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At Hawaiian Funeral Kalakaua's Final Voice Heard
Reading of Kalakaua's last words is delayed until a phonograph is placed on Hawaiian soil. Officials Baker and Chamberlain McFarlane await signs as the recording is read aloud to a select audience. The news notes spiritual reflection and the vow to preserve the former king's message.
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Kalakaua
Baker
Chamberlain McFarlane
Col. Baker
Maneston
Edmund T. Stevens
Buffalo
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Annie Turner
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Dominion of Canada
United States
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