The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-04-28

the right Gaunt's party delivered sucii
heavy fire that the rebels retreatsu
to a second and stronger fort about lou
yards back The Fuamasanga friendlles
bolted but Gaunt crawled out to the
firing line and drove them back at the
point of his revolver. They then ao-
vanced to attack the second fort, put
found the position too strong. ana iost
several men killed and wounded.
Ten shells from the ships burst close
behind the rebels, and the rebels sang
a war song after the explosion OF each
she'll
Gaunt again returned to the attack
and heavy and continuous firing on potn
sides followed, during which the attack
ers suffered further losses. Gaunt sue
! ceeded in crawling to within fifty yafds
of the fort, but found it too strong 10
capture, as the friendly support were
unreliable. The party then retired IN
good order with four men killed ana
eighteen wounded, Of which number
three were MORALLY hurt. The rebel
| loss was not ascertained, but was prob
ably small.
| The Tauranga and Porpoise shelled
| the position at shutdown, but the result
! of the firing is not known. Gaunt's bfl-
| gade and a portion of the friendly sup
port stood the fire splendidly.
| During the engagement Gaunt sue
| ceeded in capturing German nag
which was flying over the first fort.
, The British Consul, E. B. S. Make,
and Mr.. Abel, the surgeoA CT the Phil
| adelphia We're under fire all day long.
I A further attack was to have been
made the next day On the return of
the landing party Captain Stuart Of the
Tauranga signaled: well DONE Gaunt's
| brigade the Americans and British
| cheering the returning party, whose
/ ''vivandiers," otherwise suffers, were
carrying the captured German colors.
! Further details of the deaths of En-
! sign ]. r. Monaghan of the United
States cruiser Philadelphia, and Lieu
tenant P V Lansdale of the same YES
sci have been received. They show that
! MONAGHAN was beheaded before he was
dead.
A deserter from the Mataafan forces
says Monaghan and Lansdale were re-
treating, when they were discovered by
a chief and his wife who We're looking
for dead men. They gave the alarm,
and Monaghan was shot while contin-
uing the retreat. Later, it appears, the
rebels returned and killed Lansdale.
Monaghan fought until he was wound
ed, and he was then beheaded.
The doctors examination of the re-
mains confirms the statements made.
Won Buelow, the former German Lieu
tenant, who organized the forces of
Mataafa here, has left Samoa for the
Tonga Islands.
KAUTZ NOT AGGRESSIVE ON
REBELS
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The fol-
lowing cablegram has been received at
| the Navy Department from Admiral
Kautz:
Auckland, April 81 (Apia. April
13th) Navy, Washington:
The receipt of kilograms of March Dist
and April ID is acknowledged. Coal
cannot be obtained at Apia, must be or
dered from Auckland. Everything is
quiet at Apia. Am not aggressive on
Mataafa rebels, but I am protecting
United States Consulate, United States
property and the Government as or
dered by the Chief Justice of the SUI
preme Court. KAUTZ."
The Navy Department in a foot note
to the above announces that it has all
/ plying coal to Admiral kautz, and it
will soon be at his command.
1t has been felt proper to admonish
Admiral Kautz to be more careful
either in writing such letters as that
published yesterday from Cincinnati or
in guarding his letters from publicity,
and letter of that character was ad-
dressed to him yesterday.
COGHLAN INCIDENT CLOSED.
BERLIN, April PIT is announced
/ here to-day that President Mckinley re-
ceived- the German ambassador, DR..
Won Holleben. yesterday, and expressed
his disapproval Of the remarks at
! tributed to Captain Coghlan of the
| United States cruiser Raleigh at a
recent dinner, and requested the En-
! bassador to assure Emperor William
and the German Government of his
/ friendly sentiment.
! The following statements are made on
authority:
Respecting Captain Coghlan, no cor
respondence has been exchanged be-
tween the United States Embassy and
the German Government, and the in
cident is considered entirely closed, so
far as Germany is concerned.
Regarding Samoa, the dispatches of
| Captain Schoenfelder. commander of
the Fake, detailing the amicable rela-
| tons existing between the German Of
| ficers in Samoa and those of the other
/ Powers, have been we'll received. though
they will no doubt cause some annoy
| ance to the sensational journals which
have sought to stir warlike feelings here
by representing Admiral Kautz as a
rough, overbearing boor. The general
feeling is confidence in the newly APP
pointed commission and the Foreign Of
flee, as well as the American and Brit
ish Embassies and satisfaction at the
fact that they can now have time to
| devote to other question.
Regarding the transferrence to Ber-
lin of the negotiations for a reciprocity
treaty, nothing has yet been received at
the United States Embassy on the sub
ject."
Smallpox at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, April 21.-Smallpoy
has been discovered in a patch of