Weather To-Day: FAIR; COLER. The News and Observer. VOL. XLVI. NO. 25. LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA HUES IN lEIB AND CIRCULATION. Spurred to Rebel by Rose EFFECT OF HIS PROCLAMATION ON THE MATAAFANS. Admiral Kautz Grossly Insulted by the Ger man Consul's Action. The Crowning of Malietoa King. Apia. Samoa, March 24th. via San Francisco, Cal., April 7.—Then* have been lively times in Samoa during the past few days. The United States and British warships have shelled Matanfa's forces repeatedly, and sailors have been landed in Apia to protect property. Numerous casualties have resulted on both sides. Malietoa has been crowned king. Admiral Kautz and the command ers of the British ships are anxiously awaiting advice from their Governments, and in the meantime the shelling pro ceeds daily. When Admiral Kautz arrived on the Philadelphia he si tent two days in mak ing inquiries and then called a meeting of all the consuls and the senior officers of all the warships in the harbor. As a result of the meeting a proclamation was issued by the American Admiral, declaring that the so-called provisional government under Mataafa can have no legal status under the Berlin treaty, and therefore cannot be recognized by tin* consular and naval representatives, and ordering Mataafa and his supporters to quietly go to their homes and respect tin' laws of the Berlin treaty. It was furth er ordered that the i>eople ejected from their homes be returned, and the power of the naval force, it was stated, would he used against all who disregarded (lie right of peaceably disposed people. The authority of the Chief Justice was up held by the proclamation, and tilt l Ad miral closed by saying lie hoped there would Is* no occasion to use military power. The proclamation was signed by Admiral Kautz. This proclamation was taken to Mataafa arid read to him by Flag Lieutenant Miller. It was received in silence, and no answer was made. Mataafa and bis chiefs quietly left and went to the western portion of the muni cipality, and it seemed as if they were a 1 suit to obey the commander and re turn to their homo. The German Con sul, however, issued a counter proclama tion, in the Samoan language, which was distributed among the Mataafans. The proclamation reads as follows: NOTICE TO ALL SAMOANS. “By the proclamation of the AdmirqJ of the United States dated March lltli. it was made known that the three con suls of the signatory powers of the Ber lin treaty, as well as the three command ers of men-of-war, had been unanimous to no more recognize the provisional government composed of Mataafa and the thirteen chiefs. “I therefore make known to you that this proclamation is quite false. I. the German Consul General, continue to recognize the provisional government of Samoa until I have received contrary instructions from my Government. “Apia. March 13th, 1899. (Signed.) “HOSE. "German Consul General.” The immediate result of this act was that the rebels turned back and pre; pared for war, declaring that they would not obey the Admiral’s order and would prevent any food supplies being brought into Samoa for tin' Malietoa natives. The next day Apia was surrounded by Matanfa’s warriors. Forces from the Philadelphia and Porpoise under Lieu tenants Brown and Cave, were landed to protect the loyal natives. On Tuesday Mataafa, having failed to appear. Flag Lieutenant Miller was sent to deliver an ultimatum. He was not allowed to see the chief, but delivered his message and retired. Everything looked ugly, and British and American bluejackets were landed in Apia to protect the consulates. Quick tiring machines and small held pieces were also landed. Hostilities commenced on Tuesday af ternoon when half a dozen Malietoa liven were captured by tin Mataafans. They were taken to headquarters and hotu'ul. On Wednesday morning notice was spread that if no answer was re ceived from Mataafa by one o’clock the Philadelphia would lire one of her large' guns, followed by three one minute guns. •Mataafa sent, no answer. He and bis chiefs wore buoyed up by the German Consul's proclamation and vague talk tlmt Germany would sup port them: that ir was tin- greatest na tion on earth, invincible in war, and that Gn at Britain and America would never dart* to i Dgago Germany in conflict. Signal guns were tired, and the foreign population of British and Americans were taken on board their respective war ships. Oilier nationalities went on board sailing vessels in (he