LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 71, 1 March 1890, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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I this *mh» to i*MMraai building TheVOse*V aaf"aftvahaa flag, which ><Mlu edsaaaaaar Mt way to get srouao the ft* aaamataad that m actioa has Wwtirtfcfti la tli. High Oomui. eloaaVa 06a* Aaaou. bv Midi E. W. Crurr aad Ob., of Apia, against Mil I Oil lanin, Dswea. and Co., aVaata,.-fa. UK, lahiaua at account with agaaey bus»na»* at Imm aad elsewhere. IW-jra. (Whan awl *ke*n have be»* by Mee-ra. E. W. Ourr and On. to l»ro*»iH> their claim*. Imwrtniit aaVal a»»« haa W reoetved hv the awll. Commander R. M. fteuaard *ffi!satieJve<%rttala Oeghlaa in the eamnwnd of ta* TJ.B.a Mohican. and o>Mxuaaad*r O. & Wrae-sta relives Gunnuadex I*aae4t t*a B*.s. Waste, C*|.Uin J. J. Ohm of the U.S.* Alert liH-hw, da*i to .U F. J. B. Oordaiio. who arrived at t '•** taLHPh "tWaa* Dr. E. Z-DerroftUNlpuc. Tha U.B a. Adams left Apia on Thuraday but. in ardor to catch tha Sen Francisco M«ili.oet, which left Auckland on Monday laat. Maaara. Wiley, I*jeune, aad Stafford, midshipmen, are leaving tha m-uj-of-war, •ad proceed by- the Mail Steamer to 8m Francieoo. The Adatna ia likely to reman at Paso Pago for tonw tiro*, probably until ih» arrrival cf tha next mail from tha United States. Allot too Waiuui left Tonga for here four Sumoan natives wore observed on board, and when tii» |mi-« >j{e money wit* demanded thar had none to pay. (hi the arrival uf tha YVainui here, the natives Turn locked up ia one of the cabins, Captain Crawahaw intending to take them back to Tonga- Ore uf the natives had friend* ashore, who paid hit ptsstge, and ho was sent ashore. On Batnrday evening, whan ti>e steward opened the dor? to give the luitiv*-* fond, 'hey ruehe>l out. and. befo.-e they could l»e caught, jumped overboard and swum ashore. Th« infltteaen ho*nboio run out in Europe and the but ia -till preva. lent in Kan Francisco, and the death rata baa been higher than ever known norrov, owing'tbHW'rovnjre-," »f lung •JiMa.M* Atn.ia/riiV victims of the • iiseaa-i* the inf.tnt King of Spain. Alfonso XIII., who died on the Jan, The tbr»ne bns now ilm ende.l to his 9 your old stater, the eldest child of Alfonso XII. and Queen Msrcedea. : Quean Victoria had a had attack of be malady; but recovered. Mr. Doughty, who haa for some ton- ! aiders hm time Men in Maun. afoAr* ; thur and Co.'a nmploy her.* as salesman and head of tho wholesale department, j i« not returning to Apia from New { Zenland. whither ha went two month* ' Ago. We believe Mr. I touchty has i accepted aa eppoiVment in a large' wholesale house in New Zealand. I Both he and Mm. Doughty will be | greatly missed by their frieuda in 8a- j men. On Monday laat the U.Se. Adams rotatoed to port, and took up tho in-; «r«rd position. HI.G.M.e. Alesan-; driae arrived *«it dav with atcknaaa < n board, at» rol saihwa being laid up.! and one death having- oocurrad during' her etay at Pago foa> - A strange! fatality eeoina to bane; ov«r the Qermaa I warabips hero. fr«m which the Ameri-! oaa aad British ahipeeamp**. WiiethorJ the Oermaaa are ov*r»orksd ia this' hot eUmate, or are supple t with a different ideas of laud from other nation* alines* aad |h?< are more prone to die* ease, we cannot say ; but the fact remains that more Mt-knaaw ami deatue oeoar ia their veasela thau ia the other Teasels combined. Wo at* iafnrmod on good authority thai a- lereign isaioW. wherartlds an iaaporW poettioe. and whoepeake falSaS^S^^r^ ipiaiaaawai d aa Kagttjamen to tho MM of •sfsira would be tuiaous i that the mmf ej weald aB have to pay taxes aa tbarr hwasee; aad that their voald eono be another oivil war ia aasaoa, waaa awaaarraa waahs ha ebamU at aaaa aa ana a aaaa an. i*" m _ m z. . tH ■gaT aaaa vraaanaaa aaaarkv ar'aaw aaawa>«aaaaave*w wai aaaaaaaa

