Jl 4 SECOND YEAK
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PL.ATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1881).
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OUTRAGES IN SAMOA
The American Flag Torn Down and Her
Citizens Insulted.
THE DUTCH HAVE GONE TOO FAR
The .Outrage at Mutinuu Cause
Capt. Leary to Land a Force
of Marines.
Immediate Action Taken.
San Francisco, Cul., Jan. 21. Refer
ring to the press accounts of the recent
events in Samoa, the San Francisco
Chronicle h.ijs that the current testimony
of the action of the Hermans shows they
brought upon themselves all that over
took them, as it was not until two of
Mat a.a fa's chiefs were killed that he
ordered his men to fire.
The (it rmans bombarded the village.
although warned by the American con
sul that three houses in it belonged
to American citizens. Over these houses
American Hairs were floatintr. Yet the
flags were torn down and partially burned
by Gorman sailors. Various correspond
encc also give accounts, of insults to
Americans in the neutral district. Ms
taafa has threatened that if the Germans
again attack his men he will destroy
all thu German company's property on
the Islands.
T1IK AKKAIR AT Ml.'TlNUU.
The Examiner says: It is easy to see
why the German officials spread the re
ports of American interference. They
have treated American citizens and the
American flag with an indignity that
demands exemplary repaation, they
thought it advU'tblc to put in a counter
complaint in time. In the devastation
of the Santoan towns they seemed to take
especial pains to single out the property
of American citizens for destruction.
While the United States man-of-war
Adams was at Apia, early in December,
it appears that an American's house was
invaded and his country's flag found
therein torn to pieces by Tamasese'a men
from their stronghold at Mutinuu oinl.
Capt. Leary of the Adams asked the
German consul whether Tamasese was
under German protection and fading to
get a reply began m iking arrangements
for landing a batallion and thowing up
fortifications facing Tamasese's fort. He
was determined, if no satisfaction was
given for the outrage, to take Tamasese
prisoner. On the absence of Capt. Leary
becoming known a great commotion
ensued in the Tamasese camp and at 10
o'clock the same night the evacuation of
Mutinuu point was begun with vigor.
The Adams sailed for Apia prior to the
occurrence on Dec. 8 and is now at
Honolulu.
TIIK VA.SDAI.UA SAILS.
At 4 o'clock this afternoop the United
f-.tates uvm of. war Y'aqdalia left Marc
I.-land navy yard bound for the Samoan
Islands, the present seat of warlike dis
turbances. DIPLOMATIC POWERS EXHAUSTED.
A Washington special says: Secretary
Biyard stated last night that the state
department had gone to the extreme limit
of its discretion In trying to arrange the
trouble over the fcamoan Islands in a
dignified and honorable manner. The
senate hid been furnished with all the
correspondence on the subject and it now
remained for that body to define the
policy of the jjovernmeut in dealing with
the subject fill tin K.
Mr. Iiayard stated the commission,
representing the United States, German
and Eniih governments, which conven
ed in tins ci y last summer with' a yiew to
adjusting the differences at Samoa, had
entered into an agreement to the effect
that the protocol should be regarded as
confidential, which' accounted for the
absence of that document from the
correspondence, an I other papers on this
subject, which hay already been trans
mitted to the senate. The. conference
was with a view to establishmin an
independent form of government at
Samoa, and having those islands regarded
neutral territory by the three countries
interested A" agreement of that nature
was virtually eutered into, and up to the
present time neither the German nor the
English governm-nts had notified the
United States that the conditions then
entered into have been disolved.
THE PROTOCOL K EIT SECRET
Mr. Bayard says he requested several
times of the Qermau and English repre
sentatives of the commission to allow the
protocal to be given to the public but
they insisted upon its being kept a secret.
Mr. Bayard pronounces the long dis
patch from Samoa yesterday a rehash of
an old story which was fully detailed in
the correspondence transmitted to tl
senate.
Secretary Whitney was also interview
ed. . He said he thought the time hail
arrived for the government to establish
and maintain a definite line of policy
with regard to the islands of the Pacific
ocean.
CAPT. MULLENS INDORSED.
lie commended Capt. Mullen s con
duct at La Tonga, and said the United
States steamer Nipsic has been instructed
to remain at Samoa, where he will short
ly be joined by tLe Trenton and the Van
dalia. The Trenton is now one week
out from Panama, bound for Samoa,
and the Yandalia will be ready to sail
in a few days from Mare Island, Cal.
