The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-08-28

I here with his parents when 8 child
shis father being mastsr mariner OF
Svessels voyaging in the Atlantic anc
Pacific. Capt. Dominis came TO thi,
Fport for the last time in the schooner
Swallow. He sold that vessel here
land sailed in 1850 as passenger on
1.-THE brig Henry for China. Another
ssea captain was fellow passenger,
sbut Notwithstanding the three uavi'
sgators on board the brig Henry never
Preached her destination. Ii was sup
5posed she was caught in a typhoon
sand foundered. Up till her death in
1889 the disconsoate widow never
3quite gave up hope of her husband
I returniDg sone day.
a The subject of this sketch went to
School in the Chiefs School un-
sder the late Mr., Cooke, father OF
3Messrs c. NJ. and A. f. Cooke. He
Sis next heard of attending the Royal
sSchool, an institution that succeeded
iVlS SuiClo pCuOOi do oClCtV oCuOVi'
This was about all the schooling j
40. Dominis had, excepting that he
stook special lessons in music, perhaps
salso some other branches, in the
aPriests' School under Mgr. Migret,
sBlshop of Alathea. He became a
Srather proficient musician, and for a
atme led the praise service on the
aharmonium in the old Bethel Union
jChurch.
Mr.. Dominis was one of the migra
itors to California in the rush thithel
4that followed the discovery of gold.
Gin 40 he was book keeper in
sSan Francisco, entering the service
aof S. H. Williams & Co., and subse !
squen,ly being engaged by Theodore
sShillaber & Co., the Mr.. ShiIlaber
Having been formerly merchant in
Honolulu. 1t is said Mr.. Domlnis
WAS also in the employ of G. b. Post
9of San Francisco. Hon. W. f. Allen,
sour fellow-lownsman, first met the
Hate Governor in San Francisco, for
Sty-one years ago, having carried a
5Ietter of introduction to him from his
] molher.
Returning from California in 1850,
d.Iohn o. Domnis went into the EN- /
sploy of Chas, Brewer, where he was
sbookkeeper until he was appointed
private secretary to Kamehameha
slV., position that he also filed un-
3der Kamehameha V. The latter APP
apointed him Governor of Oahu, an
5office that he held for over 20 years,
9until it was abolished. Part of the
stme he was also Governor of Maui
At the last session of the Legislature
5lhe office of Governor was restored
largely as an honorary distinction,
5but the only one appointed was Gov
Sermon Dominis of Oahu. The Gov
sernor was member of the House of
5Nohes under the life tenure of the
CONSTITUTION abrogated in 1887, he
fhaving been appointed by Kameha-
smeha V. He occupied various other
bubble offices at different times.
John Owen Domins and Miss
3Lydla X. Paki were married on thu.
10th of September, 1862, by the late
dRev. S. G. Damon, d. D., at the
jresidence of Hon. c. R. Bishop, King
street, now the Hamilton House.
5rhis was in the reign of Kameha-
smeha ". His wife became Prin-
1cess on the accession of her brother,
sIhe lamented Kalakaua, in 1874
Shortly after Princess Liliuokalani's
accession TO the throne this year, she
2proclaimed her husband as q prince
aof the realm.
! Governor Dominis was the chief
9pronotor of the organization of the
Royal Hawaiian Band in 1870, being
assisted by the present Minister OF
FINANCE. He went with the late King
ito the United States on the L. S. 5.
/ Benicia IN 1874, going as far as Wash
;ington. In 1887 The Governor ac-
scompanied the now Queen Dowager
sKapiolani and the present Queen to
SEngland, where they attended the
Jubilee celebration of Her Majesty
lQneen Victoria. An incident in his
fife was his appointment, January %,
1892, of Hon. ID. Kalakaua, to acl a.
sGovernor in his stead, du.lng hi,
temporary absence from Oahu. Gov
sernor Dominis was Free Mason o
9the SD degree. He was the holdcI
sof all the chief Hawaiian and several
foreign decorations.
The lamented Prince was the con
temporary of five reigniug sovereigns,
swith every one of whom he exercised
ia strong influence. His counsel-
swere born of an excellent judgment,
5and he had rare tact in impressing
sothers with his views. Few people
Fare aware Of the beneficial service
:that Governor Dominis has time and
5again rendered the country. His
aretiring disposition and unostenta'
stious manner prevented him from
sreceiving a 1.-THE of the praise thai
/ twas due to him as a public man.
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