Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-14
NEWS FROM SAMOA.
Safe Arrival at Apia of the storeship
Monongahela.

MonobgaheIa.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13th.-Yesterday evening,
the steamship Mariposa of the Oceanic steam.
ship line arrived in port bringing the lsfas,
news from the Samoan group. Accordinp 70 ~.
story OF the officers of the steamer. the wrecked
american men of-wars S men are camped on the
pescn, put the German sailors have been sent TO
Sydney 10 await shipment to their native
coun ry. The Vandalia and Trenton still lie
where tney went down, but while the hull Of
the letter is out ofwaier and her masts standing
the Nandalia is almos. entirely submerged
Notwithstanding this fact Admiral KimberlS set
to work to rescue the guns of the vessel. and
with the help of 100 of Maiaafa's men the eight
IN. n ilnes OF the Trenton were removed to the
shore. When 1t is considered that there is not a
steam engine on the islands this was a most
clfncult task. The Nandalia's battery will be
removed as soon as possible
>sln the nth OF April the Nipsic having fin
isiIed her temporary repairs put 10 sea 4
neayy squali sprang up soon after and the jury
rudder became disabled the great strain on the
spar breaking 1t OIL. The vessel was afterward
towed back to bpia by the British steamer
Mawhern- On the day before the Nipsic's at
tempt TO put to sea number of officers visited
Captain sehoonmaker's grave on the vailele
plantation and ereets a neat head board
On the 9th of April the store-ship Nouonpa-
heia from san Francisco, arrived off the harbor
OF Apla, but was not allowed by Admiral KIM
berry to enter. She was ordered TO proceed to
fago fago, although her stores were badly
needed by the sailors ashore at Apia The sick
list Is large one, there being eighty-seyen ma
tlents, tne majority OF whom are suffering from
malarial fever and dysentery. Among the sick
are Lieutenant Banding and Ensign Field. the
former having contracted the prevailing mala-
rial fever. while Ensign Field has had typhoid
fever
On the 1lth of April Mataafa gave a "talols"
IN honor of Admiral Kimberly, a portion of the
exercises consisting of a review OF Mataafa's
army, the majority of whom were supplied
with modern breech-loading rifles ON the
same day the German authorities paid a visit TO
the camp of Tamasese. A day or two later
Mataafas men captured a woman belonging in
the camp of Tamasese. The woman declared
that the object of the visit was to rally Tama-
sese's forces by the promise of a vigorous on.
slaught on Mataaia as soon as the new German
war vessels should arrive. This story is. how
ever. denied by both Consul Knappe and
Tamasese. The fact remains that the lighting
men are beginning TO arrive at the rival camps.
On the 10th of April 200 Savaii warriors arrived
at the camp of Mstsata who then had about
LOCO fully warmed warriors TO Tamasese's 400.
On the 221 Admiral Kimberly issued procle-
nation calling upon the Samoaus t. make peace
among themselves Apparently the yroc,ama
ton did no good, for on the 23d six of Mataafa's
men were waylsid by number of Tamasese's
adherents and two Of them were wounded
When the news reached Matsafa's camp large
party of warriors started out in pursuit of the
wuyleycrs.