Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 15, 1899, Page 2

The Rieraia--Review. | PITH OF TH THE NEWS by E, Kiley. MINNESOTA, GRAND RAPIDS - A flocd of tears indicates tranbdied waters. He that runs may read—his oppoa- ent’s inaugural address, It keeps the tramps busy furnishing material for comic-paper jokes. If a man ever feels religious’ it’s when he finds himself in a tight place. The man who makes a donkey of himself seldom boasts of being self- made. Ajax may have defied the lightning, but be never set his hand against a live wire. A tew congregations are willing to pay a pastor for telling them the truth about themselves, An Irish philosopher says the only way to prevent what’s past is to put a stop to it befire it happens, Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade; m short, in all management of human 2: tf Of two evils the less is always to be shosen. That thou mayst therefore avoid the future everlasting punisa- ment, endeavor to endure present evils patiently. Spain’s decision to prosecute Ad- miral Cervera and the former captain of the Cristobol Colon for the Joss of the fleet off Santiago, savors of the ethics of the Middle Ages. On the oth- er hand, an act one hundred and fifty years ago, of Maria Theresa, a collat- eral ancestor of the Queen Regent of Spain, embodies the generous spirit of the nineteenth century. When Mar- shal Daun lost a decisive battle, after bravely contesting it, his queen went out from her capital to meet him on his return, and*by the warmest ex- pressions of kindness and confidence ised his crushed spirits. In this she on a commendable wictory. The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures, are always in his sight. The domestic oppressor dooms himself to gaze upon those faces which he clouds with terror, and with sorrow; and he beholds every move- ment the effects of his own barbarities. He that can bear to give continual pain tos those who surround him, and can walk with satisfaction In the gloom of his own presence; he that can see sub- missive misery without relenting, and meet without emotion the eye that im- pl mercy, or demands justice, Will arcely be amended by remonstrance, or admonition; he has found means of stopping the avenues of tenderness, and arming his heart against the force of reason. The suggestion to tax: .'n ‘has been brought forward in the legislature of North Dakota, where it has been em- bodied in a concurrent resobution for a constitutional amendment. This pro- vides that the legislative assembly may tax wheat, flax and aats and bar- ley grown in the state and stored in the elevators or kept for seed iat a rate of not to exceed half a cent a bushel on wheat, the same on flax, a third of a cent on barley and a quarter of a cent on oats. At present the grains grown in the state pay practically no taxes. The millions of ‘bushels of wheat grown in the state are threshed and disposed of between assessments. The rate of a quarter to half a cent a bushel, if applied to the millions of bushels of the various grains grown in the state, would, it is said, produce a revenue exceeding $250,000. How the measure is likely to be received gen- erally is not yet apparent from the ad- vices at hand. From out the smoke and carnage of tne late war, one incident shines like.a star in a cloudy sky. It is that of the military funeral in Santiago last No- vember of the body of General Vara del Rey. Four months after the Span- iard had fallen at El Caney, fighting at the head of his men, an aged gen- eral, Valderrama, arrived from Spain to beg the body of his former com- rade. General Wood at once dispateh- ed an officer and company to find the grave, from which all marks had bees | removed by the Cubans. After a long | ‘search the body was identified, and | ‘transferred to the handsome coffin brought from Spain, and escorted to | the vessel by an American band and battalion. As the cortege passed the palace General Wood and staff stood at attention -with bared heads, “Gen- eval Vara dei Rey was a brave man,” said the chivalrous victor, “and we honor his memory.’’ No wonder the old Valderramy said, in farewell, “You belong to a grand nation. We = shail fot forget this day. The saints be ‘with you and with your people.” ‘The Hawaiian Istands have no “four hundred,” says ex-President Dole, but he declares that social life there has a charm in its cosmopolitan character, Every large social gathering wetcomes representatives of widely separated or differing peoples—Anglo-Saxon, Poly- nesian, Celt, Frank, Seandinavian, Mongolian, The picture he draws will iggest a novelty, perhaps to some of y people, wearied with endeavors to cover fresh methods of killing time, glot teas may yet be in high fayor DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. | Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports — The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Mave Attracted Attention, Sporting Notes Kid MePartland of New York and Jack Dennett of Philadelphia were matched to fight twenty rounds at 138 pounds before the Broadway Athletic club on May 25. Fire destroyed Frank Hudson's wholesale liquor house and Adam Baum’s Sons wholesale and retail grocery at Mount Sterling, Ky. The Grand opera house caught fire but was saved. George Byers of Boston got the de- cision over Charlie Goff of Oregon in the second round of what was to have ‘been a ‘twenty-round bout at_ the | Broadway Athletic club at New York. They met at 150 pounds. Accidental Happenings. A Pacific coast steamer was wrecked and ten lives lost. Fire at Lead, 8S. D., destroyed prop- erty worth $100,00. The fire depart- ment was helpless owing to low water pressure. The Jarge flouring’ mill of Dow & King, at Pittsfield, I1., formerly C. Chapman & Co., burned. Loss, $100,. 000; insurance, '$45,000. The cause of the fire is unknown. O'Bryan & Schmidt's ‘large livery sta- Ble, in the heart of the city of Hop- kinsville, Ky., burned. Eighteen head of horses, including v valuable blooded stock, and the noted stallion Bachelor, perished. Loss, $8,000; insurance, $3,000, The California limited “was derailed near North Pomona, Cal., while mak- ing sixty miles an hour. The tender separated from the engine and jumped the ‘track, the other cars following, but these lodged in a sandy roadbed, and no one was seriously hurt. from Wasbington. rhe government begins a suit under the anti-trust law. The United States Philippine com- mission has issued a conciliatory proc- lamation to the Filipinos. Col. Buffington has been appointed brigadier general and chief of the bu- vreau of-ordnance, Since Feb. 4 there have been 184 Americans killed and 976 wounded in the Philippines. Former Presidents Cleveland and Harrison indorse the universal peace efforts of the Christian Endeavor. The national supreme court settles points arising under the war revenue jaw. Spanish officers are said to be serv- yg in the Filipino insurgent army, rhich accounts for the comparatively- good organization of that body. It has been decided by the postoftice department to establish a nail route in Alaska, which shall cross the Arctic ircle. ‘The president has appointed J. Blair Sheenfelt of Douglas, Wyo., as agent for ‘the Indians of the Union Agency, in Indian Territory, vice D. M. Wis- Jom, ‘resigned. The presbytery of Washington city, at its semi-annual session, accepted the resignation of Rey. Dewitt Tallmage, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of that city aus, United States minister at antinople, had an audience with the sultan Saturday. The inter- view, which was protracted, was of the most cordial character. Attorney General Griggs has instruct- ed William I’. Bundy, United States at- torney at Cincinnati, to institute pro- ceedings at once to prevent the re-con- struction by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company of its bridge across the @hio ‘river ‘between Benwood and PeUaire, Ohio. This action is taken on information from the secretary of war that the bridge is an obstruction to the {free navigation of the river. “The result of correspondence between Acting Secretary of War Meikelejohn and Surgeon General Wyman, of the marine hospital service, regarding the return ‘to this country of the remains { of the men who died in Cuba of yellow fever, has been the issuance af orders ‘by the former directing that none of the remains of yellow fever victims be ‘brought ‘to the United States until cold weather returns. (Personal, a Le Clere, a well known ‘dead at London. Carter H. Harrison ‘has tbeen re-elect- ed mayor of Chicago. Warren Teland, proprietor of the Windsor hotel, New York, is dead. james J. Hill is said to ‘have pur- ! ‘ sed the bends of the Duluth-Superi- or Bridge company. Chief Moses, the well-known Indian Tied at his home on the Colville reser- vation in