| Show I MATAAFA SENDS A LETTER Addresses President McKinley In a Deeply Srnpthelic Miule leellflook Proproortior or Alu Of near 111111 lit I tie lIulll UII In IAnalso Waihlngton Kept ITbe President received In audience at the White HOUM thin afternoon Mr I John arms Leigh who has placket t meral 1 montha In Hamoa ai special correspondent of the London Tlmn and la I now on his return Journey to Hngalnd Whole In one of the blade village of Upolu Mr 1 Leigh learned that a watch believed to have belonged to either tleut iJmidiile or Knilgn Monnghan tile two oiniera of the Untied rltiiloi cruiser Philadelphia Mho inam killed during the rectnt or affiliate 1IAta had 1vivit l found and 1 man In I the IK 1 pion ot it native lie 01 once onl1nl stated with Malaafa wliinn he had M is 1 Ito only it few tiara ireMouily 1 und promptly received it reply train the I high chief amurln little that no effort would be I Pilloried to retuver the relic and begging him Mould Urn watch Prove IIIcooIlIl I ° Comfort the Watch I ii I the rightful OWII r with mi heartfelt heart-felt condolence He odJed rou know what I feel about Anletled oM the lute unhappy nor At the name time ho ilacod at Mr 14sho command com-mand his nnnuon and a boats who w-ho mere interacted to nrrr Irv I every nesparl direction llatuatas order 10 lots dlllt Whole the magoornere w to In the Wand ot 80111 a ma7nwor Chain with look I Rd other urtl lei I alfh j and ideate were handed lo Mr I Mgh fled 01 the proper of Iho Ul Lieut Indlo A tw days later I the 0IIpo41 left Samon for Han Prancleco where tie m1 the young widow tit the lenient oil officer And Idasol the Ulllkol In her t = Ion be 1lfr I Agl tlIi lasksvalV I f rorado III the I ny linoumewul I r folio had bron 1 suit 10 I room II Is irll 1 cloo 1 sto hI I In list they ever would Ion I found had later practically abandoned Mr 1 Leigh thin afternoon handed lu the Irealdent a letter from Mataafn of which lout following li I a traneUllnii To Ills Kliellancy William Mi Kin ley P o dent of the United JdKlnj Amerlia Your liicellencyl have today lieell Informed that a wilih hAn hA-n found byellatienolftee4yt kA oph < which li I belleted lu have belonged to Ilut ljnd le or Knetgn Monavhan who were unhapidlr killed In hatile I nt Val leli on April I lt 1 I have lenrne1 that Mr Ixlgh li I alioul In leave I Passing rr Amerlra nnd I hove asked him to Tone Ton-e tto wAlrh to your sautollelay III Ih I i hope that fUll will emu i lee It In bi oipleard to t Sea hertavi mother or acakl opt relallMOf the brov Ills much IdnasIel afflr Mr lelgh wool UU ou that t hove Incerelv 1 I nlrM the anti untimely death nf the brave olllcen and men who iriii rrotn Am rlrn mid l14Ih In Clio Inle uiihnppy iiHei war My Par ruvt U I the more Iwcauee of jig t great filendihlp which > nor great country haa In the past culendeil to Hatnua I nm eaperially aniloua lint the should lie made known lo the it se0 Mellon mothers and relallvea May It U I the will I of fled thai thru may never again 1 lie I nlrlfe twosomes America and the Hamoani and that the three 1wilooro will reoognlle 1 my lull minion to their will anti limit for good 1 government I pray Ood may give you long life 1 J MATAAlA Mr I McKlnley In I the course of con ereallun with Mr Ixluh expressed himself much gralloed ut Hill proof of Malaafai Ihiiiighlfill UI humanity und f Mid that It Mould iifford him more than ordlnry pleanure I In promptly reirMind to ihe teller I He very warmly thanked Mr I i > lgh for his action In I the matter unit for hIII pereonally Converted the rellem tn site lArendallso When Mr Huh left I Hunon active endeavor were liclng mud lo recover Hnlun Minniiliiii watch 1 and Mr wake Iwllrt thai t II I I will follow him I Washington Is I tie Inall duo IN I a wk or a In that event II will ot rouroast 100 at once forwarded 10 the rollattles |