Secretary Whitney says the three vessels
orderd to Samoa will probably be suffi
cient to protect .the. American interests
therein m case of an emergency. The
impression prevails in cabinet circles
that Germany has exceeded the bounds
of propriety, and a memlicr of the cabi
net remarked "an issue should be made
with her at onee."
a samoan account.
The Samoan Times, published at Apia,
gives the following version of the fight
of Dec. 18: "At 2 o.clock tn the morn
ing of Tuesday eighty German sailors
from the steamer Olga were landed at
Mataata and forty more were sent in
in boats along the coast. At a German
farmer's plantation tlu shore party were
reinforced by all the imported laborers
there employed. . This placed King Mat
aafa with his force between the 200 men
who came down the beach the previous
day and the German sailors and laborers
Realizing the danger of interfering with
the uermans, .Mataata retired inland a
few hundrsd yards. T.he Germans fired
into his men, killing a son of the chief.
This terribly excited the chief, but be
was prevented by his own people from
returning the fire of the German's. While
struggling against the opposition the
chief was himself shot and fell dead be
side his son. Mataifa's men then, by
common impulse, and without orders, re
turned the fire. The:r first volley killed
six Germans and wounded some more.
Several of Taniasses men then fled and
the laborers from the plantations refused
to fight. The sailors thereupon beat " a
hasty retreat to their boats. Mataafa's
warriors followed them forsome distance
Mataafa lost about ten killed and wound
ed, while the German loss is stated as
twenty killed. Among the dead is
Lieut. eiger.
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White and Black "Regulators" at
Work.
New Orleans, La., Jan. 21. The reg
ulators have been at work in the northern
part of the state during the last week,
but have generally found a disposition
on the part of the authorities to check
their schemes. Colored, as well as white
men, are implicated.
At Homer, in Claiborne parish. James
and Ezekiel Smith, two young white men,
were lodgod in jail charged with the
murder of a young negro woman. It
seems that the parties went to a negro's
house for the purpose of whipping him,
and for some purpose shot into the house
and killed a woman. The supposition
is that tbey intended to kill the man.
Wednesday nigtyt a colored mn, Wm.
Eldridge, was lulled near fjordon. There
appears to have been a conspiracy
formed, to which several colored men
were parties, to put Eldridge out of the
way, and he was decoyed out of bis
house and shot down. Four rnen, all
colored, have been arrested and are' now
in jail.
S.yeraJ colored, laborers Lave recently
b.-c n ordered out of the Ninth ward of
the parish of Baton Rogue by threats.
A meeting of the leading planters was
held there to put a summary end to this
1.-iw1-.S9qcss. v
A Wrecked Crew.
San Francisco, CaL, Jan. 31. The
steamship Alameda ai rived today from
Sydney, Sf-fe-.W., with the captain and
nineteen of the crew of fhe American ship
John Bryce of Thomaston, Me. The
Bryce sailed from Port Ludlow. Puset
Sound, Oct. 8, lumber laden, bound for
M. U-Qurne, In a hurricane which oc-
curred on Dec. 7 she became, water logged
and was abandoned 800 miles east of the
Samoa islands. " The crew after several
days succeeded in reaching the islands in
small boats. The second and third mates
ami steward remained' at Apia. '.'
A tare opportunity is presented to our
enterprising townsmen " to represent a
nursery firm that warrants stock to pe de
livered in prime condition go hat a
arge, honorable apd permanant trade can
be built up. Very liberal terms to the
right man. Address J.- E. Whitney.
Rochester, N. Y. .'. . . . ..
The Nebraska Springs a Leak
New obk, Jan. 21. The State line
steamer, State of Nebraska, which sailed
hence for Glasgow, Friday, returned yes
terday to repair the riveting around her
stern which had become loose, causing
the vessel to leak. Capt. Braess says he
could have made the voyage without
danger, but decided to avert possible
criticism by returning for repairs
steamer will probably sail again
The 100 passengers remained on
They have had no occasion for
and have been in no danger.
The
today.
board.
alarm.
WHAT ON EARTH
Is the reason people will not, can not, or
do not see any difference in cheap nos
trums put, up oy uueap John nouses or
irresponsible parties at enormous profits,
rather than take a medicine of world
wide reputation and one that is giving
universal satisfaction at equal price? Nt.
medicine in the world is giving such un
paralleled satisfaction for purifying the
blood as BEGG'S BLOOD PURIFIER &
BLOOD MAKER, and every bottle that
does not do its work will cost ycu notli
ing. For sale by O. P. Smith & Co.,
druggists.
