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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
British and American Marines
Were AmbUshed In Sa-
moa And MasSacred.
MAGNIFICENT DEFENSE
Was Put Up And Terrible
Losses Were Inflicted Up
on the Treacherous Fol-
lowers Of Mataafa.

APIA, Samoa, April l, via Auckland
N. H., April IA mixed British ant
American force of marines was am
bushed today by followers of Mataafs
on German plantation and forced t.
retreat to the beach.
Lieut.. Lansdale and Ensign Mona
CHAN of the United Estates cruiser Phil
adelphfa and Lieut.. Freeman of the
British cruiser Taurangis, who were
in command of the marines, were
killed. Their bodies were afterwards
found headless and otherwise mutilat-
ed.
Two American and two British sail
ors were also killed. The manager of
the plantation was arrested.
The American forces amounted to
one hundred men, while there were
about 800 in the ambushing party.
The American and British tars
QSspSTdCCiy oho ICPOoCSoiy OSoo
back their assailants. The natives lost
about 40 killed and 20 wounded.
The American and British dead have
been buried with military honors at
Mulinu.
Skirmishes are of daily occurrence in
the vicinity of Apia. None of the Eu-
ropeans have dared to 60 beyond the
city limits since the first bonn bard
ment.
The British-American force num- |
bered1O5 and the Mataafaites over 800. |
The fighting was terrific, the Ameri-
cans and British making a gallant
stand, inlicting terrible losses on their
assailants.
They were finally compelled to re-
tire in the face of overwhelming odds,
but did so in good order.
Ensign Monaghan perished in gal
liant attempt to rescue Lieut.. Lansdale,
who had fallen in the fight danger
ously wounded. Fully two score ma
tives surrounded the brave ensign and
his wounded supporter, brutally dis
patching both in few moments.
French priests some time later
brought in the headless bodies of two
O fficers. The natives kept the heads as
trophies of war.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-The most
startling rumors are afloat here this
regarding the massacre of
A mericans and British at Samoa. The
first reports had it that 200 American
ands British soldiers and marines were
ambusted and scores slaughtered in
cold blood.
Later in the day press dispatches
from Apia, via Auckland, stated that
Lieut.. Lansdale and Ensign Monaghan,
Of the American cruiser Philadelphia,
and Lieut.. Freeman of the British
cruiser Taurangia, together with two
British and two American soldiers,
we're killed and their bodies badly
nutilated. II
The news caused great excitement in |
circles. This act of {
Mataafa' IS will eravely complicate the ,
,ituation in Samoa and today no one 1
lere can tell where it may lead. 1t is :
,ertain that the American and British t
will severely punish the | :
rebels for this act of treachery. |e
The fact that.t massacre occurred :
IN a plantation owned by German Is c
bitterly commented On. Reparation =
nav be dem az ded at the hands of the '
1erman government.
No official news had been received of
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
Beef Inquiry Court.

WASHINGTON, April 12.-The court
of inquiry continued today, several sol.
diers testifying to the bad meat provid-
ed for the Rrmy
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
THE LAST PROP
Has Gone From Under the Free Sill
yer AGITATION.

yer Agitation.
NEW YORK, April 12.-Wall street is
not q little interested in the statement
credited to George Roberts, director
of the mint, 20 the effect that by the
year 1900 the annual production of old
will be as large as the com bined out
put of gold and silver in 1896, and that
as consequence the advocates of free
silver will not have q leg to stand on,
since gold alone will probably supply
thes needed volume of money
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
Coming Entertainment.

1t is rumored that fine entertain
ment will shortly be given in the opera
house for the benefit of the Presbyte-
rian church in which some of our best
people will take part.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
Charles Dudley Warner Ill.

New YORK. April 12.-Charles Dud
ley'Warner the:novelist is i'll with pneu-
mouia. His condition is rather Sc
rious this afternoon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
Y. M. c. A. Gymnasium Class

The regular gymnasium class In the
Y. M. G. A. will be held Thursday
night at o'clock. All members are
expected to be present.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
THE PLAGUE
Is Spreading Throughout Asia

the far east show that the plague is
spreading throughout Asia. l. is rag
ing with renewed virulence in Pun
iah
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
The Pope Recovering.

ROME, April 12,-The pope is now
fully convalescent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
TO BLOW THEM UP
A Fake Plot To Kill Ten Dollar
Democrats.

