The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-07-05


ab1e 20 meet the weakening influences
- ~ ailments with the equipment of
. vast store of vitality. There were at
tho bedside at the last moments the
Hflnces David and Cupid, nephews and
hefrB Of the Queen Dowager, her ply
o1cian, DR.. F. Howard Humphris, and
q number of her retainers and house.
hold people. Late the night before DR..
=. r. Day had been called into COR
.sultation.
The well springs of the tears of the
Hawaiian people were again opened
and the grief over the death of the be-
10ve1 alii was manifest everywhere.
All during the time the illness has
beeA considered extremely serious, the
waikiki home where the death oc-
CURED was thronged day and night
with devoted friends OF the widow of
the late King. Pualeilani, near Alma
Aau. is a beautiful place. The house
n an old one set back in cocoanut
grove.
The news came as black III tidings
TO thousands of foreigners as well as
10 the race which the deceased
adorned. Kapiolani was held in the
highest esteem by all.
Dr. Humphris gives as the immedi-
ate cause Of death uraemia. The
Queen Dowager had survived no less
than three paralytic strokes, and 1t
Ind been known for several years
that her heart action was weak and
aieransed, and that besides she suffer-
I'd from a mild, though uninterrupted
attack Of Brights disease.
vHn0Sh oil L.,.;l
night. when a number of friends were
hastily summoned TO Pualeilanl.
There was sinking spell, during
which for an hour or more death was
expected momentarily. There was a
rally. and as late as o'clock in the
morning II was the confident antici-
patton that death was OFF perhaps for
several more days.
FIRST RELIGIOUS SERVICE.
body Of the Queen Dowager was held
At the home at 3 p. m. Sunday, the
18th. and 1t was in every way i'm
prossive and notable. II was conduct
ed according to the ritual of the An
giienn Episcopal Church by Rev. v.
II. kitcat. chief of the personal staff
0f His Lordship. the Bishop OF Homo
lulu. Those present were Prince Da-
yid. Prince Cupid and wife, Governor
A. 8. Cleghorn. Stella Keomailani, Te-
reaa Owana kaohelelani, Col. Saml
Parker and Mrs. Parker. Mrs. Jaeger
Mrs. Paul Neumann, Col w. II. Corn
veil. Sister Albertina and Sister Bea-
trix.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Kapiolani was born (Thrum's An
nual, 1879 on December 81. 1894. and
would have been sixty-five years OF
aee at the end of this year. 1t was In
1894 that kamehameha " 0Liholiho)
w1D horn. In the same year there was
established the first newspaper print
I'd in the Hawaiian Islands. This pub
-1tc7tiOn was the Lama Hawaii, at La
hairaluna.
Kapiolani was the granddaughter of
Kaumualii. the last King OF the ISL
md of Kauai, and the only subordi-
nate monarch of the group who was
not forced to surrender uncondition-
ally to the Great Kamehameha The
Queen DOwager was of noble lineage.
Prominent in her ancestry were Ka-
makahelei. Queen of Kauai. and Eiha,
-cirief OF Niihau.
HilO, Hawaii was the birthplace of
the late Queen Dowager. She lived
there but short time, and was in
Kona but few years when she came
to Honolulu and was at once a figure
in court circles. She and her first
husband were entrusted with the very
high duty of caring for the Prince of
L. ..,l
0f the nation We're conceded to have
been centered at one time. The peo.
ple were plunged into the creates,
grief when this little one died at the
age Of four years. The next great
blow that fell upon Kapiolani was the
death Of her first husband.
On December 10, 1868, Kapiolani be-
came the wife of the High Chief David
Kalakaua. She was then considered
still one of the beautiful native women
nf the country. II was said then and
always afterward that Kalakaua waS
fortunate in securing for "A life mat
woman of such sterling worth.
When Kalakaua went to the throne
he found his wife entirely equal &c
the reuirements of the high station t
which the couple were elevated. Sh,
was crowned with His Majesty in 1883
The ceremonies of this notable season
were amongst the most notable In
every way ever known to the Islands
Through 1t all Kapiolani was self-pos
4sessed. graceful and dignifed.
Kapiolani was one of the mos
prominent visitors on the occasion o
the celebration of the Queen Nictori!
jubilee twelve years ago. She wa'
received with royal hOnors every
where and conducted herself in mos
creditable manner in every way. He
nlanners were always courtly and sh
knew how to dress TO her station
While she did not care for travel II
foreign lands, she greatly enjoyed tn
trip across the United States and owe
TO England, being much interested il
all that she saw, and learning on he
own account many things that sh
thought might be applied to the ben
eft of her people. The only other tril
of any moment ever made by IN
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