The morning call., 1891-01-23
ON THE MADRON0.
The Royal Remains Transferred
to tho Charleston.
Thousands Of People View the Funeral Pa
geant-Minute Guns Fired From al
catraz and Black Point

The funeral cortcge arrived at the foot Of
Market street at half past o'clock. The
lighthouse boat Madrono was lying at
Washington-street Wharf ready to receive
its royal charge. while about 1000 yards out
in the stream rode the Charleston.
The crowd that gathered at the wharf was
one of the largest that has ever been seen
on the water front, exceeding in numbers
that which assembled to witness the arrival
Of General Grant and the coming of Presi-
dent Hayes. People began to assemble on
East street at IL O'Clock, in order to obtain
the best positions from which to view the
funeral procession. BY l o'clock the
wharves were packed with a dense crowd,
pushing and jostling each other in order 10
obtain good positions from which to view
the mourning cavalcade. The crowd waited
Tor hours for the arrival of the funeral cor
tege. and passed the time in conyersing
about the dead King Every ferry-boat that
arrived from Oakland brought large cOntn-
gents, which augmented the number of spec
tat0rs. Ihe houSet0ps along East street
We're thronged with spectators. Every
available spot from which glimpse OF the
funeral line could be had was covered
VAST CoNCoURsE.
Captain Dunleayy of the HarbOr Police
was on duty with fifty-fve officers under
his command. lie was assisted By Ser
geants Langford and Helms, and the services
o1 this large posse were fully required to
keep the large crowd n order and to main
tain passageway for the procession.
when the cortege arrived at the ferry,
Harb0r Commissioners English, Alexander
and Brown escorted the remains of the King
to the MadronO. The lighthouse tender
carried her flag at half-mast her cabin was
hung ln black, while her deck was covered
with the choicest flowers. Those who hat
secured good positions witnessed magniu-
cent spectacle as the funeral pageant passed
slowly along the wharf to the Ma1runO
When the lighthouse tender was reached,
General Gibbon, representing the United
States Army, transferred the royal remains
TO the custody of Admiral Brown, who. with
ms staff, representing the United States
Navy. took charge of the dead kiag. When
the remains were conveyed from the hearse
TO the Madrono, Admiral Brown gave orders
to start Immediately for the Charleston.
Lieutenant Perry who was in command OF
the lighthouse tender, steamed his vessel
toward the white cruiser.
TRANSFERRED TO THE CHARLESTON
Besides the leading army and navy officers,
the pall-bearers and a number of invited
guests accompanied the remains to the
Charleston. The MadrOno presented fine
appearance as she glided through the wat
ers, with her deck draped in mourning. and
half-mast. When the tender left her moor
ings the Charleston began to fire minute
guns. During the embarkation minute guns
were also fired from Alcatraz aud Black
Polnt. The booming of the cannon cnu-
tinued whlie the royal remains were being
transferred from the MadronO TO the Charles
ton. The transference took almost half
hour, the crowds on the piers strainiug
every eye 10 witness the movements OF ths
officers in charge. Many of the spactats5s
had heid-siaSSes and managed to obtain
good views Several photographers took
impressions of the solemn scene during tht
embarkation.
THE WHITE CRUISER PASSES OUT.
A large number of passengers were taken
by the steamer Caroline on au excursion to
witness the transfeTence of the monarchs
remains to the CharleSton. The captain
reaped large harvest by improyisng the
excursion. In the wake OF the Caroline
were number of small craft, whose occu-
pants had paid good sums for the accommu-
dations. The Harbor Commissioners fol-
lowed in the Governor Perkins, which
accompanied the cruiser as faras the heads.
a 5 soon as the remains were deposited on
the deck OF the Charleston, Admiral brown
gave orders to start on the melancholy jour
ney to the Islands. The white cruiser did
not start until 4 80 o'clock, but the people
on the wharycS remained until she began to
move. The motion of the cruiser was slow
at first, the big vessel hardly appearing to
move, as SHE glided gracefully through the
waters.
After passing Alcatraz she took on
greater speed Minute guns were fired from
the island and Black Point while the cruiser
was passing out The Charleston was fol
lowed out as far as the heads by the Gov
ernor Perkins and several tugs containing
invited guests.