Omaha daily bee

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bas taken up Its quarters in the empty shol

of some glgantiu ammonite. Tbo colored

men are simply squatting in the palaces

reared by the millionaire planters of sugar

cane and coffee trees a hundred years ago.

They still make some sugar but almost all

the Hyrup is converted Into rum. They still

export some coffee but tboy have planted ue

new trees nnd their harvest is gained b.t

gathering the drupes from the wild nolf-

plantcd trees. If tboy have sugar also it Is

because the canes go on reproducing themselves

solves year after year. Haytl however

might have redeemed itself if tbo recently

deposed president Louis Etlonne Fcllclto

Salomon had lived. He was nn Iron discipli

narian. Ho throw BOUIC of bis opponents Into

dungeons nnd ho marched others Into public

squares anil shot them. The ono thought

that possessed his whole soul was to lift up

his country and make Huytl prosperous and

peaceful. Ho knew that outside of a re

stricted circle near Portnu Prince Hayti

was slipping back into African savagery. He

know that cannibalism und tbo fearful rites

of Knbirlo worship were being practised In

the secluded haunts of tbo interior nnd bei

felt that in dealing with such circumstances

and such a people the only methods available

wore those of n savage. Yet ho was person

ally of a gentle disposition loving refinement

and culture for their own sake. Had bo suc

ceeded in arresting the constant whirling ot

factions at the capital bo perhaps would have

succeeded in the dreams he nourished. liut

It was his futo to be an Augustus Cusar in

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Omaha daily bee. (1888). Omaha [Neb.], 1888-11-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn99021999/1888-11-03/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Omaha daily bee, 1888-11-03.