The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-08
ALL SERENE AT SAMOA.
nyz PrvAI, NATIVES TO KEEP THE
PEACE FOR THE PRESENT.

.,,a,d of the Nipsic After Failing to
,,orrv the Vessel to Auckland.
,..,,rioAted by NetV York Associated Press, 1889
hpIA. SAMOA, June %, per steamer Ala
,,oda San Francisco, July THE oceanic |
-.aon,er Alameda touched at Apia and took
o,vav nine officers and sixty men OF the
Trnited States frigate Trenton, who were
,.f+ hare when the steamer Rockton sailed
san San Francisco last month with
A5n survivors of the recent hurricane. Ad-
o,roi 90 kimberly and his two staff officers,
nH1,1ts 1lil Rittenhouse and Merriam, and five
n,an will remain in Apia. The admiral
.+stes that the department had probably
;ssIad the orders under the impression that
.ba limited States man-of-war Alert was
bare but as there was no American war
,,oseel of Apia now, he did not care to
abandon the place entirely.
PLANS OF THE ADMIRAL.
The admiral intends to remain here until
.bo arrival of an American man-of-war,
wben he will probably use her for flag
shin AS soon as the mail, which had been
received by the Mariposa, arrived here,
Lieut. Graham, the officer IN command,
went to the barracks and read the dlspatcn
4 to the men. announcing the fact that they
we're 70 return this week. When the Ala
media arrived to-day, the men and baggage
we're placed aboard. In a few hours a
number of native boats went out to the
steamer, and hundreds of natives stood on
4 shore and gave the American sailors a
y parting cheer.
SIX WEEKS OF PEACE.
q During the last six weeks the Samoan
4 Islands have enjoyed a period of quiet such
E as has not been known for many months
before. The native parties virtually de-
s. clared a truce early IN May, and since that
Il time the political situation of the country
has assumed a peaceful aspect The only
#man-of-wa here now is the German gun
#boat Wolf, which arrived from New
8 Zealand June 18th. The Nipsic, the only
a american vessel saved from the storm, has
zgone to Honolulu for repairs, under convoy
#Of the Alert.
BOTH SHIPS RETURNED.
"a The two ships left here for Auckland May
"a, but in six days they returned, and Capt.
Mullan Of the Nipsic and Capt. Green of
the Alert reported that after going 250
miles they had deemed it inadvisable to pro-
e reed farther. The Nipsic's rudder broke,
q bnd she became practically unmanageable.
The rudder was repaired, but the vessels
made such slow progress that there seemed
+ 10 be no probability of their reaching Auck-
keason severe weather might be expected off
s the New Zealand coast. Capt. Mullan de-
sired to proceed if possible, but he laid the
matter before the line officers Of his own
hip. None of the Nipsic's officers desired
10 return, and they expressed a willingness
b accept the risk of encountering bad
weather
THE CAPTAIN AFRAID TO RISK IT.
\ Capt. Mullan, however, believed it would
Dc impossible to lower boats from the Nip
bic in case it became necessary to do so,
lnd there seemed to be some danger that if
he vessel met with q rough water she
Fould lose her rudder entirely, and then be
2 fwept into the trough of the sea and rolled
ver. Capt. Mullan accordingly gave or
X ers for the ship's return to Apia.
RELIEVED OF HIS COMMAND.
Admiral Kimberly expressed considerable
ispleaSure at the return of the Nipsic and
ert after having gone $50 miles and re-
roved Capt. Mullan for his action. Capt.
lullan asked to be relieved of his COM
land. The admiral at once detached him,
nd ordered Lieut.. Commander H. w.
yon of the Trenton to take command
the Nipsic. He also issued orders for
Pc ships to go to Pago Pago and take on
pal and proceed to Auckland. The Nipsic
pa the Alert sailed for Pago Pago within
ders were afterward changed, and Homo
III was the destination of the ships in
cad OF Auckland. The vessels sailed from
ago Pago for Honolulu June l.
MISSED THE MAILS.
The regular mail schooner which runs to
ntulla every month to connect with the
eanlc steamers to and from San Fran
Sco failed to meet the north bound
Gamer Zealandia, which passed May 25
pa consequently no mail left here for
merlca and Europe. Last month Capt.
uuan had gone to Tutuila on the schooner
take the steamer for San Fran
Fco, but he was left at Leone,
small settlement on the island, for a
onth, to wait for the next steamer to pass
nief engineer G. w. Hall, of the NipSic,
10 was Ill with dysentery, was detached
ON his vessel by the medical board. He
as also left at Leone TO wait for the June
ealner but died June 16 His home was
Fracuse n. Y.
TRUCE OF THE NATIVES
Durlng the last two months there has
en practically state of peace between
TWO native parties. Mataafa WI ote to
'ulasese expressing desire that peace be
ny: T,e:laimed. Tamasese replied that he was
ing 70 stop fighting for the present,
q ne declined to make any nego-
l11 'ohs Tor permanent peace until the
lIV OF the Berlin conference should be
eFned here. Mataafa abandoned his for
IaU'ohs early in May, sent his mon home
y moved to the eastern end of Apia. He
aleu That ne desired to show Admiral
-i9erty tSly and the American people gener-
mat he desired to do all in his power to
31loIe peace. He said he was ready to
.oe oy the decision of the Berlin confer
MATAAFA GIvES-A FEAST.
aiataafa gave feast two weeks ago to
stI ,tcn ne invited over 100 foreigners and
'orS, including all the American naval
Its LIS mere aud the American, British and
.nah consuls. None of the Germans
present. Mataafa made speech in
i-cl he thanked Admiral Kimberly for
airs in Samoa. u
loS1 OF Tamasese's men have left their
up at Luataano, and gone home. a
la6er of them have visited Ania recently
rtv lave not been molested by the other
AN AMERICAN SHOT DEAD.
latal @ accident occurred here two weeks
~ ~ "IIcn created much excitement at the
H. "o trenton sailors were in q saloon
German named Voight. The
- nau a loaded revolver in his hand
~ attempting to lower the hammer the
n1a - a was discharged. The ball struck
Sne sailors, named Bernhardt Rick.
H. aIu ~ Nlled him instantly. There wa.
oouot as to whether or not the shoot
kW as accidental, so Voight was detained
M guard of Amaricans until +ha co~..