harbor. One hun dred and seventy-live men and officers were landed, and at Admiral Ivautz’s request Captain Sturdy, of the Porpoise assumed command of the combined forces on shore. Flag Lieutenant Mil ler. of the Philadelphia, assisting. Sur geons were landed from both ships, and Miss McCoy and Miss Forth, mission aries, volunteered as nurses. Th whole native population sought protection be hind tin* American lines. As soon as the land forces were sta tioned, the Philadelphia opened lire by throwing a shell into the outskirts of Apia. , The Royalist followed but with six-inch shells, and the Porpoise went down the eoasit a couple of miles and bombard'. •! tin ci!!a>* of Vam -u, •-> live large ’parties of rebels were supposed to be. The church was smashed by a shell, and the house or the manager of the German plantation damaged. The whole of the outskirts of Apia were shelled from the harbor, about seventy shells being fired before dark, when the firing ceased. A shell from the Phila delphia which was sighted for 2,300 yards, unfortunately exploded after it bad gone only 1,190 yards. It knocked over an outbuilding of the American Consulate and damaged flic veranda of the main building. One of the sailors' was wounded in the leg. j About dusk the reliefs made an at tack oil the Britishers sit the Tivoli Hotel. Their tire was returned but it is not known how many were killed. About 2:30 a. m.. the natives made a rush on the guard at the Tivoli. Three British sailors were killed and one wounded. The native hiss is unknown. At the request of the British a Maxim gun was sent from the Philadelphia to , the British Consulate and men to work it. The next day a body of 300 Malie toaiis had their rifles returned to them from the Porpoise and rendered good service in clearing the brush. The r bel village of Vain ilia was lmrmd i:i order to prevent dose approach to the Con sulate. Tine German warship Falke attempted to leave port on a secret mis sion, when Admiral Kautz ordered her captain to stay where lie was and be ready to afford help to his countrymen. Tile Falke remained. During Thursday matters quitted. About dusk the Ameri cans tired on a Ixwly of Mataafans, but no one was killed. Early Friday morning 200 rebel rushed up to within 39 yards of the Consulate. The sailors behavcl solendid- Jy, and the natives were repulsed. On American sailor was killed and one Brit ish sailor was shot in both. legs. Major General Ontliffe, of the British army, as sisted in directing operations at the Con sulate. There is intense feeling against the Germans here, and they are accused of spying and giving information to the rebels. One Marquardf, who lias been drilling the natives, was arrested and ! sent on board the Falke umb r tin* pledge of tin* German commander that In* will not lit* allowed to land. A Siulf < asto named Taylor lias been arrested as a spy and is in irons on the Porpoise. 11. .J. Moore, an American, is confined to his store under suspicion of being a Mataafa sympathizer. Saturday and Sunday were quiet. The Tivoli Hotel has been mined in case It becomes ne * cess-ary to blow it up, and two German lights from the shore, is the signal to shell it. Sunday a body of native foragers came upon a Mataafa crowd, killing eight and womitFng twenty of I them, when the rebels tied. ’For several days tin* German war | ship persistently k j-»t in the way so as jto incommode the tire of the British ' ships. Finally Admiral Kautz eom -1 polled her to move inside the harbor entrance out of the way. March 23rd. —King Tanuuxafili Mnlie toa was crowned king of Samoa at Mu limut. Tae eer muiiy was attended by I lifted States ami British representa tives. A procession marched through Apia headed by the band of the Philadelphia. 1 he German officials were conspicuous by tlicir absence. ! KAUTZ BLAMES HOSE BITTERLY. !' Apia, Samoa. March 24, via San Fran cisco. Cal., April 7.