The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1899, Page 2

(&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1899. be established for the Samoans: that i what the Commissioners are now think- ing about. All requesta f< ment on this subject are met W v have th 2 and here on the »ncisco, the and the lat- ed that they but no one High Commis- RG » Tupu i Al masino Sili i le fai a e o 4 = bers. The o b4 with perfect legal & o Ma- ¢ b s the rightfu P-4 a candidate, ¢ o o o 4 2 ? 4 o ? 5 <3 3 > bed & '3 1y dispute in T o b3 d to r, but s b sented for ¢ ion to the ] Justice of Samoa, who & > *ide it in writing con- 7 P to the previsions of & 5 ,and to laws and & & customs of Samoa not in confliet 9| & therev and the signatory % & gov ts shall pt and 9 & abide by such decision.” b4 2 The commission has ruled that & < no contention is tenable that is & & 4 on any cpinien contained £ 5 _in_th on, kg because the If'it's Good Coffee you want — Try (reat American Trporting Tea Go's Have 100 Stores = That's Why Quality so Good Prices so Reasonable STORES: 861 Market St., opp. Powell. Central Store, 140 Sixth 5t 703 Larkin St 2510 Mission St. 1419 Polk St. 3006 Sixteenth St. 1819 Devisadero St. 1 Montgomery av. 18 Third >t. 3285 Misslon St. £06 hearny St. 52 Market Street......Headquarters, OAKLAND STORES: ingtonst. 1185 23d Ave. ay. 616 E Twelfth Sz, 1510 Seventh St. ALAMEDA—1355 Park St. SAN RAFAEL=S 51, uear Fourth, illmore St. O S ORY SHOR S > treaty dces not cont any appeal from the deciston of the Chief Justice, provided he 5 acted within his Jjurisdiction. His is a court from which there is no appeal, and as s as It is proved that within his jurisdiction ment is final and bindl the powers as well as F 0@ 9 O 0000 S he hes ected 1s jude- SO SO 3 )r with the and customs of Samoa, upon ental truth tev: merely a matter for him tc tle with his ¢wn consct or, hased 18 sefore ma however, the Tanu and dive while the Supreme ate a K as not able v it and his rem the el u, the Samo. passes into hi sh t and one of the any monarch | > a Samoa. the p of|¢ do not seem to un- ot still the they though there i and his chiefs a that of Mataafa a 2 T men to disorder, and the latter re growin~ bolder and bolder v The little s | is ment, property of th and is the s ment, but notwithstanding re near! 1000 Tanu men f their chiefs and the ex-King, no more right the om than has had men mation was i nd of Mulinuu is the P: 1t’s official residence, which has been upied by an English guard up to a week ago. After the house was vacated Dr. Solf went over to Mulinuu to see about having his residence put in order, but he found Tamasese and some other chiefs in possession. Solf told Tam sese he had come to see about ing his hou but Tamasese that he couldn’t give his consent until he had consulted Tanu. The doctor, who has acted since his arr press the subject, but he has sent communication to the Commi: ing that these people be disperse way from Mulinuu without fur- with careful discretion 1 here, did not further a sent a ther delay. Chairman Tripp, on being asked the reason why they have not been dispersed the same as the other natives, replied that it was on account of Tamasese’s fliness. This chief, how- en looking extremely well of late and has been seen on the streets daily consulting with his white advis- ; so there are many who think the | Commission will ultimately have to use | force to dispossess these men of what Aoes not belong to them. The continued presence of the Tanus | on Mulinuu has also stirred the Mataafa people up considerably. ‘Three Mataafa | chiefs came in a few days ago and vis- | ited the Badger to protest against the Tanu people being permitted to remain on the Government property, making a | pretense of carrying ou a Government. They were promised that the Tanus | would soon be dispersed. There is no | doubt that there is a deep sense of in- | | justice still rankling in the breasts of | these people over the recent bunko game played on Mataafa by the Su- preme Court. Thev solemnly declare they will not recognize this tribunal in any way as long as Justice Chambers | presides over it. They do not like the | wording of the proclamation continuing | Justice L hambers in office, and if the Peace Commission does not wish, to| have its name prove a misnomer it will | | have to act instead of promise and pro- crastinate. It would