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dlsagfcemenlH between the tlIre row.
ers have occurred, The unrest Will h
began 10 hfrw when thr stawurt King
Maiietna departed this troubled life hna
brought about u situation quiir 90 In
,olyod and ominou- uH u was ten years
ago,
The present difficulty may b. summed
NJ ~ the result Of the attempt uf the
Germans to advance undulv their own
interests, For years the three sided hght
hrtwrrn Mataafa. Tnmnseso aud Maiio-
toa has been resulting In many rivii
perturbation Earh NJ The three ma
tons represented on the island has had
lts own faNofite aa prospective King,
each onc naturally faVonnR the indi-
yliuni most friendly 10 is own inter.
esir. Zach consul. too. had hla avn
diplomatic irons In the hre, and frnm
the time ~ the death m Malieina until
the recent uprising whirh resulted IN
tho kiling or the English and American
sailors thore have been frequent unsuc
reasful reyolts on the part ~ the follow
en- VI Mataafa. For time these were
not NJ SUFFICIENT riavity 10 disturb the
International comfy, though Tor some
time it has been frlt hy both washing
iun and London that the urrman ole-
mont mad been atretchlne the Eplrit NJ
the BERLIN treaty 10 the brcuklng point
Engl'sh ani American missionaries
have been entering the neld and udvo-
ratlng the claims Of Maiiotun TAM, the
20 yrar-nld son nf the dead monarch.
lle ID m a kindly aud semitic disposition
ana posse-ssz much natural ability, IL
has been favorite pupil with the mis-
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THE MIDDLE IN SAMOA

crimes which were committed by for
clEners and were not subject TO con-
sular interference were also TO be tried
by this court, The capital was author
itatiNely located at Apln. on the island
u Upolu. which lies almost In the CEN
ter II the samoan group and IL tho
most important Of the " islands. The
future alienation Of lands was prohib.
itcd except In the case 81 certain care
fully specified exemptions. and com.
mission was appointed to Investigate a.
ties 10 property already alleged to have
been pure hnscd from the natives. IL
was moi until 1876 that this commission
completed IT, task and confirmed ln IT,
report about Is 900 acrrs Of land 10 Ger
man owners $500 acres to British aud
sioo0 acres to Americans. since that
time. however. much OF this land has
changed hands.
The dcported Maiietoa was brought
back a. per agreement and restored "a
his hngshlp In November. 1852. ana con.
tlnucd yn the throne untli his death w
is,S When this event occurred. the
consule ~ the three powers. with chiei
Justice Chamber us president. Assumed
temporary chlfvc Of tho ndmlnirtra.
l tlon pending the election Of succession
of new monarch. u is really out of
the election and the disputed recusnl.
tion % the monarch that the present
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THE RIVAL SAMOAN KINGS THEIR WARRIORS AND THEIR
WOMEN
WOMEN.

wao enacted providing for the icportn-
tion NJ the offender on the ground ~
rtnfins lp srdiiion The man who now
sleeps on The mountain side NJ Vaillma
overlooking Apia went 90 Samoa frre
lance aud rFpouEei the cause ~ Ma
taafa because he considered such no.
iion the right ana proper thing IN 40,
n 10 probable that had Stevenson
stuck 10 thr cauHe of Malleton. whom
Great hfiinin was By treats bound 20
support. there would have been no re-
volt. stevenFon's attitude seems 10
have been ono " tho many mistakes Of
hlS errniic NE, for In speaking of the
anair Sir berry cusaok-smith. one
time British consul general at Apla, has
written
"Maianfa'r rebellion had progressed
10 such an extent that by June. 1899. his
troops were outside of Apln. on June ;
a battle took place. In which Mataafa'a
forces were defeated and the heads of
u of his soldiers taken aH trophies by
Malieton Lanpopn'a men aud laid be-
fore their KING Matnnfa and his fol.
lowers Ned that night TO the neighhor-
lng island NJ ManOno one week later
her maiesty'a steamer Katumha and
two uerman men-of-war summoned
Matanfa ~ surrender lie gave himself
up and was ieported 10 the Marshall
Islands.
stevenson had advised Mataafa
throughout the rebellion and had aasur-
cd him that the british government
would never take steps against him,
"Mataafa dlaregarded all warnings
and pinned his faith upon Steyenson's
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promises. Just as the Narrhips were
about to sail with Mataafa on board ns
prisoner he received a letter from
stevenson. II was pathetic. but con-
talned cold comfort. When Mataafr
came as a prisoner into the cabin of the
captain Of the Katumba. handed him
stevcnson's letter. and believe that
when he subsequently read u his COM
parison of Judas and Stevenson was
most forciblc."
