New Britain herald., 1917-11-12
HAWAIIAN QUEEN.
dies IN HONOLULU
Last Of All Royal People Of
Famous Island Passes On

Honolulu, Nov. 1z.-Queen Liliuo-
kalani died here last night. With the
death Of the Queen has passed the
last vestige of royalty In the Ha-
waiian Islands. The eighth and last
monarch to hold sway over the entire
insuslar group, she reigned for only
two years and that brief flicker Of
sovereignty was extinguished more
than twenty years ago in revolu-
ton which led to the annexation Of
the islands to the United States. But
notwithstanding her effacement from
public affairs, Queen Liliuokalani nev-
err abandoned her regal pose nor lost
the affection Of her former subjects,
and continued to her death a most in
teresting personality.
She was born Sept. 2, 1888 in
Honolulu. Her name was Lydia Ka-
makacha. In her memoirs, "Ha-
wallis History by Hawaii's Queen"
she traced her ancestry back to the
foundation Of the Kamachameh dy-
nasty and claimed relationship to the
royal family of the five sovereigns Of
that name
In accordance with a custom COM
mon in Hawaii in those days, Liliuo-
kalani was given away in her infancy
by her father to another chief, by
whom she was adopted in exchange
for one of his children, this custom
being observed to cement ties be-
tween the different clans and chiefs.
The future Queens new mother was
Konia, granddaughter Of Kamaha-
meha I. Her adopted father was
Paki, a high chief They had
daughter of their own, Bernice Pa
uahi, who later became Mrs. Charles
r. Bishop. Liliuokalanis own par
ents had nine other children, most of
whom, like herself, were adopted into
other families. One of them was
Kalakaua, afterwards king and Lili-
uOkalaniS predecessor on the throne
The young princess received her
education in the old Royal School,
all the pupils Of which were children
of the royal family OR of the high
chiefs 1t was while attending this
school that Liliu okalani first met the
boy who later became her husband,
John o. Dominis, son of an American
sea captain She was married to him
September 16, 1852, and she and her
husband moved to Washington Place
which Captain Dominis, her father.
in-law had built as a private resi-
dence. Long after, when she was
driven from the throne of Hawaii
she retired again to this place and it
was her home during the remainder
Of her life. DominiS, the future
queens husband, was appointed on
the staff of Prince Lot, and when the
latter assembled the throne as Kane
hameha V. in November, 1863, was
named as the kings private secretary
and confidential adviser. Dominis
was later made governor of Oahu,
which position he held until his death
in 1891.
Liliuokalani assembled the throne of
Hawaii January 80, 1891. immediately
following the receipt of news from
San Francisco that her brother, King
kalahaua, had died there in the Pal
ace hotel nine days previously. Kala-
kaua in November Of the. preceding
year had taken a trip to California
as the guest of Rear Admiral Brown
on the United States cruiser Charles
ton in order to recruit his failing
health, but he failed rapidly.
There was at that time no trans
pacific cable, so the news of the kings
death reached Honolulu by the ship
that bore his body. Preparations
had been made to receive the return
Ing monarch IN elaDOraLe style, but as
the Charleston approached the har-
Dor, she displayed the royal mourning
signal. and Liliuokalani knew before
the vessel locked that she was the
new ruler Of the Hawaiian Islands.
On January Is, 1895, just two years
after being deposed, Liliuokalani was
arrested on the charge of being a
participant in a plot to overturn the
existing government and resume her
sovereignty. Eight days later she for
mally renowned all claim to the
throne. After nine months confine-
ment in her former palace she and
forty eight others were pardoned and
when, on Aug. IL, 1898. Hawaii be-
came a territory of the United States
she declared her fealty to the country
that had adopted her.
The later years of her life, L1lluok-
alani remained quietly at home. She
had ceased to reign as a sovereign
monarch, but she still reigned as
queen in the hearts of her people.
the native Hawaiians, who venerateo
her and paid her court as though Sne