The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-11-15
Ex-Queen LiliuOkalani
Died Sunday Night
Last Hawaiian Monarch to Hold
Rule-Picturesque Figure in
Current History.
(By Associated Press)

WIN CHe ueaCn Oh queen LllluOka-
lani has passed the last vestige of
royalty in the Hawaiian Islands. The
eighth and last monarch to hold sway
over the entire insular group, she re-
signed for only two years and that
brief flicker of sovereignty was ex-
tinguished more than 20 years ago in
a revolution which led to the annexa-
tion of the islands to the United
States. But notwithstanding her eff
facement from public affairs, Queen
Uiliuokalani never abandoned her
regal pose nor lost the affection of
her former subjects, and continued to
her death most interesting person.
ality.
She was born September 2, 1888,
in Honolulu. Her name was lydia
Kamakacha. In her memoirs, "Ha-
waits History by Hawaii's Queen"
she traced her ancestry back to the
foundation of the Kamohameha dyn-
asty 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
pelng observed to cement ties be-
tween the different clans and chiefs.
The future queens new mother was
konia, granddaughter of Kameham-
sha |. Her adopted father was Paki.
a high chief. They had a daughter
of their own, Bernico Pauahi, who
later became Mrs. Charles r. Bishop.
Llliuokalani's own parents had nine
other children, most of whom, like
herself, were adopted into other fami-
lies. One of them was Kalaukaua, af-
terwards king and Liliuokalani's pred
ecessor on the throne.
The young princess received her
education in old Royal school, all the
pupils of which were children of the
royal family or of the high chiefs. 1t
was white attending this school that
Liliuokalani first met the bow who
later became her husband, John O.
Dominis, son of an American sea cap
tain. She was married to him Sep
tember 16, 1862, and she and her hus-
band moved to Washington Place
which Captain Dominis, her father-in-
law, had built as a private residence.
Long after, when she was driven from
the throne of Hawaii, she retirefSi
again to this place and it was het
home during the remainder of her
life. Dominis, the future queens hus-
band, was appointed on the staff of
Prince Lot ,and when the latter as
cended the throne as Kamehameha V.
in November, 1868, was named as the
kings private secretary and conf
dental adviser. Dominis was later
made governor of Oahu, which posi-
ton he held until his death in 1891.
Llliuokalani ascended the throne of
Hawaii January 20, 1891, immediate
ly following the receipt of news from
San Francisco that her brother, King
kalakaua, had died there in the Pal
ace hotel nine days previously. Ka-
lakaua in November of the preceding
year had taken trip to California
as the guest of Read 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 returning
monarch in elaborate style, but as the
Charleston approached the harbor, she
displayed the royal mourning signal,
and Liliuokalani knew before the YES
sci docked that she was the new ruler
of the Hawaiian Islands.
Kalakaua had been extremely reac-
tionary in all his tendencies as ruler,
and his sister,was even more inclined
toward absolutism. In 1880 Kalakaua,
accompanied by numerous retinuc
of Hawaiians and Americans, went on
ms famous trip around the world and
during his absence of about a wear
his sister had ruled as regent of the
kingdom.
In 1887 Liliuokalani herself visited
foreign countries. She went to Lon.
don to participate in the golden jubi-
lee celebration of Queen Victoria. 1t
was always afterwards her boast that
she was kissed and embraced by Brit
aims queen.
1t was at this period that a coterie
OF white men, most of whom had been
born in Hawaii, organized a league
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