Notices.
Notes, Incidents, Comments

The steamer Likelike, under COM
mand of Captain Cameron, left Ho-
nolulu last Sunday evening at ten
o. clock to convey Her Majesty the
Queen to the Leper Settlement on
Molokai. The royal party was as
follows: Her Majesty the Queen, H.
r. II. Prince Kalanianaole, His Ex-
cellency Samuel Parker, Minister of
Foreign Affairs; Mr.. and Mrs. W.
H. Adrich, Mr.. and Mrs. G. II.
Clark. Her Majesty's party and
suite were accompanied by the fol-
lowing persons; Hon. David Day
ton, President of the Board of
Health; Hons. d. w. Pua, j. Ma
wahi, j. X. Kahookano, w. p. Ka-
nealii, Capt. John Ross, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Auld and j. Heleluhe. The
Royal Hawaiian Band, under the di-
rection of Prof. H. Berger, was pre-
sent, together with a representative
of the BULLETIN.
After all were comfortably aboard
the Likelke left the harbor and
arrived at Kalaupapa at 6:l5 O'Clock
the next morning. Breakfast was
had at seven O'Clock, after which
all went ashore. AS soon as the
royal landing was made Her Majesty
the Queen and party were greeted
in most demonstrative and friendly
manner by large numbers from the
Leper Settlement. AS soon as Her
Majesty landed she was well
coined by cheer upon cheer.
The Leper Settlement band
played Hawaii Ponoi. The royal
Hawaiian Band played in response.
A royal salute was fired from the
hills opposite.
As soon as Her Majesty placed
foot on shore she was beneath tri-
umphal arch with the inscription,
''Aloha ka Moiwahine. Immedi-
ately upon leaving the landing the
royal party passed under two arches
bearing respectively the following
inscriptions: "Kulia ka Nuu" and
"Aloha ka LAM" Her Majesty
was then driven to the residence of
Mr.. VIM. Tell, Superintendent of the
Leper Settlement. AT the entrance
was placed the following motto upon
an appropriate arch: "Makia kou
Aupuni 0 ka pono." The decorations
of all the arches were artistically
done in ferns and roses woven by
loving hands.
Shortly after the landing was made
the stricken subjects of Her Majesty
the Queen assembled in large num-
bers to welcome her. Her Majesty
appeared. She greeted them with
the simple but tender words "aloha
okou." The lepers burst into
similar heartfelt welcome; 1t contain
ed only two words: "Aloha no" but
there were cheers upon cheers, which
drowned the formal words of well
come in one aloha shout.
Shortly afterwards Hon. E. X.
Lilikalani introduced His Excellency
Hon. Samuel Parker, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, who addressed the
lepers substantially as follows:
Her Majesty the Queen has come
to you out of her love. She hopes
to supplement the work done by her
predecessors. Her heart is full of
sympathy and love for you, her
afflicted subjects. You have suffered
much from the dread disease which
has stricken you, but Her Majesty
never forgets that you are her sub
jects. Upon your welfare Her Maj
esty and the Cabinet have but one
thought-but one wish; that is, for
your future comfort. Her Majesty
is greatly pleased with the sincerity
of your welcome and will requite
your words of welcome with repeated
recommendation for acts of relief"
Speeches were then made by Hon. j.
Nawahi, Hon. j. X. Kahookano, Hon.
E. X. Lilikalani, Mr.. Kekipi and
Rev. J. Kalama. These speeches
were received with great enthusiasm
as was also that of Hon. Samuel
Parker.
A number of the lepers then took
occasion to address Her Majesty the
Queen. One of these speeches was
especially effective. 1t related most
pathetically the ravages of the dread
full disease upon the speaker; how
hard it was for him to be forced to
leave his family and those he loved,
his wife and children, to be consigned
to place where, perhaps, he should
never leave. Tears were brought to
the eyes of his listeners.
Soon after the speeches were done
horses were procured and the party
started for a ride to the Bishop
Home. The Home is in charge of
the Catholic Sisters under the direc-
ton of Sister Marianne. The young
girls of the Home were all neatly
dressed in white. The school chill
dren were brought before the Queen,
and, as each passed Her Majesty,
dropped a courtesy. The girls then
formed in line and sang several
pretty Hawaiian songs. The joyful
appearance of these poor, unfortunate
children wrung the hearts of all those
present and handkerchiefs were freely
used to hide the tears which sprang
unbidden to the eyes.
The Sisters in charge of the Home
then showed the party through the
hospital, the school rooms and the
dormitories, all of which display
great neatness and do the manage