Washington. The director ef the census has ap- pointed Samuel €. Dunham special agent t take the census of Northern Alaska. William KK. Vanderbilt thas author ized the ereetion of a dormitory on the cond of Vanderbilt university at Nashville, Tenn., at a cost of $100,000. Postmaster General Smith has ac cepted an invitation to respond to the toast of “The Union” at the Hamilton club dinner in Chicago on April 10. Col. Thomas M. Anderson has been appointed brigadier general in the vegular army to sueceed Ewin V. Sum- ner, retired. Marquis Charles Philippe de Chen nevieres, inember of the institute, di- rector of the Academia des Beaux | Arts, and chairman of the board of ad- | ministration of the Paris exposition of 1878, died in Paris in his sexcnty niet year, ei = 4 Void. Emperor William is recovering from the severe attack of rheumatism which for a week has necessitated his re- maining part of the time in bed. John Addiscn Porter, secretary of the president, is confined to his home by ilmess. Mr. Porter is overworked, and by order of his physician will go away as soon as able, with a view of getting a week or two of rest. Col. W. L. Barber, commander of the 111th Ohio regiment during the Civil War, died at his home in Wauseem, Ohio, He was born in 1830. Until the past month Mr. Barber was the pres- ident of the National Bank of Com- merce of Toledo. Capt. Charles F. Clark, mander of .the battleship Oregon, and since assigned to the command of the League Island navy yard, was tend- ered a dinner by the Union league of Philadelphia. The dinner was of an in- formal character. Capt. Clark was pre- sented with a silver loving cup. D. A. Waterman, treasurer of the Michigan Central railroad, while at- tending Easter services in the Warbur- ton Avenue Baptist church, in Yonkers, N. Y., in company with his wife and daughters, was overcome and became unconscious for four hours. His con- dition is considered critical. He is six- ty-five years of age. late com- Criminal Record. Rear Admiral Carpenter commits Su- icide in Boston. Bribery and fraud still dominate the Cuban courts. During a quarrel at Chicago over the municipal election, Paul Lund shot and fatally wounded Arthur Lawrénce, an expressman. Lund claims the shoot ing was done in self-defense. In a quarrel over politics at Kansas City, Volney J. Quarles, a detective of the police department, and a son of the former chief of police of Kansas City, Kas., shot Patrick Russell, a former patrolman, through the groin. It is thought Russell will recover. At Falls Church, Va., the dead bo:l- ies of Weston B. Turner and his wife, a well-to-do couple, each about sixty ars old, were found in their home. ‘rurner_ had evidently shot his wife while she was asleep and then put an- other bullet through his own head. To save his mother from his father’s murderous attack, Lewis Dennis of Near Milheim, Pa., killed his father by a blow with a chair. The father, Sam- uel Dennis, had been subject to epilep- for several years, and had appar- ently gone insane. Mrs. Dennis is still suffering from the shock, and the phy- sicians fear for her life. in which the former are defeated. Great Britain seeks more territory at Hongkong. The Cuban assembly has dissolved and the Cuban army will forthwith disband. Richard Chamberlain, brother of Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, is dead in London, Spain has decided terior debt in full. creased. it is rumored that the engagement of the Count of Turin, nephew of King Humbert of Italy, to an American heir- ess, Will soon be announced. Thomas Edward Ellis, Advanced Lib- eral member of parliament for Morion- etshire and chief Opposition whip, dead in London. Ss to pay her ex- Taxes will be in- He was born in 18% vecial dispatches from Berlin Great Britain has agreed to the G man proposal for unanimity in the de- ; cisions of the Samoan commission. The public at Paris will open an in- iry into the proceedings of the Jen- Royaliste, the society of young Royalists, which is charged with vio- lating the law of the associations. The Rome correspondent of the Lon- don Chronicle says he learns in. official circles that. It: and Great Britain have arrived at an agivement which will result in‘an Italian otcups ition of San Mun bay before April 25. ‘The court of cassation at Rome de- | livered an opinion in the case of Isaane and Samuel vs. Ernesto Cerruti, that no court of a nation can set aside the decision of an international arbitra- tion. An agreement by nations is higher than that of any internal court. 