The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-11-04
DEATH GAME last NIGHT
To GOVERNOR CLEGHORN At
HIS HOME AT AINAHAU
Prominent Citizen Answers Last CalI---LiVcd
Fity-Nine Useful Years in Hawaii
Funeral May Be Official.
fFrom wednesday,s Advertlser.l

Hon. Archibald s. Cleghorn, one of
the conspicuous men of the kalakaua
reign. and a prominent figure in later
day Hawai-. formerly Governor of the
Island of oahu under the kalakaua
DYNASTY, and husband of the late Prin'
cess Likeiike, sister of King kalakaua,
and father of the lamented Princess
Kaiulani died last evening at about
nine o clock after an illness lasting sew
eral weeks. His death occurred at the
old home at Ainahau, one OF the most
beautiful of the show places IN Homo
lulu. IL.
MIR Clenhoru s death, while q shock
to his large circle of friends, was not
entirely unexpected by his relatives and
immediate friends, as hope for his re-
coyery was abandoned nearly two weeks
AGO. when his physician announced that
tbe patient would never leave his room
again alive.
Although naturally of a rugged con
stitution. Mr.. Cleghorn S health mas
never been the best since the death
of his daughter, the beloved Princess
Kaiulani. little more than ten years
AGO. and it was noticed a few months
400 when the bodies of the dead of the
Kalakaua dynasty were being removed
at night from the mausoleum to the
tomb of the Kalakauas that the RENTER
ment of his beloved wife and daughter
greatly affected him, for tears streamed
from his eyes as the caskets with their
beautiful royal pals were lowered into
the vaults, the car-haunting strains of
Hawaiian music adding much to the
solemnity Of the occasion and produc-
ing heartrending effect upon him, even
as they did upon Her Majesty, Queen
Liliuokalani.
Here Fifty-Nine Years.
Mr.. Cleghorn arrived in Honolulu in
June. 1851, from Auckland by way OF
Tahiti, in the brig Sisters, commanded
by Captain Clark. His first impression
of Honolulu was it's barrenness. He
landed at the foot of Nuuanu avenue
where the principal wharf was in those
DAYS, near which was the old custom
house. The brig was brought into Tho
harbor by rope which was hauled OF
by natives who walked in the shoal OF
the reef. They originally intended t.
90 on to California but the elder Mr
Cleghorn died of heart failure upoI
landing. and the son remained.
His first call here was upon Docto
Smythe, who was partner in the medl
cal profession of Doctor Rookie, lvin
then in the residence known as Quee
Emma hall. 1t was then the home o
Doctor Rookie and his daughter VIII
afterward became Queen Emma, tn
consort of King Kalakaua lV.
Mr.. Cleghorn arrived here as yout
of sixteen, with the world before hi
and only the weapons of youth-cou
age and ambition-with which to fgl
II. That ne was successful is evidence
nv Hawaiian history wherein his nan
appears as one of the most prominel
men in public affairs during peric
of three decades. Starting with hur
bic clerical position, he made for hir
self career. in the periods of whit
he appeared first as a wealthy merchaT
then as a successful leader of polite
then as a member of the house of noble
then as the husband of Princess Lik
like, sister of Queen BiliuOkalant, al
still later, through appointment
Queen Liliuokalani, he became Cover
or of Oahu. After n two-years' term
this honorable position he was appoin
ed collector general of customs, whit
position he held until the overthrow
the monarchy in 1898.
After retiring TO private life, !
naming a loyal royalist and devot
to the welfare of his daughter, t
Princess Kaiulani, he gradually |
came identified in large way wi
many of the charitable and social
stitutions of Honolulu. For mai
years he has been president of {
Pacific Club, an organization viii
honored him a few years ago at sen
centennial celebration held at Ha
iva. He has been park commisslC
er, being especially interested in t
development of Kapiolani Park.
was also n prominent mason and "
trustee of the Hawaiian Lodge.
On May 23 1907, he declined to
considered as a candidate for the g,
ernorship of the Territory. Among
last acts was to aid in the request
the war department to change the ma
of the fertilization at Pearl Harbor
Fort Kamehameha. This he did
anuary of the present year. He '
president of the Queens Hospital h
ing always been interested in that
stitution. After the great fire in S
Francisco he was member of the
ecutive committee for the San FIR
cisco relief committee formed in ]
nolulu.
One of the great blows to Mr.. CT
horn g happiness was the death of
wife, the Princess Likelike, on Eel
AIRY ., 1887, and another came W
his daughter, the Princess Kaluli
died on March 6, 1899. Since then
has lived a rather lonely life at Al
hau, whose halls and lanais are fl
with mementoes Of the royal days
relics associated with the life Of
wife and daughter, The grounds
Ainahau are among the most tropics
attractive in Honolulu. A long di
leading from Kalakaua avenue, v
kih passes between cocoanut gro
and lily ponds, ending under q
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