Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-03-30
BOMBARDED.
American and English Guns Turned
Loose.
On the Villages Of the somoan Coast
Mataafa and His.Followers Go to
the Interior.

the Interior.
Ny Associated Press 60 the journal.
APtA, Samoan Islands, March %
via Auckland, N. Z.,-The troubles
growing cut OF the election OF the
kind OF Sal mOa have taken a more seri'
Gus turn and resulted IN the bOmbard
ment OF the native Villages along the
shore, by the United States cruiser,
Philadelphia. Admiral Kautz, com.
mandlng, and the British cruisers,
PUrpolse and ROyalist. The lombard
ment has continued intermittingly
for eight days. Several Villages have
been burned and there has been a
number OF casualties among the
American and British sailOrs and
marines. AS yet II Is impossible TO
estimate the number OF natives killed
or injured. AS Mataafa and bs
chiefs, constituting the prOYls-
onal government, continued TO
defy the treaty after the arrival
Of the Philadelphia, Admiral
Kauts summoned the various cOnsuls
aud senior naval officers TO a confer
ence on Board che Philadelphia, when
the whole situation was carefully can
yassed. The upshOt was a resolution
TO discuss the provisional government
and Admiral Kauts issued a procla-
nation calling on Mataafa and his
chiefs TO return TO their hoaes.
Mataafa evacuated Mulinu, the
town he had made his headquarters,
and went into the Interior.
Herr Rose, the German consul at
Apia, issued proclamation supple
mentlng the one he had issued several
week before, uphOlding the provisional
government. AS a result OF this, the
Mataafans assembled In large force
and hemmed In the town. The British
cruiser Royalist brought the Malietoa
prisoners from the islands 20 which
they had been transferred by the pro
yislOnal government, The Ameri-
cans then fortified Mulinu. where
p 900 Malletoans took refuge. The
rebels, the adherents OF Mataafa. bar.
ricaded the roads within the munich
pality aud seized the British houses
An ultimatum was sent 10 them, or
dering them TO eyacuate and threaten.
ing them, la event OF a refusal, with
TO commence at !
O'Clock on the afternoon OF March IS.
rhis was ignored and the rebels com
an attack ~ the direction OF
the United States aud British
cOnsulates about half hour
before the time liked for the
bOmbardment. The philadelphia,
Porpoise and Rnyalists opened lire
upon the distant villages. There was
great dirnculty Ia locating the enemy,
owing 10 the dense forest, but sc yeral
Df the shore villages were soOn IN
.lames. A defective shell from the
hia exploded near the Amer |
can consulate aud the marines out
side narrowly escaped. A fragment |
struck the leg Of Private Rudge, shat
erlng II so badly as 10 necessitate am
1utatlon-AnOtner fragment traversed
% the German consulate, smashing
'rockery, The Germans then
vent on board OF the Ger
nau cruiser Fake. During the night
he retels made "A hot attack on tue
own, killing three British sailors.
British marine was shot in the
tx by sentry OF his own party. an
ther was shot In the foot aud an
American sentry was killed at his
Ost
The bombardment continuing, the
OF the town took refuge
II board the Royallst greatly crowd
ng the vessel.
Many people are leaving Samoa,
he captain Of the Ruyalist urging s
lem 70 20, 80 as not. 10 inter
re with the military opera. !
ions The Porpoise has shelled d
he villages east and west OF q
pia, aud captured many boats. The
mericans British are lighting =,
'lendidly together, but there Is blt- II
'r feeling against the Germaus. y
Two men, British and German sub.
cts, have been arrested as spies. The
)moardment of the jungle was for 81,
time very hot, l,
The British cruiser Taumnga, which !,
Is understood was intending 10 an
* the Long islands "a section OF the
rlendly islands In the Paciec,) was IS
terrupted al Suya, the capital Of the X
d islands, 0y order OF the home GOV. :,
WASHINGTON, March 30 The news