—A representative of the Associated Press had an interview with Admiral Kautz yesterday, lie spoke quite freely of the situat’on and i considers lie lias been grossly insulted by the German Consul General Issuing his counter proclamation. The Admiral takes the stand that tin* Rodin treaty which lie is instructed l>y his Government to uphold does not make anv provision whatever for a provisional government. His instructions are to carry out the treaty in accordance with tic views of a majority of the consular representa tives. The Admiral is very wroth with tin' German Consul, and blarney him en tirely for the present attitude of the rebels, as the natives were obeying bis command to retire to their homes when the German proclamation was issued. RECEIVED BY THE KAISER. Berlin, April 7. Angeme ine /filling, in an alleged interview with Mr. Whip, qmutes him as saying lie does not know why Great Britain condemns the attitude of the German representa tives at Samoa, as assuring the inter viewer that the British jingoes will not court rol file Anr rican policy, and as slating Ibis ideal to be "frateruizaliom of the three akin nations.” Mr. White had an audience with the Kaisty yesterday. The interview lasted an hour and a half, and all inqmrtaut pending questions affecting the interests of (In Ptiiled Stales and Germany were discussed. Ills Majesty expressed great satisfaction at the conciliatory and friendly attitude of the Plifted Stales toward Germany and also at the fact that Dr. Soil", the new German Pr -iilctit of the Municipal Council at Apia, had met with such a favorable reception in the United States, and also at the fact that be bad been present <1 t" Mr. Mr l.H.b ■ . RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL K, 1899. NEW WARSHIPS NAMED ONE OF THE TWO BATTLESHIPS WILL BE CALLED THE GEORGIA. And to Two of the Cruisers the President Gives the Names Chattarorga and Gal veston. Washington, April 7.—T he President to-day named the twelve new warships recently provided for by Congress as follows: Battleships—Pennsylvania, New Jer sey, Georgia. Armored Cruisers —-West \ irginia, Nebraska, Cali forili a. Cruis. rs Denver. Des Moines, Chat tanooga, Galveston, Tacoma, Cleveland. This settles a spirited rivalry wh’eh has been going on between the sever.il States and cities. Petitions by the hun dred have lies'll flowing into the White House and Navy Department ever since the new ships were provided for, urging the merits of the various names. 'I he President and ’Secretary Long enjoyed tin* good natures] contest, and in making the final determination, consider.) i m was given not only to ‘the urgency of tin* influence brought to bear, hut also to the several sGetions of the country. Georgia did not petition the Navy De partment. and it is believed that Tie choice of a Southern State was due to a desire by the President to eauiplqnem those whom he visited in his recent Southern trap. The battleships Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Georgia are described in Tr act authorizing them as follows: Three sea-going coast line battleships, carrying the heaviest armor and m >st powerful ordnance for vessels of tln-ir class upon a trial displacement of about 13.399 tons, to be sheatber and coppered and to have the highest practicable sjM'isl and great radius of ai*f!u:i. and to cost, exclusive, of armor amt arma ment, not exceeding #3,300,000 e;v.*!'. The armored cruisers are similarly de scribed, except that they are to cost 13,309 tons, to be sheathed and eoppeied plae incur of 12,000 tons. The cruisers Denver. Cleveland, and others, are described as “protected crui sers of about 2,300 tons displacement', to he sheathed and coppered, aud to have the highest speed compatible with good cruising qualities, great radius of ac tion, and to carry the most powerful ordnance suited to vessels of men* class, and to cost, i xi insjve of armoni 'iP, not exceeding #1.141,800 inch. SALISBURY MUNICIPAL TICKET* Salisbury. N. C„ April 7. —(Special.)— In file Democratic primaries in this place yesterday evening flic following munici pal ticket was nominated: Mayor—S. F. I/ord. Tax Collector— (4. 11. Shaver. Aldermen—North ward, Dr. John Whitehead, T. H. Yanderford; South ward. A. W. Winn-off, (’. 11. SwinK; East ward, R. Lee Wright, J. L owe; West ward, J. J. Newman, Caipt. W. Coughenour. Much interest was taken in the prima ries. WILL R F-1N STATE GOMEZ. Havana, April 7.—The Cuban generals met today at Marianuo and officially de cided to re-instate General Maximo Gomez as Conmnaiider-in-(Tiii f. They also decided to appoint an executive board of three generals to assist him n distributing tile #3,000,000 in the details of disarming and in tin* organization of the rural police for the province. lie will be officially notified of their action and a proclamation will probably be issued to the Culm ns. CONDEMNED BY THE OFFICERS. Few of Those Whose Ruperts Were Read Considered the Beef Good. Washington, April 7.