certainly take but | a spark to cause a conflagration at the | present time. | It has leaked out through reliable sources that the relations between Ad- miral Kautz and Consul Osborn be- came very much strained before the | admiral's departure for San Francisco. | | The aifferences began .almost imme- | diately after the admiral’s arrival at | Apia. Consul Osborn’s friends claim | that Admiral Kautz came here imbued | | with the idea that the only way to set- tle the Samoan difficulty was to con- quer the Samoans. Consul Osborn was of the opinion that useless slaughter | and possible international complica- | | tiohs should be avoided, that the| | powers, having the settlement of the | | troubles under consideration, a bom- | | bardment could accomplish no good re- sult, and it would destroy a vast! amount of property and probably cost many human lives. The Mataafans were not committing any breaches of the peace at that time, but were main- i taining order. They had been recog- LUTHER W. OSBORN, Amsrican Consu! zt Apia. | tng | dta | rection. | ec | letter, and this would s | was the only person killed by any ‘ but Osborn refused to sign it, claiming | PP P D SO SN S S i o S S S e o e e -4+ | have proved that Osborn knew what he 4 @ s | R4 D R A S . nized as the Provisional Government by the three Consuls, were preserving er among the natives and had ex- ed thelr willlngness to do so pend- | the settlement of thelr troubles by powers. Admiral Keutz, however, not teke this view, and this differ- ence of opinion led to very bitter feel- | & between the two, - which became sifled to marked degree when niral began to ignore the Amer- | an and confer with the British com- | manders insteed. | After several conferences between | the admiral, Captain Sturdee of the | Porpoise and the commander of the in which 3rit Consul who has bing element here, usually took a letter was sent to Mataafa on h 15 lling upon him to dis- or bombardment would m. that day. No given to the pub- nsuls, and the at- the h the credit of being the ¢ | tack when it came created a veritable panic on shore. On receipt of the . it is ciaim pared to withdraw admiral's letter 1. at once pre- farther down the t, but after several of his boats had put out to sea some distance to the west of Apla, the warships opened fire on them, the Philadelphia leading off. The Porpotse immediately followed. In explanation of this Anglo-British alli- ance, the naval men said that the Mataafa Mulinuu, but appearanc indicate that they were going in an opposite di- The Matoafans say that they were withdrawing dc the western ist in compliance with the admiral’s m most likely, no ome can y claim that half a dozen rowboats full of natives would attack three warships and a d or more armed men on shore | achine guns. None of the na- ts were struck at this time, and juickly put in to shore and | into the thick bush. The| . were destroyed by the | ips soun after they were aban- | | party were coming to attack s as serious vanished boa howe But the victory wg Down at the east end of the harbor a guard was stationed the American Consulate. The American Consul did not want a guard, being on friendly ms with all of the natives, but he protected in spite of himself. When the firlng commenced elght or | ten Mataafa men started down the road | from the east toward the Consulate to | not complete. w | inquire what all of the nofse was about. Consul Osborn says they were friends ! of his, were not fighting men and he | was preparing to receive them, hav- ing seen them at a distance coming toward the Consulate. The Philadel- phia’s gunners also saw them, and at | once shot and shell were whistling dan- | gerously near to the Consul's residence. | One shell exploded just bebind the| building and came very near wrecking | it and killing everybody inside of it. | The rear veranda, on which the Con sul and his family take their meals and | which they had left but a short time | before, was literally torn to pleces, the | outbuildings were riddled with frag- | ments of shell and Private Mudge of | the United States marines, who was stationed in the Consulate yard, was 80 severely wounded that he died a few | re | days afterward. And right here it may | be stated as a somewhat curious fact that several hundred shells were hurled | around among the frightened people of Apia during the war and this marine | of | them, Not a Mataafa man was hit. | The firing continued, and the shells coming dangerously near to the Con- sulate, Osborn procured a boat and got | his family out of danger, though they | all had narrow escapes. Consul Osborn also assisted in getting the wounded marine off to one of the ships, as he was fast bleeding to death. The na- tives, of course, scampered back into the bush as soon as they saw that they were being fired at. None of them | fired a shot, and the sensational ac- | counts published at the time that these | men were about to’attack the Amer- ican Consulate are pronounced here tnE be ridiculous. | The efforts of Consul Osborn seem to | have been directed toward a peaceful settlement of the troubles long before Admiral Kautz arrived here. Before Judge Chambers rendered his famous protocol decision in the kingship case, a proclamation was taken to Osborn by | Chambers, Sturdee and Maxse, which they had prepared for his indorsement, that it was Intended to precipitate a war, and would undoubtedly do so if is- | sued. There was a very spirited argu- | ment had at this time over the procla- | mation and the issues at stake.. The Englishmen were anxious to fight, and | Lieutenant Cave of the Porpoise con- temptuously remarked that he could | take twenty English bluejackets and conquer the whole rebel force in twenty-four hours. Osborn told him he couldn’t take two thousand English bluejackets and conquer them in one hundred eallors and marines, pur- sued by less than une-quarter of the | rebel force. Wiitam Cooper, An attorn from | have suffered loee by the late war, The | | is also well versed in Samoan affairs| | plied that the statement w | THERE IS A PROMISE OF MUCH LITIGATION | ascertain why the water i | Younger man made rapid passes at his |ing an agitation over a long dead subject, twenty-four weeks. Subsequent events was talking about. and Cave, too, must realize something of this since his frantic flight through the swamp at Vallele on April 1, at the head of over Auckland, New Zealand, arrived ‘here thiz morning. He was sent for to look after Matanfa's Interests, and will con- suit with Mntaafa end his chiefs to- morrew, after which he will appear be- fore the Commizaion, Cooper was once municipal magistrate at Apia, and is| familtar with Samean history for twen- ty years past. James H. Mulligan, former United | States Coneul General at Samoa under | Clevelend’'s administration, arrived here | J Mr. Mulligan will handle who on May 31. the Indemnity claims of persons amount of damage incurred s esti- mated at about $200,000. will be presented to the Commission | here, but will not be passed upon, that | being a matter which will be referred to-the three treaty powers. Mulligan | The claims | ¢ 2 BRIEFL Mr. and is a prominent.attorney of Lexing- | ton, Ky. i | .The-office. of Brittsh Consul {s being | \:temporarily filled by British Commis- | sion. Eliot,. pending the arrival of J.| H.Woodford from Fiji Islands, who has been in the British dipiomati¢ ser-| viee¢ at that point for some time. | The office of German Consul is being temporarily filled by Herr Grunow, the Vice Consul. | H. M. S. Porpoise departed for Auck- land, N. Z., on June 10. The German cruiser Cormorant ar-| rived here this morning. She will re- lieve the German cruiser Falke, which will proceed at once to Germany. The ships now in the harbor are the United State auxiliary cruiser Badger, TUnited States collier Brutus, H. M. § Tauranga, H. M. S. Torch and H. I. M. | $. Cormorant. 1t is the intention of the Commission to leave here on the Badger about July | 1.if nothing happens to prevent. — BARON STERNBURG DOES | NOT BLAME ROSE. One More Fals;—S!atement With Regard to Samoa Is Put Aside. By W. E. Williamson. misrepresentations of af- fairs at Samoa were again in evidence | in the reports received here this morn- ing from an unreliable Associated Pr correspondent at Apia and published | in the evening papers One of these misstatements is to the effect that Baron Sternburg, the German Commis sioner, had become fully convinced that | H Rose, the German Consul, had| acted wrongfully and v responsible for the late outbreak at Samoa ing myself ar ed this morning Apia on the same steamer with Consul se, and knowing full well the very friendly relations sting between him and Baron Sternburg, I called this evening on Consul Rose at the Palace