Daily Kennebec journal

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the Haytians to salute the American flag

They refused to do so absolutely, and all

they did was to return Admiral Luce's salute.

It was an insult to our government for them

not to salute first.”

Capt Compton came to New York, as he

expressed it, "to see what was going on

He will return to Boston and he will not, be

said, run another vessel to Hayti very soon.

Not a dollar of the in iemity for the unwar

ranted detention of bis vessel has yet been

paid. The re*ult has been the collapse of

the llaytian mail line, which owned the Hay

tian Republic, and which was the only

American line between this country and

Hayti.

•We worked hard for years to establish

au American line to Hayti” said the captAin,

"and w e had it in a fair way to success when

this thing occurred It seems a shame that

it should be ruined in such a way. 1 believe

the Haytian Govern-went pleads poverty and

•ays it is unable to pay. This is only an ex

cuse and they sh mi l be made to do as they

agreed. Why. those people show m >re res

pect to li e Dominican R public than they

do the United States.”

A WORTHLESS LIFE

That Will Find Ita Proper Sphere

Within Prlaou Walla.

Leominster. Mass., Feb. 17.

Sunday evening the police arrested Wilbur

Joy for the robbery of K. B Andrews' store

Friday night. Joy had just completed a

long term in prison f >r breaking into a store

in Sterling and leading a vagrant life Pre

vious to bis conviction he had lived m barns

and huts in the woods, stealing food and

avoiding work On being sear bed a wa'ch

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Daily Kennebec journal. (1889). Augusta, Me., 1889-02-18. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014248/1889-02-18/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Daily Kennebec journal, 1889-02-18.