Whether or not this chiefs present
attitude toward the British and Amer
lean governments. as opposed TO the
German. II the result Of Stevcnson'a
mistake IL not a difficult question to an
swsr. Another thing that Stevenson
did was to appeal pansionateiy and per-
slstently for the abolition OF the native
practice 81 beheadlnr and mutilatinR
the dead In warfare. This horrible prac-
tlcc has been carried on from time Inn
memorial by the native samoans. and.
"a II well known. was not nbatalncd
from during the recent engagement. In
which number Of American aud Eng
ilsh sailors met their death. Ten years
ago. too. the Ocfman scamen suffered In
the same WY.
t"fNN'NHf ~" - NNt'f NV wv -
particularly savage or bciilgcrcnt pcc-
pie. but when once the dogs OF war are
let loose on the islands u IL always
some time before they can again be
chained. Samoa has thousands 81 Joans
Of Arc. who arr not afraid. when nee
araary. to engage In battle along with
their fathers and brothers. Each VII.
iage has IL tape" and each "tnpo" j.
a general when II comes TO nrht.
this amazoninn -taro" walks NJ the
head of her warriors, and the men nEht
about her ~ they would about n stand
ard. They regard her AZ the emblem
of purity ana goodness. aud woe 10 the
enemy Who attempts 10 cut her down.
Z The murder ~ n woman IL m almost
unknown thing IN the islands 10 that
the shafpshootcr who picks m u "tnpo"
II deliberately knocking the chip from
nm cncmy's shoulder. and that enemy
never rests until 'hr entire tribe To
which the challenger belongs II wiped
out or they themselves are defeated.
| In times N peace Samoa h sort N
earthly Eden. The happy samoan
! scarcely knows what II means TO work
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The American orator il 10 have n
show. Independence day Of late has
been losing favor with our silver tongucd
patriots, and since the practice "
twisting the Hons tail hos passed out of
fashion our Fourth " July audiences
have grown tired ~ tho superlniive
gpithois that have been flunr Tor 20 long
~ silly old English King who has been
dead ana buried Tor over century.
hut With tho Institution " Dewey day
The American orator has fresh chance.
Tue Pennsylvania Legislature has al.
ready designated tho 1T of May NJ q
public holiday. and II n expected that
many other states viii quickly follow
the example N the Keystone State aud
hiunFiy celebrate the battle ~ Manila
with hrcorackcru ana amateur oratory.
The great American public seems great
" tnkon with the idea. aud when this
same American public gets an idea In
~ head II usually secs that II IN car
ROD out a Significant prcmonltinn II
The popularity ~ this new American
holiday " the fact that The notion man
ilnrtufefa haNr been making the most
tlhh"fai" rfeparalinn1 Tor the occasion.
These same notion makers have q habit
ni knowing Just what IN going 10 take
I WIN me people. va that ~. hordrs NJ
street fnkiIs who arr now selling buats
Of Dewey and miniature olymplaH AMI
Dewey buttons and portraits 81 the nd.
inlial In many col0ra ana designs arc
walking proofs of the affection of Amer.
lea for her naval hero. All these thing.
so To show that Dewey day ~ 10 be- a
popular institution with this country.
and Il IA being asked IN some quarters
. " II viii not In time even rival Inc rlo.
rlnuH Fourth.
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SAMOA NJ the present moment 10 one
of the worlds SORE spots.
on this globe today there arc SEVERAL
~ these same spots. showing that bad
blood must break out even In this axe
Of peace congresses. hut any one who
has been In touch with the political and
social affairs ~ samoa during the last
few years will not express a great deal
o. surprise at the present demand Tor
the cauterisation II this old SORE spot
which continual International friction
has kept from healing.
