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SLID OFF THE ROCKS.
The Steamer Kahulni Receives Blu
Little Injury.

The Steamer Kahulni Receives But
Little Injury.
VICTORIA (B. C.). Aug. 21.-The steam
collier Kahului, which grounded at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon on Trial
Island, flies the Hawaiian flag, though
owned in San Francisco. She is loaded
with 1,325 tons of coal from Departure
Bay for Oakland.
There was dense fog when the steamer
struck. The tide was dead high and i'm
mediately began to turn. The Captain
and pilot Immediately left for Victoria
for assistance, and before they started the
crew had begun jettisoning the cargo in
the forward compartments.
By o'clock the steamer Rithet, with
large force of men, was on the way out
On reaching the steamer it was seen that
the tide had shifted her broadside and
close to the rocky shore line. She had
bad list to starboard. and the fresh water
tank directly forward contained salt
water, showing that she was stove in.
At Il o'clock it was noticed that she was
upright again and iD her original po-
sition of right-angles to the island. Her
wheel was Immediately started full speed
astern. and she was safely and without
help slid off the rocks and proceeded to
Royal Roads. She proceeds on her voy-
age to-day. being practically uninjured
except in her forward tank.
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THE ROOF COLLAPSED.
a BIG OPEN STRUCTURE AT CHI
CAGO WRECKED.
No One Killed, Though Had 1t Hap
pened Sooner Many Lives Might
Have Been Lost.

CHICAGO, Aug. q. - The Coliseum
building, great open structure. which
was being erected by the Chicago Exhi-
bition Company on the block bounced
by Hope and Stoney Island avenues and
Sixty second and Sixty-third streets, was
wrecked tonight at 1880 by the collapse
of the iron root.
If the disaster to the building had oc-
Cured little earlier there would have
been great loss OF life, as over fifty men
had just quit work for the night. They
had been installing the arc electric light
Nc for the opening of the big show build
ng September I'd with Barnum & Bal
ley's circus.
So far as known at this hour there WAS
no one killed by the accident. Several
watch man had just made their rounds OF
the interior, and were standing by the
walls. They happened TO be on the
street side. and when the crashing super
structure of iron gave warning of danger
they had plenty of time to rush to place
of safety.
When the massive arches of iron began
TO break loose from their fastenings on
the four sides of the structure the strain
was too much for the thin low walls of
pressed brick. With a deafening sound
the mass of iron carried with it the four
walls in chaotic heap toward the center.
and the work of destruction was COM
plete.
The cost of the Coliseum was S225, 900,
and as it was nearing completion for the
opening the loss is believed to be nearly
500, 600. Everything was being done in
hurry to keep the opening date, and
only last week three worknen met death
while engaged in working on super
structure.
The President of the company, and the
prime mover in the enterprise, is John
Dickinson. late OF Fort Worth, Texas,
W who achieved national repute as Secretary
of the Worlds Colum bian Commission.
The site of the Coliseum is known to
all Worlds Fair visitors as the site of
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
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EX-CONsUL WALLER.
His Days OF Confinement Believes
be Nearing an End.

