The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-28


celebration of the fftieth birthday of
King Kalakaua:
| November IS, 1886, being the fitch an
niversary Of the birth of His Majesty
King Kalakaua, 1t was observed with I'M
usual honors. The Legislature appropri-
ated $4,000 to defray the cost of pub
lie celebration. The management of this
fund was intrusted to COMMITTEES. OF
which His Excellency Mr.. Gibson. Min
| lister of Foreign Affairs and Premier. was
| chairman Hon. John A. Cummins was
| marshal.
! The festivities were to extend over
| fortnight, but rainy weather for several
days seriously interfered with the out
door sports. The original program, how
ever, was as closely adhered to as pos
sible. The celebration really began on the
evening of Monday, November 18th, by
| the illumination of the summit of Punch
bowl looking seaward, with huge bon
fires. the firing of bombs and display
of rockets.
| During the evening of the 18th the Of
Ificers of the Nihoa Society presented His
Majesty, at the Palace, with a handsome
Icalabash and an address, and at q later
| hour Mr. F. P. Hastings, acting Charge
d. Anaires for the United States of Amer
lica. was presented to the King by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and tender
ed to His Majesty the congratulations Of
the President upon the suspicious occa-
sion, for which mark of friendship on the
part of the ruler Of the Great Republic
| the King expressed his high apprecia
| ton His Excellency Mr.. Gibson also
congratulated the King upon attaining
his fiftieth year, and presented pair Of
polished elephant tusks, elegantly mount
ed Each tusk weighed 81 1-2 pounds. and
bore the following inscription on a silver
tablet suspended between the horns. One
| side of the tablet reads: His Majesty
King Kalakaua, born November 16, 1896.
assembled the throne of Hawaii Febru-
airy Il, 1874. In commemoration of the
fiftieth birthday of His Majesty On the
reverse side is the text: THE Horns of
| the Righteous Shall be Exalted"
! A salute of twenty-one guns was fired
at midnight from the shore battery.
| During the festivities the congratula-
| lions of Her Majesty the Queen of Eng
Hand were conveyed to the King through
the Hawaiian Consul General at London,
| in the absence. of the Charge dAffaires.
| RECEPTION AT IOLANI PALACE
| AS early as o'clock a. M, the police
force headed by the Marshal OF the
Kingdom and Deputy Marshal, marched
to the Palace and presented congratu-
iatory address to the King, also hand
some book on velvet cushion containing
a bank order for $50, as hookupu (voi-
untary tribute to the alii or high chie0
/ by the police. .l,esl
| At 9:45 the King received his Cabinet
\ Ministers, the Judges of the supreme
Court, Governors of the several Islands.
Mobiles, members of the Privy Council of
State. and members of the House OF
Representatives In the Throne Room. The
Royal Hawaiian Band was in attendance.
and company Of the Kings Own Vol
unteerS did duty as a guard Of honor.
| The steps from the Palace grounds to
the entrance hall had been carpeted. On
the lower step, at either side, stood
Hawaiian bearing a lighted torch. The
| front and side facades of the Palace were
| draped in bunting. FROM the turrets
| were exhibited His Majesty's private in
sigma, the Royal standard and the Ma
tional ensign. The Throne Room, where
the reception took place, had undergone
special preparation. On the daiS were
two handsome chairs for Their Majesties
the King and Queen, separated by q
table over which was thrown a beautiful
feather cloak. Behind this was pulo-
ulu, or tabu stick, and on either side
were three kahi1 bearers. The crowns
and regaIia were displayed on a velvet
seats for the members of the Royal Fam
lily, and on the left for His Majesty's
Ministers and the Justices of the SUI
preme Court. Seats had also been ar
ranged for the members of the Privy
Council. The scene in the Throne Room
throughout the day a brilliant one
PRESENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL,
SOCIETIES.
AT 1880 a. m. a very picturesque pro-
cession of native ladies proceeded from
the Washington Place residence OF Her
Royal Highness Princess Liliuokalani,
by Beretania and Richard streets to the
Palace, TO do homage to the King. 1t
consisted of the Nihoa Society, II. r. Fl.
Princess LiIiuokalani, president: Educa-
tional Society, Division l. H. r. FL. Prin-
cess Likelike Hookuonoono Society. HI.
r. H. Princess Kaiulani; Educational
Society, Division 2, H. R. H. Princess
Poomaikelani. Each division was pre-
ceded by a beautiful silk banner and ka-
hill bearers. The Princesses rode In car
riages, preceded or accompanied by at
tendants carrying the insignia OF their
rank. The members were very elegantly
attired, and each one carried a calabash
as a hookupu to His Majesty.
RECEPTION OF THE. DIPLOMATIC
AND CONSULAR CORPS
At. 1870 the Diplomatic and Consular
representatives were received as follows:
II. B. MS Commissioner Major j. III.
Wodehouse; the French Commissioner
Monsieur Henri Feer and Madame Feer;
the Portuguese Commissioner, Senior A
de Souza Canavarro; the Japanese Con-
sui and Diplomatic Agent Mr.. Taro An
do and Mrs. Ando; Mr. F. A. Schaefer.
Consul for Italy; Mr.. T. R. Walker, Act
I'M Priti CHI IL Nfr II N
Consul for Germany; Mr.. Frank P. Has
tings, United States Vice Consul Cen
eral; Mr.. John H. Patty, Consul for the
Netherlands and Belgium; Mr.. R. w.
Lame, Vice Consul for Spain and Consul
for Mexico; Mr.. H. R. Macfarlane, Con-
| sui for Denmark; Mr.. c. Alec, CONNER
cial Agent for China; Mr.. Goo Kim, As
| sfstant Commercial Agent for China; Mr.
c. L. Wight, United States Consular