Fur some time past the authorities ~
Washington have been on the lookout
for trouble In samoa. A diplomatic IT,
~ nothing worse. doomed up on The 20
Iltloai horizon several months aEo. When
Herr Rose. the German consul In tn
islands, fen out with his AnEio-saxnn
colleagues. and II was generally fclt
that Germany was the quarter from
which trouble was TO come.
For over % years the policy ~ the
Germans In the south Pacific had not
been altogether soothing 10 the SENSIBLE
tiles OF Uncle sam. During the last two
years. too. the kaiser seems 10 have re-
FNtt't W - NV NH'NN'A ~ -
connection with other nations. this new
method having been well named ~ "the
policy Of pin prickr." In other words. u
has been tho constant cndcavor Of WI.
liam Impcrafor 10 allow his ministers
and representatives. TO 30 20 a discreet
extreme. when the inevitable protest
came from the nation Imposed upon.
there followed profurc apologies on the
part Of Germany and nominal punish
msnt or feprimand for the representa-
tive who had been 10 unjust ~ 10 es-
coed his Instructions. The culprlt took
his disgrace lightly. for he knew what
he knew. hut the advantages gained
by any such .xceNacs were usually To-
naciousiy clung TO. and N the offended
power retired from the diplomatic
struggle satisfied with the result moth
Ing more was done. ~. on the other
hand. the power imposed upon insisted
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tives n this island are governed by
aboriginal chiefs ~ their own. u was
In isil that "a nunhc- Of foreign resi-
dents engaged IN bushes. on the islands
suggested and brought about the estab.
ilahment Of a house NJ mobiles and q
house OF feprcaentatiy with Malietoa
i.aupopa ana the chief " the recognised
royal house Of Tupca ~ joint kings OF
the Islands. Roon aftcrward Maiietna
became the sole King. but In isss was
deposed by the uermnn government be-
cause of the claim Of unjust treatment
Of German subjects. AZ that time the
Germnns formed the bulk ~ the alien
population ON the islands ANA were
more actively engaged In trade than
was either England or America. The
Germans depOried Maiietoa TO German
New Guinea and then TO the kameruns.
IN Africa. and In isss 10 Hamburg. In
the meantime the German residents ana
their supporters proclaimed "A native
chief OF the namc of ramasese 40 hing.
The result Of this was an official pro-
test from the English and American
conauls at samoa. Maiaafn. az present
conspicuous IN the samoan ntrugFle.
who was related In the dcported Malir-
toa. mate war upon TamaHcro ana sue
ccoded TO the kingship. THIS brought
the trouble To a climax, ana II was de-
cided TO be advisable that a tfipartlte
conference be held al Berlin. This was
[ done, and the representatives Of the
/ German. English and American inter-
esis In the Islands drew up treaty
which Nga dtily signed by the three
| powers This treaty guaranteed the
I neutrality u the Islands and assigned
/ 10 the citizens ~ the three signatufy
powers equal rights of residence, trade
| ana personal protection. Tue thrun
powers at tho same time agreed Co rec
/ osnize the Independence Of the Samoan
| government ara the free rishi NJ thr
/ natives TO elect their own King or chief
and decide on form Of home govern
mont according TO their island laws und
cusiomr
AZ the same time o supreme court for
the ISLANDS WnH established. consisting
OF bat one Judge, This judge was 20 be-
styled "chief Justice uf Samoa Tho
person who succeeded 600 this honor was
Mr. ". l., Chamber an American. who
has sine, played un important uart in
tho drstlnles of samoa To this court
was refsrrni uil ciyl suits conrern|nr
real estate nnd property situated In IA
m0n md AN quits between natives and
Foreigners or between foreigner nf
different nAuonalities. This court Was
also 20 ~ IN Judgment on all criminals
where crimes We're committed by ma
tvcs upon foreign residents Those
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MuRpHY's MYSTERIOUS SHOT

A circumstance that caused much
comment In clubdom Vt the time be-
cause Of It's mysterious character had
itn origin In Delmonlcoa famous res
taurant. IN New York. which has re-
Gently been closed for good This last
fact has been responsible for the re-
vival NJ the Incident. which was the I'M
accountable removal Of the Rilded ball
from the top Of the old ~. James hotel.
which then stood directly across the
street from the famous restaurant. IL
happened In this manner
Edward Oihbcs Murphy. the famous
wing shot. Charlie Delmonico. Colonel
Felix Rosenberg " the Seventh United
states volunteers aud Major Duncan u.
