The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-28
Representative MEETING
ALL CLASSES OF CITIZENS UNITE
IN MOURNING.
Every Race and Nationality in the ISL
Seating Arrangements.

The foreign consuls were seated di-
rectly to the right of the stage. Seats
had been apporLioned to them. By the
side OF His Britannia Majecty's Consul
W. r. Hoare, sat Yang Wei Pin and
Goo Kim, representatives of che Inn
perial government of Peking. Mkt
Saito, Consul General of his Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of Japan, was
seated by Yang Wei Pin. w. A. Lantz
was present as representative of Italy
for Consul Schaefer and w. Pfoten-
hauer way in place of Consul Hackfeld
of the German Empire. Consul VIA
Vonna of France was in the row as well.
In the Royal pew were ex-Queen
Liliuokalani with Princes David and
Cupid. Delegate to Congress Wilcox
and Mrs Wilcox occupied seats to the
left
Members of the Territorial Govern
ment who are in the city, also occupied
places to the front. superintendent of
J Public instruction Alatau I. Atkinson,
Deputy Attorney General j. w. Cath
cart, e. S. Boyd, Land Commissioner;
Treasurer Wright and b. H. Wright,
acting chief of the Department of Pub
lie Works, Andrew Brown, Tax Collec-
| tor Pratt, Commissioner of Agriculture
Wray Taylor and their assistants and
clerks were in front places
The church was crowded throughout
with an audience that showed much
of the colors of mourning and crowd
stood outside at the doorways.
At 9:45 the edifice was practically
| filled with the exception of the Terri
/ torial and Government officials.
In chairs Immediately below and to
the left of the draped platform embow-
cred in palms and ferns, sat the Jap
anese and Chinese representatives the
| latter each in black broadcloth gar
ments of oriental cut and the manda-
rims hat and button of authority sur
mounting.
The crowd thronging the gallery and
auditorium sat reverentially silent
| While the strains from the Territorial
oand came in dirge like tones through
the open window.
1t was a representative gathering
Millionaires and merchants clad in de-
corous black mingled with artisans and
| clerks. The various committees filed
in in respectful order and mourning
garb. Seats were arranged for the citi-
zens committees in the front pews on
the mauka side of the church. The
addressing ministers families occupied
pew to the extreme right.
| An occasional ray of Sunlighted fill
tered through the mourning aspect of
the day and rested on cross of white
| flowers that was erected on the rail of
the choir platform
At 10 o'clock the strains of the band
changed to Nearer, My God to Thee"
| in solemn and slow movement as the
! G. A. r. Post marched up the center
aisle, the color sergeant bearing the
| National Standard bound with crepe.
Chairs were brought into requisition
until the aisles were as crowded as the
pews, only the main avenue being left
open.
The front pews were by this time fill
ed with the government officials and
their families.
Aside from the relieving tones of
white garments the only spots of color
| were shown in the uniforms of the nav
al and military officers the Governors
staff and the officers of the National
| Guard in undress uniform.
AS the or an pealed its first deep
notes Governor Dole stepped upon the
platform followed by the speakers of
The day and the ministry; the choir
| following.
Everything progressed decorously,
the band ceased just as the organ be-
gan. The crowd standing at the back
unable to gain seats, amid which were
the bonnets of the Salvation Army
members who stood silently, patiently
Sable cloth draped the galleries and
windows. Crepe dropped in undis-
turbed in the quiet air from the pillars
and clung to the organ
At precisely ten minutes after the
hour the Rev. e. S. Timoteo in Hawai-
ian spoke the invocation in musical
phrase while the listening crowd bow
ed their heads in reverent silence. A
restless infant cried and was taken out,
| the sunshine seemed to have hidden it
self and Hawaii was clothed in unusual
gloom.
w. G. Irwin spoke briefly of the call
ing of the citizens committee which
had resulted in the present meeting
and as chairman of that meeting intro
duced Governor Dole to the assembly
to nreside over the DrOPram The Gov