NEW YORK. April 12.-The cooking
of Croker's $40 Jeffersonian dinner
begins today. Tomorrow the Metro
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
RAILWAY MANA GERS
In Convention at Detroit

DETROIT, Mich, April .12.-The
American Railway association, which
embraces in it's membership nearly all
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
A NARROW
ESCAPE
General LaWton Almost the
Victim Of Coward
Iy Plot.
ASSASSIN'S AIM BAD
LaWton Has Continued His
Advance Beyond Santa
Cruz And Rebels Are
Retiring.

MANILA, April 12.-Gen. Lawton has
continued his advance beyond Santa
Cruz and the rebels are slowly retiring,
but except for brief stands by skirmish-
ers they are doing little fighting.
Gen. Lawton had q narrow escape
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-12
Silver.

NEW YORK, April 12.-Copper
steady Is asked. Silver 50 5-S, lead
81 10.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

Liverpool, Feb, 11,-There is consid-
cradle anxiety in shipping circles re-
garding the Cunard line steamer Pavo-
MIA, Capt. Atllin, which sailed from
Liverpool, Jan. "a, via Queenstown on.
Jan. 25, for Boston, and which was YES
terday reported by the British steamer
Colorado to have been sighted 300 miles
from Fayall, Azores islands, in a dis
abed condition. No further news con-
corning the Pavonia has been received
either at the office here of the Cunard
Steamship Company or by the under
writer's.
Inc dispatch from Capt. Whitton of
the Colorado says: 'Pavonia, Feb. 5. in
latitude Al, longitude A, disabled. Some
thing wrong with her boiler. Tried to
tow her, but hawser broke. Lost sight
OF her in a hurricane
The Pavonia has aboard Al passen-
gers, there being ! saloon. Is second
class and % steerage, Tine names ~ ~
passengers have not as vet haen c 90 in
TO the Boston office of the staamebir,
company. ''0 ''e"iiisiilp
Inc following are the first cabin mas
Sengers of the Pavonia; George CO...
" " j. W Inches, A. A. Cheesemsn
lanes Shankland, Mrs. James ShanL'
i u IN Miss Edith Howard, Master How How
ard, F. L. Scott. ''''ei iio"
Will Iluil, Feb IA telegram from Cant
w hitGon OF the Colorado has been re-
c e mere, saying that he towed tbo
Seganer Payonla to a point within pno
ZINES fal. OF the Azores when the tow li NV
IUuleu the propeller and the Vessels .is
o Met .s mus parted. When he lost sio1,t
W. ,, sle Favonia, the dispatch saws she
IN "S ~ III no immediate danger and Sas
az a b, ytit track of shipping and has nrohs
Ivy by wen negn picked up and is being loved
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
MISS BELLS CONCERT.

The third annual concert of Miss A.
Ada Bell will be given Monday even
ing, Feb. 20, in Horticultural hail. Miss
Bell mas been a pupil at Mrs. w. E.
Bowen's School of Elocution and Del
sarte for several years and has won
many laurels both as teacher and
reader. Miss Lizzie Wilson, who is also
a pupil of Mrs. Bowen's, and Miss Effie
Adams dancing class, will be one of
the leading stars at Miss Bells concert
MISS Wilson will be seen in many roles
including Little Shamrock and the sha-
dow dance. Mrs. Stella Pinckney Clough,
soprano, is on for two numbers.
Selections viii be given by the Venus
mandolin and guitar club. A solo will
ne given by Mr.. William johnson:
reading THE lotus eaters" by Miss
Lizzie Wilson; pictures by Misses Jen-
NE shannon, Eva Williams, Nellie Nc
Norton; music by Miss Grace Johnson;
vocal solo by Miss Margaret Coshburn
Nurse; drill by six little girls Misses
Elsie Johnson, Irene Taylor, Anna May
sell, Hattie Lefridge, Marie Kennard,
Josie Hetburn; song, "De leader of &c
company b" by little Anna May Bell;
reading, The story of the faithful
soul by Miss Belle. assisted by Miss
Jennie shannon; monologue, Behind
the Curtain sketch. -Four a. M by
Miss Bell and Mr.. William ]. Bell.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