The City Meat Market is the best place
to buy fresh meats, pork chops, poultry
and game of all kinds. tf
Send your job work to the Heralq
office.
HOW CAN PARENTS
allow their children to cough and strain
and coush and calmly say: "Oh! it is
only a little cold," and keep giving them
cheap and dangerous medicines, until
they are down with lung fever or con
sumption, when they can be so easily re
lieved by BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH
SYRUPf It has no superior, and few
equals. For sale by O. P. Smith & Co.,
druggists.
bmul of Dazzling Whiteness.
Some sixty miles due north of El Paso
lies a formation of almost pure gypsum,
forming ranges of low, undulating hills.
without a speck of a mixture, and or a
dazzling whiteness. The gypsum occurs
in (no enapo oi imo uuuu, uiiu inu uu-
trlct Is some twenty-hve miles long by
six or seven miles wide. The rays of the
6un are so strongly reflected from a bril
liant surface that traveling across the
country is almost impossible in summer
on account of the blinding glare and the
great beat generated. 'Ifcia gypsum
range is looally known as the White
Sands, and the Wliite Oaks railroad
skirts the eastern border. In one locality
on the White Sands there is a natural
basin like depression, into which a num
ber of neighboring gullies and valleys
lead and concentrate, and this basin has,
for the first time within $he memory of
man, been filled by rains, and over 800
acres have been covered several feet deep
and transformed into a lake. As the
bottom of this lake Consists of the purest
gypsum, which, has been by the water
cemented into a solid snow white mass,
it cannot drain off except by the slow
process of evaporation, and when the
midday sun shines with its full force
upon the landscape, the effect of the re
flection is dazzling and magnificent be
yond description. There is, probably, no
similar scenery anywhere in America.
fcj Paso Cor. bp. f-puis iobe.-Democrat.
Youthful Transgressors.
X believe that theologians, generally
speaking, fix the awakening pf the juve
nile conscience at the age of 7; and I
think there is a holy man somewhere in
Alban Butler's "Lives" but I cannot re
member his name now who once in a
vision (after a supper of pork chops. I
dare sav). saw "babes, a span loner.
crawling on the floor of belt - " But for
uij iian, ju epifce vi iues weigmy au
thorities, refuse to consider boys of 7
or 1 1 as rational creatures, and suppose
mat even tne npiy man rvpove referred
to would have admitted that if his
"babes had not happened , to die at an
nopportune moment, they might bv ju-
uicious treatment nave oeen reclaimed
and turned into decent citizens. I look
.1 : i . a. . i i i T .
upon criminal bovs of 11 in precisely the
V ,.1, 4. , T 1x1. J.
bite or Kittens tnat scratch. I win not
f-.. . 1 t- : 4. - 1 A T ' m T " 1 1
ek vutixi una or ecraici aie i 4 pan (lip
t. But I do not record the bitincr or
scratching from a grave moral point of
view. Lonaon iTutn.
The Suburbs of Melbourne
One of the most pleasing features of
Melbourne is the nearness of the numer
ous suburbs which surround the city
proper. Uuring the summer months in
tensely hot winds sween over the city.
spreading discomfort broadcast. To es
cape from the debilitating influence of
these the Melbournites have only tospend
a half hour in the train and they are at
the seashore. Many of the suburban
places are called by very English names,
such as Kew. Briirhtori. Kensincton.
Northcote and Newport. St. Kilda is
one of the more fashionable places of
residence, and it is here that part of the
teas based. It is only three miles from
Melbourne and on the shores of Hobson
bay. Numerous bathing establishments
and hotels cater to the visitor's comfort.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
An Accommodating Jude.
Dan Laoeley. a Georgia moonshiner.
was tried and convicted. ' At the trial he
told the judge that "he was to be married
Sa little over a month, arid the judge
erefore sentenced, him to jini.rispninent
tor just one montr. lie. was unua auie to
Quit jail on a Monday and start for' his
home' in Gordon countv, where he was
to be married on the following. Wednes
day. V lie was so thankful for the light
sentence that ho promised to send the
judge a gallon of the bcrt moonshine
. 1. t t:
Rsealng trmm Brka tern.
fikatuig is one of the best of sports.
and it is also one or tho most hazardous.