His Days Of Confinement Believed to
be Nearing an End.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-The case of
John L. Waller, ex-Consul OF the United
States at Tamatave, Madagascar, and
now in French prison. has assumed
phase that justifies the Government in
the belief that Waller's days of confine-
ment are nearly ended and that he will
soon be restored to liberty. 1t can be
sta ted on the highest authority that the
only reason why En- bassador Eustis has
not been instructed to demand Waller's
immediate release is that such course
might weaken the claim for indemnity
which the United States proposes TO make
for the confiscation of Walters property.
II will be matter of very short time,
a few weeks perhaps, before Secretary
Olney will instruct En- basSadOr EustiS
to secure Waller'S release and make
claim for indemnity against the French
Government on account OF the cOnflSca-
| ton of his rnbber concession. The
| amount OF indemnity to be asked will
amount to 81 000,000.
The report that Waller Is dying of con-
sumption In prison is giving the State
Department some unoaslness, but the
Information Is not believed to be strictly
accurate, as the latest letters from Waller
| said the chills and fever from which he
suffered had left him, and that his health
was much improved.
THE EX-CoNsUL's PLAN FOR LIBERTY.
LEAvENwoRTH (kans.), Aug. 21-Sen-
ator Baker to-day received an autograph
| letter from eX-Consul Waller OF Tam
atave, touching upon his Imprisonment.
| Waller says:
81 wish here to direct your attention to
my case, of which you are already aware,
and to ask you to use every honorable
and available means at your disposal,
both as Senator and friend to secure to
NE. as an American citizen, the restora-
ton of my liberty, of which am now
| deprived by our sister republic, France.
AS a Kansan, l am sure you will take
great pride in doing all that lies in your
| power to accomplish that end.
81 will thank you If you will call at the
State Department and carefully examine
the copies of the letters which L wrote to
my wife and George Tetisire. The lat
ter is British subject, and in business
in Madagascar, and in no way connected
with the Hova army. If Mr.. Tetisire is
an enemy in any way to France, it may
be that he is considered as such from the
fact that he is an energetic business rival
OF houses controlled by French citizens
in Madagascar. AS you are a lawyer of
long experience. | ask you to carefully
notice the testimony of Captain Latersol
on this point, and note at the same time
that it was by his testimony that the
prosecution seems to have based their
charge that l was guilty of correspond
ing with the enemy of France. l submit
that the evidence for the prosecution
utterly failed to sustain or support the
charge under which | was convicted and
sentenced to twenty years. imprison-
m6ntD
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SILVER CONVENTION.
Proceedings of the Conference Held at
san Francisco.

Proceedings of the Conference Held at
san Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2I.-The first
speaker at the State Silver Convention
to-day was G. w. Fox of Oakland. He
said: 1.-THE men who were instrumental
In demonetizing silver entered Congress
poor men. and yet to-day they are mil
lionaires. The party makes no differ
ence. The result is the same, There is
but one alternative to be taken-in the
organization of the party that has for its
platform the free coinage of silver and
the salvation of the people,"
The next speaker was J. w. Barton of
Sacramento, who said: "We have to
elect al American Congress and an
American President. We have to select
from the great common people of the
country and restore this nation to whore
jefferson LETT it. We have to stand by
our members of Congress and Legisla-
lures and see that they undo unj just legis-
lation. We have to see that Congress
gives MS free silver coinage as we had it
fro III 1887 to 1873"
II. Guy Mcclellan of Berkeley said:
1.-The American country should coin its
silver as it did before and say that a sill
yer dollar will exchange for gold dollar
the world over. Seeing our country
bankrupt and ruined in the. demonetiza-
ton of silver, we are here to stay and we
are not to be deceived by any platform of
the Democratic or Republican parties.
We want the man who will come out
flat-footed and say he is for the free COIN
age of silver; he is the man we want for
President. We are inspired by equality
and justice. We are going to crush the
head of the oligarchy OF gold as we would
crush serpent. We Will nominate a
man of the people and for the people. We
must look forward to the future-the
preservation of our country from the
gold bugs OF Europe. We must resurrect
our country to the status whore she ba-
longs"
The platform committee reported this
afternoon, affirming the principles enun-
ciated by the speakers at the convention
and recommending the formation OF BIZ
metallic clubs in every county.
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HANGED To A TREE.

A Negro Murderer Lynched at New
Richmond, Kentucky.
NEW RICHMOND (IAy.), Aug. 21.-Im-
mediately after Anderson. negro who
choked Franklin Eried man to death last
night, was captured and taken to the city
Jail this morning, shouts of "hang him"
aroused the community By o'clock
the mob had quieted down and the
Marshal tried to take the prisoner to the
County Jail at Batavia. A Deputy
Sheriff arrived and an attempt was made
to remove Anderson. At A. NJ. he was
taken from the jail. The mob wrested
him from the officers dragging him a
square away and hanged him to a tree.
The officers made all possible resistance.
but were overpowered, as they thought
the excitement had partly died out
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The Walter Earle Meets With Dis
aster in Northern Waters.
CAPSIZES DURING A TERRIFIC GALE
OFF KODIAK ISLAND
The steamer Francis Cutting Picks
With the Tides and Swells Bottom
Up-Bodles of Eleven Indians Found
ueaped Together in the Forecastie
Seven or Eight White Men Also
Believed to Have Been Lost.

