| Show QUIET IN SAMOA ste rp parts orti of it ia amoni the icv ter gutrue san t fancisco ran cisco aug 20 the steamer alameda juet just arrived from samoa I 1 ring ab he f Ilow samoan advice advices dale IM ut augurt 11 II 1 lien the commissioners left bere here it was feared by many native and for egnel alike that serious trouble might at outs ensue but uch such ha has not riot happened both factions are quiet and say they will keep so 0 o the party sent a large dele gatlon gation lato into apia since thi departure this title delegation met the three consuls 1 bitting sitting as a provisional government and assured them again of the desire of mataafa ind tad his hi followers to keep the peace nothing bothin To thin further furt lier took place at the mecan the government is being carried on without any hitch so far by the three consuls of this body luther osborn the american consul general Is chairman lie ile Is a also the acting chief justice of samoa and con contin tin ues aes to act as the united states consular representative re mataafa Alata afa wl I 1 as been seriously serto ukly ill III Is now better it is not believed that any organized fighting will take place between the rival parties but in come some places there is a bitter feeling which may result in small parties coining to blows chief justice osborn has interposed sentences of hard labor on three or four natives for having firearms in their possession after the date of the proclamation by the high commissioners prohibiting 1 the poss possession posses earion rion of firearms by samoan ba moans L |
