The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-13
HIGH CH|EFESs
LAID TO REST
Funeral of Mrs. kahea Is Held
at the Roman Catholic
Cathedral.


services, held yesterday afternoon at
the Roman Catholic Cathedral over the
remains of Mrs. Maria Beekley Kahea
who died Sunday at the Sanatorium.
just at the stroke of four, the bell
| in the tower of the Cathedral began
tolling the funeral knell, and few
minutes later the cortege entered the
portals Of the church.
At the door, the casket was met by
priest who, barring his head, sprinkled
the coffin with his aspergill. To the
strains of 1sAbide With Me, sung IN
English, the procession then moved
slowly up the aisle toward the high
altar.
At the head of the procession, as 1t
entered the church. was the Hawaiian
Ladies Kaahumanu Society. After
passing the portal, the members of the
society opened ranks, and allowed the
casket, pallbearers and mourners to
pass through.
The sanctuary was literally afame
with candles, the somber black of the
altar drapings and the silver enibroid-
cry of the vestments rejecting the
light Of the Pickering waxen tapers.
The coffin, covered by a velvet pail, was
placed at the foot of the altar steps,
surrounded by lighted candelabra.
When the singing of the professional
hvmn had been finished, and the priest
had spoken the sentences prescribed
by the Roman Catholic liturgy fol
such occasions, the choir broke forth
into the soft strains of the Kyrie
Eleison. The plaintive Lord Have
I eli IL, sTa
and Catholic and Protestant alike
bowed the head.
AT the conclusion of the brief serv
ices, the pallbearers again lifted the
casket from its support and, turning
their backs ON the altar, led the pro
: cession toward the door, The Kaa
humanu Society fell III line behind thu
! Inourners and escorted tne remains t.
! the waiting hearse outside.
The Cathedral was packed to ths
very doors with folk, anxious to pay
their last respects of the descendant o.
the ancient and illustrious Hawaiian
family. AS the coffin passed down th'
aisle, every head bowed, and there wa
hardly dry eye within the walls o.
the church.
The most distinguished families o.
: Hawaii were represented IN the con
gregation, and the solemnity that per
vaded over all was more than the sad
} ness caused by death, it typifed thu
|. realization that, with tie. death OF Mrs
I Kahea, one more link, binding th'
new regime to the old, had been broken
As the easket was loaded into thu
| waiting hearse, the ladies of the Kaa
humanu Society, clad in black, formed
ahead of the coach of death and Lex
the march to the cemetery. Behint
the hearse followed cortege of hack
5 and carriages that extended over more
: than a block.
The remains were inferred in Nuuanl
cemetery, a priest reading the las
! words ere the grave was closed.
Maria Angela Kahaawelani Beckley Z
father, William Malulani Beckley, wa
brought up with King Kauikeouli b,
/, Queen Keopuolani, consort Of Kane
hameha I at the Keauhou, Kona, Ha
wall. He was always called keik
<son) by the Kamehamehas up to th'
time of his death in 1870. He was tn,
son of Captain George Beckley, mill
tary commander aof the old fort, whit
: was made a chief by Kamehameha
on the birthday of the Princess Nahie
naena. William Beckley's mother
AHA, descends from a long line o.
:. high priests and chiefs. AHA IS fathe.
Kaha superintendent the building O.
the fleet of double war canoes in th'
forests back of Hilo.
The deceased was the great grand
daughter of King Kahikili of Maui
and is lineal descendent of Liloa, thu
! first King of Hawaii Island, through
both her father and mother. He
mother the High Chiefess Kahinl
Beckley was the close companion o.
the tabu Princess Nahienaena The
e deceased was also the first cousin Of
Benjamin Pitman of Boston, Mrs
Roland Wilbur of Los Angeles, Mrs
' Julia Along and Mrs. A. A. Montana
the daughters of Wray Taylor anC
George Hoopili Beekley of Hawaii.
1t was Mrs. Kahea s grandfather
Captain Beekley. an English sea cap
tain, who is credited with having de
J signed the Hawaiian flag. Captain
Beckley's flag was first flung to Thu
breeze in 1906 or 1907. The deceased
was a lady in waiting to the Queer
during the reign of Kamehameha
and when Kalakaua was elected Kins
she was in the court of the Dowage
Queen, Emma King KaIakaua sen
? for Mrs. Kahea and asked her to be
come lady in waiting to Kapiolani, hi
Queen. Queen Emma on hearing O.
the Kings request requested Mrs. Ia
hea to aecede to the royal reques
which she did. Among other ladies il
waiting to Queen Kapiolani were thu
Princess Liliuokalani, afterwards Queen
Princess Likelike, wife of Hon. A. S
| Cleghorn, and Princess Pomaikalanl.
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OVER THIRTYFTVE YEARS