SAMOA. PREVALENCE OF TYPHUS FEVER. (FUO.U OUK OWN CoKKKSl'ONDlSM1.) October, 29th, 1889.

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SAMOA. PREVALENCE OF TYPHUS FEVER. (FUO.U OUK OWN CoKKKSI'ONDISM 1 .) October, 29th, 1889.

EvEKYTiuxu is sbill very quiet here, The report which came frcm'Suvnii that a light had taken place turned out to be entirely wrong. There wob some sent ot dis-turb-anco there, but it was of no political import whatever. A man named McDonald, who, ,«omo 18 months ago, was tried bofoie the -Judicial Commissioner ior man&langhter, and acquitted, was tried bcfoic Deputy Commis&ioner de Coi-tlegon for unlawfully presenting a loaded revolver at a native woman, and was .sentenced to Ihiec months' impusonment and deportation at the end of that term. Quite a scare has been caused here by the fact or typhus fever having made its appearance on board H.I.G. jNI. Sophie. The German authorities very btupidly created a lot of discord by bringing the feverstricken patients on shoro and lodging them in a building used as a hospital, and situated in the mo.«t thickly inhabited portion ot the town. After a good deal of public feeling had been aroused, and the ISritibh ar>d American Cunsul3 had remonstrated with them, they removed those who were not dead to Mullinuu, which is out of town, besides being much bettor lor the men. Altogether, some live or «ix men from the warship have died, and about thirty are now ill. Nothing new in regard to the kingship as yet here. The Consuls hold a meeting the other day and agreed to resuscitate tho old municipality for the present. They appeared to think that there vvat> an absolute necessity for something to be done to improve the sanitary condition of the town. The Sophie and Adams are the only men-of-war in port at present. Two Japanese men-of-war are shortly expected.