The Passing of Liliuokalani : Preceded By a Brief Historical Interpretation of the Life of Liliuokalani of Hawaii
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Dole, who had acted as Presi- dent of the Provisional government, was then elected President of the new republic. During the period immediately following her overthrow Liliuokalani was removed to the Royal Palace and made a political prisoner, then charged with high treason by the Provisional government. She was thusly detained for several months, ulti- mately, however, being released after a hard-fought trial which resulted in her con- viction ; the sentence being a parole, which gradually dim...inished, with time, in its re- strictions. The United States annexed the islands in (31) One of the last pictures ever taken of Liliuokalani, taken on the lanai {'veranda) of her home, shortly before she took to her final bed. 1898, the Stars and Stripes being raised in Honolulu on August 12 of that year. On June 14, 1900, the present American terri- torial government was inaugurated, and President Dole then became Governor Dole — the first governor of the new American Territory. Hawaii is, at this writing, in her eigh- teenth year as a daughter of Hail Columbia !
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