'rhe Egyptian government is consid- ering 2 scheme for a railway through the Hastern Soudan, probably from Khartoum, on the Nile, to Suakim, on the Dead Sea, by way of Kassala in Nubia. The idea would be to secure the Absynnian traffic. In consequence of a renewal of the student disturbances the Russian goy- ernment has closed the University of St. Petersburg and dismissed all the students, at the same time issueing an order that all applications for rein- ane must be made through the ma on Otherwise. Women defeat the men in an elec. tion in a Kansas town. The mayor of Detroit has vetoed Gov. Pingree’s scheme for the ownership of | street railways by the city. ‘The president has signed a proclama- tion opening to settlement on May 4 the larger portion of the Southern Ute reservation in Colorado. The main line of the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West railroad has been | sold to the Plant Investment company for $600,000. The director of the census has ap- pointed Samuel C. Dunham = special agent to take the census of Northern Alaska. ‘The main line of the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West railway has been seld to the Plant Investment company for $600,000. Automobiles may soon supplant cabs in Chicago. Notice has been posted at the Dela- ware Rolling mill, Philadelphia, an- nouncing a 10 per cent increase in the Wages of 250 employes, to take effect | Apri il 10. Maycr Maybury of Detroit has vetoed the resolution of the council appointing Gov. Pingree and two other | citizens comiissioners to purchase and operate the street railways for the city. , He Insists that the act empowering the council to appoint this commission is | 1 Foreign. Turks and Bulgarians have a fight, CHARLESTON LETS LOOSE TOWN ON THE WEST COAST OF LU- ZON BOMBARDED. Rebels Started It by Firing on the Americans and Wounding an Offi- cer — Insurgents Evacuate the Town—A Rumor That Againaldo Has Been Supplanted in the Con- trol of the Filipino Affairs by Gen. Antonio Luna Is Being Per- sistently Circulated—Luna Is De- scribed as a Typical Belligerent— Opinions Regarding the Procla- mation. Manila, April 7.—The United States cruiser Charleston, which has been cruising along the west coast of Luzon to the north, sent a boat in shore near Dagupan last Saturday to make sound- ings. The rebels opened fire, wound- ing a United States officer. The cruis- er thereupon bombarded the town, the insurgents evacuating it. AGUINALDO OUT. A Report That Gen. Antonio Luna Succeeds Him, Manila, April 7—There are persistent rumors that Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, has been supplanted in the con- trol of Filipino affairs by Gen. Antonio Tuna, commander-in-chief of the Fili- pino forces. Luna is described as be- ing a typical belligerent. A Spanish banker who was_ inter- viewed expressed the fear that the proclamation would not reach the masses controlling the revolution be- cause, he explained, the Filipinos at Manila are mostly domestics and clerks who have no definite opinions and the wirepullers outside of the city have undoubtedly intercepted it. The bank- er expressed the opinion that if the proclamation had been issued on May 2, or even on Aug. 14, of last year, the result would have been different, as, in his opinion, based on twenty years’ ex- perience here, the only thing that ap- peais to the masses is the gun. The editor of Oceania thinks the proclamation is the most politic docu- |. ment ever published in the Philippine islands, and that it is bound to con- vince the wavering of the folly of further hostilities. An English merchant says the first clanse, with reference to the estab- lishment and maintenance of Ameri- can sovereignty and warning the reb- | els, should settle the question in the minds of every thinking Filipino. A Scotch shipowner thinks it does ve any further doubt as to the ; of the United States, and that, ; consequently, Aguinaldo must submit to the inevitable, as the continuance of hostilities is opposed to the best inter- ests of the Filipinos. STORIES OF REFUGEES. The Natives Coming in Freely—Ex- peditions Beyond Malolos. New York, April 7. — James Creel- man’s special to the Journal from Ma- nila says: Gen. MacArthur's brigade moved ont ef Malolos to the northward in the hope of finding the main