Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-06

| giving the very best of satisfaction.
! While working in the Custom House, |
Mr.. Hassinger wrote The Hawaiian
Tariff and Digest" which was a stand. |
ard book OF reference until 1t was re.
vised by order OF Minister S. NJ. Da !
mon in 1898.
On the night of December 81. 1862.
Mr.. Hassinger was united in marriage
with Miss Priscilla +. Smith. who sur.
wives him. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. Eli Corwin of Fort stree:
church. There were four children, two
Of whom-Mrs. John Sullivan and Mrs.
Charles J. Falk-are residents of this
city. Lillian, aged 10 GERS, I days.
died October 2. 1884, and John, aged
about 10. died December Is. 1899.
After leaving the Custom House, Mr.
Hassinger went to Kahuku to take
charge of the ranch there. He re
manned until August /. 1873. and then
returned to Honolulu to take the posi- |
ton of clerk in the Interior Depart |
ment under Samuel q. Wilder. In this
| position he remained until the middle !
of 1899 when he left the employ of tho |
government and q little later. went TO
the Coast on account Of his i'll health. |
On August s. 1898, Mr.. Hassinger had
been twenty years in the Interior De- |
partment and had been practically the |
head of this branch of the government |
many times during the absence of his
various chiefs. The same date mark
ed his 36ia years in the employ of tho
government. during which he served
under five monarchs, the Provisional
Government. the Territory of Hawaii
and later, under the United States.
: Besides being an active employe OF
! the government, Mr. Hassinger was al
ways ready with his sword to protect
the monarchs under whom he served
and as a lieutenant and then later, a
captain of the Princes Own and the
Honolulu Rifles, he rendered services
that were invaluable. On October 4.
1864, he was commissioned captain of
the Honolulu Rifles by Kamehameha V.
His commission is now in possession
of the family of the deceased and his
cherished as one of the most precious
mementoes of the faithful husband and
loving father.
In the latter part of October of 1868,
J Mr.. Hassinger as captain of the Homo
lulu Rifles, formed one of the party UNI
der Governor John Dominis that went
to Hilo in the old Kilauea to suppress
: the insurrection of the Kaonites in the
District of Kona. Marshal Parke was
also OF the party.
. 1t will he remembered that Deputy
! Sheriff Neville of Hawaii was stoned to
, death by the fanatic KaOna and his fol-
] lowers and that IL was only by the eX-
erCise of a great amount of care that
, Sheriff Coney was successful in putting
down the insurrection and placing be-
hind the bars all those who were con-
! cerned in the killing.
, Coming down to a later date, Mr.
Hassinger as Captain OF the Princes
a Own. guarded the palace yard when
q Kalakaua was elected over Queen En-
ma. He not only saw that the whole
! palace was safely guarded and had
charge of the barracks but he himself
:. stood watch over the King that no
. harm might come to him through the
. Emmanites.
a Deceased was also prominent in the
, old Honolulu Fire Department. uuiuIGA
: the position Of chief during 70 and
, and remaining one of its staunchest
, members until the time of its muster
} ing out. He screwed over twenty years
) in the department.
@ John Adair Hassinger was an Epis-
copalian by religion and previous to
leaving him home in Philadelphia, he
= received the Apostolic rite Of confirma-
:. ton the hands OF the Right Rev. A.
y Potter, d. D., Bishop of the Diocese, at
4 Grace Church, of which place of wor-
r ship VIM. Suddarts was the rector
II Deceased was one OF the most prOmi-
l. nent Masons in the Islands and, next
TO W. F. Allen, was the Oldest living
Y Mason in the Islands. He was a mem
l Der of Hawaiian Lodge, which was es-
tablished here in 1852. II was In 1861
4 that he Joined and in 1867 and '6S he
/. was master OF the lodge. From that
d time until his Death, he was always
4 one OF tn emost active members and at
= the celebration of the fiftieth anniver-
sary of Hawaiian Lodge some weeks
ago, he 1t was who presented the his.
J. tory of that organization.
q In the second year of his service In
}. the lodge as its master, A. f. Judd was
Il Senior Warden; ThOs. Hughes, Junior
/. Warden; +. A. Schaefer, treasurer
q and c. T. GuliCk, secretary.
b. Deceased was also a prominent mem.
4 Der OF the knights Of Pythias and was
II installed as first Chancellor of the or.
y ganization.
10 No man in Honolulu had a greater
ID circle of steadfast friends than Mr.
IS Hassinger. He was beloved by every
r. one that Knew him and always wher
the name OF Uncle John" was men,