The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-02-25
AT REST.
Fuaerai Services ior the Bishop
III. Of 0lba.
The Roman Catholic Cathedral Filled TO
Overlooking Hundreds OF Devout
Believers Follow i'm the FRO
ession-Impressive Sing
ing at the Tomb.

The funeral of his Lordship Her
mann Koeckermann, late Bishop of
Olba, was celebrated with great
pomp yesterday, and attracted the
attention of all classes Of the popula-
ton. The service at the Roman
Catholic Cathedral was set for 10
o'clock in the morning, and long be-
fore that honr, the people began to
assemble, filling the street and
churchyard az well as the sacred
building Seats were set apart on
both the right and left hand Of the
altar for all the dignltarles OF the
Kingdom, as we'll as for diplomatic
and consular representatives Of
foreign countries, and members of
the Cabinet, OF the Supreme Court
and of the Privy Council as we'll as a
very full representation Of the diplo-
matte corps, expressed by their pres
ence their personal respect for the
dead and their esteem for the reli-
giOus organization of which he was
the local head.
The bier was placed in the centre
of the church under high arch in
the shape OF bishops mitre. Upon
it were placed the insignia Of flee,
as well n floral tribntes, while all
around, the space was rich with
flowers OF all descriptions, some in
simple clusters and others worked
up into most elaborate devices,
all mingling their rich perfumes
with the heavy odor of incense. The
bier was, as usual on such occasions,
surrounded by burning candles,
while several young men, members
of the Catholic Club waved kahilis.
The church was trimmed in mourn
ing.
The service which was a solemn
one began after the entry of the
clergy 1t consisted in the requiem
high mass, and lasted nearly an hour
and n half After its completion the
coffin with the bier was removed
from the church and the procession
began to wend its slow way down
Fort and along King street to the
Roman Catholic burying ground.
The following was the order Of
march:
Fl. II. Williams, Undertaken (On foot
Choristers bearing CrucifiX, with
Stats on either side
Police Officers.
Royal Hawaiian Band.
COncOrdia b. G.. Z.
NJ DanauoIa,,f Snoiatyv
Lusitana Benevolent Society
Catholic School Girls.
Franciscan Sisters.
Convent School Girls.
st. Louis College Day Scholars
St Louis College Band.
ST. Louis College Boarders.
Christian Brothers.
Cathedral ChOristers, bearing the late
Bishops crozier, mitre, missal,
gremial, PapaI decoration,
decoration Grand Officer
Order of Kalakaua.
BEARERS OF THE BIER.
Pail Bearers. Pail Bearers.
Native Female Communicates.
Native Male Communicates.
Very Rev. Father LeOnor, escorted
by the Young Mems Catholic
Club.
The French Commissioner and Portu-
guese Charge d. Affalres.
Carriages.
The coffin, which was of light
grained koa with silver trimmings,
was not placed in a hearse, but upon
sort of bier at a height of about
eight feet from the ground, and was
bravely carried by twenty four stout
Hawaiians through the heat. The
procession was a very long one, and
was accompanied by many Portu-
guese and others, besides those fol-
lowing in the line The whole Catho-
lie population turned out, and gen
eral interest was manifested. Solemn
music was played at intervals by the
Royal Hawaiian Band at the head of
the march, aud by tue st. Louis Col
lege Band in the Immediate neigh
borhood OF the bier. Nearly twenty
five minutes were occupied In pass
ing a given point on King street.
The cemetery was not reached
until nearly 1870 o'clock. Long
before the appointed hour the women
had been busy in preparing flowery
wreaths and placing them within the
tomb. The enclosure without it was
also decorated, the iron posts being
trimmed with ki leaves and the ground
strewed with flowers. The tomb which
IS situated Immediately to the left OF
the entra nce was literally almost
filed with flowers, the central space
where the coffin was placed being
alone left free.
The services at the tomb were sim
pie, Father Leonor, who is much
broken with i'll health and grief,
leading in the chanting. The Chris
tian brothers sang the Miserere after
which the band played Nearer my
God to Thee. Innumerable bouquets
were deposited within the tomb and
without it as the last offering Of res
pect and honor which human hands
could give, and the melancholy cere-
mony was over. Late at night there
were still women watching within
the enclosure, clustered around the
dead.
The loss Of the Bishop Of Olba is
one which will be seriously felt by
the Catholic Mission. As Father
Hermann he was known and
lovaJ rF MANY vaarS before he