every Filipino" Finally, the agents of
the Fihpinos declare their intention of
appealing to Christendom," and say
their indignation against the Americans
is intense.
According to the Filipino story. after
crossing the river the Americans ad-
vanced to San Juan del Monte, captur-
ing the waterworks after a severe fight.
They then proceeded to Singalon, es-
tabnShing themselves on the river daAA
They tore up O mile of the rails of TIE
Caloocan Malolos line and cut the tele-
graph in order to stop communication
with Aguinaldo.
The Filipino forces engaged numbered
only 1000 including 1000 Ygorotos. Act
ing upon instructions from Malolos the
Filfpinos remained strictly on the de-
fensive and finally retired in good order
without any loss Of arms, artillery or
ammunition
The fighting was very stubborn and
lasted continuously from Saturday to
Tuesday
General indignation has been oc-
casioned by the treachery of the
American surprise. The Filipinos be-
: sieve that the Yankee administration is
only favored by minority of Ameri
cans and they only abstain from taking
the offensive in order TO show their
gratitude to the American nation for
helping them to get rid of Spanish rule.
Hence they will only fight when at
tackled and their future action depends
upon the decision of the United States
Aguinaldo declares that the real
enemies of peace are the American
officers in the Philippine islands The
Filipino loss today is 1850 killed and
wounded, including 500 Ygorotes who
We're barharously moved down even
when the Americans saw they were
only armed with bows and arrows. They
Fought with heroic courage.
The American. dead include one
colonel, 46 other officers and 1875 rank
and file, over 500 wounded and 800 pris-
onerS. Gen. Otis proposed an exchange
of prisoners, and to this the Filipinos
agreed, paroling the prisoners. The
Filipino forces south of Manila are
concentrating at San Mateor Antipolo
and Cainea, whence they will besiege
Manila. The Americans are now fixing
the limits of their sphere of occupation
1t will extend all along the coast from
BaTauaque to Melabon on the shore
and from Coloocan to Mainbunga and
Macate
There is much apprehension among
the Americans who are searching all
the houses, confiscating all weapons
including table cutlery and summarily
shooting in the streets all possessors of
arms.
These actions have resulted in SAN
culinary fights at Iona, Blonde and
Manila, caused by hatred of the Amer
lean soldiery The latter are harass-
ing non -combatants and taking them
prisoners of war, and in revenge the
Fflipinos kill the Americans in the
streets, but are respecting other for
nigners.
Agoncillo, the Filipino delegate, will
ask for European intervention in the
interests of peace. In the meantime
the Filipinos will fight.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

them every reasonable consideration
during the awful days before ali is over
and the Bible suggestion-"An eye for
an eye and a tooth for TOOTH" is
carried out to the letter. Beside the
death cell room, runs hallway which
is dark and gloomy. A door at the end
of the cell room opens into this mar
row passage, and through that door
and along the corridor to the execution
house, the prisoner will be led by the
warden and deputies and followed by
his priest or minister, who will try to
comfort him and prepare him for the
great and only Judge on high.
Everything about the execution house
and the death cell room has a grue-
some aspect, and the darkness causes
a chill to go over even the braVest
of the brave. But the law says that
murdereG must die, and the state
prison officials have done their best
to prepare a place that is suitable in
every way. And it is safe to say that
the electric apparatus at Charlestown
is the best that has as yet been estabr
ished
One strillingly peculiar co-incident in
connection with the completion of the
electrocution plant is the fact that at
present there Is no person who has been
convicted of tlrst-desree murder There
are two in the state who have a first
degree indictment hanging over their
heads. who are in Jail awaiting trial.
When the first electrocution will take
place at Charlestown, is only a mat
ter of conjecture.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
WHAT THE INDIANS REQUIRE

What the Indians require TO-DAY
something more than mere food anu
clothing, says George Bird Grlnnell u
the February Atlantic. They neeoI
De directed with some intelligence Xxx TX
interest. The conditions Of each s'l ny
or each agency should be studleu osd
some fairly intelligent and eXperien.h1u,,.
person, and the particular metnou Ii
determined to be the one best sSb X,
to the needs of the people shouiu AMI
employed. Agents and agency sa,,
ployees who are careless or ma sian
should not be retained in the itns,t
service, and it should be the pu9'bb og
of the inspectors to really leaIn XIV
far the employees residing perinauirter.
on the reservation are actuaily nrst
ested in the Indians under theil no - earos
1t is gratifying to notice that tiils h.
of inspectors has recently been ,,,sn
creased, and that some u tne eolsln.
chosen for the position feel v,annf
terest in their work. and az ,ass 50
to follow up the agency einpiIJs ~ otheIF
that they will be obliged TO w res.
duty. The farmers employed ~ a. bs
where agriculture 60" 1,hey
practiced should be real tarine,aas out
should spend seedtime and hattfho,nents,
among the camps and ,,e,arforrn
teaching the Indians how 70 The
the various operations Of tarllln ,be IN.
farmers on reservations WileIe nrao.
dams are stock raisers should W uppder-
tical cattlemen. They shoulu ,,,ethng
stand their duties, and nave cowboy
of the loyalty of the olo..lli,te arsd for;
The cattle should be really ~ white1
belonging to adjaeelnlt, w " and
should be kept off the reserVati07
the Indians cattle held on IL ga-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12

