The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-28
KAUL|A'S
FUNERAL
Hearse Drawn to
Grave by Long
shoremen.

Thirty sturdy longshoreInen in white
duck trousers and black shirts honored
the memory OF ]. K. Kaulia yesterday
when they drew the hearse, containing
the remains from KaumakapiIi church
to the cemetery in Nuuanu Valley.
where the last sad rites were had.
Thousands of people lined the streets
through which the cortege passed. and
there were many evidences of grief
among the laboring element OF Ha-
the Home Rule party was once asso-
ciated. The services in the church, the
Grafton over the body. the procession
and the rites at the grave were of the
kind to indicate that among his people
MIR. Kaulia was well-loved man.
Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday the
body was taken from Williams under
taking establishment to the new Kau-
makapili church in Palama and placed
before the pulpit. surrounded and COW
cred by emblems of respect bestowed
by friends and by the several organt-
cations to which the deceased had be
longed. The casket was almost con-
ceeled beneath wreaths and leis, those
of lima blossoms predominating. A
beautiful floral anchor from the Long
shoremen's Union rested at the foot of
the casket. The pulpit and table upon
the platform were decorated with white
blossoms and MALE. The church was
begun. choir sang sweetl.- during
the services and Rev. Manasse Lono
offered prayer. The funeral Grafton
was delivered by Hon J. l.. Kauiukou.
who gave an outline Of the life of Mr..
Kaulia, often moving the audience TO
tears by references to the devotion OF
the deceased to the Queen and to the
royalist cause, which he represented
for so many years. AT the conclusion
OF the grafton the poolas were requested
to come forward and look upon the
features OF the dead. They advanced,
a long line OF nearly fifty men, stall
wart and erect, and many wept as they
turned away and went out of the
church. Women walled and the grief
of the widow was pitiful. Her tears fell
fast upon the casket, and she chung
desperately to it when her friends en-
deavored to lead her away. Among
those who viewed the remains were
Senator Kalauokalanis Attorney Gen.
eral Dole, Bipikane, Kaniahelu, Keanu,
Judge Stanley, A. G. NJ. Robertson. f.
VI. Brooks, George Markham, Mrs. Rob-
ert Wilcox, and many members of the
Home Rule party.
when at last the casket was brought
out to the hearse. the sturdy long,
shoremen took their places al the ropes
which were attached to the front axles.
the pallbearers and a guard OF police
officers following around the car. The
procession was headed by a squad of
police under command of Captain Po-
haiku, followed by a number of old
friends of the deceased. who walked to
the cemetery; then came the band of
the Catholic Mission, followed by a
wagonette containing the committee of
the Bar Association; next came the
poolas. thirty in all, marching two by
two, Drawing the hearse., Behind the
latter was a carriage I'm which the
widow rode. and the remainder of the
cortege was made up of a long line of
carriages and hacks. The route of the
procession was down King street to-
Beretania street at its junction with
King. thence TO Nuuanu street, thence
TO the cemetery.