SEATTLE (Wssh.), Aug. 2l.-Captain
Higgins of the steamer Excelsior. which
arrived to-day direct from st. Michaels
and Ounalaska, brings news OF the wreck
of the sealing schooner Walter Earle of
Victoria. Eleven dead Indians were
found heaped together in the forecastle.
The wreck was sighted and picked up
by the steamer Francis Cutting, from
Seattle to Kodiak, abou. the middle of
July. The Earle was capsized on or
about April I4th during a terrific gale off
Kodiak Island, and though number of
craft and steamers were reported to have
gone in search of her, none OF them
found her until the Cutting ran across her
drifting with the swells and tides. She
was bottom up, and there was nothing
about her to indicate that she had ever
been sighted by passing vessels, or that any
of the ilI-fated crew had made any at
tempt to struggle to her upturned bottom
in hope of prolopging life alter she went
over. Her rudder was gone, and this, to
the practiced eye OF the mariner, told the
story of the wreck as well as words could
have done. Losing her rudder during a
fearful blow that is known to have swept
across that part OF the ocean at Lhat tlme,
the vessel drifted helplessly in the raging
sea until she suddenly went over and
carried all on board with her.
Not until the wreck was towed into
Kodiak. and she was, righted, did the
Iull story of the catastrophe break on the
finders. The forecaRle contained the
corpses of eleven IncH ms. All were un-
recognizable, distorteCN and grim. They
were removed to short and Inferred on
the island. No white mans remains
were found on the wreck, and the story
OF the struggle and drowning OF Captain
Louis Magneson, her skipper, and seven
or eight other white men will never be
told. They occupied the cabin, and are
believed to have been swept from the
deck of the schooner and drowned dur
ing the gale, while the Indians were help
lessly huddled in the forecastle until she
went over. None of the schooner's boats
were about, and almost everything had
been stripped away and was gone when
she was picked up.
The Earle was formerly the Sylvia
Handa of San Francisco.
The sealing schooner Brenda of Vic
toria was wrecked on July lst by strik-
ing sunken rock on the coast of Shum-
shu Island, Alaska. The crew were
picked up by the British schooner Gene
We've, Captain Locke. The schooner 8
master arrived in Seattle to-day. accom-
panied by Charles Nelson, a sailor. and
Arthur Cox, the cabin-boy.
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Fconstruction at Newport News, Va, and
also the cruiser Boston and the old cor
vette Adams, now at Mare Island, Cal.
A conference of bureau chiefs compos-
ing the Board of Construction was held
i'll Mr. McAdoo's office this morning, and
plans for hurrying up the work OF pre-
pairing these vessels for sea was dis
cussed. The feeling respecting tie safety
of American citizens in China and the
likelihood of revolutions between South
American and Central American States
are reasons that actuate Mr.. McAdoo in
his desire to place the vessels in COM
mission.
Work is also to be hurried on the plans
for the two new battleships authorized by
the last Congress, and it Is understood
that the contract for the construction will
be let and their building will be begun in
q few months.
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Governor Budd Improving.

STOCKTON, Aug. 2l.-Ihere is contin-
ued improvement in Governor Budd's
condition. de passed good night, and
was wheeled into the parlor to-day in his
new invalid chair. Yesterday he tried to
make use of it, but it did not have COM
forIable pillows, and so ne waited until
to-day, when it was properly fixed. II
has about been decided in the Budd
family that the Governor can be taken
down to Tiburon a week from to-day
but Dr. Sargent thinks he cannot be
moved within ten days from now.
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A New Comet,

Los ANGELES, Aug. 21.-A special dis
patch to the EUenjmg Express from Echo
Mountain Observatory is as follows: ::
Last night at o'clock l discovered a
new comet in the Constellation of Pisces.
Its place was in the right ascension no
hours 27 minutes 10 seconds, declina-
ton 80 30. 1t is very faint and has no
tail. 1t is moving slowly northeast,
parallel with the Ecliptic Periodic. \ 9TH
ing is known as to what comet it is or
whether 1t has been seen before.
az ,EWIS SWIFT Astronomer
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RiotIng Continues.

BERLIN, Aug. 2l.-The riots at Monn-
helm, growing out of the competition
between two steamship companies, con-
tinue. Several collisions have occurred
between the rioters and the police, and
many have been hurt on both sides. The
Governor of the district threatens to pro-
claim a state of siege if the rioting con-
tiuues,
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Welded q EOreioner.

