The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-06
MARINE:

II RAAEk
The o. & o. steamship Coptic arriv-
| ed yesterday afternoon from San Fran
! cisco, bringing three days later mail.
She has a large list Of passengers for
the Orient two of whom are lay-overs
for this port. These are Domingo Her
nandez and Ignacio Muriel, natives of
Cuba.
Among the through passengers are
w. E. Bemis, a Standard Oil official,
| who is going to Yokohama to make an
| inspectio. of the company's business in
| wife. Another standard Oil man aboard
! is D. H Cameron, of Hcngkong, who is
| returning from the mainland with his
| bride.
| H. R. Judah is the general passenger
| agent of the Southern Pacific. and c. J..
| McNitt is an official of the North Shore
| railway. 3
Mrs. William H. Forbes, near rela-
| tive of the late Ralph Waldo Emerson,
| is en- route to Yokohama. accompanied
| by party of four young ladies.
| The only passenger to depart on the
Coptic from here is Oscar Browne.
f, The personnel of the officers is ma
| terially changed since the last visit Of
| the Coptic. Andrew Dixon, in com
mand, was formerly chief officer on
the steamship Mongolia, and w. R.
Jeffcott. the present chief, was former
| ly with the Empress line. Dr. Gates
and Purser Morphy are still with the
Coptic.
The Coptic will take on the last of
the Manchuria freight for the Orient,
some 500 tons being left here by the
steamship Algoa. She will probably
sail this afternoon.
ST. KATHERINE IN TERRIFIC
GALE.
The bark ST. Katherine ran into a
terrific gale on her way up from hilo
to this port. For four DAYS she was
in the midst of succession of furious
storms and strong easterly winds The
gale began on October TO- and con-
tlnued with undated fury until the
night of October 90. During 1nat time
the bark was tossed around like a
away, until Captain Saunders began
to fear he would soon be under bare
poles. He had large supply of extra
canvas on board, and it was due to
this that the vessel weathered the |
storm.
At times, when the gale was at it's |
height, great pillows swept the stanch |
craft from stem to stern.
Captain Saunders says that in all !
his trips up and down the Pacific this |
was one of the worst storms he ever |
encountered
Notwithstanding her rough passage, |
the bark made the trip in twenty-four |
days, which is average time. She |
brings 20,0l2 bags of sugar. consigned |
to Welch & Co., and 400 tons of ava |
root to Williams, Dimond & Co.-Can, |
Sept. 20.
PORTER TO BE DISMISSED.
Il tender my resignation to the Pa
cific Steamship Company, Mr. Schwer-
in said Captain w. P. S. Porter, of :
the steamship Mongolia, in the office of
United States Local Inspectors Bolles
and Bulger yesterday during their in
vestigation of the strandng of the ves-
month.
Never mind about your designations;
you will be dismissed, Captain replied
r. P. SchWerin, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Pacific Mail.
We'll, 1 tender my resignation now"
Porter proceeded.
Il will not receive it." Schwerin an
swered, decisively
The running ashore of the vessel
means a loss of at least 81, 900 900 to
the company, SC1wer1n states, and Por-
ter's error is regarded as inexcusab Bile.
The testimony of the subordinate Of
ficers against the captain was added to
yesterday. 4
REPAIRS FOR THE THOMAS.
The transport Thomas on her arrival
here will go out of commission for
three months, during which time she
Will undergo a thorough overhauling
During that period she will be made
practically into a new vessel. and when L
she again begins her work in the trans +
port service she will be the queen" 1
II the transport service. While she is Z
being repaired her place will be taken 4
On the run by the transport Buford
Inc Ihomas is due to arrive at Homo
ulu from Manila on Wednesday and is
scheduled to reach here on November 3
call, September 20.
NEW QUARTERMASTER FOR THE
LOGAN.
WASHINGTON Oct oc c,D+,,