Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-05-13

number of occasions the drunken
men have been very disorderly.
It became necessary for Admiral
Kimberly to issue an order requiring the
men to surrender the sheath knives
Lhey wear. Mataafa has assisted the
Americans in preserving order by issuing
a proclamation requiring all Samoans to
keep off the streets after dark. Not more,
than one-third of the bodies of the VIC
Tins of the storm have been recovered,
and it is supposed that the greater num-
Der Of them were either washed far out
to sea or are fastened in the sunken
wreckage.
A body, supposed to BIO that of Capt.
Schoonmaker, of the Vandalia, which
was found on the beach four miles from
Apia, was buried on German planta-
ton near where it was washed ashore.
Paymaster Arms body, which was
positively identified, was washed
ashore near the house of Captain Ham
ilton, an American citizen living in
Apia, who buried the body in his yard.
The body of Pay Clerk Roche was found
about mile from the wreck of the Van
dalia. A few days after the storm it be-
came almost impossible to identity the
bodies, as they were all greatly swelled
and discolored by the warm water, 30
the Consuls of the two Governments en-
ployed natives to bury all the bodies
that came ashore, and agreed to share
the funeral expenses. 1t is supposed
that nearly all the bodies of the officers
and men of the German gunboat Eber
are imprisoned in the wreck. and an
effort was made, two weeks ago, to blow
up the Eber with dynamite 30 that the
safe could be recovered. This
occasioned much unfavorable comment
as it was feared the decaved bodies
would be scattered all over the beach
and cause disease to break out. How
ever, proper fuse could not be secured,
and the effort to explode the wreck was
not successful.
There has been great danger of serious.
illness breaking out in Apia ever since
the storm. The rainfall in Apia is very
great, and the drainage of the town has
been neglected by the long Wars among
the natives. The streams are choked UP
and stagnant water has accumulated.
The wrecks of the Trenton and VAN
dalia lie within few hundred yards of
the beach, and the foul gas arising from
the great accumulation of bilge water is
blown directly on shore. The water in
the Trenton is twenty-five feet deep, and
black as ink. The gas arising from it is
so strong that it has turned the color of
all the woodwork above it, including the
NJ asts, so that the entire vessel has the
appearance of being oxydized.
There have been two deaths in the
hospital during the last month, which
can be attributed to the recent storm,
and will increase the number of victims
to 148, Francis Joseph Howard, a sea-
man OF the Trenton, died April 18th.
He was suffering with bronchitis at the
time of the hurricane and the disease
was aggravated by exposure. The other
was native who had his foot terribly
crushed while assisting in the work OF
hauling off the Nipsic after the storm, by
a spar.
The United states storeship Mononga-
hela, which left Mare Island Navy Yard
last February, arrived off the harbor
April Sth, but Admiral Kimberly gave
orders for her not to come in, as his ex-
perience with the harbor during the past
few weeks had been anything but favor
able. He thought it would be danger
GUS for sailing vessel to land and the
vessel Was ordered to Pago-Pago harbor,
where she landed.
rhs steamer Luneck arrived from sgd.
ney March 81, and the survivors Of the
Adler and Eber began preparations at
once to leave for Sydney. Captain
Fritze, Of the Adler, decided to leave
asmall guard here to protect the German
interests. Captain Won Erhardt, of the
Olga, also announced his intention of
sailing for Sydney under convoy of the
Lubbock. He stated openly that he had
enough of the Samoan trouble and had
lost all interest in the subject since the
storm. He thought the best thing the
Germans could do, was to sell out to
the Americans and leave the country.
The Olga and Lubbock sailed for Sydney
on April End. The Olga dipped her flag
as she steamed out and the Nipsic re-
turned the salute.
Ten survivors of the Eber ard about
fifty of the Adler took passage on the
Lubbock.
Five officers and about eighty men,
under command of Captain Lieutenant
Won Arendt, were left to protect the
property of the German firm. In con-
versation with the Associated Press re-
porter, Captain Won Arendt SAT- that he
thong hit the storm had settled the Samoan
question more eHectually than the Berlin,
Conference would be able to do. He,
stated that he did not consider the whole
group Of islands worth the trouble that
the Americans and Germans had taken
to protect their respective interests here.
The natives have not shown the slight
est inclination to attack the small guard
which the Germans left here. The Ger
mans evidently have full confidence in
Mataafa's peaceful disposition.
A few days after the Olga hal sailed,
the Associated Press reporter asked DR..
Knappe, the German Consul if he still
recognized the state of war between the
Germans and Maataafa.
Certainly l do" he replied. "My
declaring state of war for
the Samoan Islands never has been with
drawn"
"Do you not think" was asked, chat
your force of eighty men is rather small,
compared with the 5000 or 5000 natives
now in Mataafa's camp"
The guard is large enough to protect
our property" the Consul said, "and we
10 not contemplate anything further
han that, at present."
Consul Knappe said lie had tried to in
luce Mataafa's men to stop stealing from
he Germans and go to their homes. He
llso declared that the German postoffice
q Apla had been insulted by insinua-
IONS in American newspapers that the
nails have been tempered with. Consul,
Anappe also stated that he was still
,onsul at Apia and that Herr Strubel