OCR Text |
Show QUIET IN SAMOA. aeports ol llreenl Onllirrakt Among the .Nalltvt Were I'nlrne. Han Franclavo, Aug. SO. The tteam-tr tteam-tr Alameda, Just arrived from Samoa, irlngt the following Namoan advices, tinder data of August It: When the commissioners left here It waa feared by many, natives and for tlgner alike, that aerloua trouble might at once enstiei but such haa not happened. Ilolh faction are quiet, and any they will keep aa The Mataafa party aent a large delegation dele-gation Into Apia since the Ilsdgcr'a departure. Thla delegation met the three consuls, sitting a n provisional government, aud assured them again of the detlro of Mataafa and hi follower fol-lower to keep the peace. Nothing further took placo at the meeting. The provisional government la being carried on without any hitch so far nv the tliree coutula. Of till body 1 er Otborn, the American consul-general, la chairman. Ho la also the acting act-ing chief Justice of Samoa and continue contin-ue to act a tlio United State consular consul-ar representative. Mataafa, who ha been seriously 111, Is now better. It Is not believed that any organized fighting will take place between the rival parlies, but In some place thcro I a bitter feeling, which inny result In small parties coming to blow. Chief Justice Oaborn haa Interposed acn tencca of hard labor on three or four natives for having firearm In their possession after the data of the proclamation procla-mation by the high commissioner 'liridilhltliitf thn. possession of flroartna brSamoana. " - - - |