The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-04-29
AT MOLOKAI.
The Leper Settlement Visited By
The Queen and Party.
Preparations at Ka1aupapa for the
VisitOrs-The neutrality-suspicious.
and Addresses-yisits to tbs
SchOOIs-Farewen.

night, the 26th inst. the steame
Likelike started for the Leper Set
Element on Molokai, bearing abou
three hundred people. The visit wa
one of inspection of the Settlement
and for the purpose of giving ex
preston to the residents of that sec
ton of the island of the interest
sympathy and intentions of those il
authority for the condition and the
welfare of the afflicted. The voyag'
to the Settlement and what followed
were the results of q desire on thu
part of Her Majesty the Queen te
visit the island in person to under
stand more fully the actual wants o.
the place.
Accompanying Her Majesty Queer
Liliuokalani were Fl. r. Fl. Prince
Kalanianaole, His Excellency, the
Hon. Samuel Parker, Minister oil
Foreign Affairs, Senior A. de Souzs
Canavarro, Charge d'Affaires and
Consul General of Portugal, Mons
M. @. G.. B. d'Anglade, French Con
sui and Commissioner; Bishop OF
Honolulu, President David Dayton
and w F. Reynolds of the Board of
Health, Honorables E. K. Lilikalani,
D. w. Pua, j. Nawahi, j. K. Hooka-
no, Capt. j. Ross, Mr.. and Mrs.W II.
Aldrich, MIR. and Mrs. @. Clark, Mrs.
A. Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Aud,
Judge j. G.. Hoapili, Rev. w. II.
Barnes, Father Lenore, Prof. H.
Berger, Prof. w. L. Brigham, D. l..
Huntsman, j. N. Keola, D. w. KRAFT
Ter, representative Of the P. @. AID.
vERTIsR, and others.
The sea being quite calm, the voy-
age to Kalaupapa was pleasant, the
party arriving at their destination
shortly, after 6 O'clock, all parties
being ashore 10y 8 o'clock. Mr.. VIM.
I'll. Tell, the newly appointed super
intendent of the Settlement, while
having but two days notice of the
Queens visit, was not unprepared to
receive the royal party No sooner
had the Likelike's whistle blown
than the residents of the place be-
gan to wend there way towards the
landing, some walking, but the ma
jority on horseback, especially those
from the more distant part of the
Settlement. At the place of landing
IA landing, by-the-way, much better
than many others on parts of the
other islands) was erected an arch,
covered with ferns and leaves, bear
ing the inscription aloha ka Moi
wahine." From the landing to be-
yond the storehouse the passage
was strewn with ferns, grass, etc.
By the storehouse was another arch
similarly covered, on which was the
motto, "Kulia ka Nuu".
By the time all were landed a
throng of the afflicted were gathered
around, all anxious to see if some
parent, child or friend was not
among the visitors. 1t was difficult
to tell which were the most grief
stricken, those who recognized a re-
lative or friend or those who were
Perhaps the former,
as the majority could only stand and
look at their friends or relatives.
The sad scene was one that only
those who have seen can know,
which scenes alone is sufficient to
excuse the Board of Health in for
bidding the like to occur more fire.
quently.
The Queen and suite Immediately
went to the house of the superin-
tendent where all was prepared for
the visitors that could be done on
such short notice. By each side
of the gate, opening into the yard of
the superintendent home, was a
kukui torch, the emblematic mid
day torch of the line of royalty
of which the Queen is a descendant.
Over the gate was formed another
arch with the inscription of
Aloha ka LAM" The veranda
as we'll as other parts of the
house were trimmed with ferns,
flowers, ETC., the best that such
short notice would permit. And
from every flagstaff in the Settle
ment the royal Hawaiian flag foated
with the breeze. Above the entrance
on the veranda was the inscription,
"Makia Kou Aupuni 0 ka Pono."
After resting fer few moments,
and giving the people time to gather,
the Queen with her escorts seated
themselves on the veranda as the
gates were opened to admit the as
semblage into the yard. Her Ma
jesty's brief but kind greeting was
heartily responded to by these sad,
unfortunates of her subjects.
Hon. E. K. Lilikanlani introduced
His Elk. Hon. Samuel Parker, who
read Her Maiesty's written address,
the substance of which was as fol-
lows:
My love to you all land the word
aloha 4" fell in chorus from the lips
OF the lepers). Our visit is mission full
of sorrow. You are here away from your
friends and your birth place. This is the
most dreadful of all diseases which con-
tinually gnaws the very vitality of our
nations life. But we have not given up
the idea of finding remedy for it's cure.
1t is on account of this longing desire
ever present in her heart that induced
her to pay you her first visit among her
people. We have accompanied Her Ma
jesty for similar purpose.
Mr.. VIM. Tell then, on behalf of
the President of the Board of Health,
spoke few fitting words of encour-
agenent to the lepers.
The Marshal of the Day, Hon. E.
K. Lilikalani, made the following