Local and General News.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 29, 4 May 1889, Page 2

Local and General News.

The VS. .-■. A.< ••■■:, </.;;=: Jam.* I.\ j i Graham, iu rived ii. bail, .r yu.Merday j j iioiti Honolulu. We v. i i give a list j j of tbo tiiuin-s of in :■ ulikors, and other : ; purticuh.ra in uev. issue. a.-M.3.B»i)td, which i ft as stated [last week for a crui.-e, «.■ Had has enr.eae i the Island of Sttnur.n?', a small ifthtnd ovtctipti -I only by .sa vrbilu nsoti and a f- w int'ho. Taiuai.'.!.',■, l c .id" bell a ra&uti.ig o:i Xhu«4uy 1 mt. Aftttr a totm-ier-abla amount'»f .'..'Siltaiy talic itvva.i Ogretid to wiit>i ti Mala; fa, diMriug (but [.'.. i- fLuiiJ.i bo mriutuiiiod LoIWniJl 1,11 :...:; :.o l.titi; tlt.J Cth.f'.'t'ettiro ii 1! tiiti h-i'l •:.! i Fa.aoan alfaiis. V.'n havii tin ii <abt Malatii'a | will egret? :•' the •> jtit»no*ab-«. iiahaa 1 already ixpr>.-»si-d lit* doHiro not tu 1 <j't:itr.-! with hh> count ry atttt any ntoro, j u:;l. «• lie i» tiaii|»i Tiud ualor force uf I cifji'iuiDfatioß to do 00. On Wi ilntyiley as si p. as the *. b. Boi ktuu I'Ujb? !i.r «■!.■'■■•■..■ t . fei.vo tho I harbor a crowd < u tho [ beach. Sotne ni tho T«< ulnii'» tp'-n j who werti toll la -bind managed to pru- | onre noma wtmll gun« and place ihcut : on Mr. Uoors* wharf far thu purpose i of firing a j artiug euluto to their late : tomradts. A-> wun na the tdmiug couiiiu'iicod the nativee mustered iu : great uuiiibfi-nand joined i» t.'i" hearty j tlaerof good Imli to theTlot-Llouand 1 h»r j:aßi*eiig»r»i. Tho band of ibn ! who were also hutting in tho ; HaLioii, repHt'd to to .hi-etiig ou ; ehoru try playiug t**eral populai'air*, : in. biding "Aal tmbg Hync"' When ! the Itatktou pa«ad 11. M. 8* Kupid ■ tbo EtfglUli taUore were crowded on tlcik and aloft, and rang out British eh»or» to the dwpadbig United Statfl lailore.

L)r. Stinbcl, iho hy.f'y appointed Gorman Con»ul-Gvii«rnl, urrivoU by tho s. I. LnUtk lost Siindnv.

Dr. Knap'.e, the re-e !l«d German Consul, was entertain, d by hi> friend* at the Oectdi Utal Hotel two ur three days before hi* departure by the 8, s. Lubeck. After dinner Dr. Knappe undo a speech. Hu Mated that ho was Uot dismissed by tin* Imperial German Government. He was lluttij goinj; hi.uio to return.iijjaiii to Samoa in »ix months' ti ae, with gre*t<Mr power* than he held us Consul. We wonder what will bo the nature of the cstecded powers which Dr. Knappe expects to be endowed wish, lie haa hud already t-npri me Control over lb ru.nu subjects. Perhaps Dr. Knappe think* hu will b»* able td Mxeroiso th>» suae authority over ail foreign resident! on bis return \to 'Samoa, truiue of Ida friends in the room actually believed this ridiculous claptrap, but these wild expressions of the recalled consul are only tspinllod by his extravagant conduct j siueo his arrival in Hamoa as Cousul- | General. An approximate ostimato of tin* ioseos sustained by the German and Americau Qovernruents by the wrecks I of the ve.>sels of those two nations in i Apia hwrbor, havo been stated :o bo ! about half a million sterling.

