The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-08

board their respective warships Other
nationalities went on board sailing ves-
sells in the harbor. One hundred and
seventy-five men and officers were land
ed, and at Admiral Kautz's request Capt.
Sturdy. Of the Porp0sse. assumed COM
mand Of the combined. forces on shore,
Flag Lieut.. Miller, Of the Philadelphia,
assisting.
Surgeons were landed from both ships
and Miss Mccoy and Miss Forth, mis-
sionaries. volunteered as nurses Tho
whole native population sought the pro-
lection behind the American lines AS
soon as the land forces were stationed,
the Philadelphia opened fire by throw
ing shell into the outskirts of Apia
The Royalist followed but with six-inch
shells and the Porpofse went down the
coast a couple of miles and bombarded
the village of Vaiusu,. where large par
ties of rebels were supposed to be. Tho
church was smashed by a shell and the
house of the manager OF the German
plantation vas damaged. The whole of
the outskirts of Apia were shelled from
the barbor, about seventy shells being
fired before dark, when the firing ceased.
A shell from the Philadelphia, which
was sighted for 2,5e0 yards, unfortunate
ly exploded after it had gone only ], 100
yards. 1t knocked over an building
of the American consulate and damaged
the veranda Of the main building. One
of the American sailors was wounded IN
the leg.
REBELS GROW BOLD.
Early Friday morning eco rebels rushed
up to within thirty yards of the con-
sulate. The sailors behaved splendidly,
and the natives were repulsed. Ons
American sailor was killed and one
British sailor was shot in both legs
Maj. Gen. Cutliffe, of the British army,
Lott In, al of ftfn
consulate. There is intense feeling
against the Germans here, and they are
accused Of spying and giving informa-
ton to the rebels. Fighting by night Is
an entirely new departure in Samoan
warfare, and everything points to Ger
man teaching. One MarQuardt, who had
been drilling the natives, has been ar
rested. He was sent on board the Fake
under pledge of the German commander
that he will not be allowed to land A
half caste named Taylor has been ar
rested as spy and is In irons on the
Porpoise.
Sunday body Of native foragers came
upon Mataafa crowd, killing eight and
wounding twenty of them. The foragers
returned laden with booty and bringing
the ears of several of their foe. Among
the wounded was a nephew of Mataafa,
and one of the killed was Leleua Muda,
second in command of iMataafa's forces.
During the past three days there has
been no fighting in town. The defenses
have been strengthened by the mounting
of an additional gun and couple of
mines have been laid In case of a rush
into town. The Porpoise has daily made
a cruise along the coast. bombarding the
native villages Some Of them have been
destroyed. Capt. Sturdee does as little
killing in these expeditions as possible
The destruction of houses and boats is
his object. The housesssof the white resi-
dents are being looted in the vicinity of
Apia. Owing to defective fuse she'll
from the Philadelphia burst a couple of
hundred yards from the ship and severely
wounded a loyal native An American
officer was also slightly wounded In the
face ~s 7e-
Fake IN THE WAY.
For several days the German warship
Fake persistently kept In the way, so
as to incommodes the fire of the British
ships, and finally Admiral Kautz COM
PEELED her to move inside the harbor en-
trance, out of the way. I'd
On March % King Tanuma dill Malietoa
was crowned king of Samoa at Mulinuu.
Admiral Kautz and Capt White, of the
Philadelphia; Capt. Sturdee and Capt.
Forlesse, of the Porpeise and Royalist:
the United States and British consuls
and the chief Justice were present at the
ceremony which was attended by all the
representative American and British. One
hundred sailors from the American and
British ships composed the guard of hon
or. The procession marched all through
Apia headed by the band of the Philadel-
phia. The flagship ands the Porpoise fired
the royal salute of twenty-one guns, but
the Fake lay in the harbor as II she and
her captain had not the slightest interest
in Samoa. The German officials were con-
spicuous by their absence
Everybody Is anxiously awaiting definite
news from the three powers. It is thought