Canton weekly register

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varying at any place more than TOO

The pending claim of R. H. May

against the Guatemalan government

has been settled by arbitration. Mr.

George P. B. Jen-ner. British minister

at Guatemala, who was chosen as sole

arbitrator, having awarded $143,750.73

In gold to the claimant.

Various American claims arainst

Hayti have been or are being advanced

to the resort of arbitration.

As the result of negotiations with the

government of Honduras in regard to

the indemnity demanded for the murder

of Frank H. Pears In Honduras, that

government has paid $10,#00 in settle

ment of the claim of the heirs.

The assassination of King Humbert

called forth sincere expressions of sor

row from this government and people,

and occasion was fitly taken to testify

to the Italian nation the high regard

here felt for the memory of tlx lament

In ”my last message I referred at

considerable length to the lynching of

*»e Italians at Tallulah. Notwith

standing the effort* of the federal gov

I^nn-nt. the production of evidence

to the authors of this

terming u«uu.|«w-

*Hpvou/s offense against our civiliza

tion. and the repeated inquests set on

foot by the authorities of the state of

Louisiana no punishments have fol

lowed. Successive grand juries have

failed to indict. The representations

of the Italian government In the fare

of this miscarriage have been mewt

temperate and just.

Setting the principle at issue high

above all consideration of merely pe

cuniary indemnification, such as this

government made in the three previous

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Canton weekly register. (1900). Canton, Ill., 1900-12-06. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93055723/1900-12-06/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Canton weekly register, 1900-12-06.