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Startling News
From Apia.
AMERICAN AND BRIT¬
ISH MARINES SLAIN.
Anibunh Occurred Oil n German
Plantation-Victims’ Heads
Were Severed—Excite¬
ment In Washing¬
ton and Lon¬
don.
Dispatches received at Auckland, N.
Z., Tuesday from Apia, Samoa, dated
April 1, say that a party of 105 Amer-
ean and British sailors were forced
to retreat to the beach after having
been caught in anilmsh ou a German
plantation ou that date.
The expedition was led bv Lieuten-
ant A. If. Freeman, of the British
third-class cruiser Tauranga.
Lieutenant Freeman and Lieutenant
Lonsdale, of tho United States cruiser
Philadelphia, and Ensign J. It. Mon¬
ahan, of the United States cruiser
Philadelphia, were left dead on the
field. Ensign Monahan remained to
assist Lieutenant Lansdale and was
shot in retiring.
Two British and two American sail¬
ors were also killed.
The natives engaged were some of
Matauf i’s warriors, about 800 in num¬
ber. They severed the heads of the
British and American officers who
were killed.
Priests of the French mission after¬
ward brought the heads into Apia.
The manager of tho German planta¬
tion has beeu arrested and detained
on board the. Tauranga, on affidavits
declaring that ho was seen urging the
rebels to tight.
Mataafa’s loss was forty killed and a
number wounded, these being carried
off the field by tho rsbels when they
retired. In a previous engagement
Mataafa lost twenty-seven killed while
the Europeans escaped without in¬
jury.
WHgJiinirton Exulted.
With the ambush and massacre of
English and American marines the war
clouds seem to be gathering once more
about Washington.
I hjr2 were hurried Wednesday, enufere’-ces ami at
the wiilte house every
one who saw the president admitted
that the situation is most grave. Hep-
resentntive Hull, chairman of the mil¬
itary committee, said on leaving the
white house: “It means retracting or
war—nothing more or less.”
The arrest and detention by the
British naval officials of a German
subject is one of the most dangerous
features of the controversy.
The Ntwi In London.
A cablegram from London says:
Tho dispatches to the Associated Press
from Apia, Samoa, via Auckland, New
Zealand, were the only news received
of the treacherous attack made by the
Mataafans upon the American nud
Britisli naval forces.
They created considerable sensation
iu official circles and among the gen¬
eral public.
The newspapers sent out large plac¬
ards printed with such startliug state¬
ments ns “British nud American forces
routed,” “German treachery," etc.,
etc.
“Tho heroic conduct of Eusigu Mon¬
ahan, of the United States cruiser Phil¬
adelphia. particularly appeals to the
public. admiralty received
The British has
a dispatch from Captain Stuart, the se¬
nior Britisli naval officer iu Samoan
waters, giving the news of the death
of Lieutenant Freeman, of the British
cruiser Tauragan, iu “an engagement
with the rebels.” Beyond this no fur-
Iher details were received.
HERMANS BLAME ENGLAND
far Kow In Hainan Wltll* Admiral Knuti
la Canaured.
The German Democrat, published
in San Francisco has received a letter
from one of the chief German officials
at Samoa, which is interesting as giv¬
ing the German views of the complica¬
tions at Apia. that with
The correspondent writes
all the shooting that has been done
not a single Mataafun had been killed
or wounded and that the Mataafaus and
Germans have apparently no respect
for the fighting ability of the American
and British sailors.
The Mataafans are anxious for the
allied forces to come out and fight in
tho open, where they, with their na¬
tive implements of war, will have a
chance against the modern weapons
used by the Americans.
The writer says that Admiral Kautz
gave no warning of the bombardment,
and that when it commenced he
thought a salute had been fired.
According to the correspondent,
British Consul Maxse is greatly
blamed for the trouble and there seems
to he an inclination among the Ger¬
mans to hold the British responsible
for the war instead of the Americans.
The German commander of the
Falke, in addition to receiving on
board the women and children of his
own nationality, extended to Ameri¬
can and English women and children
the hospitality of his ship, which was
greatly crowded. Tho German cor¬
respondent says that Admiral Kautz
thanked the Germans for their court-
ea y by shelling the German consulate.
The admiral later attributed the firing
on the consulate to poor ammunition.
The wwiter says that stores are being
openly plundered, by tho Mataafans
ami the English cannot stoji it.
On March 24th Matanfa sent word
to Admiral Kautz that he would stop
fighting if the whites would let him
alone. Tho admiral replied that he
would capture Mataafa and hang him.
