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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- atlCes. Cleanse the System thoroughly; , .. rout • out all fr impurities from ’ the blocd with y that greatest specific, Hood's Sarsaparilla. 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