Evening star

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though not varying at any place more than

700 feet.

The pending claim of R. H. May against

the Guatemalan Government has been set

tled by arbitration, Mr. Georg F. 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 against Haiti

have been or are being advanced to the re

sort 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 Govern

ment has paid $10,000 in settlement of the

claim of the heirs.

ASSASSINATION OF KING HUMBERT.

The assassination of King Humbert called

forth sincere expressions of sorrow from

this Government and people, and occasion

was fitly taken to testify to the Italian na

tion the high regard here felt for the mem

ury of the lamented ruler.

In my last Message I referred at consid

erable length to the lynching of five Italians

at Tal'.ulah. Notwithstanding the efforts of

the Federal Government, the production of

evidence tending to inculpate the authors

of this grievous offense against our civiliza

tion, and the repeated inquests set on foot

by the authorities of the State of Louisiana,

no punishments have followed. Successive

grand juries have failed to indict. The rep

resentations of the Italian government in

the face of this miscarriage have been most

temperate and just.

Setting the principle at issue high above

all' conisideration of merely pecuniary in

demnificatton, such as this Government

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The Oskaloosa herald · Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa · December 6, 19006 de diciembre de 1900 · See the original pageVer la página original

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1900). Washington, D.C., 1900-12-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1900-12-03/ed-1/?sp=19

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1900-12-03.