Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-23

as the services proceeded, frequently
gave vent to tears. S
a. the coffin was borne into tho chan>
Gel, the clergy, comprising all the aain-
lstefo Of the Episcopal faith in the city,
with tho exception of Bishop kin who
was Al, and his assistant, Bishop Mich
ois, arranged themselves on either side
at distance, and augmented the choir.
which intoned a chant by FELTON,. The
doors were then thrown open to the
public, and soon there was not even
standing room in the nave of the
church.
The twentieth verse of the fifteenth
chapter OF st. Paul to the Corinthians.
beginning with the words, "Now is
Christ risen from the dead" and
ending with the words, 30, Death,
where is thy sting O, Grave,
where is thy victory" was read bv
Bishop Spaulding of st. Johns church.
The hymn, "Jerusalem the Golden, y
was sung by the choir.
Rev. j. Sanders Reed then delivered
a short funeral discourse, in which he
said that death was but o process of
higher development. He closed by ad-
dressing Admiral Brown and staff, saw
ing: "Oficers of the fleet, speaking as
may, in the name Of the city, we bid
you take the remains Of this dear man
back to his native islands, carrying
with you the assurances of our sincere
sympathy"
The choir sang "Rock of Ages" The
creed was repeated by the clergy and
those present. and after the benediction,
the funeral cortege slowly conveyed the
coffin to the hearse.
| A procession was formed to move to
the water front, immediately after the
conclusion OF the services in the church.
The procession was headed by two
troops of the Fourth United States cav
airy, with the band of the Fifth United
States artillery. Then followed the sec.
ond brigade Of the California national
guard. The hearse was escorted by
Golden Gate commandery Knights Tenn.
plar. The late kings suite. General
| Gibboa, Admiral Benham and Major.
! General Dimond and staff came next
and were followed by long line of car.
riages containing federal, state and CITY
officials, and representatives of mercan.
tile bodies and civic societies. Crowds
of spectators gathered along the line oI
march. Between Powell street and
the foot of Market street, there were
probably 100000 people who witnessed
the procession. There was total cessa-
tion of business along Market street. and
all the principal business houses were
1 closed.
At the foot of Market street the Sec.
ond brigade of California national guards
formed in line and presented arms as
the hearse and escort passed. The cav
airy escort on reaching Washington-
street wharf, presented arms as the
casket was delivered to Admiral Brown.
The lighthouse steamer Madrona was
moored at the wharf, and few hun
dred yards out in the stream lay the
| flagship Charleston.
When the procession arrived at Wash
ington-street pier, dense crowd of peo-
pie had gathered there, and the police
had difficulty in clearing a space for the
cortege to pass. The casket containing
the kings remains was placed aboard
the Madrona and received by Admiral
Brown. The Madrona then steamed out
to the Charleston, and the casket was
transferred to the flagship and placed in
the after barbette under a canopy
formed of American and Hawaiian flags.
In few moments the Charleston's an
chors were weighed and she commenced
to move down the stream, while minute
guns were fred from the batteries at
Alcatraz and the Presidio. About s
O'Clock the Charleston passed through
the Golden Gate and proceeded to sea.