Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-08-05
HAWAnAE ARE MADE HAPPY
pEnoNsTRATI0s ON RECEIPT OF
ANNEXATION NEWS.
SEgALL TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR.
Elsborsss Program For CkanwisG Flag OF
thSIslsnd For That % t1Av Starr
and Stripes.

The steamship Mariposs' arrived al
San Francisco Wednesday, having left
Sydney July Ath. Auckland July 9th
and Honolulu on the 21st. On July
25th, about 4 p. m, the Mariposs
sighted the transport steamer City Of
Rio Janeiro, with all we'll on board.
She carries South Dakota troops.
The Msriposs brings Honolulu ad-
vices ss follows:
The steamship Coptic arrived from
San Francisco on the eveningof the
18th instant. with the important news
that the United States senate had rati-
fed the Newlands resolutions making
Hawaii . part Of the United States.
When approaching land the Coptie
signaled the welcome news. Whistles
of foundries, Of mills and steamers
were turned loose and pandemonium
reigned.
The committee OF the Honolulu An
nexation Club and the executive coun.
ell have arranged the official pro-
gramme OF exercises. In the morning
there will be combined naval and
military parade, consisting Of men
from the warships and the full strength
Of the national guard.
After parading the principal streets
the procession will move TO abe gov
eminent building where President
Dole, the cabinet, Admiral Miller and
staff, Minister Sewall, Conspl General
Haywood and others will b6-grouped.
The literary exercises will firsSltake
place, together with the singing Of
patriotic American airs. President
Dole will then deliver IN address and
q salute OF twenty-one guns will be
fred as the Hawaiian flag is lowered.
The audience will then sing ''The Star
Spangled Banner" to the music Of the
band, when Admiral Miller will hoist
the stars and stripes, which will be
saluted by twenty.one guns.
Minister Sewall, Consul General
Haywood and others will deliver short
addresses, and the ceremony will close
with the presentation by President
Dole Of an American flag to the Hawa-
iian National Guard. The flag is the
original silk one used by the Boston
battalions in 1898, when that warship
was at Honolulu.
In the evening there will be grand
display of fireworks. and the govern.
ment buildings will be illuminated on
magnificent scale. A banquet will
be rendered TO Admiral Miller and o
ball will follow at the opera house.
The citizens have subscribed S15, 900
for the days celebration and the most
important event in the history of the
island will be celebrated with mag
nificence worthy Of the occasion. Re-
turning steamers from the other
ialands all report vociferous receptions
Of the annexation news and scenes
similar to the one which occurred in
Honolulu. Preparations were at once
made in all the towns to officially cele-
brate the raising of the stars and
stripes by Amiral Miller in this city.
The banks have commenced to use
the war revenue stamps on checks and
drafts, consignment having been
sent down on the Coptic.
The leading men Of Honolulu met
today and recommended Harold NJ.
Sewall, United States minister to
Hawaii. for governor OF the islands.
1t had been generally thought that
President Dole would be their choice.
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