“ Queen Emma was the daughter of a high native chief by an English woman and the adopted daughter of an English physician at the islands, Dr. Rooke. She was born Jan. 2. 1836, and received an excellent education by American tutors. In 1856 she was married to King Kamehameha IV., who had succeeded to the throne two years previous, and who died in 1863. On the death of King Lunalilo, in February, 1873, his successor not having been proclaimed, Queen Emma and the present King Kalakaua proclaimed themselves candidates for the throne. ”