The steamship Koekton, which was chartered by Lieutenant Wilson iu Sydney to convey tho American men-of-war's men from here to (feu Fruncisco, arrived on Monday last. The news of her charter had preceded her by the .-. s. Lubeck, and all tho United ; ; : ite* sailors and marines were on tac watch for her npyeaiatiee. As soon us she lone in siejit the men from the L. N. S. Yandalta and Ttentoii gave a hearty cheer; th-u ali wii; btrette, each ir?;sn getting icdy in a bundle what little ho had mm»d from the a reck of his vessel. They were no; overloaded poor ft Hows, bat so expression' of >-Jeasiile V. .<S t]%jjisi-.d oa ihuir IuCCS with the t*t".'-pect of getting home ags;-;. T!.»> Ee.ilre.fl left the Urbor on V> cdnesiluy ;u truing 1 , May !»!, with belonging to ti.-; Trealoa. and about 16 'libera. Admit at Ks.iibeily oi course jcirieius hero. Everyone was surpr.se-] to learn coon titer the ac:hui ef the s. s. Lubeck, of thu death of Mrs. LCrause, the esteemed wife oi the well-known trailer, Mr. I'. Krause, uti i one of two

oldest leaiaeinsui tu. r.' Lvuuda. Mr, and Mr.i. Xtuu?o arrived in Galium about ti.u jartr 1867, ut.d bo was fur su;:.o tsiae i-VilkKUer of the liilnnll ti:iti'« pluniaiiou ut Mulcfauua, for whom ho did good Mirviui'. Mrs. K.KIU.V! was taken seriously ill two i..i_. hj .i!ir; leaving Apia, uf heart disal. Tae IVutiir ,'j 11. I. M. warthin Olgu x'. !i■■ •■• as also u [>a9-.onger in Sim i.'.ii.'.;k, •.. is it as tu t!».> lady's condition, and from tlio iirst gave ;■ j hopes of liur reoovt ry, and in iv.ii 1.. ui'M she iii-,! i\;111 apparently lit tin pain. .Mrs. Krauso wmh of a ;<!lr«d disposition, mid was always ready t" had a heipiug hand ta any ;.;».:d .hum. A pictnrv»titto wedding took place oil 'i'hurnd.iy ..;-!, \riiMii Ms«* yilv. riu Cuza!, daughter of Mr. Michael C'uisul of Savaii, was united lo Mr. William llusit (Mt'Birc MuArthur and C».'.h i.-j,i.->.i!ii>iitl\o tit Fab ai.li). The bridal party consisted of the b: ido and bridegroom, tho parents of the bride, eleven briitesmaidj nud a number of geitUeuieu, relative* and friends of tho contracting purtioa. The bridoMiiuids were nil drewed ulik*. and all looked j charming. Tho marriage ritual was first perforated in nn hnprauuve man* j iirr by the Eev. FatUor Dedier at the ! Ctitholio C'huroh, and subsequently I ooutiruii u at the Briti..U Couotilato. At tho conctuaiou of -the m,uriago j ceteiuony tlia guests numbering about i thirty adjourned to tho International i Ilotot whore tho dejeuner was laid. < iu tiio uf ormti.ii u largo number of i friend* worn entertained at tho festive I table, when tho iio.it of tho iuto.uaI tional displayed his usual liborul hospltable treatment, la thu evening Ik j most enjo able datuo kept >i[> to tbo j pleasure i,f over throe hundred gtteetl, I wiioii «iino;.o.retired highly pleased j with the t'ii;»«:t;.iiiiiK:lit. 'iii' following aie tin.) name*, of tho 1 officer* ol 11. M. S. Itqpid, now in harbor :—Captain: Win. McC. 1\

Castle. Taeuts.: KobeK C. Sparkee, H. Care-Browue Care, H. C. C. Da Costa, Staff-gurgeon: J. D. Henwood. Paymaster: Charles Topping. Chief Engineer : Xhoa. Agnew. Assistant Paymaster: 11. A. Smallwood. Ouaner: Oeo. W. Jinks. Boatswain: Win.linrelgrove. Carpenter. James Barb