ALBANY, Aug. 2L-At noon to-day in
the Cathedral of All Saints occurred the
wedding of Miss Mary Elizabeth Man.
ming, youngest daughter of the late Sec
rotary of the Treasury, Daniel Manning,
and Jules Cornelius Won Dor Ouder-
meulen, son of the private Secretary of
was attended by Miss Delhanty and the
groom by Frederick G. Manning. The
bridal couple will sail Saturday for Ho-
land. At the Hague the second wedding
ceremony will be performed by the
Burgomaster. The bride will then be
introduced at court.
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the verdict found last night to the effect
that death was caused by shooting by
some person unknown. To-day Muhlner
was arraigned in the Police Court and
his examination is set for Saturday at 10
A. NJ. The father of the murdered girl
swore 20 the complaint a few days ago
charging Muhlner with the crime.
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JUMPED INTO THE BAY.
Suicide of an Unknown Man at San
Francisco.

N-~--
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 2l.-A mysterl-
GUS case of suicide occurred at o'clock
this morning at Harrison-s n-street wharf.
A man whose identity is yet unknown
went aboard of the ship Queen Margaret,
lying at that pier, and plunged headlong
into the bay.
The watchman on the vessel knew
nothing Of the mans appearance further
than the fact that he resembled sailor,
but as he had but hasty glance at the
stranger when he jumped from the ship
his opinion is mainly conjecture.
The body failed to rise to the surface.
and all efforts to recover 1t by dragging
have as yet been unsuccessful.
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Was Not Durrant's Knife.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2l.-There is
nothing sensational about the knife
found at Walnut Creek. 1t was learned
late this afternoon that instead of being
the property of Durrant. as was sup
posed, it u the property of George Il.
Boardman, Jr, member Of the Signal
Corps, vino was one of the party which
went to Mount DiaDlo when Durrant was
arrested.
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Suicide at Fresno.

FRESNO, Aug. 21.-Antonio Bovo. an
Italian laoorer who had come here from
Los Angeles to work at grape-picking.
shot and killed himself at the Hotel do
France this morning. He was without
funds and Respondent at being unable to
obtain work.
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Fell From n High Cliff.

Los ANGELES, Aug. 2l.-Grace Pinney
fell from hundred-foot cliff on Catalina
Island yesterday and when picked up ii
was found that her leg had been broken.
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Treasury Balance.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-The official
figures issued to-day show that the Cen
eral Treasury balance stands S15l, ,534. .S97.
This includes S2,316. 277 disbursed on ac-
count of the bonds and in this month,
which will not appear until the statement
Tor August appears on September 1st.
Deducting this the actual balance is Sl79.-
los, $40. This is the lowest figure reached
since last March, when the Treasury be-
gan to receive the proceeds of the sale of
bonds at that time.
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MUHLNER ARRAIGNED

For the Alleged Shooting of Jennie
Lewis.
OAKLAND, Aug. 2l.-The testimony
against Louis Muhlner, under arrest On
suspicion OF being the murderer of Jen-
ME Lewis, as brought out on the Coro-
ner's inquest was deemed so strong that
there is a general feeling of surprise at
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Eight Persons Drowned.

BERLIN. Aug. 2l.-A passenger steamer
on the Rhine came into collision with
string of barges in tow OF tug near
Mehrum to-day, sinking one of the barres
and drowning eight persons.
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Forest Fires In Indiana.

ELwooD und.), Aug. 21.-Forest fires
are raging and are beyond control and
thousands of dollars worth of farm
property have been swept out of exist
enc6.
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Released on Habeas Corpus.

ROME On. W. Aug. 2l.-Robert Lewis,
the delegate to the Republican County
Convention, who was committed to jail
for contempt in refusing to divulge the
name OF the person whom ne alleged had
offered him bribe, was released on
writ of ha beas corpus to-day, it being de-
cided that Judge Dunmore had no juris-
dIction. The matter will be taken be-
fore the Grand Jury.
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HIS ARTICLE QUEERED HIM.

Cause of the Removal of the POST
master at Selma. Cal.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-One of the ap-
pointments Of Presidential Postmasters
yesterday was at Selma, Cal. In connec-
tion with this office there is bit of his
tory. The outgoing Postmaster was Wal
ter T. Lyon, Democrat, appointed
year ago. Mr.. Lyon is the proprietor of
a newspaper III that city called the I171-
gator. There appeared i'll its editorial
columns an article which reflected upon
the administration OF President Cleve-
land. Someone forwarded a copy OF the
issue to the Postotfice Department for the
information OF the Postmaster General.
The result was that Postmaster Lyon
was summarily dismissed for his article,
and Mr.. Staley appointed in his stead
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Lost All Their Luggage.

