The Hawaiian gazette., 1892-01-05

D6lng mostly IN the uumDelS VI
Asistic laborers while the Hawaiian
race has lost 6,57S during the period.
At the present date, the total popu-
lation exceeds $4,000.
Our obituary has to record the
death of H. r. 81. John o. Dominis,
brother in. law of the late King ka!a-
kaua and Consort Of Her Majesty
Queen Liliuokalani, who died on the
9th of August, being in his sixtieth
year. His E1cellency Hon. II. A. P.
Carter, for many years Hawaiian
Minister Resident in Washington,
died in New York in the fifty-seventh
year of his age. Mr.. Carter had
been siling for many months and
had recently visited Europe to try
the benefit of some of the medicinal
springs of Germany. Failing to re-
ceive any permanent benefit, he
wished to return to Honolulu, his
native place, whittier his remains
were brought by his widow and
family.
In General and Mrs. Marshall,
who died within short time of one
another, the kingdom loses two of
her earliest settlers and best friends.
Fifty years ago Mr.. Marshall, then
a member of the firm of Brewer &
Co., was commissioned by Kameha-
meha III. to proceed to the United
States and Europe, to lay before the
various governments the difficulties
and dangers which threatened his
kingdom by the action of Captain
Lord George Psulet. During the
civil war in America General Mar
shall did good service in the hospi,
tai department, where he ranked as
brigadier general. Since that time
he had been actively employed in
many philsnthropic undertakings,
notably, in assisting another old
Honoluluan, General Armstrong, iu
his famous school at Hampton,
Virginia. Shortly before his
death, General Marshall. with
his wife re- visited this city and on
several occasions addressed words of
wisdom and gave precious advice to
the youth Of Hawaii Among other
old residents departed. We have to
regret the loss Of the Rev. DR.. L.
Smith, pastor of the native church
in this city with which his name had
been identified for more than fifty
years. The DOCTORS son, A. L. Smith,
died after a short illness, few
months later than his father. Mrs.
L. A. Thurston, Mrs. Jas. l. Dowsett,
Sr., Mrs. A. Rosa, were all natives Of
these Islands, the two latter of Hs-
waiian descent, and Mrs. Jno. T.
Waterhouse, ,Sr. .,one of the oldest and
most respected of the British resi-
dents, all passed away during the
year, with many others known in the
business circles of the Kingdom.
The general health of the Islands
has been equal to the average,though
the prevalent influenza and its COM
plications increased the death rate
somewhat in the spring months.
The Fire Department has had
numerous calls, to which it is need
less to say it answered with prompti-
tude and efficiency. One new steam
fire engine and one chemical engine
have been imported from the United
States, and horses have been speci-
ally trained for service with the
former.
The most considerable conhagra-
ton in or near the city was, however,
entirely beyond the extinguishing
power of these or any fire engines.
The Government kerosene ware
house, which, owing to several recent
arrivals, was unusually full, took fire
from the upsetting of a plumbers
soldering furnace, and $4,000 cases
Of kerosene and a large number of
drums OF gasolene we're destroyed.
Fortunately, the fire was confined to
the warehouse premises. 1t took
week to burn itself out.
Before 1892 is many days old, We
hope to see the dredging machine at
work upon the bar of this har-
Dor. The scow is launched and
the machinery nearly ready for trial.
When this great work is completed
it will be unquestionsbly the most
important work ever executed in
these Islands. The entrance to Hon
olulu hsrbor which has now a scant
% feet on it is to be dredged out to