body of the Filipino army and effectively de- etroying it. Earlier in the day the Moutana infantry and the Fourth cay- alry, supported by two guns ef light artillery made a_ reconnoisance, but encountered only roving bands of reb- els. A few shots were exchanged and tvo of our men were slightly wounded. The natives are still pouring into our ines around Malolos, seeking protec- tion and ready to vow allegiance. Many of them are wearing insurgent uni- forms; some have only the trousers of theiy army clothes, their coats having long since been cast aside. They all say that they are hungry and do not want to fight any more. They are astonished to find that they are ac- corded good treatment and are housed unniolested. Occasionally a native sol- dier is seen saluting an American of- ficer, thus showing hi ss military train- ing. Terrible stories are related by the refugees about the insurgent troops committing barbarous outrages upon women and locting property in all di- rections. Black clouds of smoke on the horizon mark the trail of wanton pillage by pretended patriots. Our troops are protecting property, while the insurgents are Gestroying it. SOMERS 1S A HOoDOo. Will We Ever Get the Torpedo Boat Across the Pond? Plymouth, Eng., April 7.—The Unit- ed States torpedo boat Somers, which was bought at Elbingen, Prussia. iv March, last. year, and which nearly drowned two American crews in an effort to cross the Atlantic just before war was declared with Spain, was towed last evening to Plymouth: pre- paratory to being shipped to the Unir- ed States in a vessel that will leave probably on April 10, Falmouth, Eng., April 7.—The Unit- ed States torpedo boat Somers, which jeft. Falmouth en ronte for this port, broke down off Plymouth and was towed into the sound Larsok e Audience With the Pope. Rome April 7.—The pope received in audience the bishop of Duluth, the Rt. Rev. James McGolrick, and the bishop of Winona, the Rt. Rev. Joseph B, Cov. ter. Unknown Vessel Wrecked, Halifax, N. S., April 7.—For ten days the wreckage of an unknown vess ha- been coming ashore at Ke! Cove A piece of uk picked up the Jetters “Win—" painted on it. plink has been broken off. Young Woman Drawned. Lanesboro, Minn., April 7.—Miss Jda Ads was drowned while attemptiny to ercss Barry creek with a team, two and a half miles south. on her cs home. One of the horses was also drowned. " ern, 68 1-4@69 1. THIRTEEN LIVES LOST. in a Fire at New York. » New York, April 9.—Fire early yes- terday morning destroyed the hand- some residence of Wallace C, Andrews at No. 2 East Sixty-seventh street, and twelve persons sleeping in the house were burned to death. Fire brands carried by the wind were blown into the open window of Albert J. Adams, No. 3, East Sixty-ninth street, two blocks distant, setting fire to the house and causing the death of a servant. All of the thirteen bodies have been recovered. Several persons were more or less injured. Whether the fire started from an explosion of a lamp or of gas has not yet been determined. But when it was first discovered at 2 o'clock in the morning the flames seemed to burst from all parts of the house at once. Policeman McKnight was at Fifth avenue and Sixty-sixth street, when he heard an explosion and saw the glare of flames in Sixty-seventh street. He ran with all haste to the spot and found tongues of fire leaping from the upper windows of the Andrews house and half-way across the street. He tried to break if the door and arouse the inmates of the house, but was driven back by the flames. Not wait- ing any longer than to arouse the family of the Rothschilds in the ad- joining house, No. 4, he sent in an alarm. When the firemen arrived they went through the Rothschilds house and managed to get in the rear rooms of the third floor of the Andrews house, where they found Mrs. St. John and her three-year-old son Wal- lace, unconscious on the floor, their night clothes almost burned off. They were quickly taken into the Roths- childs house. Mrs. St. John died in a few minutes. Her child died in a fire- man’s arms. The firemen made re- peated efforts to get to the other rooms but they might as well nave attacked a furnace. The building, if saturated with oil, could hardly have burned more fiercely. Like most large New York dwellings it was high and nar- row and encased on two sides by solid brick walls and the effect was like a great chimney. The flames roared and