LONDON, Aug. 2l.-Mrs. Clara S. Foltz,
the noted woman lawyer of California,
who was on board the steamer Seaford,
which was sunk in the Channel as a re-
suit of collision with the steamer Lyon
yesterday afternoon, lost all her luggage.
and the other Americans who were on
board the ship are in a similar plight.
All of them are here and. engaged in the
purchase Of necessary clothing to-day.
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DENVER'S HOTEL fHtGHBY.
Seven More Bodies Found in the
Ruins of the Building.
DEATH LIST KNOWN TO BE TWENTY
AND OTHERS MISSING.

No Foundation for the Report That
Joseph McKenna's Appointment as
Judge of the Circuit Court Of Cali
fornfa Was IllegaI-Forest Fires
Raging In the Neighborhood OF Ell
wood, Indiana.
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Remains of Ex-Justice Strong.

READING (Pa.), Aug. 21.-The body of
ex-Justice Strong arrived here last night
and was taken TO the chapel in Charles
Evans cemetery. This morning plaster
cast was made of the face OF the deceased.
The funeral services. which were OF a
brief character. were held in the chapel
this afternoon in the presence Of the fam
lily. At the conclusion of the services
the remains were inferred in the family
lot.
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KENTUCKY POLITICS.
Second Debate Between the Cane
dates for Governor.

second Debate Between the Candi-
dates for Governor.
MAYFIELD IZy.l. Aug. 2l.-The second
debate between General 2. Watt Hardin,
the Democratic nominee, and Hon. w. o.
Bradley, the Republican nominee for
Governor, took place here this evening.
General Hardin avoided the currency
question until within ten minutes of the
time he was 10 close. In response to MIR.
Bradley's question. he said he would ap-
point to succeed both nited States Sena-
tors, were either of them to die, a man
who would be in favor of the coinage of
both gold and silver upon exactly equal
terms. He continued: II hope to be able
TO appoint one good enough, and who
will be able to preserve perfect parity
In all the money we have"
General Hardin touched less upon the
question than he did at Louisville, al
though he takes precisely the same
ground that he did there.
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DISTURBANCES spreadIng.

LONDON, Aug. 2l.-The following cable
has been received at the London Office of
the Wesleyan Missionary Society: "Cheng
Tu Commission inadequate. Officials
implicated. Disturbances spreading. Re-
garding Fukien massacre, the Methodist
public urges Government action. Have
forwarded cable to Lord Salisbury
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Result OF Domestic Quarrel.

ST. Louis, Aug. 21.-Alonzo Bemer,
colored. aged 20, occupied in the United
States postal service, shot his young wife
and her aged mother, and also fired at
his two-year-old baby, but missed him,
at their home 902 Michigan avenue, to-
day. Mrs. Bemer was shot in the right
let in her left cheek. Neither of the
wounds will prove fatal The shooting
was the result of domestic quarrel.
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CAMPBELL At THE HEAD.
Ohio Democrats Insist That He
Again Run for Governor.
NOMINATED BY ACCLAMATION BY
THE STATE CONVENTION

Senator Brice Carries His Point or
Having Only Reaffirmatlon of the
National Currency Plank Inserted
in the PIatform-The Senator Also
Presides Over the Convention OF
Eight Hundred Delegates.
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NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS.
They VIII Meet In State Convention
Mt Oiuaha To- Day.

They VIII Meet In State Convention
at Omaha To- Day.
OMAHA, Aug. 21.-The Democratic State
Convention will be held here to- morrow
Already large number of delegates are
here from all over the State. 1t is con-
ceded on all sides that the platform will
be the same as that of last year, and will
contain a free coinage plank. The chief
interest lies in the nomination of candi-
dates for Supreme. Court Judge. The
fusion idea regarding the Populists is
pretty well played out. There are also
two nominations for Regents OF the State
University. The feature OF the conven-
ton will be the address in the evening by
Hon w 7 Brvan
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OUR NEW NAVY.

Measures Taken to Place Moro War
ships In Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-Measures were
taken to-day by Acting Secretary Nc
Adoo of the Navy Department to place in
service shortly the gunboa;s now under