It is always best when the ponds and
rivers are first frozen, but that is like-
wuo the time when the ice is of unequal
inicKness anu strengtn because 01 cur
rents and springs lelow. The weak
places in the ice are called air boles;
they constitute the chief dangers in
bleating and traveling until they are
marked by boughs 6et in the ice.
Should an unsuspecting traveler fall
into one of these open air cavities he will
most assuredly be carried under the ice
If tho current is 6trong, his only chance,
in tho atsence of assistance, being to
swim against the current.
Ono afternoon, says the author of
"Field and Forest Rambles," I saw a
skater plumn into one of these danger
ous places, when suddenly another, ob
serving me accident, pulled on ids coat.
and us he skated past the man in the
water, tossed it toward him, who caught
tho Blceve and was dragged out by the
... , t l .t .1 .
impetus wjin wnicn tne ouier was going.
The feat was done so cleverly that I
asked the performer if he had been ac
customed to save persons In thru way.
and be tod me that lie bad pulled many
men out tv tne air holes, and that pro
vided one is a good skater and can get
near enough to the individual, there is
no more ready and efficacious method.
Un another occasion 1 observed a skat
er fail, when immediately another pulled
off his coat and dashed toward the
drowning man, who caught it, and was
lying on the ice In a shorter time than I
take to write down the fact. Youth's
Companion.
Impure Water.
The growing popular knowledge of in
visible impurities and the deepening im
pression upon the minds of people, the
necessity of a pure water supply, have
caused a demand tor a simple and con
venient test, As yet there is no certain
and reliable test by chemical analysis.
The following tests are recommended:
'Fill a perfectly clean quart bottle half
lull or water, cone and shake it: remove
the cork and see if any odor can be de
tected at the mouth of the bottle. Cork the
bottle again and put into a warm place for
a few hours, or set into a pan of hot
water for an hour. Shake, uncork and
again test by smelL If an unpleasant or
faint or musty odor is perceptible, the
water requires more minute investiga
tion. 1 ne second simple test is to evapor
ate a quart of water to dryness in a new
tin pan or cup, and note the character of
the residue, and what happens when it is
strongly neated in a metal spoon, if the
sediment left after evaporation is small.
anu on ueine ourned in a metal snoon
gives rise only to such an odor as comes
from burning vegetable matter, the water
13 not greatly contaminated with, sewage.
But if the sediment is in considerable
quantitVt dark in color and burns, riv
ing off the peculiar odor of burning liair
or other animal matter, then the water
is foul. rxew ork Graphic.
Steamboat Disasters.
There seems to ba something remark
able about steamboat disasters. While
they are few and far between, years of
practical experience as an aerent has
taught me that they never come singly.
One occurs, and nine out of ten times
two more follow within a few days. It
appears strange, but the records will bear
me out. W hen we do have a disaster on
the river, it is not generally one followed
by great loss of life, lhere are no more
careful or cautious men in professions
.1 1 . 1 .
man our river ooaimen, anu 11 is a rare
thing to hear of accidents or fatalities.
In late years the most perious disasters
have occurred W the Mississippi river.
and generally come from sinking bv
running into unearthed snags of old
hulks of gunboats sunk duriner the re
bellion, or are caused bv spontaneous
combustion and sparks setting fare to
cotton aboard the steamers. There are.
however, fewer accidents on steamboats
than on railroads, and the percentage
last year was about ten steamboat acci
dents to a hundred on tho rtd. Cincin
nati Commercial Gazette.
A Story pf Daniel Boone,
lhe party or surveyors oamped on
the bank of the Missouri river where
Boone was then located. A number of
gentlemen from Kentucky who came
west to look at the new country (Mis
souri) were in camp with Boone. In the
evening, while they were all sitting
around the camp iire, expatiating on the
oeauiy pi ine 6urrvunitmg territory tney
had visited thai day, saying it was cer
tainly the best of earth, Itoone, who had
taken no part in the conversation, said:
"Gentlemen, you have not 6een today
the best country on earth." The Ken
tucky men, supposing that Boone had
been further west and bad seen, if pos
sible, a better country, asked him where
the better land lay. Boone, itt reply,
named four cpurities in the blue grass
region of Kentucky, the homes of the
men he was entertaining. They were
greatly surprised, and after further con
versation agreed that Uoone was correct.
St. Louis Republic.
An Cnliupp? folncUlence.
