The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-11

All tnat ls mortal OF tHe Idle
William Aud will be buried this aft
ernoon at $3.50 from the Masonic Tenn
pie. with full Masonic honors, and be-
hind the bier Masons, Knights OF Pyth-
las, Red Men, former comrades of the
old Honolulu Rifle Company and the
volunteer fire department, and govern
ment officials, viii march to the Gem
etery william Aud whose death at
2:3O o'clock yesterday morning was re-
ported in the Advertiser, had attained
the fun measure Of honors in the secret
societies to which he belonged, and
from the monarchical government OF
Hawaii, in which he was an earnest
believer to the time Of his death.
Yesterday the body lay in state at
the residence at Panaewa. Palama. and
kahilis were waved over the body with
out cessation by Hawaiians, who will
ingly stood the trial of silence to show
their esteem. The casket rested on a
flower wreathed bier. decked with
masses of flowers. The face looked al
most as natural as in life. Upon the
breast were Masonic decorations and
the decoration of the Order OF Oceania,
conferred by King Kalakaua. About
the waist was his Masonic apron. A
Masonic guard of honor remained at
the residence last night. Governor
Dole has ordered the Hawaiian Band
to be present at the funeral this after
noon, and "A squad Of police viii be in
attendance.
The body viii be taken from the res
idence today and placed in the hall of
the Masonic Temple, where the full
ritual of the order will be said, The
I a. t..s.
friends. with two representatives from
the Board of Health of which body he
was a member at his death. The pail
bearers are j. o. Carter, Senator d.
Kalauokalani, David Dayton, Clarence
81. White and two members from the
Board of Health. The offices of the
Health Department were closed yester-
day.
William Aud was born August I, 1872,
in Honolulu. whore he resided all his
life, mainly at Palama. He was trained
as a carpenter, and worked with his
father. He was afterwards wheel
wright, and then opened butcher shop
on Nuuanu street.
His first government position, under
the monarchy, was as tax collector for
Koolau and districts outside of Homo
lulu. Later ne was appointed Il CltTh
in the Waterworks Department, under
King Kalakaua. The king commission
ed him superintendent Of the insane
asylum November -, 1856. which posi-
ton he held until the overthrow Of the
monarchy in January, 1893, when he re-
signed out of sympathy for Queen Lili-
uokalani and the royalist cause. His
resignation came through his refusal to
subscribe to the oath OF allegiance to
the provisional government. He re-
manned in private life from January,
1898, until last spring. when the Ha-
waiian senate refused to confirm the
governors recess appointments to the
Board of Health, and william Aud was
selected as one OF the new members.
Mr. Aud regularly attended the meet
ines until fall, when he began to fail
in health, and thereafter was not often
in attendance. During the political
campaign of 1900, Mr.. Aud was among
the democratic candidates for the leg
islature, but failed of election.
Mr.. Aud was the friend of the Ha-
waiians, and always was a steadfast
adherent to the royalist cause. He was
the personal and intimate friend OF