The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-13
LAST RITES HELD
FOR CHIEFTIAN
OF OLD REGIME
From Monday Advertiserl

faf IRON Monday Advertiser)
Solemn ceremonial rites in the his
ORIG Kawaiahao Church yesterday af.
|. ernoon marked the passing of another
II the prominent figures of the old
egime. Old and young mourn the
leath of Edward X. Lilikalani, but the
Oss is borne chiefly by that dwindling
'irele of Hawaiians who saw the great
lays of the monarchy, and in their
yes ii was like a herald preceding his
oval mistress that Lilikalani died.
lis end came last Thursday, almost
hree days to ap hour before the time
( the death of Queen Liliuokalani. Or
The services at the church and at
he grave were conducted by the pas
or, Rev. Henry H. Parker, and Of
. icers and members of the old House
4 Mobiles took part. Headed by the
loyal Hawaiian Band shortly after
hree O'Clock the funeral eortege NOV
q from the Williams Undertaking
'arlors where the body had laid in
tate. Mourners bearing kahilis. led
he procession into the church with a
lumber of matrons of the order of
The House Of Mobiles. All of the ka-
] iii bearers and the women wore the
hort cape of the order, which is vel.
wv with designs of black and yellow.
1aslket is Royal Purple .n... .,-,as
The casket, regal in its rich color.
1g Of royal purple with its cleaning
liver, drew the eyes of those in the
hureh Upon it rested the white he'll
net and the sword of the dead chief.
ain. As the. low sweet notes of the
ryan rose, the casket was reyerently
owered to the purple colored supports
eneath the banks of blazing flowers
hat concealed the pulpit platform. 4
Az the appraised kahilis were waved
lowly over the casket, the voices of
he choir opened the service, which
as entirely in the Hawaiian tongue.
n his address the pastor in moving
erms reviewed the career of Lilika.
ami. Though he referred to the part
he cheiftain had played in the court
'fe Of Honolulu, he dwelt with partieu-
IT emphasis on the man s home life,
hich he held up as an example, and
told Of the thirty years that preeed,
! the death of Lilikalani's first wife.
period, the pastor said, unmarried
y single note of diseord, and a con-
ition that continued after his second
Darriage, The PASTORS address was
lowed by PRAYER given by Rev. 8.
W. Kekuewa of Waianae, who pronoune.
d the benediction also. After the cas-,
ct had been borne from the church
the grave in the churchyard another
REF service was held at the grave
ide. a'.. 49,.
he Pallbearers ,.'5...r' ~.
Those who served as pallbearers
ere: Captain Robert Parker, Jesse
4. Makainai, r. W., Beekley. A. X.
IOapili, Isaac II, HarbOttle and Henry
'ertelmann. ...-.n,... t"f.. al
II was as u captrin of the court mil,
tary staf that Lilikalani became not
4 in the days Of the merry monarch
nd be continued TO hold this post af,
"r the kings death. In this post he
vas the chief funetionary of the court
md major dOmO of all the numerous
fairs and ceremonies that marked life
II the court and afterwards. In the
alter years during which he served in
be assessor : office as a tax clerk,
js austere figure was familiar sight
II the streets of the city. When the
ccasion offered he always displayed
he orders and decorations he had re.
rived in the days of the monarchy.
m0ng these were the Stars of the
oval Order of Oceania, the Order of
0lakaua and the Order Of Kapiolani.
took mn interest in politics and on