Hotel and asked him if he desired to say anything for publication. Consul Rose expre stonishment and re gret that such falsehoods had been ci culated. *“The ' he said, ‘“that : < is fully convinced that ongfully and am responsible for tt » outbreak in Samoa is abso- lutely false. I have every reason to be lieve that Baron Sternburg well that it was ptt my action that| caused the late troubles in Samoa, but that they were due to other re: , of which I do not feel at liberty to speak. | Besides, Baron Sternburg is too able a diplomatist and has too much dis tion to make such a statement, even he did think so.” Consul Rose was asked if he wished | to say anything in reply to the state- | ment published in an evening paper that he was snubbed by the passenger on the steamer Mariposa, and he re s too ridicu- lous to require any attention from him. is that Rose's relations with | :ngers on the Mariposa wer I was much in his com- | this fact. to-day mentlon is made of an inve tion put on foot by the attorneys managers of the Moore ditch property to at such a low | stage so carly in the season. As a result | of their investigations thefe is likely to be long and_expensive litigation. the Spring Valley Water Company con- | structed a ditch beginning at the head of | Capay Vvalley. After fifteen miles of | ditch” had been constructed work was | stopped_by an injunction obtained by the Moore Ditech Company. This ditch has not since been used until this year. eral Capay Valley farme and frult| growers recently obtained permission of | the Spring. Valley Company to use the | ditch. They constructed a dam which | turned about eight feet of water from] Cache Creek into the ditch. It was also discovered that a dam which will divert about eight feet of water from the cree is in course of comstruction near Capay. | This is intended to supply the Adams ditch which was constructed several vears ago. There has been much litiga- tlon between the projectors of this ditch | and the Moore Ditch Company. All of the facts and alleged rights in- volved in the controversy were once sub- mitted to Judge Beatty., who was chosen by stipulation to arbitrate, but he has never rendered a decislon. All parties | were served with a notice to desist. —_—————— FOUGHT A DUEL OVER A COW’S CARCASS STOCKTON, June 30. — Information reached the Police Office this afternoon | of a blaody encounter between two Mexi- | cans yesterday near the eastern limits of the city. A cow fell into Miner Chan- | nel basin and was killed. Two Mexicans | purchased the carcass and started in to cut it up. They worked amicably for a fime, but had some words and began | fighting, which was kept up for some time | in a rough-and-tumble manner. Th took a recess and, after more work, re sumed the fight for blood. The nldorl Mexican, who had got the worst of the| first encounter, picked up an ax, while | the younger one made a |un{n at him with a butcher-knife. A duel followed. The antagonist_with the knife, but finally the ax descended upon him. The knife fell from his hand, which hung from the wrist as if ready to drop. A spectator at a dis- tance says both men were covered with bload. As soon as the older man saw the injury he had inflicted he turned and ran and the other hastily left the scene. Both men were evidently cared for by friends, who hushed the matter up and prevented any complaints being sworn to. BUTCHERS JOIN AGITATION. STOCKTON, June 30.—The butchers have joined the agitation against allow- ing Chinese to participate in tue parade on the Fourth of July and have notified the committee that they’ will not turn out. The general public is disgusted over the action of a few exempt firemen and butchers, who for petty reasons are start- The parade committee announces that there will be plenty of organizations to make the procession a success, and one wing of the firemen declare they will turn 1 @CTOnG [ introdu In 1880 | ), | every influence to see that the caufe was | of a lengthy address b; tarice from New York is 150 miles. I3 =3 g <4 & g A8 the fime for: the: departure of dicted that-if succ in this eountry Fr manufacture. Mr. He duced to purchase in Europe. simple run across the continent. doing other feats. Mr. Dav tory. Makers of other automobiles drive the machine to its destination. Dispatches to The Call tourists will be given a hearty which they will pass. Bicycle clubs to