Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1899 — CIVIL WAR RAGES IN SAMOA. [ARTICLE]

CIVIL WAR RAGES IN SAMOA.

Followers of the Rival Chiefs Engage in Conflict. Civil war is again raging in Samoa. Advices say that the controversy between the rival candidates for the throne in succession to the late King Malietoa has resulted in armed conflicts. Chief Justice Chambers derided that Malietoa Tana was elected to the throne. Mataafa and his followers refused to accept this decision and took up aims. Much property has been destroyed and many persons killed or wounded. The German cruiser Falke and the British cruiser Porpoise were endeavoring to sappress the uprising. Several thousand of Mataafa's followers defeated 2,000 of the followers of Malietoa Tann. ambushing them and killing and wounding many. The rebels burned 400 houses and destroyed the town of Upoln. They hate cut down many fruit trees. No foreigners were injured.