Harrison u the Ninth United States
volunteers were seated In Dclmonlco'a
discussing marksmanship. The wine
had passed freely. and one or two Of the
party had grown boastfui IN consc-
uuencc
Murphy finally volunteered the lnfor-
nation that he could shoot better than
any one. Some doubt being expressed
on this point. Delmonlco hunted up a
winchester ride. and. armed with this.
the party sought the street.
II was long after midnight. Hroad-
way was deserted. and the only object
that seemed TO orcf a fair chance for
Workmanship was the giided bail on
the ~. Janrs.
shoot a. that" said Rosenberg.
Here gocsi" said Murphy. and he
started n fuaiiiadc.
The nrst shot struck tho hall and
shook II. the second cut II from ~ fas-
Jennings. and III. third hit n ~ II was
failing Before the echoes from tho
ringing reports 81 the Winchester had
thoroughly awakened the startled po-
ilccmen the whole party was back In
Dcimonicos
The police made an Investigation. bu,
discovered nothing. and the papers
commented upon the strange theft oi
the hall from the ~. James. but ~ nci-
Their ia diaarpcatnncc nor the loud re-
ports which accompanied II were ever
accounted for they were attributed To
some strange visitation ~ Providence.
Stories ~ Dcimonico's could be told
almost without limit. and for years the
] incidents with which u has been -
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BUDDHISM ~ nunw,.

some sailors on board one OF the iiil'
iHh wnrshipa at I,angun obtained lrAN.
~ absence 10 10 into the Interior ana
lost their way. A short time afterwll'
they were brought back by some hul-
mans, who had fed them and shown
Thorn the way home. The BurmanS I'M
medlately returned 10 their village, ana
though the then chief commissioner
the late Sir Charles Aitohlson, endeav..
ored To md them In order 10 rewal.
them. he never succeeded. II eaui'.
n good deal OF comment In Ranguh AZ
the time. II In interesting as showing
the erect OF the teaching Of bnlahs
and how II saves the Burmnn from 'na'
lust Of gain which has taken ~ l'Iuhs
hold Of our civilization" though ens
sometimes iindH II lnconvenlent hNlns
In land where the people are NO u''sf-
~ Indifferent TO money.
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DEsERET EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY. APRIL 20, 1881.

nionaries and has shown himself to he
in sympathy with Christianity and
modern movements Of all description.
In the face Of this. the Germans, SCENT
ing the succession ~ monarch who
would not he particularly ind ;igcnt 90
their Interests. brought the cxiled Ma
tanfa back to Apia. and. although he
had given a piedre not to enter again
samoan politics. II was he who received
the largest number of votes In the cleo
ton 10 the kineshlp. Ills rivals. not
without considerable grounds for 10 do
Ing. set up claim Of fraud and inellgi-
hility.
The case was referred. quite natural
", TO the chief Justice of the islands
Mr. Chamber. After considering the
case this acknowledged supreme au-
thority In the Islands decided that un.
der the conditions " the treaty Ma
taafa was dcbarrcd from going into the
ruling business at the old stand and
that the samoan crown had descended
by election 10 the son of Malletoa. This
decision was no sooner handed down
than cfvii war broke out In the Is
lands. Maiaafa. owina to thu prcdoml-
mating strength ~ his following. won "a
decided Victory over hla rivals. Before
this was accomplished. however. the
harbof Of Apla was partially destroyed.
aud Muiinuu. the native capital. was
occupied by Mataafa's forces
No man. strange 10 say. has done
more TO encourage the cause 81 Mats-
ala and hts party than ala the late Rob
eri Louis stevenson who wrote many
articles In biz favor and openly sympa-
thizcd with this chief IN fact. 30 ac-
tive iid this sympathy n the great
novelist at one time become that a law
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Dr. Gruby, a physician ~ Paris. was
famous for his EFFORTS In protect ami.
mails from cruelty Hc went beyond
those VINO are humane simply nv far as
four footed creatures are concerned Ito
was logical enough to include insects at
his mercy,
lie was. however, a little nervous, and
when one day In his parlor a blg blue
ny buzzed unlntcrruptcdly on n window
pane the Doctors patience became n
ant
DO mo tho kindness" said the doc.
tor TO open the window ana carefully
put that rs outside"
hut air." raid the servant. WIN
though, Of the drenching the room
might get through an open easement.
