The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
HER WELCOME AT HILO
Account of Miss Roses Arrival at
Her Home in Hawaii

The following is from a letter written
by Miss Rose at Hi1o on November IL
and received in Topeka yesterday:
while in Honolulu met Lieut.. Clad
Hamilton and other officers of the kan
sas regiment. Many of them attended
the receptions and parties given there.
when the steamer left for HiIo the
Kansas boys We're all there to see me
off. The Honolulu band played as the
boat left. The New York band and
two companies were on the boat bound
for Hilo. When we arrived in Hilo bay
I was taken on a double canoe float
decorated with wreaths, myrtle and
many kinds of ferns and torches. The
wharf was filled with a crowd await
ing the landing Of the float. The band
played My Honolulu Lady," and as I
left the ship the New York band played
Good Night Lady" It was glorious.
1 wish the people Of Topeka could have
been here to share the pleasure with
me. When I arrived home I found a
Hawaiian spread in store for me. It is
called a ''luan" and everything is thor
Oughly Hawaiian. I was asked to raise
the American flag on Reeds Island and
did so. As I hOisted the flag the band
played. At one of the band concerts
they played THE Topeka Queen" I
wish the people of Topeka could see all
that has taken place since my return.
my lifetime and have the Topeka peO-
pie to thank for it all The Hawaiians
are greatly interested in the stories
have to tell about the United States
and are greatly pleased over the kind
way I was entertained"
The following is taken from the Hilo
Tribune of November u:
"A very interesting affair was the
raising of the flag at Riverside Park,
formerly known as Reeds Island, on
Thursday. Mr.. Pratt had arranged the
matter almost extemporaneously, which
made the whole occasion perhaps more
enjoyable than if it had been a formal
and long prearranged ceremony. The
commanding officers of this portion of
the First New York volunteers, kindly
assented to give a military air to the
flag raising by the presence of the
troops and regimental band, while
Queen Anna graciously consented TO
hoist the American emblem. The troops
marched up Waianuenue street about
2:30, seized the ravine which bounds
that side of Reeds Island without OPP
position and scaled the opposite cliffs,
preceded by the queen who proved her
physical powers again. The flag was
hOisted to the music of the Star
Spangled Banner" and an address was
delivered by Mr.. Pratt, who thanked
Miss Rose and the officers and men of
the regiment for their kind attendance.
Miss Anna Rose. queen Of the Carnt-
val Knights Of Topeka, returned on
Wednesday evening from her trip OF
two months to the United States as the
guest of the state of Kansas.
Miss Rose, during her visit to the
Mainland received attentions the most
hattering, and represented the people
of Hawaii in a manner which won for
her the regard of all whom she met,
and made the people of HilO proud to
have furnished a queen Of such beauty
and attachments.
Miss Rose speaks in the most en-
thusiastic terms of Topeka and its peo-
pie as well as of all whom she met in
San Francisco and other cities and
towns on the journey. She has memen-
tos galore of the pleasant occasion,
which, she says, she can hardly realize,
and seems like dream.
photographs of the governor and
many of the distinguished citizens of
Kansas, pictures of the Carnival parade
and Of many points Of interest are in
her collection, as well as letters, news
paper clippings, songs and poetry writ
ten to her and in her honor. She surely
received enough attention to turn the
head Of any girl, though it does not
seem to have affected her in the least,
and she is the same jolly, pleasant,
I1ind-hearted young lady as before she
ever set foot off Hawaii.
Miss Rose, beside acting as queen,
did a good deal of missionary work
and spread information relative to Ha-
wall among the benighted Kansans
whose ignorance on the subject is Ia
mentable.
with the arrival Of the Kinau last
Wednesday came Companies K and M,
of the First New York volunteers. ac-
companied by the regimental band, from
Honolulu. The soldiers remained on
board the steamer until Thursday
morning, when they were landed at
Waialxea and established a camp in the
warehouse. The trip over was very
rough, and many of the men were sick.
Miss Anna Rose, who was a pas
senger on the Kinau, proved herself
good Samaritan. She went about
among the men, cheering them by gen
and in appreciation of her kindness the
band serenaded her several times. and
as Miss Rose left the Kinau the band,
which formed at the top of the steps,