The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-11


thr"wn-The Kings Forces Xi.,o....-
:" snort aud Decisive Campaign nv.
Foreign Gonsuis Demand and Rect.
the old Rebels SURRENDER.
Aria, Samoa, July 10. via san Fran.
cisco. Aug. War broke out between
Malietoa's and Mataafa's forces. In.
war ships OF the three powers ir,.r.
'ehea and stopped the fighting. Nj.
taaia ana his cnicfs have surrcndered
Mataafa's Toss was thirty killed ana
twenty wounded.
large detachment Of Mataafa's men
were stationed in cattle ward. A..
the kings men advanced. the men IN
Mataafas side recognized friends ANA
called out cordial greetings. Hand.
shakes were indulgcd i'm and kav; ~.
changed. 1t seemed rs II friendly H.
lations were 10 he re-established.
THE FIGHT BEGUN
One ferocious old warrior num.d
PATH urged the kings men back iu,o
the ranks. when somebody fired i, SIM,
and the fight commenced. Firing he.
came general and deadly. On the Sea
beach. opposite the cattle yards. w.r,
posted a number Of the kings mcr.
Mataafa's men advanced TO the wall
and were exposed To rakinr fra
Another detachment of Malietoa's
troops took advantage of an OPENING
in the side Of the wall To pour in ~.
pcated and deadly vollcys. The Ma.
taafites were forced to stone wall
little distance in the bush. Here thew
made Il stand and Malietoa's men 70.
tired. When they attacked the place
next morning Mataafa and his men had
fed
On his was back from the fiyh, Ma.
taafa. who was wounded set fire To NJ.
own town, which was burned To the
ground. AT latest accounts he baf
gone to tpolo where he was hc,nmed
in and had no chance Of escape.
A CONSULAR PROCLAMATION
The foreign consuls AT Apia have *
sued "A proclamation ordering an the
white Inhabitants To keep away from
the natives and to take no part in tie
hostilities. Malictoa's forces number
900 men, while those of The. r,.be,
chief are only about 500.
During the night nothing unusual
happened. The dead bodies OF tire. ot
Nalietoa's men were brought in mex,
morning. Wounded men came strac.
CLING in one or two at time. slnnp I'D.
poles or assisted to walk by thei,
friends. Ten wounded were pnt into
u temporary hospital ana attended 4
by surgeons of the German mcn-of-rar
Sperber and Euzzard. while two Others
We're attended to at the American con-
sulate.
Father Hroyer. French missionary
addressed the chief justice on the aues-
tion Of honora BILE peace being GRANTEE
To Mataafa. lie was referred Ia III,
consuls. who again referred him To the
king. Father Broyer was informed
that his majesty would hear IF Nc
terms Of conditional peace.
In talking of the fight Purser Keith
of the Monowai said: There will h. Ic
more trouble. Mataafa will surrender
and that will end the
war. lie has been heard to s;ay tina, he
will surrender and end all trouble
MATAAFA srREENDERs
Mataafa and nearly thirty chiefs sar-
rendered at the demands of ,ae con
>uls. The following is the copy Of
letter sent by the consuls TO Mataa.a.
his surrender:
We. the three consuls OF the treaty powers
erehy give YOU notice that IL you aud youf
and your wounded come on foart
y the English man-of-war wi thin three horr
from this time your lives will be safe il mo-
three men Of war will open fire upon you ana
Tou will he attacked hy the kings forces
fcur followers must bring all your arms to the
British CT war for ~afekeeping. II you dt
Tot surrender you must still send your woner.
md children to the British man OF war. ana
hey will he safe.
Mataafa replied as follows:
10 Their Erceiiencies. The Consuis Of ne IRE.
Grsaf Powors:
hat you have written me-. We are pleased I,
beg with humility the great powers. Yo-r
xcellencics. am,
MArhAfA
The consuls issued the following
To ALL SAMoAxs: We consuis OF the treaty
'owers. hereby give notice to all samoaus
hat Mataafa and his chiefs have surrendered.
he war is quite finished. ANY further as
urhance will he suppressed by the men-of-wa-.
Nj Samoans pus, return at once 70 their o.ri
rs tricts. Any disobedicnce Of this notice VIII
e summarily dealt with
HUMAN HyESAs
On the afternoon after the surrender
he conquerors. Malictao's warriors. re-
urned to Apia with the spoils of vic
Dry. These spoils consisted os the
bleeding heads Of human beings Each
nan who had the luck to cut the head
~ an enemy marched through the
tree;s of Apia with it.
They walked up the street yelling
ike iends. with eyes starting from
heir sockets with excitement. and
hi owing the severed heads about like
aseballs. blood dripping over the
carers Many heads were brought in
4 this manner and after being ex-
ibited a. trophies of war about the
Dwn were presented 10 Malietoa a.
rophies of war. The king graciously
sce.vcd them and they were theI
irown in pile on the ground.
The white people took refuge on the
Grand as Of houses while the warriors
ED the streets. The whites were az
ne mercy of the excited natives. who
ere crazcd with victory and blood.
nd II there had bccn any clash there
ould probably have been mas,acred.
United States Vicc-Consul Blacklock