pace the automobile and to point the motor does not depend upon th & fug > < Cd o Ed clear road ahead. Information as to will be acceptable to him. 03 50! CRONORO%T B NTHUSIASM AT THE CONVENTION Epworth Leaguers in! Annual Session. | e — Special Dispatch to The Call. SA ROSA, June nual conference of the lpworth League was morning in the Fifth S South by State President Nathan of Los Angel The auditorfum was crowded with visitors and delegates, and | enthusiasm ran high. | After a few words of praver an elabor- 1 The eighth a California State | lled to order this reet M. E. Church Newby | ate song service was begun und leadership of Mrs. Maurice T. V. of this city. The hymns and tur familiar to the ola-time churchman were | sung with a will by both young and old. | communion was administered by the | venerable Dr. J. C. Simmons of Salinas. | The roll was then called by Sam W Brown, the State secretary, after which chair appointment of Tollings 4 tin, L. Bickenstaff, Ella F Sleanor Lloyd. solutio and memorials—W. H.| raste, Poage, Eleanor Yeargin, | Hattie Austin, Horace N. Caldwell. | Auditing—C. W. Clough, F. B. Long, S. | L. Heisenger, Alice Sewell, May Shreve. Educational—G. H. Wilkinson, Ethel | Poage, Charles L. Story. Press—C. W. Clough of the Salinas Democrat. | Nominating—W. H. Waste, chairman; H. W. Knickerbocker, S. L. Heisen- | Mre. M. T. Vaughan, Miss Mercie | er. After the announcement of the com- a recess was taken to allow their time to organize and make up LS. | oon session was called to or- | der promptly at 2 o'clock. After a short | prayer, Miss Minnie McKnight conducted | A4 SOng serv the one enjoyed in the morning. conclusion of the singing it was_an-| nounced that the principal work of the afternoon would consist of a considera- n of missionary topics. Rev. H. C. Tucker was the first speaker He read 2 _paper on Brazil sportunities offered workers in Some of Dr. Tuck- | and the the missionary field. er's ideas called forth a lively discussion at the conclusion of his remarks. lowing Dr. Tucker came the Rev. W. A. avis, who rendered a vocal solo in Japanese. The Rev. H. W. Knickerbocker was | then introduced. He delivered a fervent and eloquent address on the subject of missions, exhorting the league to use its = rever possi- | furthered whenever and W Ah Suey, a student at the local mis- ble. sion school, followed the speaker in a Chinese solo. He was encored and re- sponded appropriately ““Buddhism in Japan” was the subject the Rev. W. Davis, who spent many years as a mis- sionary in the realm of the Mikado. At the conclusion of his lecture a brief dis- cussion followed, which was . interrupted by the chairman, who announced the re- | celpt of two congratulatory messages. They were then read. One was from T. B. Hutchinson, president of the Napa District Conference of the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal church, The other was from the Rev. H. M. Dubose of Nashville, editor of the Epworth Era. At the conclusion of the reading of these telegrams the conven- tion adjourned, with prayer, until the evening. The evening session was called to order at 8 o'clock by State President Newby. Shiort but impressive prayer was heard, | after which all present joined in a song Service under the able leadership of C. V. Easton. The addresa of the evening | was delivered by the Rev. Claude M. Davenport. At the conclusion of his ad- dress the convention adjourned, all sing- ing “Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.” A% the session of the conference pro- gresses the interest taken by the dele- Sates seems to increase. A view from the church gallery of the sea of upturned | faces below gives a partial idea at least | of the fervor in every soul and the feel- ing present in eve heart. Czar to Provide a Regent. ST. PETERSBURG, June 30.—Tt is said the Czar will shortly issue a ukase or- daining that if a minor succeeds to the throne the Grand Duke Michael Alexan- drovich shall act as Regent. If the Czar dies without an heir, the throne will pass o his brother, Michael Alexandrovich, % the Czaroviteh, Grand Duke George. fis Majesty's other brother, renounced the title of Czarovitch on account of con- sumption, from which he is suffering. b sk Germany Now Owns the Islands. MADRID, June 30.