The English are very much incensed
Against German Consul ltose, and
Captain Sturdee wants to proceed
against him as a spy. According to
the German writer the only cure for
the trouble will be the sending of new
consuls and new commanders, who
According to a dispatch from Wash-
ington tho German ambassador, Dr.
Yon riolleben, called on Secretary
Hay Monday and went over the
Samoan question quite fully.
The ambassador expressed the
wishes of the German government to
have the commission begin its work at
the earliest possible moment, in or-
der that the pending difficulties may
he overcome. Tho German position,
as made known by the ambassador,
while not a protest, at the same time
quostions the course of Admiral Kautz.
There is no disposition on the part
of the German authorities to repudi-
nto Herr Bose’s course. The Kautz-
Hose incident, it is said, in the high¬
est quarters, official and diplomatic,
will be quite immaterial in affecting
the settlement under the high com¬
mission.
The British ambassador, Sir Julian
I’auncefc* 0 - also conferred with Secre¬
tary Hay ou Samoan affairs.
The president has selected Bartlett
Tripp, of South Dakota, formerly
minister to Austria, as tho United
States representative ou the Samoan
joint commission.
JUSTICE FIELD PASSES AWAY.
Retired Over n Year Ago—A Long And
Kventful Career,
Justice Stephen J. Field, of tho
United States supreme court, retired,
died at. Washington early Sunday
morning. He had been iu rather poor
health for several weeks, but was not
confined to liis bed but a little more
tlinn a week prior to the end.
Justice Field’s retirement from the
supreme court bench occurred Decern-
’'' r b *^9'’ aod Attorney General
McKenna, of 4 nliforuia, shortly after-
wards was nominated to succeed him.
During Im incumbency he said he
alonc had written 620 opinions which,
wdh 57 m the circuit court, and 365
in the C nliforuia supreme court, made
up a total of 1,042 cares decided by
him in liis life. TT , to ok , 188116 . ... 11
„ styling . .. . the court 1 f.risto- .
the OI as au
(•ratio u atic feature teature nf ot a a rnnnhlienn republican govern (rover n
ment, and said it is the most demo-
oratic of all.
“It carries,” he wrote, “neither the
purse nor the sword, but it possesses
tlie power of declaring the law, aud in
that is found the safeguard which
keeps the whole mighty fabric of gov-
eminent from rushing to destruction.”
TIIE SPANISH-AM ERIC AN WAR IS
DROUGHT TO A CLOSE.
LAST ACT IN DRAMA CONSUMMATED
President McKinley Issues Proclamation
Officially Announcing tlie
Restoration of Peace.
The condition of war which has ex¬
isted between the United States and
Spain since April 21, 1898, terminated
Tuesday, when the last formalities in
the restoration of peaco were per¬
formed by the exchange of ratifica¬
tions of the peace treaty.
Coincident with this, President Mc¬
Kinley issued his proclamation declar¬
ing that the war was at an end, and
the appointment of Bellamy Storer
was determined upon as United States
minister to Spain.
The principal ceremony of the day
occurred in the reception room at the
white house when the exchange of
ratifications took place at 2 o’clock.
In anticipation of the historic charac¬
ter of the event, many members in the
cabinet and officials prominent in the
administration gathered at the white
house.
Shortly before 3 o’clock the French
ambassador, M. Cambon, arrived in
company with M. Thiebaut, first
secretary of the embassy, the latter
bearing the Spanish copy of the peace
treaty.
Mr. McKinley cordially greeted the
ambassador, and after a brief exchange
of well wishes, the formal ceremony
began.
The powers of M. Cambon and Sec-
retary Hay were examined, a protocol
concerning the da-.’s ceremony signed
and other formalities concluded. These
preliminaries took some time, so that
it was nearly 3:30 o’clock before the
actual exchange began.
The effect of the action taken is to
et £ -7 renew p f. ace relations,
1 a < <■’0‘-<‘ia , diplomatic, consular and
111 a ot ^ er )' a y s > between this coun-
paiu j,
if . 16 appointment . . of . a
TT nited b ates minister to Madrid and
a S P a,nsb minister to Washington, it
” expected that consuls will be sent to
mcelona and other places m Spain,
' vhere our consular representations
were suspended by the war At the
“ametimeSpauishconsulswillbeap-
throughout this country.
I’or a time the tiade and navigation
between the two countries will pro¬
ceed ™ out treat J protection, as the
war put au end to the commercial
treaty, but a treaty of trade, naviga¬
tion and commerce, suitable to the
new conditions and the needs of both
countries and also au extradition treaty
will be negotiated soon. After the
ceremony President McKinley issued
the following proclamation:
The rresi<len<’» Proclamation.
