The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-09-29
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devoteeS gathered at the shrine at Ber
: etania and River streets the very larg
: est that has ever been seen there.
The ceremony of giving food an
drink to the departed at Saturday mid
night was impressive and the hundred
of Chinese and others gathered abou
the quarters of the society were mucl
interested in the last formal service tt
the dead personally. Soon after Their,
had been served the food and drink, the
effigies of two angels. which had beer
placed on the right of the bier were
burned that they might precede the
body Of the dead chancellor to the hap
py beyond and prepare the way for
him. Thus it was that yesterday after
| the filling in of the tomb, where rests
| the chief Of the order, an immense eff
gy, bearing the colors and banner OF
/ the organization was laid in a recum-
| bent position and then burned The
heat from the fire sent heavenward the
prayer papers which were thrown upon
! the blaze, and to the mind of the watch
er of Chinese persuasion there was no
other conclusion than that the body
having been sent to the beyond the
prayers for safety and peace of friends
had followed as well as that the adj
vance guard was on hand to receive the
dead.
The entire ceremonial was full of
color and attracted hundreds of the
most notable city people. After the
food had been set before the coffin at
Saturday midnight, there was most
interesting passage when the Chief
Deputy Chancellor appeared before the |
temporary altar and offered the pray |
ers for the dead, and sprinkled tea and |!
bread about the bier There were many |
other peculiar ceremonies and the night |
wore away with several of the watch |
ers close at hand.
Yesterday before the time for the flu
neral procession there took place in |
the temporary temple of the order the |
last rites before the committing of the
body to the tomb The altar before the
casket was arranged that it might hold
the ancestral tablets of the dead, and
before these and around it were con-
stantly burning tapers and incense
sticks. During the ceremonials of the
which consumed the entire
forenoon the representatives of the or
der from the other islands, and there
were hundreds of these as well as the
men who came from the Eva, Waianae,
WaiaIua, Kahuku and Koolau lodges,
all appeared before the altar and made
known their respect for the dead. Each
man as he appeared burned an incense
stick and bowed repeatedly before the
altar meanwhile repeating the words of
peace for the departed. This ceremony
lasted until noon and at that time there
began to gather the crowds which We're
to take part in the funeral procession.
The members of the association, to the
number of some 1000, gathered at the
headquarters of the Tong and there
1onned the mourning emblem of the or
der. In the case of the fourth degree
the simple knot of the colors, yellow,
red, black and white on the arm con-
stituted the mark of distinguishing
The degrees varied in
that the distinguishing mark was so
changed from sash to rosette that all
were known by the colors worn.
Promptly at one o'clock the cortege
moved Forming in Beretania street
light resting on River was long
stream of men. ready to move.
At the extreme right of the line sol
lier of the past century, costumed for
he part bore aloft an effigy meant
% represent the departed, in the hand
If the supposed dead man being three
,ornered banner of the order. Imme-
lately behind and bearing gongs and
ong wands with red banners, marched
.wo lads, while behind them there were
clustered a half dozen banners of differ
ent shape and style, from the ten foot
banner of the order to the lodge
shields, which showed that there were
nearly a half dozen of the minor or
CARNATIONS represented in the line.
Immediately after the Hawaiian band
came the members of the organization
under the marshalship of w. H. Craw-
lord, who had charge as member of the
committee of arrangements. i
There were many features of the
funeral procession. Immediately in
front of the hearse marched NJ. C.
Amana, who as deputy chancellor
his branch of the work,
while behind the body, which was drag
sed to it tomb by 100 members of the
marched the chief deputy
chancellor Sen Lee, and Pang Que Kui,
oldest son of the deceased, who leaves
4 wife and other children in China. The
son bore the altar with the ancestral
tablets and did not for a moment sur
render them, there being carried above
lis head during the entire day a canopy
IF red, yellow and black At another
point in the procession there were
eight masters or teachers of the order
dressed in white, with caps of the same.
Again there was lea a riderless horse,
signifying the absent leader. and be-
hind the animal were half dozen men
With shields and targets, of red with
gold letters, which were afterward left
about the grave.
The Catholic Mission band and two
Chinese bands divided with Capt.
Berger the honors of furnishing the
music of the afternoon.
The route of the procession was
through River street to King. to Nuu-
anu and thence to School, to Punch
bowl and by that road to the cemetery.
Nearly three score of carriages follow
ed the dead and not only from the seat
Of the hearse were there distributed
prayer papers, but from almost every
We're the petitions sent out on
the breeze and red posters on each car
rage warned away the spirits of evil.
The procession debouched about the
grave uDOn arrival at the cemetery and