The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-15
C0PTIC ARRIVES
FROM THE COAST

The Q. & o. liner Coptic arrived in
port yesterday afternoon and locked at
the HackfeId wharf at about half past
four. Although she left San Francis
co an hour before the Sierra the Oce-
anic boat beat her by about ten hours
The Coptic however, was ahead of her
schedule which is slower on account of
the slow Gaelic which acts as drag
on the entire line. On the trip up "a
bout three weeks ago the Coptic had
another brush with the Sierra and was
beaten by only three hours and twenty
minutes.
The steamers rails We're lined with
passengers as she came up TO the dock
and as soon as the gangplank was
raised they hurried ashore to avail
themselves of as much time on terra
firna as possible. The Coptic has a
good cargo of freight for the Orient
being down over her waterline mark
and within a foot of the Plinsoll. In
this connection a local official of the
Pacific Mail and Occidental & Oriental
companies denied a persistent rumor
that the withdrawal of the Gaelic
meant the removal of all the British
liners. In answer to reports that the
o. & 0. boats We're carrying PRACTICAL
ly no freight and. that all the business
was going to the big mail liners he
said, THAT story is not true. All the
o. & Q. steamers have been taking
large cargoes. OF course much of the
stuff shipped from the Orient is light
and so the ships are often not down
to the painted waterline but as stuff
pays according to the room it takes
that is no Indication that the line
lacks business
The Gaelic is to- be Withdrawn on ac-
count of her slowness which is han
dicap to the whole line and there is
no necessity for boat in her place as
the Pacific Mail Comnany has an ex-
ira boat that fills up the gap in the
schedule.
Several passengers from the Coptic
will stop over in Honolulu, continuing
their journey On later steamer.
Among the interesting passengers
aboard is Mr.. wa Chaochu, the
son of WI Ting Fang, lately Minister
from China at Washington The min
lister was noted as progressive man
and a brilliant scholar and his son in
herits these qualities. He is return
ing from an Eastern school where
he has been pursuing his studies,
Mr. Edward CucueI is a young man
who started his artistic career on San
Francisco papers and thence went to
Paris for study. He did illustrating for
Partisan weeklies and then was called
to take a position On the great Berlin
Illustrated paper the Illustrate Zietung
He has made a great reputation on the
continent and practically revolution
ICED the system of the German Illus
trated papers. He has been helped in
his work by men high up in German
court circles and was the artist who
covered the coronation of King Ed
ward for the German paper.
Mrs. Z. Ringer is the wife of the o.
& o. company's general agent at Ma
gasaki. She is accompanied by her
daughter who has just finished her
school work in the States.
George E. Nesom and wife are on
their way to Manila where Mr.. Nesom
has been appointed assistant chief of
the Bureau of Agriculture
A large party of mining men are on
their to the Kobe mines.
Mr.. w d. Bostick and wife and
Charles Tedder and wife are mission
aries bound for Shanghai
Count H. de Montaigu is a European
tourist on tour around the world.
G. D. Clarke and wife of Chicago are
making a tour of the world.