Whereas, A treaty of peace between
the United States of America and her
majesty, the queen regent of Spain, in
the name of her august son, Alfonso
xni, was concluded and signed by
vS.
1898, the original of which conception
being iu the English and Spanish ‘
languages, and
Whereas, The said convention has
been duly ratified on both parts, and
the ratifications of the two
rnents were exchanged iu the city of
W ashingtou on the 11th dnv of
*
1899.
NmVj therefore, be it known that I,
WlHirtm McKinley, president of the
United States of America, have caused
f] ie ga j ( ] convention to be made pub-
liCjto the en d that the same and every
abides and clause thereof may be ob-
8erve d and fulfilled with good faith bv
the United States and the citizens
thereof
T In witness -, thereof, ,, i r I i have hereunto , ,
set. my hand and caused the seal of the
L 1 1 Up 1 e
Done at th$ citv . of W ashington.this .
mb day of April, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-nine, and the independence of
the United States the one hundred
and twenty-third.
William k McKinley.
Bv the r res i ( i en
John. Hay, Secretary of State.
A Trick of the Wood Duck.
There was some trouble among the
wood ducks in one of the cages in ttie
centre of the floor one day during the
Sportsmen’s Show in New York City.
One of the beautiful birds had evident-
ly incurred the ill will of two or three
of the others, and the poor little fel¬
low was being hard pushed to save
1118 crop ..ran Ot fan reaineis there fmm Iioni lielno- uemg ail -ill
plucked out. To the spectators who
watched the «„ht tight from irom outside outsme the tne
cage, it looked like a football game,
Two iwoot of the tilt nc-eressive n„gi< ssnt nnrtv purrj would noma cor- rti
lier the offender and then grab hilt, by
the feathers as he would try to rush
away. First, the little fellow tried
to shake off his pursuers oy jumping
up against the network, but lie iuvari-
nbly fell down on liis hack and he
finally gave this up. Then he resorted
to a new trick and the old huntsmen
smiled as they saw how lie outwitted
his enemies just as others of liis spe-
cies had outwitted them. Whenever
he was close pressed he dived under
the water and swam half the length
of the little tank before lie came up
again. Sportsmen who have tried to
catch a wounded duck will appreciate
the difficulty of the avenging com¬
rades of this clever bird.—New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Ccntempt ot Court.
Out in Indiana a good many years
ago a certain old woman, summoned
as a witness, came into court wearing
a large poke bonnet such as was then
much affected by rural folks. Her an¬
swers to the questions put to her be¬
ing rather indistinct, the court request¬
ed her to speak louder, though with¬
out much success.
“The court cannot hear a word you
say, my good woman,” said the judge.
“Please to take off that huge bonnet
of yours.”
“Sir,” she said composedly, and dis¬
tinctly enough this time, “the court
lias a perfect right to bid a gentleman
take off his hat, but it has no right to
make a woman remove her bonnet.”
“Madam,” replied the judge, “you
seem so well acquainted with Hie law
that I think you had better come up
ai, d take a scat with us on tho bench."
“I thank your honor kindly,” she re¬
sponiled, dropping a low courtesy to
the court, “but there are old women
enough there already.”—Green Bag.
Cocoanut by Alail.
One of the strangest packages which
(iag eyei . been handled by the clerks in
(1)e W aterville post office was deliver-
pc! to S. S. Liglitbody the other after-
noon The package was a cocoauue in
, lie game f orm j n which it was first
taken from the tree. There was no
tag attached to the cocoanut. Instead
the address was written on the husk.
One of the three sides of the husk was
taken up by the address, which used
up nearly all the space allotted for it.
Another side contained the postage
stamps. Of these there was one fif-
teen-cent stamp, two two-cent stamps,
and, iu spite of the fact that the re¬
maining stamp of one-ceut denomina¬
tion was one of the stamps issued in
commemoration of the Maine, there
was plenty of room for many more
stamps of the same size, so large was
the surface.
44 Trust Not to
Appearances”
That which seems hard to
bear may be a great blessing.
let us take a lesson from the
rOUqh Weather of Sprttiq, It
ts , doing , , good j despite j >, appear-
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Miss Ivathrvn nof Higgins of Omaha-
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America and Germany.
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The names of the United States changed transports
Scandia and Arizona have been to
Warren and Hancock.
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By the Invention of a blue soap a French,
chemist, hopes to make washday bluer than
ever before.
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