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Show I FOREIGN. SAMOA. liiibcocli lin! a Finger in Stein-berger's Stein-berger's Iie. San Francisco, 13. A private letter let-ter from Samoa eays that documents have been found among Stein herder's papers showing that Babcock for a consideration obtained Steinberger's appointment as special agent; also that an arrangement existed between Sleiuberger and J. O. Guddufrey and son, Hamburg, by which the former was to play into the bands of the latter, lat-ter, who were to have a monopoly of the Samoa n trade, to be bankers ol the government aud issue paper currency, cur-rency, Stpinberger lo havo ten per' cent, on all the transactions between the firm and the government. This firm owned the Purl ess, which was seized by tho Jiatirconta. The Sainoan senate and assembly support Stein-berger, Stein-berger, but the king and people arc against him. 9 |