The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-06

and Butler, of the Philadelphia, and Long
and Prout, from the British ships DR..
Lung who had been conspicuous for his
coolness and bravery under fire, took COM
mand of the American forces and on the
approach OF reinforcements the rebels re-
tired. Several OF the Malietoan natives lost
their lives.
The decapitated bodies of the three off,
GERS were recovered next morning on the
field and on Easter Sunday they were
| buried with the heads, which had been re-
| covered by a French priest. All the leading
American and British residents and officials
| were present. The Germans were conspicu-
| ous By their absence, the only one attend
| ing being Pastor Margraf, who had known
| Lansdale in the United States. The German
war ship Fake had her flag at half mast
| and her officers sent ashore two wreaths
| entwined with the German national colors.
HUFNAGEL ARRESTED.
Captain Hufnagel. the German manager.
has been arrested for completely in the
| fight of April i. He is held on board the
| German ship Fake, under pledge from her
commander to return him to Captain Stuart
| on demand. Affidavits have been made by
| men engaged in the Valele fight that a
white man was with the rebels directing
answers the description of this man exact
| ly He was seen at the station and gave
misleading information TO the troops as
| they passed his house on the way out, but
when they returned he was not to be seen.
'Deserters from Mataafa's forces say that
| on a previous occasion Hufnagel had mar
rowly escaped being shot while encourag-
| ing the rebels TO attack.
Won Buow, a Prussan cavalry officer,
| has been deported TO Sidney by the German
| commander. He was seen on April II in
| command of a body of 800 men on the way to
| reinforce Mataafa. A large body of friend
| ly natives has been armed and put under
| command of Lieutenant Gaunt, of the Brit
| ish navy. He has been drilling them in
| cessantiy and has brought them to a fine
| state of discipline. They promise to make
| good fighters.
| On April II Vailirna. the home of Robert
| Louis Stevenson was sheled by the Por-
| poise as it had been occupied by rebels
| who were firing on the allied forces The
| house is utterly ruined. From that time
| to now the rebels have kept away from
| Apia, although they are within an hours
| march from town. There is no sign of sur
| render. Defiance and death!' Is the rebels
i cry.
| On March % Admiral Kautz, in order to
| give the Mataafans a chance to submit
without more bloodshed issued this procla-
| nation:
1T is hereby known to all Samoans that
Malietoa Tanumahi has been installed as
/ King of Samoa by the combined naval forces
| Of Great Britain and America on March 2S
/ these powers. Now all Samoans of the So
| called Mataafa section are informed that IL
they acknowledge, by sending deputations
| King, Malietoa TaRumafih who holds his
| position by the great treaty and decision
aoWed 1ne cftei to return to their homes and re
/ sumo their usual vocations without moles-
tation. The very strongest measures viii be
| taken at once against all rebels who do not
| comply with this proclamation.
| No answer was sent to this, although the
| rebels considered 1t at a full meeting. 1t
| was stated that they were at first willing to
| obey, but German influence persuaded them
/ TO hang out for news from Germany, which
/ was sure to arrive by the next mail. In
stead Of obeying the rebels threw UP bar
| ricades and prepared for active war.
L. OSBORNES ACTION SUSPICIOUS.
Private advices from Apia state that
United States Consul General Osborne, who
is acting President, and, as such. custodian
| OF the revenue is ordered by the Berlin
treaty, as such custodian, to pay money
on the order of the Samoan government.
| The government, through its secretary Of
| state, has drawn an order on the custodian
| of the revenue for the amount of King
| Tanus's salary for the month Of January,
i but Osborne has refused to pay and proceed
| ings have been taken against him by way
of petition to the Supreme Court to COM
| pei payment. Osborne 1t is stated, is the
only one of the British or American officials
who will have anything to do with the Ger
man consul, Rose. Osborne however, has
frequent conferences with the German con-
sui and is quite intimate with him. 1t is
stated that his attitude is regarded with
great disfavor by the British and Americans
in Samoa.
j. II. Moors, an American at Apia, Samoa.
| who is noted as ardent advocate of Ma
taafa, and who IL in high disfavor with the
British and American forces, has written a
letter, in which he alleges that after the
death of Lieutenant Freeman, on April 1,
another of the British officers ran away, in
spite of the entreaties of the British sailors,
| who urged him to come back
The steamer Alameda, which left here sew
eral weeks ago for Australia. via Honolulu
and Apia, had as passengers from Apia for
Australia two active participants in the fight
| which took place near Apia several weeks
| ago, in which Lieutenant Lansdale and En-
sign Monaghan lost their lives They were
| Marine Corporal Hunt and Marine John
| Foxworthy of the British war ship Porpoise,
both having been wounded in the battle.
The case OF Hunt is especially noteworthy,
as he was the man who remained with Lans-
dale and Monaghan on the field of battle
after the retreat had been sounded. Lans-
dale had been wounded and Monaghan had
gone TO his aid, and the two We're cut of
from the rest of the party. Hunt, seeing
their plight left the ranks and ran to their
assistance. In the fight Lansdale and Mon
Afghan were killed and Hunt was struck
down by blow with club. In the quar-
rel over the possession of the arms Hunt
managed to get on his feet. and blow from
an ak, intended to decapitate him, fell short,
but cut off one of his ears. He afterward
reached the brush, and, though almost dead
from loss of blood, was rescued by his CON-
panions- The wounded men were sent to
Auckland for medical treatment.
kautz's Cablegram Corrected.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-The Navy De-
partment has been supplied by the cable
companies with the following corrected
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