The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-10-23
NA5SACRED BY NATIVES F.!
Austrian Scientists Party Attacked on
Solomon Island,
FIVE KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED.
The Party Set Upon without Warning and
Assailed With Clubs and TomahawKs.
After a Desperate Battle They
Put the savages to Flight.

san FRANCISCO, Oct 23--Details Of q
massacre on the Solomon islands were
brought up from the South seas by the
Oceanic Steamship company's mail steam
ship Monowa, which arrived at this port
from Australia via the Sandwich islands
yesterday. The victims of the bloodth8rsty
savages were members of o party of Aus
trians who had been taken to the islands
by the Austrian man-of-war Albatross
The party was under the leadership of
Henry, Baron Foulton Won NorbeUk, an
Austrian scientist, who mas visited many
groups of islands in the South seas and
had numerous exciting experiences with
the natives While travelling with ar armed
guard over the mountains of the island
he was set upon by bushmen and slain, to-
gether with four others During the des.
perate conflict which followed the assault
many Of the party were dangerously
wounded.
The killed are: Henry, Baron Foulton
Won Norbeck Midshipman Armand de
Beaufort, Seaman Jacob Dokovic and Sea-
man Gustav Chalanpka and a native
guide.
Dangerously wounded Petty Officers
Peter Mara5, Kolo On Neupob, Peter Our
Gle, and Anton Covacevick, Seaman Anton
Lovric and Seaman Franz Zepcic,
Slightly wounded. Johnny Paramata,
a native, and the baron's servant, Nickel.
The AlbatrOss was commissioned by the
Austrian government to make n scientific
exploration on Solomon Island. During
the middle of last August landing was
made at a place called Titiri on the north
coast of Guadalcanar
From there party consisting of Baron
Foulton Won Norbeck, Lieutenant Budik,
Midshipman De Beaufort, twenty sailors,
the baron's two servants and two native
guides started out for the purpose of ex-
ploring & mountain in the interior of the
mountains called the Lions Head. After
two days marching one midshipman and
seven sailors returned the men not being
able to stand the heavy walking in the
bush. The baron's party that proceeded
reached "A camping place at the foot of the
Lions Head. The baron and his servants,
with the native guides were in the lead,
going up the hill, several natives being
apparently near or mixed with the party.
When up near the top they heard two
shots fired in the neighbOrhood of the
camp they had left, and at the same time
they saw a bushman chief standing on the
top of rise little above them making
some signs. AS he appeared two shots
were fired lower down the mountain from
the direction of the camp. The shots
seemed to be a signal for the chief to at
tack the party.
Bushmen from a score of places at once
rushed out and the baron was struck on
the neck with a tomahawk, while a crowd
of bushmen attacked the rest of the party
with clubs. The native who had cut down
the baron was shot by sailor. Lieutenant
Budik also put his revolver to good use
One sailor had to protect himself with a
tomahawk he had wrested from a native
The other sailors We're well armed, and
the bushmen finally had to retreat to the
woods, many of them wounded The
baron lived but few hours after the as
sault