The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-06-23

| AdnllAS WaNVO anu liiO0A bCAo WdAANN
last night at midnight when the casket
containing the mortal remains of the
late Prince David Kawananakoa was
borne on the shoulders of twelve of his
former friends from the Kawananakoa
home on Pensacola street and placed
in the waiting hearse for conveyance
to the Capitol, where the body will lie
in state today.
The scene at the home of the dead
alii last night was a solemn one but
of the greatest interest. For days past
watchers have sat beside the casket,
waving kahilis over the dead body.
while chanters have recited the glories
of the ancestors of the illustrious dead.
Last night the lanais were crowded
with mourners, friends of the dead
Prince and the Princess and others.
Through the evening dirges were sung
,, and meles chanted, while never ceas-
ing the kahilis swept back and forth,
up and down, in perfect unison above
the bier, the kahili bearers wearing
the feather capes of the retainers of
royalty.
At the head of the casket stood the
tabu stick, a gilded sphere pierced by
an ivory handle, the same tabu stick
that stood before the late prince when
he was crowned Prince of the Realm,
and the same used at the coronation
of King Kalakaua. On a pillow be-
fore the tabu stick were the orders
casket, covered with the yellow flowers
of royalty, was the great crown wreath
which had arrived on the U. S. S.
Charleston, when that vessel sailed
from San Francisco with the body of
King Kalakaua. Covering the casket
was placed a priceless feather cloak,
while about the room, behind the ka-
hills, were very many floral wreathes.
At midnight, when, according to the
Hawaiian custom, only may the bodies
of royalty be removed from their
homes, the watchers rose and formed
a lane from the door across the lanai
to the steps. Through this lane came
the pall-bearers, carrying the heavy
casket, placing it in the waiting hearse,
while the kahili bearers, large and
small, grouped about the black draped
vehicle. Then, to the solemn chanting
of the mourners and in almost perfect
darkness, the procession to the Capitol
was begun.
1t had been expected that this cor
tege would have been lighted by kuAui
nut torches. but it was explained last
night that the ceremonials of the royal
families of Kauai, Maui and Hawaii,
through whom the deceased traced his
descent, the torch was not used. Oc-
casionally, as a passing automobile
swept the length of the procession with
its search lights, the disposition of the
mourners in the line could be noted,
from the two dim lights on the hearse
itself broke the inky darkness of the
streets through which the body came
Ahead marched a squad of police,
while behind the hearse were the mem
bers of some of the Hawaiian societies,
and a wagon bearing the kahili stands
and the floral wreathes for the throne
room.
At the Capitol, which was reached /
at one o'clock this morning, a large |
number of people were gathered, the |
being Hawaiians. Along the |
King street side of the grounds and |
massed on either side of the drive from |
the gate to the Capitol steps were /
massed scores of hacks and many au-
filed with watchers for the |
arrival of the body and the mourners. |
Queen Liliuokalani, who had been at /
the house with the Princess HAVANA
nakoa, did not remain until midnight, |
leaving for her home shortly after ten
o'clock. The Princess herself was pros
trated last night. the long strain hav
ing been too much for her, resulting +,
in a fainting spell early in the evening. /
1t was out of Difference to her wishes !
that a great part Of the wailing was
dispensed with.
LYING IN STATE.
Yesterday afternoon the work of ar
ranging the throne room for the re-
ception of the body was begun under !
the direction of Ernest Parker, the I
of the Princess Kawanana-
koa. After consulting with a number /
Of authorities the positions of the va
rious kahilis were mapped out, the dais |
was draped with black, ferns and \
palms arranged about the great room /
and everything cleared out for the +
placing of the casket, the stationing 4
of the guards and the official mourners. !
Kahilis to the number of one hundred
and seven, great and small, were ar !
ranged for, these arriving with the I