Show ms i OF m th ae li tt lk find apon ati i iaco march 8 despite he ot alin report a eared in alio papera morning to tle effect alai an war 0 o ial kad lioen blown up wilh a torpedo the the german cori eatn alpi at samoa lie opinion hero is inclined to ale reliance in the rumor anil the people aro greatly excited private adikes ro here t ur nili barong for belief m the of the report are atiat the new herald is in receipt 0 ft telegram tele grim irom jainel gordon at the cablegram of HIM it in alaio currently reports here to eliat a in Vaili inKton tel washed today to day to an at maro bigland igland natal yard here alm the olli cers at thia point gay that the german gunboat gun boit did carry nonar atif alie american vel sela now on ihfe ay to ainoa are supplied with thesa mis biles SAN 8 great prominence in shell by the papers to llie rumor that an american nian ot war wax eunk in sauisan naters in a with the germain olga ho crecence cre lence is given to the report the led liere for australia I 1 eb 9 at Tuti iila the bouthern pou thern ifland of tle samoan group feb 25 and arrived at auckland march ltd atad any at abia apia elio would probably have of the lct at and carriel the news to auckland where the fact would have been cabani 8 no credence as given to the artory cabled from dresden to the girald about a fight between an american and a german man ot war esen the herald characterized idaa D C maidli 8 the story of an betheen the german inan ot var and an american man of war iii the harbor of abia apia is generally di at the navy department no information upon the subject was received at the department of state it was said the newe of an event of buch importance would surely be in abo united states at alcait as soon as in a german pea coast city the lipsic hi ia supposed to be alie american atel referred to in the german publication is rated a wooden ebal of alie third six guns alie chidi have reached samoa by thia time are also wooden ves aela carrying eight and ten guns ly as their niacin batteries most of lle se guns are smoothbore but naval officers say at short ranee and against vessels anch as alie der anan boats now in waters cannon are jant na aa rifled ordnance unions the have also been reinforced th american fleet now at abia apia is re garbeil as fo iu offensive boer aa all aliree eswell are fresh from the repairers and tha crews are in NEW YORK march 9 alie new york of this morning prints three coluin cB of coni menti rel to the lypor teil 0 alie M chip at hy ilia oer ciari olea report print el in the ot barcli U as ft vlis itch from breslau a here information of such an printed is the basis of comment according to the herald in where ita correspondent interviewed iter viewed with the r in the altis mornant morn int and froni which the following is made commodore ricard had acknowledge 0 ilio been blink by a german torpedo nave fluch as Is lunched by affe heralds ilia patch inferring to the torpedo armament 0 the pin loat fl commodore sicard paid the working range of these torpedoes to be ired wih accuracy is about yards hie german navy use alie torpedo which is made in germany and now here elee it contains shout 03 pounds of cun cotton equal in force to pounds 0 gunpowder they are roni the side of the eliop and after being properly aimed are shot into the water at the rate of 25 kanoti per hour and if the kirsic was within a chort dis theolea it would have lieen impossible lor ler to have gotten out of the way con the commodore added the trenton and vandalla must be there by his time and if should have happened to the you may rest aw urca they will be heard from admiral Kini berly as B courageous officer lie will no and if there is any trouble lie aill give an excellent account af pf him gelt harmony assistant secretary of the navy department was disposed 0 o dolbt the correctness of the reported sinking of the iksic he said of course I 1 do not think there sa any truth in the report but non the statement of a possible condition jl make my comments if the alxa did bombard the town and injure american property and americal Ame citizens ahe command arof the lipsic donld protest first and then to protection to our Inter cuts would aix oix n fire A naval officer haa nil the discretion any one has lie can make war without ordera if in ills the circum atances demand it to a herald correspondent admiral porter eaid As 1 understand it the who were acot docu there were under instructions to iery careful and conservative and therefore it is not likely they were pro joked yoked into bubli a rupture I 1 do not think the report true tor many reasons I 1 have beveral sensational items an fn alie german pa lathrof a disparaging datore ils to the states anam if an 11 inch chell exploded taj jocks of lie olra it is not likely le ua in a condition to ave used torpe doos on the an officer know ng his donld hare fired at the olaa water line labio as they were cloan together and that would bettle ber alie authenticity of alie news of the encounter mhd re era to the fac fact t that a aldip with the neb might have reached auckland within four or five days of tha occurrence and cabled the fact to germany while the american ajia officer stationed here by the navy department would be obliged wait be arrival of a regular steamer 1 mai lt 0 