The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-02-24
BURIAL OF THE BISHOP.
Vast Congregation in the
Catholic Cathedral,
HIGH REQUIEM MASS FOR The
LAMENTED PRELATE,
Large COnCOurSO and Grsat Funeral
Pageant Attend the B'dy
10 the Tomb

his ldIe LOTuSulp IleTHlann hOeCk-
emann, Bishop of Olba, was buried
at the Roman Catholic Cemetery,
King street, at noon to-day. The re-
ligious ceremonies began at the Ca
thedral at 10 o'clock, and consisted
mainly of high requiem mass. At
the opening hour the edtice was
crowded in every part, fully fifteen
hundred people being seated while
all the standing-room, excepting the
main aisle which was kept clear, was
occupied and hundreds of people
swarmed on the Mission grounds and
even on Fort street.
In the side section of pews to the
right front of the altar were seated
the following functionaries: His
Excellency the Hon. A. S. Cleghoru,
Governor of Oahu: His Honor the
Hon. A. f. Judd, Chancellor and
Chief Justice; their Excellences C.
n. Spencer, II. A. Widemann and
w. A. Whiting, members of The
Cabinet; His Honor the Hon. r. f.
Bickerton, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court; Hon. c. r. Bishop,
w. D. Alexander, w. f. Allen, w.
Jas. Smith, j. A. Cummins, Paul
Neumann, S. M. Damon and w. G.
Irwin, members of the Privy Council;
Mesdames Spencer, Neumann, Da-
mon and Irwin; Major j. w. Robert
son, ii. MS Chamberlain Col. S.
Nowlein, commanding the House
hold Guards, and Col. j. d. Holt of
III. MS staff; Drs. G. Trousseau
and j. S. McGrew, physicians to the
late Bishop and DR.. G. w. Woods,
U. S. N.
To the left front were seated: His
Excellency j. l.. Stevens, United
States Minister Plenipotentiary; Sen
hor A. de Souza Canavarro, Charge
d'Affaires and Consul General for
Portugal; Major j. H. Wodehouse,
Commissioner and onsul-General
for Great Britain, and Mons. G. B.
d Anglade, Commissioner for France.
The consular corps occupied the
front pews facing the altar, namely:
Mr.. ii. w. Severance, United States
Consul General; Mr.. f. A. Schae-
fer, Italian Consul and Dean of the
Corps; Mr.. H. f. Glade, Consul for
Germany and Austro-Hungary; Mr..
H. w. Schmidt, Consul for Sweden
and Norway; Mr.. +. G. Macfarlane,
acting Consul for Denmark; Mr.. A.
j. Cartwright, Consul for Peru; Mr..
j. F. Hackfeld, Consul for Belgium
and acting Russian Consul; Mr.. j.
III. Patty, Consul for the Netherlands;
Mr.. II. Renjes, Consul for Mexico
and acting Vice-Consul for Span;
Mr.. L. R. Walker, British Vice
Consul. Mons. Vizzavonna, Chan
cellor to the French Legation, was
chief usher.
His Lordship Bishop Willis and
Rev. w. III. Barnes of st. Andrews
Cathedral and Rev. E. G.. Beckwith,
ID. d., pastor of Central Union
Church, were among those present.
Brother Bertram, principal of st.
Louis College, with his fifteen col
leagues OF the Christian Brothers,
constituted special choir for the
service of the mass, occupying the
choir gallery together with the St.
Louis College band, the leader of
which, Bro. Francis, led the singing
on the great organ.
A plain coffin of highly polished
koa wood, heavily mounted with sill
yer, enclosed the body of the departed
prelate, T. rested on bier in front
of the altar, on the main floor, be-
meath quadruple arch about thirty
feet high, the crown of which had
bisecting minor arches and ended in
cross. The structure as a whole
was in the form of bishops mitre.
1t was draped in black trimmed with
white fringes and studded with white
cruciform rosettes of imitation lily
petals. On the two front pillars the
initials Of the late Bishop, Oh, X. -,
composed of ferns and white and red
roses, were fastened. Roses were
thickly strewn round the base of the
coffin, mingling their fragrance with
the odors of burning incense in CEN
sers almost buried in the flowers.
The carpeted area on which the bier
rested was covered with handsome
.oral compositions-harps, pillows,
crosses, crowns, chairs, hearts, etc.
A large harp was conspicuous, eomr
posed of Y rich variety of flowers,
its strings OF papaia blossoms.
On the coffin were laid the Bishop
mitre, crozier, misSal and regalia, all
glittering through a mass of small
floral emblcms-in roses, oalliopsis,
tuberosas, etc.-and scattered flow.
ers. Above the coffin, besides 6
large silver crucillx, there rose q
tall floral cross, and all around its up
per rim was festooned a beautiful
wreath of tuberoses. Plants weTC
disposed at the hase Of the ARCH
pillars Three members Of the Young
Mems Catholic Club on each side Of
the bier waved kahilis in solemn
rhythm Tall candles were hurnin,