The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-23

condition has been at times such
that gave his family hopes of his ulti-
mate recovery, and again it was pre-
'carious to a degree that filed his ply
.~sicians with grave alarm. A few days
.ago his condition was much improved
and his family renewed their hopes,
\ bat the change for the better was but
Temporary. lie has been surrounded
AT all times by the best medical talent
. in the city and every care was given
=, the minister, but in spite of a vigorous
constitution, which has assisted him in
battling the disease, he sue
.cumbed after long and severe suffering.
Directly the intelligence of the death
OF the minister was received 10y the
. government the flags on the judiciary
building and military headquarters
were lowered to half-mast. Most of
Athe business houses and the shipping
followed suit as soon as the death was
known.
Mrs. Willis is nearly FRUSTRATED from
the long care of her husband. The
family expects to sail with the re-
mains on the steamer Australia the
} 18th. The Hawaiian government will
1,accord a state funeral to the deceased
Representative of the United States
Tomorrow. The body will lie in
state during the morning in the
1fprner throne room. Funeral services
will be held at 3 p. IN. in Central Union
church. The procession to the ceme-
terry, where the body will be placed in
%the receiving vault until the sailing of
Al. ILL L. -.-I.l l.. IL.
local military and a battalion from the
United States steamer Alert. Presi-
dent Dole and the chief officials of the
government will follow the mournerS.
1t will be the most imposing funeral
since the burial of Kalakaua."
Mr.. Willis left a small estate, but
ample life insurance.
Albert Sydney Willis was born in
Shelby county. Kentucky, in 1913, and
:served as a democratic representative
from the Fifth Kentucky CLouisville)
district in the Forty-tifth to the Forty
ninth congress inclusive, when he was
succeeded by Mr.. Caruth. lie was a
favorite lieutenant of Mr. Carlisle and
unanswered the forces of the latter
for the speakerseip to which Office Mr..
Carlisle was chosen in the Forty-eightt
congress.
After the mission of Paramount
Commissioner BIount to Hawaii and
the report he made to The president,
alleging that Queen Liliuokalani had
been wrongfully %unseated from the
throne of the Hawaiian islands by
United States intervention, Mr..
Willis was appointed by President
Cleveland, in September, 1895, minis
ter to Hawaii, and was sent out with
sealed instructions to restore Liliuoka-
lani to her throne on condition that
she grant general amnesty to those
concerned in setting up the provisional
government and recognize all it's
bona fide aca and obligations. The
queen refused TO do this, and the up
shot was that Mr.. Willis eventually
recognized the Dole government, and
was subsequently formally accredited
to it.
The anxieties of his position had a
marked effect upon his health and ap-
.pearance.. When he left for Honolulu
he was a fine specimen of physical de-
velopment, with a full black beard and
hair. When he returned on leave two
years later his hair was white and he
wa in appearance a wreck of his for
smer self. He discharged his exceed
ingly difficult duties in Hawaii with
marked tact and discretion, and was
popular there in spite of the adverse
circumstances which surrounded him
from the start.