, their end is the positive electrode.
which looks like a common workman's
hat at first glance. 1t is made of rub
Der and on the inside is a sponge and
light metal plate. The sponge is so
arranged that it presses against the
forehead of the condemned man when
the cap is drawn down upon his head.
This sponge is soaked in water before
the operation is gone through with.
The negative electrode is a sponge
fastened to metal plate and the CON
demned mans clothing is cut over the
calf of his right leg and the sponge and
plate are then tightly strapped about
that member.
From 1900 to 1000 volts of the deadly
fluid are to be used at all electrocu-
lions. The current will be turned on to
It's full strength at first and then
gradually decreased until the victim is
pronounced to be beyond earthly as
slstance by the attending physicians.
Three men will figure in all execu-
lions. The warden will read the death
warrant to the man in the chair and
then by some pre-arranged signal will
inform the electrician, who stands at
the switch board. The electrician will
look for a signal from another cleo
trictan who Will stand beside the
switchboard also to test by means of
patented devices the exact intensity of
the current at that particular moment.
Warden Bridges SAYS that he wit
messed an execution at Sing Sing, n.
T., few weeks ago, and became per-
fectly satisfied that electroeution is
far more humane method of taking q
n7urderer's life than the old method
of sending them into eternity by means
of the dropping of the gallows tran.
Behind the execution house are the
death cells and another v shaped room
which will be used by the death watch
during the last days, hours and min
utes of the condemned mans exist
ence,
There are three cells in this apart
ment which are large and roomy af-
fairs, being by 6 feet in diameter.
They are as yet unfinished, but when
in readiness will be much more luxur-
ious than the cells in other parts of
the prison, as 1t has been a custom for
years to give those condemned to die
all care and attention, and to show
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
POWERS OF AN INDIAN AGENT.


An Indian agent has absolute control
Of affairs on his reservation, subject
only to the approval of the depart
ment of the interior at Washington.
which two or three times q year may
send out an inspector to look after
him, says George Bird Grnnell in the
February Atlantic. His position is one
Of great responsibility, for he has to
administer business representing
each year from $50 900 to $780, 900. His
power on the reservation is more near
" absolute than anything that we in
this country know of. He has not the
authority to order out his Indians to
instant execution, but in practice this
is the only power that h. does not
possess. Over property, liberty, and
the actions of everyday life he has alb
solute authority No indian can re-
ceive food, no Indian can obtain a
tool, no Indian can live in mis- home
unless the agent is willing. He holds
in the hollow of his hand the welfare
of the tribe>and of each one OF its in
dividuals.
The man who bears these RESPONSE
bilities and is clothed with these pow
ers over his fellow men should be of
high character and good abilities, such
an one as would be chosen for the
manager Of a considerable business.
He should feel the responsibility of his
position, and not be satisfied merely
to get along as easily as possible and
to draw his salary regularly. The good
agent really stands IN the relation of q
parent toward his Indians, and as a
father instructs, Furnishes, and rewards
his children, SO the agent should firm
~ but kindly govern ;he people who
are under him. They recognize this
relation, and often speak Of the agent
as their father. In the ordinary pur-
suits of life man qualified by training
and temperament for such a position
would receive a good salary; he ought
to receive it here,-at least thrice the
pittance that is now paid to Indian
agents. Such man ought TO be re-
tanned in office so long as he would
remain, and should not be turned out
with the coming in of each new adj
ministration.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
all, the important thing is the peasant
got his parcel off.
FLOWER FADs.

