The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13

Lindsay reports fair weather throughout,
and says in latitude 81 deg. So min. north,
longitude 172 deg. 10 min. east, he sighted
the United States cruiser Olympia. The
Coptic brings 33 cabin passengers, 10 Euro
pean and 149 Chinese passengers. She has
1926 tons of cargo aboard, nearly all of
which is for Eastern points.
The following passengers arrived by the
steamer:
B. Alabysheff, G. E. Boardman, Rev. and
Mrs. G. a. Clark, three children and nurse;
Mrs. a. a. Fulton and four children and
infant, Rev. ID. IL. Gray, Rev. s. l.. Gulick,
Miss Augusta Malss Zickwolff Mrs. R. P.
Myers, Mrs. McCuily Higgins, Miss Alice
McCully Higgins, DR.. Iga Mori, K. Nina
sci, NJ. Marians, S. NJ. Mears, T. McElroy,
]. II. Moore, 0. H. P. Noyes, o. A. Poole,
A. II. Rand, A. H. Rennie, Neil Sinclair,
e. A. Schoyer, James Stanes, Major-Gen-
eral and Mrs. D. T. Subotitch. Mr. and
Mrs. Shinpamura, infant and servant,
Colonel Bryce Thomas, w. A. Wilson,
and +. NJ Hatch of Honolulu, who is on.
his way to Washington as Minister Pleni-
potentlary and Envoy Extraordinary from
the Hawaiian republic to the United
States. He succeeds w. r. Castle, who
only consented to fill the office for six
months. ConsulGeneral Wilder, who
went out on the revenue cutter Hartley to
meet Mr.. Hatch, speaks of him in glowing
terms. He is the most prominent member
OF the Hawaiian bar, and is regarded by
all who know him as the right man in the
right place. He is diplomat and his ap-
pointment meets with general approval.
When seen aboard the Coptic last night
Minister Hatch said: "Everything is
progressing in a satisfactory manner in
Hawaii. The cholera is a thing of the
past, and [ don't think we will ever have
another visitation. All the creeks have
been banked up so that there is no over
flow. The taro patches and swamps have
been cleaned and are now dry. and no
danger OF Injection from them is feared.
During the epidemic business was
almost at stagnation point and it told very
severely on our business people. But now
things are improving and in a month or SO
the people will have forgotten that there
ever was such thing as a cholera scare.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani is said to be i'll, but
if she is l do not know it of my own
knowledge. AS to the royalist party we
know very little about it and nearly all
our information comes from the American
papers. The republic of Hawaii is
founded on rock and the Royalists, if
there are any royalists, know it.
My wife is awaiting me at the Occiden-
tai Hotel and [ will remain in San Fran
cisco for a few days. We will then pro-
ceed to Washington, where | take over the
office from Minister Castle
The new Minister was entertaining a
party of mis- o-travelers in the social hall
and he positively refused to be disturbed
until he learned that Consul-General
Wilder wanted to see him. Then he came
forth all smiles and finally persuaded Mr.
Wilder to remain on the steamer all night
Among the other passengers on the
Coptic were Major-General and Mrs D. T.
Subotitch. They went from Vladivostock
to Yokohama, and at the latter point
caught the steamer. They are en- route
for st. Petersburg. "The Trans-Siberian
railroad Is being pushed very rapidly"
said the major-general last night, "and
its completion can now, be safely figured
upon. 1t is going to be great thing for
VIadlyostock, and will make it great
shipping port. We will only remain
day or so in San Francisco, and Will then
push on for New York and home"
Another passenger was Colonel Bryce
Thomas of the English army, who is also
on his way home. There were also seven
or eight representatives of Eastern tea
houses, who are returning after attending
the tea sales in Canton and other parts of
China. The reverends are ministers of
various denomination, who are on their
way to their old homes for a rest. The
Coptic will probably dock about o'clock
this morning.