—The treaty confirm- ing the agreement of February 12, ceding the Caroline, Pelew and Marianne islands to Germany, and the deciaration granting Germany the ‘most favored treatment from July 1, were signed to-day by Pre- mier Sllvela’ and the German Embassador here, Count von Radowitz. LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. SAILED. Friday, June 30. Stmr Weeott., Burtis, Eureka. DOMESTIC PORT. out and with the “old machine,” if they have to fight for it. SAN DIEGO—Sailed June 30—Stmr Alzacar, for San Francisco. and Mrs. Davis Will From New York Monday Morning. Owing to a slight accident in completing their automobile, Mr. Mrs. John D. Davig, who are to attempt to make the run from New York to San Francisco, will not be able to start until Monday morning. They had planned to leave Herald Square, New York, at § o'clock to-morrow morning, but a postponement is necessary, Mr. Davis wired The Call last night promised that everythinz would be ready to start at 9 o'clock Monday oughfare to One Hundred and Sixteenth street, west to Seventh avenue £ morning. No further delay is looked g Herald building, through Thirty-fifth g and straight away to Harlem River. Albany will be the objective point of the first day's run. Except Yonkers and :Hastings the run will.-be made in broad day to Sing Sing. North of that place.the old Albany postroad will be followed. terest-ih the attenipt:-{hey are about to make increases. It is pre- ssful it will attract the attention of many persons obtained from touring in an v to the pleasure to be automobile, and will create a demand for motor Vehicles of American ach and English makers have the superiority of their carriages, and many Americans get snapshots of his carriage in climbing mountains, fording rivers and s not an expert automobilist, and he and his wife will undertake the journey will be fresh from the fac- a very hard task, but has any amount of confldence in his ability to from Eastern points indicate that v welcome in the cities and towns through Mr. Davis wires he is not anxious for paging machines, but ORUROROROROLU RO THE AUTOMOBILE | ent oper | his way to San Fr { At the conclusion of the service of song | Combpete | ci | to Los Angeles. : the PBritish Foreign AUTOMOBILE TRIP @ACROSS CONTINENT Y DELAYED and that the manufacturers had for. The route will be from the street to Fifth avenue, up that thor- The dis- for " .the break between Mr. and Mrs.: Davis approaches, in- persistently asserted have been in- Davis hopes to change all this by a will take a camera 'with him to the carriage in which say that Mr. Davis has undertaken the offer to furnish tandems and quads out the best roads. As the speed of e physical exertion of the driver, prefers a the :nature of the roads, however, DU 008 083 0 83 D00 830N 2800 IN CALIFORNIA Representatives Now at Los Angeles. el o Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, June 30.—H. P. Tay- lor, trustee of the California Auto- Truck Company, who arrived here this | morning, devoted the day to an ex-| | amination of the local field, with a view stablishing a compressed air plant. vior says he is confident that even- | tually autotruck and automobile will supersede the street car system at pres. ting in L ngeles. He is on | ancisco to establish an automobile plant and service to with the Market-street line to the Oakland ferry. His company will charge but 3 cents fare. When asked what were the chances for an auto- | truck and automobile service in Los Angeles Mr. Taylor said that the com- pany would come here soon and it de. pends upon the enterprise of the citi- zens whether Los Angeles or San Fran- isco will be chosen as headquarters. ‘The situation is simply thi said Mr. Taylor. " “I will leave to-night or to-morrow for San Francisco. -Superin- tendent George A. Russell and Chief | Engineer Robert Vogelsang probably | arrived in San Francisco to-day. I am | to meet them there and will later come I am agreeably im- pressed with this city. It is larger than I thought. The plant we will build here will cost $50,000. A number of business men are interested in seeing a practical demonstration made here. We will later give this. 3 “We do not wish to compete at pres- ent with the street car lines. If we did we would immediately have a great fight on our hands. Our autotrucks will carry tremendous weights. When these demonstrate what can be done with compressed air, we will introaguce the automobile for passenger service. The International