—Having decided at its forenoon session to-day to accept as evidence the official r. ports of offi cers of the army, the beef inquiry court devoted itself to 'listt iling to the reading of those reports. They were read by Major Lee as the representative of Gen eral Miles, who h id read only about NO of flu* 147 of them whi n the court ad jmirind for the day. The reports were generally brief statc mei’yts of the personal experie i «* of tile officers or summaries of tile opinions of the men under them. The reports bore almost exclusively on the canned beef, but there were occasional refer ences to the refrigerat'd beef, l’he of ficers generally condemned the me-it as a component part of ihe soldiers’ ra tion. The complaints were that i» was stringy and tough. and in many in stances it was stated that it made the men sick, and in -libei-s that hungiy though they generally were. they threw it away rather than eat if. ’u smn cases, however, the officers re ported that they heard no complaints of the meat. Mr. A. B. Powell, -proprietor of the Powell preservative prociss will be heard to-morrow. With refer,nee to the application of General Miles' counsel to have more witnesses it is understood that ihe court will adhere to its determination not to summon any of the list whose- testimony would Ik* merely corroborative of that al ready given. ORIENTAL LABORERS BATTLE. San Francisco, Cal., April 7. The As sociated Press representative at Hono lulu sends an account, of a racial bailie between the Japanese and Chinese la borers on the Kalnmtu plantation, March 2Gtli. Tip- Japanese wielded spiked clubs. Knifes and axes, three of the Chinese were killed, a dozen seriously wounded, some fatally, and about 40 slightly injured. A squad of police were sent to the plantation from llonoluhi. ami mattud ! i", has Im■u (belated ’SkEETERS ape immunes TERRORIZED COMMUNITIES THROUGH WHICH THEY PASSED. Started Drunk and Got Drunker. Fired Re volvers and Stole Everything in Sight Along the Route- Atlanta, (la.. April 7.—A special to the Journal front Greenville, S. says: "The Fourth New Jersey regiment, which was mustered out here yesterday and left during the afternoon for home, terrorized the communities through which they passed, tiring volleys from the ears with their revolvers, and made a bad name for themselves at various points by stealing all they could lay their hands to. A vender of army badges and camp souvenirs had ten watches and sixty badges stolen. At Chester the Jersey soldiers stood off the crowd of spectators with a volley of revolver shots, and then raided the waiting and lunch rooms, carrying off all they could find. They arc reported to have also stolen a bicycle at Chester. Many of the men wvere drunk when they left here, and the reports indicate that they became more intoxicated as they proceeded. The officers of the regiment were with the men. FAILED FOR #2(10,1)00. Atlanta Manufacturing Concern Goes to the Wall. Atlanta, Ga.. April 7.—Judge Newman to-day appointed T. I). Meatier, receiver for the firm of (). A. Smith and Com pany, of Atlanta. Creditors of the firm tiled a petition in the court to-day to have them adjudged bankrupt and Judge Newman at the same time issti d an or der requiring the plaintiffs to give bond ill the sum of #20,000. The liabilities of the firm approximate #200,000 and it is expected that the as sets will be very near the same amount. The linn of Smith and Company have for a number of years been engaged ex tensively in the manufacture of acid, fer tilizers and roofing, doing a large busi ness throughout th Southern States. The manufacturing plant is located two miles outside of the city. There is a bond issue of .#70.000 upon it. THE RYAN SUIT DISMISSED. Richmond, Ya.. April 7. The suit of Ryan against the Seaboard Air Line for tbe possession of a certificate for 133 share® of the Company’s stock, and incidentally to secure a cancellation of the pooling agreement has been dismiss id. Messrs. Stiles and Ilolladay. the attorneys in the case, stated to-day that when the sale took place to the Wil liams syndicate the pool was dissolved and there was no reason for a further prosecution. For this reason the suit was withdrawn. The dismissal of this suit, it is stated, dot's not affect other suits now pending in Maryland. MARRIAGE IN PRINCETON. Princeton. N. C.. April 7.