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THE WKST SIIORK.
THE HAWAIIAN THRONE.
The first intelligence the subjects of t)ie late King Kalakaua received of
the death of their nilrr, was the appearance, on January 29th, of the United
Slates cruiser Chailtslon
in the harbor of Honolu
lu, displaying the flags of
this country and Hawaii
at half mast. The trium
plial arches that had been
erected were quickly re
moved, and soon the city
bore evidences of mourn
ing everywhere. The I'.
S. steamer Mohican and
British strainer Sympht
put their flags at half mast
and detailed men to act as
a guard of honor. Amid
the boom of minute guns
from all the war ships the
body was landed from the
Charleston, and headed by
the band of the latter ves
sel, the procession moved
to the palace amid the la
mentations of the popu
lace. The casket was
placed on a bier in the middle of the throne room of I lie lolani palace, as
shown in the accompanying engraving. Here it lay in state until the fifteenth
of February, when it was carried with great ceremony to the cemetery.
On the day of the arrival of the body the cabinet officers issued a proc
lamation staling that Princess I.iliuokalani had succeeded to the throne by
virtue of the constitution, the late king having designated her as his successor.
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TIIK I.Vl'K KINti KAI.AKAl'A.
The new queen holds the affections of the people, as do all the royal fam
ily, including the queen dowager, Kapiolani. She is known to have a pro
nounccd leaning towards the English, but as the present cab.net will remain
in office until 189:, there is no danger of a decrease m American influence.
On the contrary, the con
duct of our government
on this occasion has more
deeply endeared us to the
Hawaiian people. On the
sixth of February they
held a mass meeting at
the Kaumakapi church,
and adopted a series of
resolutions expressing
deep gratitude to the Unit
ed States, California and
the officers of the Charles
Ion. Similar resolutions
were adopted by the cham
ber of commerce. Un
doubtedly the United
States is the only prop
upon which the autonomy
of the Hawaiian kingdom
rests. The well known
objection of our govern
ment is all that has pre
vented both England and
Germany from making an effort to secure control of the kingdom by extend
ing their " protection " over it. It is not impossible that the future will sec
those islands a portion of the United States, and this would have been a fact
today were it not for the conservative policy of our government on the ques
tion of securing extra territorial possessions, and particularly when lying be
yond the boundaries of the North American continent.
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