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Show THE FUNERAL OF THE KING- Tha Bamalna Eacortad by Snldlara and Var lona Maannl Hodira. San Francisco, Jan. 23. Tho' last honors were paid in San Francisco to the late Kalakaua of Hawaii, yettorday afternoon. The body lay in state in the mortuary chapel of Trinity Episcopal Episco-pal church, guarded by state soldiers. ' This morning the streets In the vicinity . ofjthe church were Jammed wilh people. At the chancel tho American and Hawaiian Ha-waiian colors were draped behind jets of gas arranged In tho form of a crown. Tho pews reserved for the Hawaiian party were draped In black, and the chancel was tilled With largo aud choice lloral pieces, the offerings of personal friends and societies of which the king had been a i member. Tho moat noteworthy was that of the Islam Temple of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, to which King Kalakaua had been admitted ad-mitted but a few days before his death. At 1:80 p.m. the casket was brought in, followed by the party which accompanied accom-panied the king from Honolulu. AH tho Episcopal miniters in the city, except ex-cept Bishop Kip, who was ill, were present. Itev. Sanders Reed delivered the funeral discourse. Tho procession ws headed by two troops of the Fourth United (States cavalry cav-alry and the band of the Fifth United States army artillery. Next came the light batteries of the Fourth artillery, followed by the Second brigade National Na-tional Guards of California. The hearse was escorted by the Golden Gate com-mandery. com-mandery. Knights Templar. The suito of the king followed the hearse in carriages car-riages and after them came General Gibbon and start, Admiral Brown and staff, federal, state, city and county otticials, representatives of mercantile bodies, civic societies tnd private citizens. citi-zens. At the foot of Market street the troops formed in lino and presented arms. The casket was placed on the lighthouse steamer and taken to tbe flagship "Charleston." |