Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-06
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American and British Ships Bonn
bard Native Villages.
Followers of VI taafa Attack the Town
ofApia and in the Skirmish Three
English sailors and an Ameri-
can Lost Their Lives
Many SamOans Killed.

and resulted in the bombardment of
native villages along the shore by the
United States cruiser Philadelphia, Ad-
niral Kautz commanding, and the
british cruisers PGrpoise and Royalist.
Tie bombardment has continued inter-
mitently for eight days. Several
yilliqes have been burned, and there
have been a number of casualties
amoni the American and British sail
ors am marines. As yet it is impos.
sibe f estimate the number of ma
tives Killed and injured.
As Matafa and his chiefs, constitut-
ing the prvisional government, contin-
ued to DEF. the treaty after the arrival
of the Philadelphia. Admiral kautz
summoned e various consuls and the
senior naval officers TO a conference
on board the Philadelphia, when the
whole sltuatin was carefully can
vassed. The bshot was a resolution
to dismiss the fovisional government
and Admiral katz issued proclama-
tfon calling upo Mataafa and his
chiefs to return their homes
Mataafa evacuaed Mulinuu. the
town he had mad his headquarters,
and went into the iterior.
Herr Rose, the German consul at
Apa,issucd a proclamtion supplement-
ing the one he had issed several weeks
before. upholding the provisional gov
ernment. As a resultof this the Ma
taafans assembled in lrge force and
hemmed in the town.
The British cruiser Roalist brought
the Malietoa prisoners from the islands
o which they had ben transferred by
he provisional government,
The Americans then fortified Mu-
nuu, where $4,000 Malietoars took ref.
te. The rebels-the adherelts of Ma.
tfa-barricaded the road. within
municipality and seized tn, British
h'ses. An ultimatum was tlen sent
tGhem, ordering them to eucuate
al threatening them, in the event oi
resal, with bombardment to com.
NEE at / p. m, March Is. This was
i@Ied, and the rebels commenced ar
attt in the direction of the United
Sta and British consulates ahu
halh hour before the time fixed ,ol
the mbardment. The Phladelph a
forEe and Royalist opened fire upcr
the 'ant villages. There was grea
il1hcy in locating the enemy, OWNS
20 thense forest. but several shor
VillaSwere soon in flames.
tctive shell from the PhladeI
phla coded near the American con
sulatGd the marines outside mar
row y aped \ fragment strucl
the ie9Priyate Ridge, shattering i
so pads to necessitate amputation
Anotheagment traversed the Ger
mah coate, smashing the crockery
j ne "c1s then went on board tn,
German ser Fake.
Durlhh night the rebels made
hot aIl"u the town, killing thre
British :. \ British marine wa
shol III g by a sentry of his owl
party an. was shot in the foot ant
an NhieI sentry was killed at hi
post.
ne mcnt continuing, the in
haollaii,' town took refuge OF
poaTu .ilI I list, greatly crowdin!
fhe vessel.
Many re leaving Samoa, tn
caP'"'l W Iyalist urging them t,
go 50 "H 'o' 'terfere with the mill
IarN ol' ',' The Porpoise shellet
ilhe '''"S nd west of Apia ant
'CaPI"i ,' 49, ltS.
lh' IN I'd British are fight
inS SPt' her, but there is
piIIeI lo'''7 I the Germans.
lWo NJ 'sh and a German
SupJTc'' arrested as spies
ne the jungle was TO
time very hot
Washington, On Tho ,,.
from Samoa tht CIV
cruiser Philadell, = tha pn;t;a
cruisers Porpoist p,,.,Ii.t H.,
bombarded the to1I H. ,,a4,nS. n@
who has thus far aea[ieI ,''''
port of the Germf .,,,,,,,t ,,rl
with startling SUI s.1:lI tl'i
here and displaced tina boi,,
the attention give fal,.in tl
around Manila. lnirc 80 N,
taafa was looked uEr ,l,,,I1'.,
importance. but TN i,,+ora,
attached to the attitl 49,
government. At hrobansiar
were felt that grave i;,,i o,', i'olo.' '''.L
Dlications might enE
most familiar with I q.
exchanges between w. oiiIei'
don and Berlin, did On Ion
GLOOMY view of the on S"eii
While recognizing tina
'a+ Samoa created Ne'ouSil'
delicate situation, yet ituS an
n situation which had p' "
nrehended and had beelH al
advance between the req
of the three governmenti'Ne
crisis. from an Internal Iea
noiut. occurred last week Nano
nrehended outbreak was ~
though relations were grea \
il was possible to secure {,
standing which is said TO =
that the outbreak now relr
not cause rupture IN inc
between the United States
many. or between Great bf
Germany.
Tbe Pants Makers Str
Philadelphia, March 30
inc pants makers yesterday
to the contractors the scale