The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-08
REMAINS OF THE FLAG.
The Flag Musiiated at samoa Re-
ceivel at the State Department.
a Letter From Secretary Whifncy 90 Sec
rotary Hazard Requesting An An
nounccment Of Our Policy In
Regard 10 samoa.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Af the State De-
partment yesterday there We're received a
budget Of dispatches from Vice-Consul
General Blackjack, giving the full details
of occurrences IN the samoan Islands up
10 the departure OF the mail steamer that
left Apia for san Francisco. January ).
The dispatches are voluminous. and sub
stentially boar out in detail tn special
.adSiccs telcgraphcd from San Francisco
week ago. The bloody scenes described
as having occurred on the nights 81 De-
ccnlber M ana Is DO not lose any OF their
iawless f~,s,Nfty In the cool, clear. natter
of -fs.i narration 81 Vice Consul General
BlacklQck. There was not time after the
receipt of the dispatches yesterday 20
properly examine ana arrange them for
the press, as they were not nude public.
Secretary Bayard spent the afternoon IN
their perusal, and stated last night that
they would either be made public on Mon
day or transmitted TO Congress as supple
mental 10 the correspondence now before
the Senate and House. In the latter case
they will b. given 70 the press within q
few days.
But Of far more interest than the packet
containing these dispatches, which in the
main are repetitions o. what has already
appeared. was a curious little bundle that
arrived in the same mail. II was perhaps
ten inches long hy four or five in dame :
ter. covered IN heavy brown paper tied
with stout twine. and bore four great seals
of the United States Consulafe-Gencral at
Apin. Samoan Islands. IL was addressed
10 George l.. Rives, Assistant Secretary
Of state, Washington, u. c., United States
Of America" and upon one side It bore
this superscription
Remains OF an American nag burned with an
American house by the German tnan.of-war
Olga. December p, 1853
The package also bore the postmark OF
Apia, together with Il. ~ in postage stamps
and mark Of registration. When Il was
opened il presented 4 sight calculated to
make the blood boil in the veins OF every
patriotic American citizen. When the
nag was new it probably measured l2xs
feet, and was made OF stout bunting.
Long Tapping in the Pacific breezes had
frayed out the ends and snapped the m
into little ribbons 81 red and white, but
ii wa nevertheless goodly flag % look
upon. and the sight Of il must have warmed
the cookies Of many wandering Ameri-
can in that semi barbarous cline before
il fell TO the hand Of the lawlcss Germans,
who. careless Of American rights and in
different to the dignity and majesty Of the
stars and Stripes" set fire to the build
Ing over which It proudly waved.
As The package containing the flag was
unrolled bits OF charrei bunting broke of
from the remnants and fell ID the floor in
showers. and when il was quite unfolded
l.
shaped fragment Of red, white and blue
cloth. torn by the wind, pierced by The
German bullets and half eaten by the
hungry flames that Tapped the flagstaff
as il waved above the house il was in
tended to protect from the assaults Of the
lawless.
Assistant Secretary Rives quickly gath
cred it up aud took il for examination -
Secretary Bayard. after whichit was care
fully laid away under lock and key. IL
was said AZ the Department that II would
probably be sent 10 Congress with
the dispatches narrating the manner Of is
destruction. and would aftcrward find a
place among the relies in the state De-
partment library.
DEMANDED A DEFINITE POLICY.
secretary Whitney some time ago adj
dressed letter 10 Secretary Bayard, as
head IL the State Department asking for
.the announcement Of definite National
policy in regard 70 samoa. The state
Department failed to respond 70 the re-
quest. The Secretary yesterday srnt a
letter TO Mr.. Herbert, and inclosed copy
OF the written request for the definition OF
a National policy which he had addressed
60 the Secretary Of State on tns 9TH o.
January, as soon as the news Of Ger
,many's depredations reached this Gov
sernment.
IN these dispatches is the text both %
Secretary whitney's letter 70 Mr.. Hri bert
and 81 his previous letter 70 the Srcre-
tary OF STATE. This CORE poadence
speaks for itself.
.sThcrc is no antagonism At present be-
tween the State aud Navy Departments.
said Secretary Whitney yesterday. This
department has had no direct reply We
from the state Department to the letter
of January 5, but then the State Depart
aent, or rather the President on the ijtl
inst. referred the whole question 70 tn
wiser and wider discretion ~ Congress
which Of course renders direct repl.
from the state Department unnecessary
nv only object" said the Secretary, IVA
70 obtain such information as would en-
able me to know how 10 direct the officer
OF the Department in order 70 realize III
purposes OF this Government II the in
fervention OF the navy was wanted IN tn
settlement Of the Samoan difficulty,
was desirable that the Navy Department
should know what was intended that v
might know what to do. ! could not hel
feeling this was question which woul
arouse popular sentiment, and was ans
sous that in case of any popular dissati'
faction or disappointment the Navy ID
partment should not be- put In falls
light, because II the Navy Department va
not heard from. and every thing did M
no right, there can be no doubt that a
Navy Department would have come in Z
abuse all around. didn't want TO hay
he Navy ID apartment kicked. That's VIII
I asked for the announcement of
definite National policy" and that, II ma
be added without having authority fro
the Secretary for making the addition),
the reason why Secretary Whitney hi
Thought II proper to make public the CO
respondcnce between himself and Repr
sentative Herbert.
Whta 1t wai reported that the Germ
men-of-wa. were playing havoc Wi
American rights and interests in Same
che question which first presented itse
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