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Show MATAAFA 13 KINQ OF SAMOA. Election Was Held Without Trouble, Despite Des-pite the Opposition otVTautasese. Washington, Jan. 13. Official Information Infor-mation has been received of the election elec-tion of Mataafa as king of Samoa. The election was held without trouble, though Tamasese, who was vice king In 1881, backed by a small following, endeavored to obtain the office. Tho situation according to the latest advices, ad-vices, is quiet. Mataafa's election Is highly satisfactory, satis-factory, not only to tho Washington government, but to tho German and Ilrltish governments, becauso of the certainty that he will bo guided in his actions by the wishes of tho consul in Apia of the signatory powers to tbe Jlerlln treaty. |