The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-09-06

great victory over tne BRUSH. IL
will be rung again at the California
Midwntcr Exposition. After that
it will take voyage across the
ocean to England, and will be used
in celebrating the anniversary of the
battle Of Runnymede and the grant
ing of the Magma Charta by King
John. 1t will visit Paris and ring
III the celebration of the fall Of the |
Bastile.
EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER.
explosion took place on the Pa
citic Mail steamer Barracouta at 1:l7
pm. Sunday, August q. The steamer
was bound from Comox, b. c., to
Acapulco, Mexico, with cargo of
coal. In consequence of the eXplo-
sion the Barracuda put into S. n
francisco. where her 800 tons OF
coal will be discharged. The explo-
sion occurred in the after hatch aud
did much damage 10 the vessel, the
main saloon being wrecked. Besides
the steward and two little waiter
boys, who were hit and bruised by
flying debris, no one was injured.
The cause of the explosion is laid to
q dynamite bomb placed in the coal
mine at Comox during the trouble
between union and non-union men.
GOLD COINAGE.
Secretary Carlisle has ordered the
! United States mints at Philadelphia
and San Francisco to be fully man
ned, aud the full capacity of both
nints will be utilized in the coinage
of gold bullion. The Treasury De-
partment possesses from SS5,000,000
to S9O,O0OOO0 in gold bullion, which
is part of the gold reserve Of $780,
100000. The gold bars cannot be
used rs currency, SO it has been de-
cided in the present need to coin
the bullion on hand.
Lately SI000,O00 in gold coin was
transported safely in one lot from
San Francisco to New York.
BLoUNT FOR GOVERNOR.
1t is reported from Atlanta that
j. H. Blount, United States Minister
to the Hawaiian Islands, will run
for Governor Of the State. He will
be the administration candidate.
The statement having been con-
fidentialy made that Cleveland
could not carry Georgia, in the light
of recent events, the gage of battle
has been accepted, and in voting for
Blount's nomination voters will eX-
press confidence in Cleveland. The
, contest promises to be both lurid
and sensational.
UNEMPLOYED IN CHICAGO.
! Several thousand people attended
u meeting Of unemployed at the
Columbus statue, Chicago. There
: was timidity about the speeches anC
! movements. Lucy Parsons, widow
of the anarchist, raised her voice il
!, defense Of laborers' rights. II wa
thought at one time she would heac
=, parade through the streets. Sh'
was too wise, however, to invite ;
clash with the police, and so dis
countenanced parade. The speak
= ers bitterly denounced Mayor Harri
. son for prohibiting parades action
, he took on account of conflict be
), tween the police and paraders a fey
days previously, which resulted in
good many broken heads for tn
:, paraders.
~ THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
J. Denver banks are resuming bus
Il ness.
Kansas City national banks repor
is an increase of S2,O0O,O00 deposit
since the height Of the July furry.
n Replies from over 100 banks i
Il Kansas show that not one of ther
ho Na,,, W l,,,1-e l,,1lo,
:. They are all doing their business 0
d their own capital or Oh Kansa
}. money.
!. The Peoples Home Savings Ban
e in San Francisco has been re-openet
NOT DUE TO THE GEARY LAW.
y Rev. Mr.. Chalfant, missionary {
u Ichow-fu, China, reports to the Pre-!
i byterian Board Of Missions that TIL
u recent attack on missionaries W;
l. not in consequence of the Gear
law, but was an outbreak of til
u rough element in the communit
% The leaders of the mob were punisl
j ed, and the gentry of the city waite
on the missionaries with their r.
as grets.
re SEARCHING INQUIRY INTO NAVAL Co
n sTRUCTIoN DEMANDED.
u During the discussion on the nav
u estimates in the Commons Sir Z,
5. 5. ward James Reed, who at one tin
u was Chief Constructor of the nav
declared that the disaster to IL
~ H warship Victoria was just what W;
81 expected of that class of vesse
IL years ago. There remained in II
W. W, navy other vessels of the same tyI
w and he wondered how many mo
~, would capsize before the admiral
-u could be induced to abandon tn
q. description Of war vessel.
Is Admiral Field said the standal