II n raining hard outside"
on u ny he exclaimed Then
pleas" put the little creature in The
waiting room and iet him STAY ther. m,
the weather n fart"
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Conditions Which Led Up to the Recent
Outbreak and Present CriSiS--The
Arrangement Between the Three
Dominant Powers.

exported to the United States and Eu-
rope. the value Of the copra exported
from the Islands In 1875 being t2ii,aii
while. the total exports amounted o.
only sesaoi7. Recent warfare In the lH'
lands, however. has tended 10 hrlnr
about the destruction Of the cocoanul
tree. and the result II that what was
once a very promising Industry now
seems about to sufief and para away
through native rcckiesancss
Prom time immemorini the severn
mcnt of the samoan group has been uh'
der one OF the two royal houses ~ Ma'
iietoa and Tupca. The island Of Tutuiia
alone H. an exception TO this, a. the nh.
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Jeukchnn. numbering 10000. were re-
moved TO tho now site, AZ the build
ings were slight wooden structures the
acheme was practicable, The faculty
with which the movement was made IN
most credltable to the Japanese ensi-
neers.
Frank liray. the Engliahman who IN
said TO be the brains OF the Filipino jun
Ia at honssons. has spent most u his
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Miss Belle shane Il 20 and adycntur-
Gus u II 10 b. hoped that she In also
a good sailor--in u small way. Miss
Shane doesn't mediate anything large
In the nautical line She says sie viii
be content with crossing the Atlantic
IN a cookleHhell boat. Captain Andrews,
IN old salt who has had the same mod
est ambition and frequently Erntifed IL,
VIII take Miss shane with him this
summer. starting about June A..
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comfy showed rare executive capacity.
The city of Ieukchan was In an insanl-
tary condition, Nirulcnt epidemics fre-
qucnily appeared. The situation pre-
vented u good rewornge system. Thc
lapanes" officials selected SPOT la Tho
nelghborhood that could be weil drain
ed. streets and public places were laid
out upon A. buildings were erected.
and The entire Inhabitants OK the city OF
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life In the far east. he speaks many
of the Filipino dialects huently ana
knows the Malay Of Borneo ~ well nA
the Malay OF the Philippines. He says
we win never conquer tho Insurgents
and that "all the wealth the Yankees
get out Of the Islands viii not maintain
the necessary hospitals"
The retention on the Hist NJ general Of
ncers VI the army of Generals Wheeler
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ana Fred Grant means. doubtless. TINT
Dom of these gentlemen are In the army
10 stay ana II may De taken Tor rrnnted
lhal General Wheeler VIII not now tr,'
10 take seat In the next congress
uehcfal Grants transfer 10 the phllp.
llh'A may AFFORD him nm opportunity
lur actual ighllng, which has ~ far
Teen denied him. ~
Tue hev. Dr. Dc Costa Of the Church
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

II Ia said that Sir Thomas Upton, tho
cas- cup, IN being 10 a certain eAtont ig-
nored by the members OF the Royal
Yacht squadron. who are more or less
inoensed that a brakeman and man
not . member OF the yacht club should
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presume 90 take such prominent posi-
ton In the international contest This
N given ms the reason that The leading
English sporting papers ar paying leHs
attention 10 the coming strugglr than
might have heen expected.
The Iapenrfe Oiiiriaiu IA Formoza re-
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~ ~. John the Evangelist New forh,
has MADE an appeal for the oloHlhs \,
places Of amusement On sunday on y"
Eround that without considering 'hr y,
ligious side of the question the nelol,
need rest jun like other people, Ai'sI
rnunerating the evils Of the sum-
lheuior the preacher says they nils ~
summed NJ under the hvad OF o'''
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