Power Company has among its directors Richard Croker, Joe Leiter, Nathan Strauss, Senator Gor- man and J. H. Hoadley. Its capital is about $30,000,000. The California Auto- | Truck Company, incorporated under the laws of New Jersey with a capital of ,000,000, is a branch of the Inter- national. “Our idea is to have Los Angeles capitalists take 1 per cent of the pre- ferred stock, and in return we will give them the management of this city's plant and system. As 1 per cent is equaj | to 500 shares, it would be necessary for | Los Angeles to buy $50,000 in preferred | stock. | ““We also will put plants and establish | eystems in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento and Stockton, if the outlook is favorable. Everybody knows com- pressed air is the coming power. Our | automobiles operate on Fifth avenue, New York, to-day. Passengers are taken right up to the curb instead of being landed in the middle of streets. Our factories now cover sixteen acres and we employ 5000 men. Each autotruck can carry ten tons of freight.” —_——— MODUS VIVENDI MAY SOON BE SIGNED WASHINGTON, June 30.—TIt is the expectation of the authorities that the | modus vivendi establishing a tempor- ary boundary line between Alaska and Canada will be signed within the next few days. Conferences which have | been held by Embassador Choate with Office officials, while they have not resulted in an agreement, have shown the practicabil- | ity of a settlement of the controversy, | and confidence is expressed that the | matter will be determined very soon. The present discussion is confined to the location of the line on Dalton trail, | the United States being desirous of placing it just north of Kluckwan, while the British Government anxious that of that point. As Great Britain has given up her claims to a port on Lynn canal, the proposition is a distinct gain for the United States. This Government would be willing to make a concession to Great Britain on | this point were it not for the fact that a large number of American miners are | located in the territory desired by the British, and it is said it would be very embarrassing to both Governments if Great Britain should be given control of the territory. It is expected that the British Gov- ernment will ultimately be willing to adopt the line proposed by Embassa- dor Choate. Dt g e Fire in a Chile Arsenal. VALPARAISO, June 30.—Fire broke out vesterday in the arsenal of Talcahuana. The damages are calculated at 500,000 pesos. The United States Charge d'Affaires in Start | tions from beginning to end. | much copra was made an is | it should be fixed south | 'GEORGE OF TONGA WEDS HIS CHOICE ¢ L Hurls Defiance at the Parliament. REFUSES TO MARRY OFA LOVE FOR LAVINIA RESULTS IN A HAPPY UNION. e Overruling All Customs of People,. the South Sea Island King Sets a Good Ex- ample for Natives. s ey BY KATE McLENNAN. His Special Corre: | | NUKUALOF. 1 mer weeks ago the gathe here to select a wife eorge Tubou II. According to the T an custom the s arrange all mar- | riages, and the parties Interested seldom anything to in the m While still a child King George. w. trothed to Ofa, a very high chieffe | has been kept on the island of Niua Tobu tabu, where she been guarded as sacred malden. | was brought to | most beautitul girl here, | husband in the meantime in love with chiefs that he 2 told his | Minister of Po | intended marrying her. Parliament was | held to vote for the future Queen. Day | after day 2 T was the same—Cfa had the mber—till the King | wrote a - saying they could vote as thes Lavinia or Angry w but he would marry d, and no one thought | he woula his chief t the « but on Jun not only wedded but showed a proi swing aside all T ) woman, when ceremony a new g upon the head o kneeling ‘ride, g as he did so, vinia, 1 Queen of Tor crown thee making her vt and the | Queen of the nds. | "It was the affair ever wit- sed here layer of tappa E 2 of about three the bride 1k upon. ordered fi elaborate. Her wedding dress of white satin was trimmed with Honiton lace, the trousseau tratn of which fu five yards length, was composed sifver and white was upheld by six sed in white silk (made in the latest style) and whe wore wreath of white b <oms on their heac While the Tongan band was playing the roy anthem King > Tubou entered tired in full uni and wearing a of red, whi lined and erm trimmed, which was held by