—(Special > — Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Perry, of this place, have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter. Miss Mary Ost.lla Perry, to Mr. John Franklin Newson, of Wilmington. The wedding will take place Wednesday mornjng, April 1!). at II o’clock in the Methodist church at. Princeton, and the couple wil in* at home in Wilmington after May 1, PROF. MIMS LECTURES. His Wake Forest Audience Greatly Pleased With Him. Wake Forest. N. C„ April 7. to 1. 'Tbe game, though one sided, was one of the prettiest seen here in some time .'The playing of the Mercer men was brilliant all the way through. Score: RUE. Mercer 2 100 1 o 2 2 7—13 19 3 Wake Forest..ooooo 1 000— l 0 3 Batteries: Mansfield and Peel; Ilunni entt and Turner. Wake Forest play here again tomor row . Woke to Die Amid Flames TWELVE PEOPLE ROASTED IN A NEW YORK MANSION. Flames Seemed to Burst From All Parts of the Building at Once —Vain Efforts to Save. New York, April 7. —Fire early this morning destroyed tlie handsome resi dence of Wallace <’. Andrews at No. 2 Fast Sixth Seventh street, and twelve persons sleeping in the house were buttl ed to death. Fire brands carried by the wind were blown into an open window in flie home of Albert J. Adams, No. 3 Eiast Sixty-Ninth street, two blocks ris ta.nl, setting lire to the house and ca cl ing the death of a servant. All < ’ ihe thirteen bodies have been recovered. The dead are: WALLACE U. ANDREWS, pr -."lent of the New York Steam Ilea ring Com pany. MRS. WALLACE C. ANDREWS, wife of the- a lmve. MRS. i.ih‘o KGI AN A HOYDEN ST. JOHN, wife of Mrs. Andrews broth er. GAMALIEL C. ST. JOHN, an official of the New York Steam Heating Com pany.* ORSON ST. JOHN, aged 7 years. WALLACE ST. JOHN , aged 3 veers. FREDERICK ST. JONH, aged 13 months. NELLIE BOLANDS, servant. MARY FLA NN AG AN, servant. EYA PATTERSON, servant. KATE DOWNING, servant. MARIE ROTII, servant. ANNIE NEARY, s rv.mt. Mrs. Mary Laughliu. aged 30 yt ars. housekeeper in the Adams establishment, died from suffocation and hur ts. Two servants are in a serious condi tion 'in the Presbyterian Hospirsil ami one may die. Tic se two. Alice White, a rook, and Jenny Burns, laundress, wire the only inmates of the Andrews house who escaped alive. The list of juiiei"'! nr ia*- Adams tire mimic rs seven, among ' lien i emg Mrs. Isabelle Adams, wife of Albert J. Adams, wounded in the back, l.aim'd, suffering from shock. Whether the fire started from an ex plosion of a lamp or of gas lias not yet been determined, but when it was first discovered at 2 o’clock this morning, the flames seemed to burst from all parts of the house at once. Policeman McKnight, of the East Sixty-seventh Street station was at Fifth avenue and Sixty-sixth street, in front of the Havenw'yer home, when he heard an explosion and saw the glare of Haines in Sixty-seventh street. He ran with all haste to tin* spot and found tongues of lire leaping from the upjier windows of the Andrews house and half way across the street. He tried to break in the door and arouse the inmates of the house, but was driven back by the flames. Not waiting any longer to arouse the family of the Rothschilds, in the adjoining house. No. 4. ho sent in an alarm. When the firemen arrived they saw it was im possible to try and gain an entrance to the Andrews house by the front door, and they then made an attempt through the Rothschilds house. Fireman Charles Fay, of engine 39; Jacobs, of Hook and Ladder No. It!, and John 11. Corr went up together. Tbcy managed to get in the rear rooms of tbe third floor and found Mrs. St. John and her three year old son Wal lace. unconscious on the floor, their night clothes almost burned off. They were quickly taken into the Rothschilds house. Mrs. St. John died within a few min utes. Her child died im the fireman’s arms. The firemen made repeated efforts to get to the other rooms, but: they might as well have attacked a furnace. The building if saturated with oil could hardly have burned more fiercely. Like aioMf. New York dwellings it was high and narrow and encased on two sides by solid brick wail Is and the effect was like a great chimney. The flames roared and crackled and.shot into the air a dis tance of a hundred feet or more, throw ing a great fiery spray over the roofs of (he surroundings houses. Several tiim.es these eatight tire but the firemen and servants were on die roofs with water aud chemicals ami extinguished the flames. 