St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-08
Mataafa and Tamasese Cease
Their Warfare for a
Time.
They Will Await News From
Berlin Before Acting
Further.
Admiral Kimberly Relieves
Capt. Mullan Of the Nip
sic.
Money and Watches From
Washington for Brave Ma
tiVeS.

a11A, SdulOd, q uuC PCA StSoAANA
Alameda, San Francisco, July 1.-THE
oceanic steamer Alameda touched al
Apia and took away nine officers anG
sixty men of the United States Frigate
Trenton, who were left here when the
steamer Rockton sailed for San Francis
co last month with $50 survivors of the
recent hurricane. Admirable Kimberly
and his two staff officers. Lieuts. Ritten
house and Merriam. and five men viii
remain III Apia. The admiral states
that the department had probably is
sued orders under the impression thai
the United States man-ofwar Alert was
here, but as there was no American wal
vessel at Apia now, he did not care tt
abandon the place entirely. The adj
miral intends to remain here until the
arrival of the American man-of
war, when he will probably use
her for flagship. As soon as
mail, which had been received by the
Mariposa, arrived here, Lieut.. Graham
the officer in command, went to the
barracks and read dispatch to the mer
announcing the fact that they were t.
return this week. When the Alameda
arrived to-day the men and baggage
were placed aboard. In few hours
number of native boats went out to the
steamer and hundreds of natives stood
OIL the shore and gave the American
sailors a parting cheer. During the
last six weeks the Samoan islands have
enjoyed period of quiet such as has
not been known for many months be-
fore. The native parties virtually
DECLARED A TRUCE
early in May, and since that time the
political situation of the country has as
sumed peaceful aspect. The only
man-of-war here now is the German
gun,boat Wolf, which arrived from New
Zealand June Is. The Nipsic, the only
has, gone to Honolulu for repairs. under
the convoy of the Alert. Two ships left
here for Auckland May 9. but in six
days they returned, and Capt. Mullan,
of the Nipsic, and Capt. Grace, of the
Alert, reported that after going $50
miles they deemed 1t lnadviSable to
proceed further. The Nipsic's rudder
broke and she became practically I'M
manageable. The rudder was repaired,
but the vessels made such slow
progress that there seemed to be no
probability of their reaching Auckland
before the last week in May, at which
season severe weather might be eX-
pected off the New Zealand cost. Capt.
Mullan desired to proceed, if possible,
but he laid the matter before the line
officers of his own ship. None of the
Nipsic's officers desired to return, and
they expressed willingness to accept
the risk of encounteriDg bad weather.
Can't. Mullan, however, believed it
would be impossible to lower boats from
the Nipsic in case it became necessary
to do so, and there seemed to be some
danger that if the vessel met with
rough water she would lose her rudder
entirely, and then be swept into the
trough of the sea and rolled over. Capt.
Mullan accordingly gave orders for the
ships return to Apia. Admiral KIM
berly expressed
CONSIDERABLE DISPLEASURE
at the return of the Nipsic and the
Alert after having gone $50 miles, and
reproved Capt. Mullen for his action.
Capt Mullen asked to be relieved of
tached him and ordered Lieut.. Com
mander Fl. w. Lyon, of the Trenton. to
take command of the Nipsic. He also
issued orders for the ships to go to
Pago-Pago and take on coal and proceed
to Auckland. The Nipsic and the Alert
sailed for Pago-Pago within few hours
after their return here. The orders
were afterward changed, and Honolulu
was made the destination of the ships
instead of Auckland. The vessels
sailed from Pago-Pago for Honolulu
June 1. The regular mail schooner
which runs to Tutuily every month to
connect with the Oceanic steamer to and
from San Francisco, failed to meet the
north-bOund steamer Zealandia which
passed May 25th, and consequently no
mail left here for America and Europe.
Last month Capt. Mullan had gone to
Tutuila on the schooner to take the
steamer for San Francisco, but he was
left at Leone, small Settlementon the
island for month to wait for the next
steamer to pass. Chief Engineer g. W.
Hall, of the Nipsic, who was i'll with
dysentery, was detached from his YES
sci by the medical board. He was also
left at Leone to wait for the June
steamer, but died on the 10th inst. His
home was Syracuse, n. Y. During the
last two months there has been practi-
callY a state of peace between the two
native parties. Mataafa wrote to Tam
peace be proclaimed. Tamasese
replied that he was willing to stop
fighting for the present, but he de-
clined to make any negotiations for
permanent peace until the result of the
Berlin conference should be learned
here. Mataafa abandoned his fortifica-
lions early in May, sent his men home
and moved to the eastern end of Apia.
He stated he desired to show Admiral
Kimberly and the American people
generally that he desired to do all in
his power
TO PROMOTE PEACE.
He said he was ready to abide by the
decision of the Berlin conference. Ma
taafa gave a feast two weeks ago, to
which he invited over hundred for
eign residents and visitors, including
all American naval officers here and
the American. British and German
consols. None of the Germans
were present. Mataafa made
speech. IN which he thanked
Admiral Kimberly for bringing about
the present peaceful state of affairs in
Samoa. Most of Tamasese's men have
left their camp at Luatuanuu and gone
nome. a nulnOeT OI Illelu nave NISltSu
Apia recently. and have not been mo-
Tested by the other party. A fatal acct
dent occurred here two weeks ago,
which created much excitement at the
time. Two Trenton sailors were in a
saloon kept by a German named Weight.
The latter had loaded revolver in his
hand. and, in attempting to lower the
hammer, the weapon was discharged.
The ball struck one of the sailors,
named Bernhard Ricklin, and killed
him instantly. There was some doubt
as to whether or not the shooting was
accidental. so Voight was detained by
a guard of American marines until the
German consul was notified Of the
affair. The consul held an invest1ga-
ton afterwards and discharged the man.
Corporal John Nichols, of the TTen-
toms marine guard, was killed May
by the fall of quantity of lumber
under which he was standing. A box
was received here from the state de-
partment at Washington this week con-
tanning about 81, 100 worth of gold and
silver watches and other articles, and
$1,000 in gold coin to be distributed
among the natives who rendered assist
ance to the American ships during the