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all the chiefs in the kingdom. The rival candidate forthe throne was David Kalakaua , who now instigated thesoldiers in the barracks to revolt, in order to gain thethrone for himself, but the revolt was skilfully quelled.Lunalilo died on January 18, 1874, after a reign of onlyone year and twenty-five days. He left a noble monu-ment for himself in his bequest of property worth aquarter of a million dollars for the establishment of ahome for aged Hawaiians.

The legislature was then again summoned to elect aking, There were two candidates— the ex-queen Em-ma, the relict of Kamehameha IV. , and the rebelprince, David Kalakaua . The issue in the election wasa proposed reciprocity treaty with the United States .As Emma was partly of British extraction, and a patronof the Anglican Church, the foreign community threwits influence for David Kalakaua , and he was elected onFebruary 12, 1874. As soon as the vote was announceda mob of Emma’s adherents attacked the legislature,but they were quickly dispersed by marines that werelanded by request of the cabinet from American andBritish war-ships in the harbor. The reciprocity treatywas then negotiated, and went into effect on September9, 1876, and greatly promoted the industrial prosperityof the islands.

Encouraged by the increasing wealth of the country,Kalakaua now entered on a course of extravagance,usurpation and paganism that to the islands, which hadpreviously enjoyed a tolerably good government, was

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