Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-21
INSUL LTED.
Our Flag in Samoa Fired On By
German Forces.
AMERICANS GROSSLY OUTRAGED
They are Stabbed, Beaten, Imprisoned
and Their Homes Burned Over
Their Heads.
AMERICANS GROSSLY OUTRAGED
THE AMERICAN CONSUL INSULTED.
The Most Startling News From Samoa
Cause For War With Germany---The
Stars and Stripes Trampled in the
Dust ---Bayard Notified.

APIA, SAMOA, January 19.--Ths most
serious state of affairs exist in Samoa. On
the night OF December Is the sailors from
the German men-of-war Adler, Olga and
Eber attacked Matasfs's soldiers, under
the direction Of the German Consul aud
Captain Fritz, the senior naval officer in
the port. AS the rssalt Of the encounter,
% German sailors were killed and 80 were
wounded. Since then the German war
ships have burned American houses, torn
down the United States flag. seized Ameri-
can citizens in the neutral waters of Apia
hsrbor, taken them prisoners on board the
German men-of-war, and fired upon the
American flag.
King Mataaia's party, who had been
fighting almost constantly since the battle
OF Lautonua, killing and wounding many
Of Tamasece's men, began to fail of ammu
milton, bat were able to obtain 10000
Snider cartridges, mortgsging their lands
10 pay lot ammunlllDD.
TAMAsEsE's MEN DESERVING.
Tamas ese's men were reported becoming
mOle dissatisfied daily and dssertiOns from
his ranks became very frequent, several
villagers leaving his body in party ana
going to their homes
A detachment of MataGfa's men sue
ceeded in carrying the upper end OF
Tamasese's big fort, LADtuAndo, on De-
cember IL. On the same day the German
man-ofwsr Olga arrived from Marshall
Islands. The boat had on board the de-
posed King Mslietoa, whom the Germans
had decided to bring back from Africa,
where he had been taken. Mslatioa had
been left at Marshall Islands, not having
b5en brought back to Samoa.
Ga the night Of December l6 a large
party of German sailors, numbering $50,
came ashore at Apis, and entered the
storss, saloons and native houses in search
of Americans, Euglishmen and hali-castss.
They entered the residence of George Sean
lon, United States Marshal in Apia.
KILLING AMERICANS
He wGs not in, bnt the sailors round
him snd bis brother, Morris Sbider, aho an
American citizen, further up the street,
ard etartiDg quarrel. stabbed both of the
Americans in the back. The ScaDlans
escaped to a native church, where their
wounds were dressed and found not TO be
fatal. The German sailors ran through
the street,, attacking ell persons they
met, except the Germans, and injured the
- ah~-o-ts ~ fr9 -ansnoa. srd amnng tnt
Lumber were native women and cfliCren.
Some of the Mstsaias soldiers came III
from the bush and were anxious to begin
shooting, but were urged by United States
| Consul Blackjack not to fite.
On December II the United States con-
sui cent protest to the German consul,
asserting that the conduct of the Germans
had been outrageous, and had placed
American lives and American properly IN
great jeopardy.
At 7 o'clock on the morning of Decem'
Der II, the Olga left Apis, steamed up tht
coast and returned that evening with Ia
masase's secretary on bosrd. That nigh'
the secretary wrote letter TO his wife II
Apia stating that the Germans would at
tack the town named Matafaga,ele during
the night and would attack Matasfa's men
while they we're sleeping. Tho woman
told the news TO one of her relatives IN
Apis, who in turn sent word to Mataala' q
soldiers.