crackled and shot into the, air a distance of a hundred feet or more, throwing a great fiery syray over the roofs of the surrounding houses. AN efforts to arouse the inmates in time to save themselves were fruitless, and aside from Mrs. St. John, the only oth- er persons who got out of the house alive were the two servants, Jennie Burns and Alice White, who appeared at the upper windows terror-stricken, nnd, heedless of the cries of the fire- men that they would raise ladders and save them, jumped. Jennie Burns leaped out first. She turned over and ever and fell almost directly on her head. Her skull was fractured in several places. The other woman, when she saw the fate of her friend, hesitated for a moment, then as the smoke thickened, she, too, jumped. She fell upon a rear extension of the building and was picked up uncon- scious and severely injured. While the fire in the Andrews house was raging great clouds of ,sparks were carried with the wind and a brand fell into an upper open window of the house of Albert J. Adams. It caught in a curtain and instantly the room was ablaze. A servant lost her life. The pelice and firemen got the family out without serious injury. Burned to Dea THE MARKETS, Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, April 10. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 694 134c; No. 2 North- . Corn—No. 3 yellow, 313-4@32¢; No, 3, 311-2@313-4e. Oats 3 white, 28@28 1-2¢; No. 3, 27 1-2 Gee, Barley and Rye—Sample_ bar- ley, 36@42c; No. 2 rye, 48@49c; No. 3 rye. 47@47 1-2c. Duluth, April 10. — Wheat — Cash, No. 1 hard, 78e; No. 1 Northern, 71¢; No. 2 Nerthern, 66 1-2¢; No. 68c; April, No. 1 hard, 73 Northern, 70c; May, No. 1 hard, 74c¢; No. J Northern, 71¢c; July, No. 1 hara, 78 1-8e; No. 1 Northern, 721-8¢c. Oats, 27 1-4@27 3-4e; rye, 51 i4c; barley, 30@ 40c; flax, to arrive, $1.18; May, $1.19 1-2; corn, 31¢; May, 32c. Minneapolis, April 10. — Wheat — April closed at 69 3-8c; May opened at 701-2c and closed at 695-8c: July opened at 715-8e and closed at Tle. On track — No. 1 hard, 703-8¢; No. 1 Northern, 693-8c; No. 2 Northern, 67 7-8¢. Milwaukee, Wis. April 10.—Flour i¢ steady. Wheat steady; No. 1 Northern, 78¢; No. 2 Northern, 71@71 1. 2c. ak at 28 1-2@30c. Rye easier; No. 1, 551-2@56c. Barley, firm; No. 2, 48c; sample, 40@48ce. Chicago, April 10. — Wheat — No, 2 red, T4@76c; No. 3, T0@74c; No. 2 hard winter, 67¢; No, 3, 63@66c; No. 1 North- ern spring, 72@731-2c; No. 2. T11@ aes No. 3, 65@71c. Corn—No. 2, 2 7-Se; No. 3, 321-4c. | Oats—No. 2, pi 14@27 1-2¢; No. 3, 27 1-4e. Chicago, April 10. — Hogs — Light, $3.60@3.85; mixed, $3.G0@# ; heavy, $3.75@3.95; rough, $3.55@3.65. Cattle —Beeves, $4. 10@5.65; cows and heifers, $2 @ 4.75; Texas steers, . @ stockers and feeders, $3.50@4.75. Sheep—Natives, $3@4.90; lambs, $4.50 @.80, Sioux City, Iowa, April 10—Hogs— $8.50@3.70. Cattle—Beeves, $4@5.10; cows, bulls and mixed, $2@4; stockers and feeders, $3.50@4.40; calves and yearlings, $3.75@4.90. aes St. Paul, April 10. — Hogs — 55@3.82 1-2. Cattle—Cows, $3@: rae $3. 10@3, 65; bulls, $3 feeders, $4; stockers, ‘SB.75@L.60. Sheep, $4.60@5. Toronto, Ont. April 9. -- It is an nourced by the government that the Welland canal will be opened for tratlic about April 24. To Move the Capital, Managua, Nic., April 9 — President Zelaya intends to move the seat of government on April 14, temporarily, to Jinotepe, in the mountains, south- east of here. He expects to visit the Vnited States gil Europe this sum- mer, The Brut Lovton, April 9. Overdue. — A dispatch to Lloyd's from Manila says that. the United States supply ship Brutus, from Seigon for !loilo, with a curgo of rice, is eight days overdue. LIVELY SSS a REN |e UWE MES IN SAMOA DETAILS OF THE RECENT FIGHT- ING THERE, Proglamation by the German Consel Emboldened Mataafa to Ignore and Defy Kautz—Malieota Has Been Crowned King — Mataafa’s Ferces Repeatedly Shelled by the American and British Warships— German Warship Attempts to Leave Port and Is Ordered Back by Admiral Kautz—Numerous Cas— ualtics on Both Sides. Apia, Samoa, March 24, via San Francisco, April 9.