The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-13
BIOGRAPHY LATE QUEEN OF
 HAWAII
(By the Associated Press)


 lani has passed the last vestfge of royalty in the Hawaiian ILslands The eighth and last monarch to hold sway over the insular group, she reigned for only two years and that brief flicker of sovereignty was ex- tinguished more than twenty years ago in revolution which led to the annexation of the islands by the Unit ed States. But notwithstanding her effacement from public affairs, Queen Liliuokalani never abandoned her re- gal pose nor lost the affection for her former subjects, and continued to her death most interesting per sonality
 She was born Sept 2, 1888 in Hon. olulu. Her name was Lydia Kamaka. cha. In her memoirs, "Hawaii's His tory by Hawaii's Queen, she traced her ancestry back to the foundation of the Kamehamecha dynasty and claimed relationship to the royal fam fly of the five sovereigns of that name.
 Liliuokalani ascendede the throne of Hawaii on January 29, 1891, immed- lately following the receipt of news from San Francisco that her brother, King Kalakuaa, had died there in the Palace hotel nine days previously. Kalakaua in November of the ore. ceeding year had taken a trip to Cal. ifornia as the guest of Rear Admiral Brown on the United States Cruiser Charleston 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 on the same ship with his body. Preparations had been made to receive the return ing monarch in elaborate style but as the Charleston approached the har- or, she displayed the royal mourning signal and the Queen knew before the vessel docked that she was the new ruler of the islands. Kalakaua had been extremely re- actionary in all his tendencies as ru. Ter Of Hawaii, and his sister, was ev- en more inclined towerd absolutism. In 1880 Kalakaua accompanied by a numerouse retinue of Hawaiians and Americans, went on his famous trip around the world, and during his ab- sence, about year, his sister had rul- ed as regent of the Kingdom.
 In 1887 the Queen herself visited foreign countries. She went to Lon don to participate in the golden jubi- lee celebration of Queen Victoria. It was always afterwards her boast that she was kissed and embraced by the Queen of England.
 It was at this period that coterie of white men, most of whom had been born in Hawaii. organized a league to restore and maintain a constisutional government. This league, becoming secretly powerful, made a demonstra. ton which thoroughly frightened King Kalakaua, who agreed to a new con. stitution along the lines demanded. This was known as the constitution of 1887. It was signed twenty days be- fore Liliuokalani's return from Lan- don. She was greatly incensed when she learned of it, and referred to it then and after as the "bayonet Con- stitution."
 Following Kalaksua's death, Liliuo- kalani began her reign with renewed determination to abolish restrictions on the power of the throne. Her first move was to appoint a new cabinet with the members of which she made the condition that she could appoint all officers. Immediate dissatisfac- tion on the part of the white residents was caused by the manner in which this power was used.
 One thing that lead directly to the downfall of the monarchy, was the passage of an act granting a fran chise to establish lottery, and of