3 I'llß AM efforts to arouse the inmates in time to sa\ • themselves were fruitless and aside from Mrs. Si;. John the only other persons who got out of the house alive were the two servants. Jennie Burns and Alice White, who appeared at upper windows. Before the firemen could raise ladders to reach them the women climbed or upon the sills. With all their strength tin* firemen cried to the women not to jump, but tin* women were past heeding warning. Jennie Burns leaped out. She turned over and over and fell almost di rectly upon her head. Her skull was fractured in several places. The other .woman, when she saw the fate of her friend, hesitated for a moment, then, as the smoke thickened, she. too jumped. She fell upon a rear extension of the building and was picked up unconscious and severely injured. While the tire in the Andrews house was raging, great clouds of sparks were carried with the wind and a brand flew into an open upper window of the house of Albert J. Adams. It caucht in a curtain and instantly the room was, PRICE FIVE CENTS. ablaze. A servant at the window is thought to have been Mary Laughliu, for her dead body was found later at the foot of the stairs leading from the fourth floor to the roof. Tightly clasped in her arms was the family pet dog. When the Adams house caught fire a number of the policemen, firemen and the large number of the people who were at the other fire rushed around to Sixty ninth street. The policemen knocked on the doors and finally gained an entrance into the Adams house, and girt the family out without serious injury. The ser vants were frantic in their efforts to escape, and Mary Malloy and Minnie Rogue jumped from the rear of the fourth floor to the extension from which they were taken down. Nellie Quinn/ was cut off on the fourth floor and appeared at a front window about to jump. Tlie crowd yelled to her to wait, but there was no time as the flames were licking her clothes. The desperate wo man put her hands over her eves and j limited, as she thought, to the ground. but instead landed on the roof of the Imiw window one store below, and lay there stunned. Policemen Louis C. Wagner. Mclnery and Hillman saw the woman’s peril, and running into the house at No. 3, went to the fourth floor. Wagner was held by the heels and lie made a thrilling rescue of the frantic woman. The firemen mangcsl to confine the tire in fliis house to the third and fourth floors. The body of Mary Laughliu was found at (In* fool of the stairs leading to the roof. About 0 o’clock the firemen had suffi ciently mastered 'he fire to oemne a search of the Andrew house. They found the bodies of ihe two remaining St. John children and the 1 todies of what are thoug.it to he tne two ser vants, Marie Rorh and K ite Downing. At 11:13 o’clock tie* firemen found Mr. Andrews’ body. It was badly burned and par s of ihe iegs were miss ing. It was not recognizable, but was identified later in the day by tin* filling of the teeth. At 3 o’clock the workers in the debris found a body of large stature, but badly burned. It was identified later by a dentist as that of Mrs. Andrews. At various other times before 4 o’clock the workers found the charred remains of four more persons, prob.m'y the ser , vnnts. i The lire was in the wealthiest part of the city. Rumors that the fire was of incendiary origin were investigated during the day. and found to have their basis in the fact that there was a quarrel among the ser vants in Mr. Andrews’ country home last summer, resulting in the discharge of one of the servants. One of the do mestics received an anonymous letter last week which she showed to the poli Willough by. Ohio, to-morrow, for interment. DARK DEVIL SHINERS RAIDED. Atlanta. Ga.. April 7.—A special from Dalton. Ga.. says: One of the largest distilleries ever cap 'Hired in Georgia has been l aided by revenue officers near Subligna in Chat tooga county. A copper still of 173 gal lons capacity, 0,200 gallons ol ' >"er, I'lt) gallons of singlings, 40 gallons of uhri- Uey. 23 bushels of meal, 2D bushels >f malt corn, drier, heater and heater worm constituted the preprerty le st royed. The officers captured two men. Ru 1 Adkins and George Atui' ,'sc.n. En route to the place t'lie officers passed a sign board nailed on a tree at the forks of a road which read as fol lows: “To hell 13 milt s.“ The settlement in w hich the disiikeir •was raided is considered tin* most (as perate in tin State as regards daredevil moon sli in ing. ANTI QI AYITES CHANGE VOTE. Harrisburg. I’a., April 7. The Anti Quay Republicans dropped Charles Tubbs to-day and voted for another “fa vorite son,” Colonel Charles R. Irvin, of Clearfield county. To-day’s nallof. the sixty-ninth, of the session, resulted: Quay. ('Rep.) M*: Jeuks. quorum.