—There have been lively times in Samoa during the past few days. The United States and British warships have shelled Ma- taafa’s forces repeatedly, and sailors have been landed in Apia to protect property. Numerous casualties have resulted on both sides. Admiral Kautz and the commanders of the British ships are anxiously awaiting. advices from their governments, and in the meantime the shelling proceeds daily. When Admiral Kautz arrived on the Philadelphia he spent two days in making inquiries, and then called a meeting of all the consuls and senior officers of all the warships in the harbor. As a result of the meeting a proclamation was issued by the American admiral declaring that the so-called provisional government un- der Mataafa can have no legal status under the Berlin treaty, and, there- fore, cannot be recognized by the con- sular and naval representatives, and ordering Mataafa and his supporters to quietly go to their homes and re- spect the laws of the Berlin treaty. Mataafa and his chiefs quietly left and went to the western portion of the municipality, and it seemed as if they were about to obey the commands to return to their homes. The German: consul, however, issued a counter- proclamation in the Samoan language, which was distributed among the Ma- taafan The proclamation reads as follow “Notice to all Samoans: By the proclamation of the admiral of the United States, dated March 11, was made known that the three consuls of the signatory powers of the Berlin treaty, as well as the three command- ers of the men-of-war, had been unan- imous to.no more recognize the pro- visional government composed of Ma- taafa and thirteen chiefs. I therefore muke known to you that this procla- mation is quite false. I, the German consul general, continue to recognize the provisional government of Samoa until I have received contrary instruc- tions from my government. --Rose, German Consul General. “Apia, March 13, 1899.” The immediate result of this act was that the rebels turned back and prepared for war, declaring that they would not obey the admirals order. The next day Apia was surrounded by Mataafa’s warriors. Forces from the Philadelphia amd Porpoise, under Lieutenants Brown and Cave, were landed to protect the loyal natives. On Tuesday, Mataafa having failed to ebey the admiral’s proclamation, Flag Lieut. Miller was sent to deliver an ultimatum. Everything looked ugly and British and American blue jack- ets were landed in Apia to protect the consulates. Quick-firing, machine and small field pieces were also landed. Hostiliti commenced on Tuesday, afternoon when half a dozen Malietoal men were taken to headquarters and! bound. ‘The whole of the outskirts of Apia were shelled from the harbor, seventy shells being fired before dark. The next day a body of 300 Malietoans hed their rifles returned to them from the Porpoise and rendered good service in clearing the brush. The rebel yil- lage of Vaiaila was burned in order to prevent the close approach to the consulate. The German warship Falke at- tempted to leave pert on a secret mis- ston when Admiral Kautz ordered her captain to stay where he was and be ready to afford hep to his countrymen. The Falke remained. During ‘Thursday matters were quiet. About dusk the Americans fired on a body of Mataafans, but no one was killed. Early Friday morning 200 rebels rushed up to within thirty yards of the consulate. he sailors behaved splendidly and the natives were re- pulsed. One American sailor was killed and one British sailor was shot in both legs. For several days the German war- ip Falke persistently kept in the so as to discommode the fire of the British ships. Finally Admiral Kautz compelled her to move inside the harbor entrance out of the way. On March 23 King Tanumafili Ma- lietoa was crowned king of Samoa at Muliau. The ceremony was attended by United States and British repre- sentatives. A processio nmarched all through Apia headed by the band of the Philadelphia. The German. of- ficials were conspicuous by their ab- sence. Large Revenue Increase. San Francisco, April 9.—The March collections for the Northern district of California ‘are $270,251. The receipts for March, 1898, were $144,386. The increase this year is due to the war tas and increase of business. Gun From the Vizcaya. Cleveland. Ohio, April 9.—A big gun, taken from the Spanish warship Viz- caya, has arrived here and attracts much attention. The gun will be mounted and placed in one of the city parks. It weighs 9,300 pounds. Two Soldiers Killed. Brussels, April 9.—By ap accidental explosion of a shell in the fortress of Huy two soldiers were killed and two officers and four soldiers wounded. A street adjoining was devaststed by the explosion es a See ee eT eeere