Dr. Leonard Bacon, of New Haven.
after bis active pastorate had ceased, was
accustomed to sit in the pulpit, and, if a
stranger preached, to introduce him to
uie congregation, vno punuay pe saiu:
"The first pastor pf this cjiurch was the
Rev. John Davenport," and he proceeded
pronounce a brief eulogy upon
him.
The grandson of that pastor was the
Rev. John Davenport, of Stamford. Tho
son of that pastor was the Rev. James
Davenport of tiouthold, L. I. We are
today to be addressed by a lineal de
scendant of John Davenport, our first
pastor," The. 'minister ' thus ' introduced
was observed to be blushing violently,
and the occasion of his emha7Tamen,t
became evident when, ho announced, his
text? "Visttng the iniquities pf he
fathers unon the children unto the third
and fourth generation'-rSan Francisco
irnpnaut.
ucn ana bteei are now usuauy ensun-
guisnea dv me use or aqua loins, wiitcn,
when applied to a Eurface of steel, w.
duces a black spot. On iron tt liaJ oc
c-ffect, leaving jhetal perfect Iv clean.
Dy this, test" the. slightest vein of'irop fa
ftPflc:in readily to dotletV.
File One-Price
THE OUKilNATOU OF LOW IMUCLS,
POSITIVELY GUARANTEES
lliat every (Jarinent fcold bv liim is lower in Price than the
-'ame quality ami make can be bought elsewhere in the city.
3jtot
with your pprchao Joe will tale
will cheerfully refund the money
reputation he has earned and
It Makes Uo Difference
how low a price other clothidrs
tuey may offer for your patronage,
will always be lower ami his imlucement more liberal.
No Dot, No Dash. No Short Hand
Crytogiamic, Private Cypher Pusiness with JOE, hut
Plain Figures and
One
Prices are
t
Lois
Best
1
OO TO HENRY BOECK'S
FURNITURE
Parlor, Dining Room and Kitchen
FUR
HE OWNS HIS
PA
Ami therefore can sell
Money than any other
HE ALSO HAS X COMPLETE ASSORTMENT (V
HEARSE FURNISHED
HENKY
COR. MAIN AND
Lumber Yard.
THE OLD RELIABLE.
H. A. WATERMAN k SON
Wholesale and Ketail Dealer ts
Shingles, Lath, Sash,
Doors.Blinds.
Can supply every dem.an1 o,f the trade
Call and get tor-ns. Fourth street
In R;3ar of Opera House.
K, DRESSLER,
The 5th t. Hsrchant Tail.Qi
Keeps a Full Line of
Foreign I Domestic Goods.
Caasitft Vor lotereit by Clvmgt II im a cl
SHERWOOD BLOCK!
I3! f Vt tSI tiiO lAtll.
LUMBER
0
mi
satisfied
it back again within thirty days ami
you paid for it. Joe is proud of his
may ask, or what extra inclucementu
Price Only I
always the
EMPORIUM!
1 Prices
in
IITURE
OWN Hl'ILOIXr.,
you goods for less
dealer in the city.
FOR ALL FUNERALS.
BOECK.
SIXTH STREET?.
C. F. SMITH,
The Boss Tailor
Mala St., Over Merges' Shoe Store.
Has the best and most complete stock
of samples, both foreign and domestic
woolens that ever came west of Missouri,
river. Note these prices: Businefs suita
from f 1(1 to $35, dress suits, $25 to 45.
pants 4, $ 5, $6, $6.50 and upward.
tWill guaranteed a fit.
Prices Defy Comoelilion.
J. H. EMMONS, Jf. 1).
UOXKOPATIUC
Physician Surgeon
OITW over W?.CoM' tore. Vain frtt.
lifl.lence In l,T. Kohildkneclifx .rpri'v.
hronlc Dio.uH. and DKeses l Women nd
2 to 5 and 7 to 0 p. im.
"Telepuonw at both Office and Kesidenc
B. 4. M. Time Table.
WIOT. OOI NO AS1
so. 1. 5 :io a. m. No.j2.-4 aa p. a.
No. 3-. hj -.40 p, in. No. 4. 10 :.m a. m.
No. 5.-6 :47 a. m. N0. 6.-7 :13 K .
No. 9 -C :I7 p. in.
No. 11 6;27a. in.
All train run dally by wof Onjb. except
" and 8 which run la and from Hchayler
daily except Suud.y.
No. 30 U adnata Pacific Junction at .3oa.m
No. a ub from f aclflc .1 unct ioa at 1 1 iaa