aaftaas aaa reaaany aawtteaaaa ai u»o vara. The maw. aumnnaai of Mi ' ■ man aad marine guard in full uuiform, < beaded by the Independence band.i' ' marehed it prjoaaatoa down to tho ' ' cruiser Tl»ey were in charge.of lienjtanant Field aad Ensign MeDon.ld, ' | nnd nude a very pretty eight aa they ; marohed down the main avenue. ': When the ship was raaahsd tho crew | '' gave three cheers for Admiral Brown. I ' j and also cheered the Chariest..u. The I i maiiae a-aard were iret to gaaboard, the balaaoe of the eretf beiug given I their station billet aad number before '1 being permiitfd t« goon U«rd. The . : crew it cou|Hised mostly uf Americana, and ia aahl to ho the beat set of man j ever sent alaiard a Government ship ': at this jari. " ; lintaedintely after the Am»ricuu , patters were received by the 3*n Fran- [ ciaco mail they were eagerly sought after for a report of ihe Samoun treaty. ' i The fffet of the Treaty uppeared in [ the Chronicle, and it soon spread ! around the boacu. It waa rather !! interesting to listen to the various coini menu inumcn] on the articles of the j treaty, but the high salaries appor* i tioaed off to the Chief Justice, aud more 1 j especially to the of Mnt Muni--1 ci|ta4 oouaeiUrraa»edqnitttae4iisn<ioi. t , Several citisaus were heard cxcluiiu- • i ing, '' Where will the money come " j fnmi f M Oh, it will never work ;•* 1 j "The country can't stuud it;" aud ' I such like expression* ; but on calmer ' I consideration of the matter, it become • i uppareut to the old hands of Apia that ', the whole subject of salaries, etc., ! would bo svbjeef to future ounaidern- • j ti<>n when the Chief Juetioa and i ■ Commiasioners arrive It was also . j amusing to hear the comment of our . i local hnnifaiw* on the duties put on j b*Mr. wine, and spirits, ami how they ' j will have to regulate the nobbier I charges. " Ten cent* a drink will ' j never pay," wun unanimously ngmwl 1 jo". tfow they will regulate the ' churKCa ia left for future consideraj ti..n. Tho storekeepers mid littlo on ■ the matter. The low duly of 2 per cent ad valorem on general merchnni diae could nor )<o a of coin- | plaint ; '»ut thia small lew, whmi ' • compared with tho other duiiea, was ; certainly a surpri-e. j On the nrrival of the F.S.«. Adam* i > fr»«e Tiitrils on Mnndiv last the cap- ; < tain notified the U.S. Vice-Conaul that i ho had outward two negro sailors that : had left the schooner Challenc»r, aud , hid found their any in a boit to i Manna. When the captain of the . I Adams heard of these men being at , Mauua he went there for them, and , : brought them to Apia, to be examined i | before the Consul. When that gentle--1 mail weut on board, the two men told ' j him the following story. They mid i I that they left here in the schooner > I Challeuger, and when in a calm, aome i {dietanoa off the island of Mannn. < they were sent over the side in a boat j to paint the ship, aad that while en- , gaged in this work, a squall came np. j and struck the vessel and away she j went at snob a speed that the boat ia ■ which they were had to bo cut adrift to | prevent it from being awampad. That ; was the last they saw of the schooner. I They then made for the island of j hfanoA, which they reached after being jat eea four day* without f«iod. and I there thev remained until brought j awny iu the Adam*, litis statement . , appears an improbahte that we j understand the <!on«ul haa decided |fo keen them under *orveillanoe I until ho heare something more , | abdHt the iacident from the captain of , t the ObaUenger. As our last exchanires J reported tha veasol'a arrival at Hawaii, i jwe pram ma fall particulars will reach i tha Coaeoi by the next mail