Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-01
THE SAMOAN DISASTER. Further Information About the Storm. AN EIGHTY ROUND PRIZE FIGHT. Murat HaIstead's Nominal
 ton Finally Rejected. DEATH OF HON. JACOB SLEEPER. A Horrible Tragedy ill In- F dian Territory.
DEATH OF HON. JACOB SLEEPER
THE SAMOA DISASTER.

ther Particulars of the Storm Re- ! ceived-A List of Those Lost-Queem ] VictorIa,s Message of Sympathy. WASHINGTON, March 30.-Before Secretary I Tracy had left his hotel this morning cable dispatch was placed in his hands. It was signed Kimberly" and it fully confirmed ! the dispatch from Auckland, published on Saturday, announcing the disaster to I the United States and German war vessels in l the harbor of Apia. This dispatch, which naturally has caused profound sensation in diplomatic and naval circles in Washington, was dated Auckland, March 30, and read as follows
 Hurricane at Apia March IS. Every vessel in ope, which got to sea, Trenton and vandaia total losses. Nipsic beached; rudder gone; may be land if possible vandalia lost feur officers and thirty nine men, namely: Captain schoonmaker, bane, William Brown. Quartermaster Michael
 pasnse peWney ETefson, chrng, AdoPpR Gold ner, George Gornan, U. B. Green, Joseph Griffin.
 Joseph, John Kelly, Thomas Kelly, N: Kinsella: .: F. Kratzer, Charles Kraus, Frank Lessman, George
 MeErage, Aylmer Montgomery Thowas g Riley, +
 G & asns1 MiR5e sn a Al peck, Pedang, Techor.
 Nipsie lost seven men. namely: George Gsorgs v; Gala David Kelleher, Henry PoutseI. William Watson. Trenton and VandaIia crews ashore; Nipsic's on
 board All Is stores possible saved. German ships
 be saved. German losses, ninety-six Important to send three hundred men home at once. Shall tenant Wilson will remain in Auckland to obey your orders. Fuller accounts by mail.
 KIMBERLY. Secretary Tracy immediately went over to I 4l orI he $o1l dispatch:
 Lieutenant Wilson, for Kimberly, care American
 Consul, Auckland:
 Take such steps with regard to Nfpsic and a gssn you
 LONDON, March 31.-Further particulars of the disastrous storm at Apia have just been received. The hurricane burst upon the harbor suddenly. The German man-of. war Eber was the first vessel to drag her an- chor. She became unmanageable and was driven helplessly on the reef which runs around the harbor. She struck broadside on at o'clock in the morning. The shock caused her to lurch and to stagger back, and she sank in a moment in deep water. Most of her men were under matches and scarcely 8 soul of them escaped.
 The German warship Adler was the next to succumb. She was lifted bodily by gi- gantic wave and cast on her beam ends on the reef A terrible struggle for life ensued among the officers and sailors aboard. Many plung- ed into the raging surf and struck out, some reaching the shore in safety. Others cluug to the rigging until the masts fell. Of the latter two reached the shore in safety. The captain of the Adler and several other officers were saved. In the meantime the United States steamer Nipsic had been dragging her anchors and drifting toward the shore. The captain, however, managed to keep control and ran her on a sandbank. Boats were im- L. 4 l. IL were saved with the exception of six men, who were drowned by the capsizing of 8 boat
 The steamer Vandalia was carried before the gale right upon the reef. She struck with terrible shock and the captain was hurled against Gatling gun and stunned. Before he could recover great sea struck the deck and washed him away. The vessel sank fifty yards from the Nipsic. Several of the officers and men were washed overheard and drowned. Others perished while mak- ing desperate efforts to swim to the shore. Some remained for hours clinging to the rig ginR, but heavy waves dashed unceasingly over them and one by one they were swept away.
 By this time night had set in. Many na- lives and Europeans had gathered on the shore, and all were anxious to render assist ance to the wrecked vessels and their unfor- tunate crews, but, darkness having fallen on the scene they were wholly unable to be of service. Soon after the Vandalia had sunk the American war-ship Trenton broke from her anchorage and was driven upon the wreck of the Vandalia, whence she drifted to the shore The bottom of the Trenton was completely stove and her hold was half full of water. As morning broke the German man-of-wsr Olga, which had hitherto brave- ly withstood the gale although much bat tered by the heavy seas that constantly broke upon her, became manageable and was driven upon the beach where she lay in toll hIuf fa foll is 6 record of the officers and men lost:
 Eber-Ths captain, all the other officers except one, and 75 men.
 vandalis-The captain, 4 officers and 40 men.
 Nipsic-Seven men.
 Adler-Altogether 15 persons.
 Mataaffa sent number of men who ren- dered splendid aid in trying to float the Olga
 WASHINGTON, March 31.-Queen Victoria cabled through Lord Salisbury to the British ! legation in this city to-day directing that her ' earnest sympathy be expressed to the Presi- dent of the United States on the terrible ! naval misfortune at Samoa and the deplora- ble loss of life. MT. Edwardes, the British | charge, accompanied by the secretary of state, waited upon the President this afternoon at | o'clock and read to him the Queens message. In reply the President expressed his warm appreciation and that of the whole people of this country of the Queens considerate sym pathy in thesscalamity that had overwhelmed | our naval forces at Samoa. A more formal | reply to to the Queens message the President said would be made through the Department of State.
 WASHINGTON, March 31.-No additional information has been received at the Navy department in regard to the vessels wrecked at Samoa. The immediate relatives of those who lost their lives in the wreck will be en- titled ts pensions under the general law. The pension is $6 per month for seaman's widow and $2 per month for each child un- der sixteen years of age. In the case of | widows of officers it is proportionately larger. Parents of the dead persons will have to prove that they were dependent upon their sons for support to entitle them to pensions. ! Congress will probably also pass special act | making reimbursement for the effects and baggage of officers and men lost in the wreck. ! This was done in the case of the Huron, which ! went down on the Hatteras coast about fifteen years ago.
 Death of Cyrus WOodman.