thero is baill a dearth 0 news from tho state and navy departments in the department lia fact that they havo not beai officially advised of the blowing up of the pelo ia regarded as evidence that no each thine happened they not telegraphed alie cling canul for tha reabon ahat it ia not to be supposed be lia duty and fouled to n orm the government ot an event of bubli importance la angler to the that bo germans would i te control wy by which nes flum reli jhb unite saca U is pil chev cuilla tut information from om 0 li att samoa arilo reported li il liwai followed by a of war which must in i ull lit oil k front the calad at au naval mollii rj here without of option ainu thep tory alth altey admit that alie lipsic would luve breci over by hie ola in a apa linnit they urn malier to accept the i low alen ly bertani of the that the m atas ath n feeler to larn lo 10 he nit tu alij lall ing of moult be in and hainerih Ain eriH alie alory liere thia atter couii eliat alio llio guitet lui tet stated liin o rs i falit ati flirt twinan cor vette no beli eurs hare yet nur any worthy of be obtained Ju terol ati altered tiu wever U the ravenous lafde of hot to what hudi a battle arail mr haibe lat night lio daiil not beleva alia rort rK rt depre llila bixl florrow to cepa uio ad true a LAST tho following i part ot the lait letter from captain ol 01 alie U S S by hia brother lu this ity alie letter la dated abia apia jan herein samoa we have and excitement germany declied red var against matamata and proclaimed law here and in kunoa I 1 have protested pro this ro artial law business and thirkil thir Kit has biad a beneficial effect they in their arck said in caso the citizens of abia apia lid nt give in a list of their anns etc they would be deported or im ened I 1 told in writing crept at the adler that in the whole jurisprudence of luy antry there was no such punishment they biad the proclamation printed on january as and ready to publish but iny protest biad the effect of stopping thia this proclamation emoke of and penalties of death deportation shooting hard labor imprisonment etc 1 bey do not bold abia apia nor have they invaded samoa lieuwe under inglish and american law martial taw bot they eay the german law indifferent they are at war witti matiana Mati afa beall their pro are directed against lor eig nera they cany on a licali game here and our government giai but one apcel they leave oliree sooil ebins I 1 hear byway ot auckland that wo adl have more eblis here abw chii alfair mil end not want germany to annex their ihla iid but have long agu asked both angland and the united to take them I 1 an kept busy from morning to night and been ath ot december when lie adams left fir california my mail by aliis steamer will be the liea 1 hare act bad and my several to lie secretary are cuite foil and K alving every item aliat has occurred A liolla published liere alie liaa been suppressed by the Gen on january bui clift dormail consulate the german consuls leonae etc were burnal loss 1 sent loen to render abil I 1 got thanked in a public proclamation a copy of ft inch I 1 send you 1 I think and certainly ciopa all my actions in this moan inal le approved by abo or ilia state of sama aaa never in kinli a and I 1 ani laru alono just at uie top and in of it all find of course the responsibility ia great I 1 biear that Gern tauy intends fending out about january 1 I 1 bant clawley 0 o auckland to telegraph to ilia secre tary aal lio v ill be back on february t the consul at auckland chartered a Jog liali cje oilier da v and celt tier biere with important but hat tha dispatches diH patches were no one but the germans know SAN march 0 it id reported liero piat iho secretary of the navy the union iron works iliin afternoon inquiring liow won the could be gotten ready for pervice in of this telegram all manner ot have been allott aliis afternoon rf barding to lie effect that the reported drinking of alie nipsie lias been aej eliat one of the oceanic eralia been seized near samoa by the german gunboat all manner of quinora were prevah nt here today to day regarding ihas dinauer one loi the effect abe s of AI are inland had received a confirmation of tho reported banking of alia alit b was intensified by the statement eliat tho lia d begzad the american mad bleamer it alao as sered eliat the secretary of the gayy bad the iron borks of this city asking hov poon the cruiser charleston Char lecton coald be placed in readiness for armament fand that the southern railroad bad received to le prepared a handle wis ind bottker naval stores leased on ulieno rumor the nebb papera put out bulletins evoking of the Arpen can vessel bad been confirmed the nes spread rapidly ali hout the city and the utmost excitement prevailed the newspaper newe paper antil lalo in the evening eve nini the story respecting the baa acen proved untrue by tho receipt vices of lier arrival at bedney and the denial of tb oilier from Wash inKton hai imd the of quiet the excitement march 8 secretary tracy left washington for new york this afternoon commodore walker aa secretary daring alio ab lie id of hie department haa H aa tonight to night tho latest km Fram iwo bulletin actina the al lebed blowing up of tin U fc P allu had no in tea fabrication and bo daniea that any ordarra have been bent