Ihlrty thousand dollars is more than
we should care to pay for a pink, But
perhaps the carnation for which a Bos
ton florist recently paid that amount
was the pink of perfection. In which
case it was cheap at twice the money
In any event the transaction recalls the
nigh figures which tulips once fetched
AT Haarlem in one year the sales as-
gregating ten million forms. Holland
went tulip mad. The bulbs were quoted
on the stock exchange. Ownership in
them was divided into shares. Specu-
lators sold them short. At one time
more We're sold than existed. Young
men or family treated them as other
young men have treated actresses and
on them squandered their substance At
Lille a brewer sold his trade and good
VIII IN exchange for bulb which there
after was known as the Brewery Tulip.
In Amsterdam a father gave one by
way OF a dover with his child There
aLter the variety was known as the
Marriage ofnmy-daughter At Rottef.
gam hungry sailor happening on
lew mfstook them for onions and ate
them up. The repast became as famous
as Cleopatra's pearl lunch and prob
ably exceeded it in cost, At The Hague
poor devil managed to raise black
tuilp. The rumor of that vegetable mar
vel spread. Presently he was visited by
q reputation from syndicate. For that
eve lamb OF his the deputation Offered
thousand forms. The poor devil
refused. He was offered Ten
thousand. Still he refused. Cas-
cades of gold pieces were poured before
ms resisting eyes. Finally, tormentM
and tempted, he succumbed There and
then the deputation trampled that tulp
under their feet. Afterward it appeared
rhat already the syndicate had grown
a gem precisely similar and. unabletoo
pear the idea that a rival existed, haa
authorized the deputation, if needful
oHer ten times the amount which, y
paid. When the poor devil heard tN
ne took to his bed, modification mor&ss
set In, and he died On the subjeofoM
mat Hover man wrote novel WnIea
dumas signed and which he sworerN
never had read and never would. MeS6
while tulipmania reached such prop0sl
tons that the government had to inteLq
fere. Subsequently came the craze lSIy
orchids. Now we are in for pinks "
runs the world away.--Collier's Weekly
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
GARCIA BURIED.
Cubans Cause Trouble Over
Matter of Precedent.

Havana, Feb. 1.-THE funeral of
Gen. Calixto Garcia took place today
and the entire populace OF the city
turned out to do honor to the dead
commander. The final services, how
ever, were marred by a matter of
precedence. The Cuban generals had
a dispute with Governor General
Brool1e's staff as to where they should
march in the funeral procession. They
desired to follow Gen. Brooke, his
mounted staff ana escorting troops
coming after them. This was objected
to. and the Cubans withdraw in anger
from the line. 1t is understood an ap
peal will be made to the president
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
THE LATEST LEEps CLOCK.

The directors of the company that con-
structed the Grand Arcade in New Brig
gate have had erected "a clock with sew
eral novel features which will make It
one Of the sights of Leed3. The clock Is,
IAed over the Merton street entrance TO
the arcade, the dial facing inside This is
OF speclal design, and closely resembles
one at Berne. Swift zerand. The dial it.
self is Of polished copper, the figures he
ing of light blue, and Is protected in front
oN sheet of plate glass. The hands rep
l@Sent the sun and NOON respectiveIv
put there are no minute marks on the
dlal, Above the dial is seen the bell on
"Hlch the hours are struck and sur
mounting It Is life-size growing cock
like that attached to the famous clock al
Strasburg. The great feature is a pro-
cesslon OF moving figures five in number
representing different nationalities COM
prlSed in the British empire. Every hour
immediately the clock has struck, a door
IN the front opens, and out comes a Brit
ism soldier, who, as soon as he reaches the
centre, turns about to face the people,
raises his right arm to give a military sa :
lute afterwards again turning about and
moving away. The soldier is followed IN.
2 Scotsman IN kits, who goes through
the same motions, except that instead nf
saluting he makes bow Then follow a
Irishman, with shillelagh; next a Cana
dian boatman, with his paddle or oar. and
last Htndoo in turban and loin-cloth
All these figures make a bow in passing
As soon as the last figure has passed The
doors close automatically, and the cocl;
above flaps his wings raises his head and
crows three times. There are two Figures
representing knights in armor, one or
each side. and these strike the Quarters
on two bells fixed above their heads. The
clock works, which are OF the best class
have been supplied by Messrs. Potts 4
Sons, clock manufacturers Leeds. ana
the whole of the mechanism has beer
made and erected by t;em. II may b,
mentioned that Messrs. Potts also made
the clocks in the Thornton Oueen's nnf
Market street arcades Leeds. the West
gate arcade Bradford; the Hilton arcade
Oldham, and the Imperial arcade Bir
minEham.-Leeds (Eng) Mercury.