The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-09

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fighting had commenced. The German
| consul rode at their heads and Won Bulow
| was in actual command. The fighting was
| severe in the main street Hearing the
| firing on the beach, a party of rebels, 0ou
| strong, advanced. driving before them a
| party of loyalists. Thousands of shots
were fired and for two hours there was a
stubborn defense The loyal party by
nightfal had been driven to within a
| quarter of a mile of the mission station,
around which the balance of the royalists
had been compelled to retire.
| If the two rebel parties had effected
| junction the loyalists would have been
| slaughtered but darkness came and the
| fighting ceased. During the night the
Malietoa people sought refuge in boats
| and were huddled togethers under the
| guns of the Porpoise After the retreat
| from the Tivoi to the mission it was
found that King Tanus had been left at
the Tivoli. Captain Sturdy and Consul
Maxse went to the hotel and brought the
king safely back. 1t was a brave deed
and, although the rescuers were fired upon
repeatedly, they escaped without damage.
The British sailors under Lieutenant
Gaunt behaved spendioly. They held
their fire for a direct attack, which never
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family took refuge in the British CONSUL
ate, which was heavily guarded by Brit
ish sailors. BY the flight of Malietoa's
men to the Porpoise the rebels were left
in absolute possession of the town. All
Samoan houses were looted and burned
White mems houses were invaded and
searched for Samoan property. Trees were
cut down, crops were spoiled. dogs and
horses taken away and boats either stolen
or destroyed.
In this extremity the consuls and the
president and the leading Mataafa chiefs
came to an agreement to preserve life and
property and to keep order. A provisional
government, with the president as execu-
tive head was approved by all the con-
suls. pending the settlement OF the whole
question by their respective governments.
The British and American consuls agreed
to this provisional arrangement, with the
understanding that it was In nowise to
affect the Berlin treaty or any official of
the powers or any officer under it., and
that the Malietoa people who had been
taken on board the Porpoise, should be
allowed to go to their homes. their arms
being retained on the Porpose. The first
act of the provisional government. how
ever, showed the fixed determination of
the German officials to assume an ascend
ency in Samoan affairs. BY public no.
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the supreme court and then decided that
the president was the acting chief justice
and that Chief Justice Chambers no
longer held office. They seized the SD
preme court and placed new locks on all
the doors. Chief Justice Chambers and
the British and American consuls issued
a proclamation that the court would be
opened by him as usual in the morning
Captain Sturdy of the Porpoise gave no.
tiec that if any resistance to the opening
of the court by Justice Chambers was Of
fered that the Porpoise would open fire on
the town. Captain Sturdy also appealed
to the German captain for assistance
without avail. Mataafa, upon receiving
Sturdy's ultimatum, Withdrew his armed
guard from the court house. and on Jan
I the chief justice, with a guard of Is
men. landed. The chief justice and the
two consuls walked to the court house
and. after an exciting colloquy with the
German officials, Chambers ordered the
door broken in with sledge hammer.
The session 4of the court was then held.
Three cheers for the justice and the Brit
ish and American consuls were given by
the British and Americans and the crowd
dispersed. All is now quiet and so far as
fighting is concerned is so UP to date,
The chief justice has sent his family to
Auckland and he himself is on the Por-
poise. The Germans still insist that DR.,
Raffel is chief justice
On Jan. 10 the wealthiest German mer-
chant in Samoa smashed all the windows
in the supreme court building. He was
fined 500 and sentenced to 100 days i'm
prisonment. In the court he insulted the
judge and gioried in his deed He was
sent to Jail and late that night DR.. Raffel,
claiming to be chief justice, ordered the
jailkeeper a Swiss with German sympa-
thies, to take the prisoner to the German
CONSUL This was done and the next day
the merchant was fined $50 by the Ger
man consul.
Everybody in Apia is anxiously await
ing news of action by the three powers.
The action of the provisional government
in deportng the Malietoa chiefs is claimed
to be in direct opposition to the agree
ment made with the consuls Sixty chiefs
We're sent to Mauua, but owing to bad
weather could not reach that island. They
were taken to Tutuila by the Pagopago
people, who have declared their allegiance
to Maletoa. They tried to capture the
guard with the prisoners, but the schooner
got under way too quickly. Everything
points to another fight among the natives
At no distant time Part of the Mataafa
people are dissatisfied with the looting
and deportation of the chiefs and are now
talking of uniting with the Malietoa fac
ton. During the lighting between the ma
lives the Mataafa party lost 10 killed and
IA wounded and the kings party lost four
killed and eight wounded.