to sin to alie of therow cru washington 7 p m the acting secretary the navy alaf the sin francisco about altaic a and the reported action rf gArding charleston iio pronounced alie statement otate ment a eliecer to llin utter lor of the atory commodore walker called attention to the fat that nanh froin samoa to to and clience via cable to europe and then to the eastern coast ot in so said the commodore it la that newa could not possibly pon sibly epach ban lipford it is known in the aa alie vavy department part ment has an allicer at for alia lery of forwarding respecting eventa dud ft i not to be that be donld overlook a matter like taft gankina of ihfe nipsie jt beamed the reported de tion of the nipsie was not even mentioned at the cabinet ata afternoon ter noon which ig additional proof that none of da part aro in ot information which noaim alo rumor j NEW secretary 0 alio navy tracy was met by an associated nix iter on bai from at 10 W tonight to night lift eaid elnko bis lie liall not iwen in communication muni cation with the department and consequently coull not be expected tc have morn information than commo lure lit bharga atthe department lit aaa shown the made by the commodore to the press ut washington ciul tally acabo alic anul cincinnati 9 aliis actor noon tho middle car of a train of three the auburn cable road jam ped off a trestle seven acet lilah near avondale Avo udale jolia L thomp i son seriously injured internally MM n II 11 mear and her daughter atta were but not danbur boualy hurt tin I 1 r 0 A die play 0 furra is liebing anade by ahe anion bacil ic in canyon the company having over toen on the ground armed willi Win chesterfi liaa had binning the northern Papi ftc union iu 0 the aass i i t in kashol prevail in the west of and railway i is interrupted tnt boina trains are compelled to eleen in the cars taunton is completely iso latel the is slowly Bub 1 the hooda are t ie tho I 1 present generation shale penn barcli 9 carmera coming to market northern noi thern points in this report arother at five morning not as violent as that of last evening her times before the british bullets of general traina Tr yina forces were zipping around the cars of iho brave band of Continent iala under general boosler Wo osler who bought to protect the es of tho revolutionary arnay in danbury matthew seymour a prosperous farmer and a inadi ot local prominence owned one twenty ninth part of tho town of ridgefield and was at the lead of a large family hannah the joung cst aa a schoolgirl waa the queen of all the picnic and she was a girl of rare beauty and a flirt not aa we of to day define that quality but in the way that sw loyed one but accepted all tie young mens attentions as bera by right a dashing brunette with dark piercing and eyes and for miles around the iuan came to kneel at the shrine of hannah seymour at the age of eighteen hannah bad developed into a handsome woman in those mar bagts were considered the proper thing and the local hinted that it was time for matthew bey moura youngest daughter to settle down with a family yf her own she had a suitor jeremiah keeler a young farmer prepossessing in appearance bright and energetic jerra fell deeply in love with the young beauty and ahe encouraged him lie met with little opposition hannah deemed willing and so did her parents keeler owned a fine farm and his station in life was to her own the courtship ran on until one day there came up turn norwalk a young toan named nathan banchy dauchy had been a of hannahs and had a touch tender passion waule she waa yet a girl he had left the dull old town and gone to norwalk theu a thriving village where ha bad come in contact with townspeople and had acquired a certain amount of polish the old spark was rekindled and hii dashing ways threw farmer jerry into the shade yet jerry was not give up BO easily the double went on for several months the townspeople took sides borne in aisted that daucey ought to have hannah while others tophield the sturdy young farmer who had been farat in the field strange to say hannah did not know which to chooro eacle proposed and to cacti she gave the answer wait she in a fix either young man would have made a good bus bandi they were sturdy manly young men of good principles and of equal fortunes p hannah studied her heart she could not determine farat cupid inclined the icalea toward keeler whose worth she did not doubt and then the more cultivated ways of dauchy overbalanced over balanced the scales and she was inclined to bestow her hand upon him after much thought and careful consideration a bright thought struck her the young men were summoned to her bouse and she told them that the one who would within year buil 1 and furnish a house the most comfortable and tasteful could claim her hand with nothing belter to do they accepted he proposition the queen of their gearu made them ehnke handa upon it and that whoever won the other should accept alio decision in a manly way and seek some other bair maiden to share tho house be was to build they went to work within the year the houses were and lurnis bed at last the siuao came for hannah to make the important decision escorted by the two young men she examined both houses and went into the mysteries of cloatta ami kitchen and attio and cellar she looked |