Evening star., 1924-12-14
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Washington entertained royalty
so years ago, King Kalakaua of Ha-
waii coming here
h1ng kalakaua to negotiate a rec
V;si<or iprocity tre v.
The Star of De-
cembcr IL, 1874. thus describes his ar
rival:
"At an early hour this morning the
new and handsome depot of the Bal
timore and Potomac Railroad, corner
OF Sixth and B streets, was the scene
of unusual hustle and activity, in an
ticipation of the arrival of his maj
esty, King David Kalakaua, King of
the Sandwich Islands, and the officers
of the company were busy giving
necessary orders. From the we'll
hole in the depot were suspended the
large flag of the Hawaiian Islands
and the United States flag. The Ha-
waiian flag attracted much attention
and its similarity to the Stars and
Stripes was remarked. 1t consists of
eight stripes, red. white and blue, and
a union of blue, with a white and red
cross. A detail of 25 policemen re-
ported at the building at o'clock.
The royal party on reaching Pitts
burgh were obliged to change cars,
owing to the fear that the directors
car of the Union Pacific railroad was
too wide for some of the tunnels, and
fine Pullman car of the Philadelphia
and Erie Company was substituted.
This caused a detention of few
hours.
AT 1890 o'clock a special car at
tached to engine No. IL left the depot
here, having on board Secretaries
Fish, Belknap and Robson, Hon. Eli
sha H Allen, former United States
commissioner to the Sandwich Islands,
and now chancellor of the kingdom,
and about 10 representatives of the
press, and proceeded to Wilson sta
tion, about nine miles out, where 1t
arrived at 1852. Here the arrival
Of the train with the King and party
was awaited At a.. few minutes
past II o'clock the royal train ar
rived and came to halt, when the
secretaries and others boarded 1T and
were Immediately shown into the
Kings car.
by ii o'clock a battalion of United
States Marines, headed by the band
and under the command of Capt. Nc
Lane Tilton, arrived at the depot and
an immense crowd assembled in and
about the building. The police were
stationed about the depot, Maj. Rich
ards, Capt. Brock and Lieut.. Kelly in
charge Lieut.. Noonan and q squad
of mounted officers were also present
at 11:25 the train entered the
depot, where Lieuts. Hooker and l.. G.
Palmer, aides to Capt. Temple (Unlted
States Navy, a member OF the escort
on the train) reported that all was in
readiness for the reception and the
party Immediately left the train. Capt.
Temple led the way through the main
hall and ladies' waiting room to the
8 street entrance. The KING fol-
lowed, accompanied by Secretary
Fish and Chancellor Allen, and on
their reaching the doorway the ma
rines presented arms and an appro-
pirate air was played by the band
The King was escorted to the left of
the line and took seat In Secre-
tary Fish's carriage.
ION the arrival of the train and
while the procession was getting un-
der way, Mr.. widows played the fol-
lowing selections of music on the
chimes of the Metropolitan M. f.
Church, commencing with the "Feu de
the Chief" Hail, Columbia" Sher-
mans March Through Georgia and
other national melodies suited to the
occasion.
"At precisely two minutes before IL
o'clock the drum major of the Marine
Band appeared to the sight of the
waiting crowd as he marched around
the corner of Fifteenth and Half
street out of Pennsylvania Then fol-
lowed the band. the Marine Corps and
the four carriages which went to
make up the procession, saHdw:ched
in between a motley crowd of gamins,
both black and white, on both sides
of the street, precisely such fianking
attracted
the parade of the 'Galillean Fisher
men,
"whiIe the distinguished party was
alighting the marines presented arms,
to which salute, upon reaching the
threshold of the hotel entrance, the
King responded by removing his hat.
The national anthem Of the Sandwich