The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-10
A PACIFIC ISLANDS ROMANCE.
A San Franciscan Who Wooed an d
Won Princess Tinomaua.

A San Franciscan Who Woosd an d
Won Princess Tinomana.
From NE San Francisco Examiner.
He is not king, but be is the next thing
to it, for he is the husband of queen. He
is San franciscan, too, and his name is J.
NJ. Salmond.
The schooner Vanderbilt. Capt. E. Piltz.
arrived Tuesday from Rarotonga with Mr..
Salmond as passenger, and he unfolded
tale of romance and adventure to an E.c-
dminer representative Yesterday.
Salmond is an American and San Fran
ciscan. He attended St. Mary's College
here until about II years of age, when the
restr aints of school life were too much for
his restless spirit, and he shipped on a sail
ing vessel to Tahiti in 1873. For two years
he remained at his first landing place, where
his uncle, Alexander Salmond, lives 1t
runs in the blood to marry into royalty,
and the uncle wooed and won a sister of
Queen Pomare. But young Salmond could
not rest content in Tahiti, and so in 1875
he found himself on Rarotonga, one of the
islands of the Capt. Cook group. Soon he
laid eyes on the pretty Princess Tinomara,
and it was a case of love at first sight on the
part of each.
Salmond made 70 NAL ceman1 for the
hand of the dusky princess. The consent Of
the queen mother was given and it was rati-
fed by the islanders but the course of true
love never runs smooth. Soon obstacles
mountains high were in the path of the
ardent lovers. Jealousy waa at work, and
the green-eyed monster came near wrecking
the happiness of two loving hearts. The
consent of the queen and the islanders was
suddenly Withdrawn Love, yankees and
CalifornlanS know no such thing as defeat,
and Salmond was bound to wed the Prin-
cess Tinomaua.
An American schooner, the Humboldt,
Capt. Sanford. was standing Off the island
| of Rarouopga, and Salmond arranged with
the captain for an elopement.
Little Tnomana was willing; so was
Capt. Sanford. At night they went out in
a small boat to the schooner. The follow
| ing day they stood off the island of Man
| gaea, when they saw the British schooner
| Coronet, Capt. Rose, approaching. She
| hailed the Humboldt aud demanded the de-
livery of Salmond and the princess. The
authorities had sent the Coronet after the
| clippers.
The yankee captain hoisted the stars and
stripes, and with a revolver in each hand
refused to allow any one to board the
schooner for the purpose of srresting the
| fugltlveS until such terms were agreed to
as insured their absolute protection. The
princess thought it best TO return as the
property of tue owners of the Humb jldt in
the island would be confScated If the cap
tain refused to deliver the fugitives. They
therefore returned on the Coronet.
Salmond now almost give up his love af-
fair as hopeless, and leaving Rarotonga
went to Raiatea, one of the Society group.
From there he went TO Flint island of the
same group, where ne assisted J. r. Randall
of the large house of Holden Bros & Co.
While there he received notice from the
| authorities to return to Rarotonga. His
princess was true, opposition had ceased,
and they were welded with all ceremony.
On the death of the queen, Tinomana's
brother came into power, and about ten
years ago his death made Salmond's wife a
| queen.