The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-18
REGRET IN LONDON
News of kaiulani's Death
Received IN that City.
Ter education IN England- Her
ouesniy Disnity- MADE many
Frionus Whus Abroad,


We regret to announce that adyiCes
from Honolulu were received al San
Francisco yesterday, stating that Prn-
cess Kaiulani, who had been suffering
from rheumatism OF the heart, died
on the 9th instant.
Her Royal Highness, who was the
daughter OF the late Princess Likelike,
sister OF King Kalakaua, by her mar
riage with Mr.. Archibald Cleghorn, a
Scotch gentleman who had for many
years been resident at Honolulu, was
born on October Is, 1875, and upon the
death of her uncle and the accession to
the throne of Queen Liliuokalani, she
became the heiress apparent. BY the
time, however. that She had got well
into her teens" affairs in Hawaii,
which had long been somewhat unset
tied. became critical. Professional agi-
tators were at work stirring up dis
content among the people, and the par
~ which desired annexation to the
United States, in order to obtain a bet
ter market for the sugar which is so
extensively grown in the Islands, be-
came very active. In 1892, a scheme
for the annexation of Hawaii was fully
discussed in the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee of the House of Representatives
at Washington, in which II was point
ed out that so important a s,rateglCal
point Us Honolulu ought to be under
the United States flag. On January
80. 1898, tho agitation eliminated in
q revolution with the result that
Queen Liliuokalani and her govern
ment were overthrow, and a Provis-
ional Executive and President were APP
pointed. The immediate cause of the
rising was the Queens attempt to pro-
mulgate new Constitution, under
which foreigners would have been dis
franChised. The United States Minis
ter recognized the de facto govern
ment. and Commissioners were sent
to Washington to ask for annexation;
and, meanwhile, President Harrison,
who was then within a week or two of
completing his term of Office, sent a
message to the Senate, urging that the
islands should be annexed.
Meanwhie-in 1SS9-Princess Kaiu
aani came to England to complete her
education, and she resided in this
country until comparatively recently.
She was placed under the guardian
ship of the late Mr. Theo. II. Davies,
Of Southport, who was formerly Brit
ish ylce-Consul at Honolulu, and by
him was sent to well-known school
in Northamptonshire. There the Prin-
cess led a quiet life, differing but lit
tie from that of an ordin?ry English
school girl of good birth. With Mr..
Dayiess family at Southport, she was
on terms of the greatest intimacy and
affection, and she thoroughly enjoyed
her stay in EDgland-a residence
which was prolonged for some time
after her education was completed.
Her studies were those of other young
ladies OF her age. English was al
most her native tongue, and her apti-
tude and readiness in acquiring the
accomplishments of an English lady
were from the first remarkable. Early
in 1893 there was sudden Interrupt
tion to this pleasant and peaceful life.
when the bill was introduced into the
American Senate 1t was determined
that the young lady should herself
make an appeal to President Cleve-
land and the American people in be-
throne of her predecessors, not, per-
haps, without some hope that her at
tractive presence and pleasing person
atty would help to plead her cause.
Accompanied by her Guardian and his
family, she arrived in New York on
the LIST of March, and in the course of
the following three weeks she visited
Boston, Philadelphia and ultimately
Washington. an appeal to the Amer
lean people was issued in her name,
and the whole of the time during her
visit was devoted to urging hergciaims.
In the United States, as in England,
the Princess made the happiest i'm
preston upon all with whom she came
in contact. At fist there was some
disposition to regard Mr. Davies him
self with distrust, and journals Of the
more outspoien character did not hes
itate to suggest that he was, in some
underlined way British semissary.
This suspicion, however, died out be-
fore the young ladys own assurances
that he accompanied her solely in the
capacity Of guardian. The Princess
was the more anxious to obtain recog-
milton OF her claims since she that
year attained her majority. One OF
the last acts OF the Hawaiian Leglsla-
ture before the revolution was to vote
sum OF four thousand dollars for the
expenses OF the return trip OF the
.Uolress 10 the throne. The Princess