two pages, dressed in and white velvet, the Tongan colors. he stood with one hand resting on his throne chair he | looked every inch a king. He is an ex- traordinaril handsome mar six three inches in height and weigh pounds, W with clear, s 'educ three hundred cut features. He land and speaks English in voice and is quite musical, h posed many of the Tongan hymn the ceremony a grand wedding brea give The =ame afternoon the palace, for the first time, was torown open to the public and all Nukualofa at- tended the levee given by their majesties. King George is doing much by his ex- ample to elevate the Tongans. Hereto- fore hats have been “tabu,” but on this day all the police were dressed in uni- form, inciuding heimets. The Governors and native officlals appeared ir. full morn- ing costimes and silk hats, instead of mat valas, as were Tormsriy Worn. il by taking his bride on his arm and piac- ing her at his table he gave his subjects a 79550n they will never forget, for here husband and wife do not eat together. Nearly all the merchandise comes from Australia, and although American goods are in demand the cost of transportation is too great: Copra is the chief article of export. American mails arrive here via while the latest telegraphic news from Auckland Though the British flag is not ye ed it is generally believed that a v has been agreed upon. While a ing the islands to govern themselve: . England will allow no inte v any othew power, a War v being always in close proximity. There no poverty, and when a Tongan se copra he spends his money rapidly was t hoist et nothing, and is perfectly happy when th missionary collection day comes B then can throw all his dollars into the washbasin used here instead of collection plates. As a resident of Tonga for the p three years will vou permit me, in j the parties concerned, a to refute tice to scurrilous article most emphatically published in a late issue of a paper and dated Victoria, B. C., April 20. The ticle in question is one tissue of This_go Salari ernment does not owe money. are paid quarterly and there i a balance in the treasury. But I and the previous one \)Hn% v d delayved one quarter. Second—One cle of the Tongan law is that no t can trust a native, as the tter d, so if a trader gives him credit A number of German traders did give credit, and then sent for their Consul to come and have this law repealed, but the government refused to grant his request and he r turned to Samoa. Sateki, the Premier, wished to resign on account of ill health and advanced age. but the King requested him to remain in office and he did s The names given by the writer of tr two young chieftesses proves that he has been made a fool of by his informant. King George receives $3000 per vear and as he also has a revenue from the thou- sands of cocoanut trees on his lands. th: copra of which brings $56 a ton, it Zives vidence that he can purchase what he wishes and pay for it as well. The royal yacht is where it has beew for months past—lying at anchor in front of the Palace. Such articles are scur- Hlous in the extreme, throwing ridicule and discredit on one of the smallest yet most ambitious natfons in the world. " It has always been entirely under native rule and does not owe a dollar of na- tional debb s - Lo OPPOSITION IS WITHDRAWN. So the Hilo and Honolulu Railroad Company Will Get a Charter. HONOLULU. June 25.—The Hilo Rail- road Company has abandoned its oppo- sitlon to the application of the Hilo and Honolulu Railroad Company for a char- ter. Howevsr, it is stipulated that the namo shail be different, as ‘“‘Honolulu” might create cosfusion with the Oahu Railway and Land Company's business. Mr. Gebr and associates are willing to change the name to “Hilo and Kohala Rallrosd Company.” President Dole, who had overruled the advice of a majoritv of the Csbinet in his refusal of the charter, | is no# ready to grant the amended char- | ter. ————————— yon't miss Chinese cakewalk at carni- val, Mechanics' Pavilion, July 15 A JVERTISEMENTS. “A Good Name At Home Is a Tower of Strength Abroad.” Ir Lowell, Mass., where Hood's Sarsapa- rilla is made, i still has a larger sale than all other blood purifiers. lis fame and cures and sales have spread abroad, and it is universally recognized as the best blood medicine money can buy. i) Santiago gave a banquet yesterday in honor of the American naval officers.