Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1897 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

It was semi-offlcially announced at Rome that the Italian Government has never thought of sending ironclads to Hayti. It is further explained that the negotiations regarding the small differences between Italy and Hayti are following the ordinary course. The entire Chilian cabinet has resigned. The event has caused a sensation. The cabinet was appointed last August, to succeed the ministry formed on Aug. 9, under the premiership of Orrego Huco, which in turn succeeded the Antunez cabinet that retired on June 23 last. A cable from London states that the British-American corporation has floated $5,000,000 and has secured the La Roi, Josie and eight of the Rossland mines, also the Alaska Commercial Company, the town site of Dawson City and claims on Bonanza, Eldorado, Bear and other Klondike creeks. The Haytian Government has informed the State Department at Washington of its willingness to refer the claim of Bernard Campbell- an American citizen, to arbitration. This action is the direct result of the resolution of inquiry introduced in the Senate a few days ago by Senator Kyle of South Dakota. Campbell’s claim is for SIOO,OOO and grew out of the injuries he received as a result of being beaten by men who, he claims, were Haytian soldiers. The claimant made a contract in the city of New York for service a* an engineer aboard a steamer in the West Indies. He says be eup-

posed his service was to be aboard a merchant steamer. On arrival at Cape Haytian, April 17, 1889, the steamer Clyde, upon which he and others under similar contracts had sailed from New York, was boarded by officers of the Hay tian navy, who informed Campbell that he was expected to serve on a Haytian man-of-war lying near by. This he positively refused to do. He was thereupon informed by those officers that he had been engaged for that purpose, that he would not be allowed to remain or return on board the Clyde, that he was in their power, and that if he refused to obey their orders it meant death to him. He still refused, however, to enter the services of the Haytian navy, and succeeded in securing passage on board a small boat for Monte Christi the following day, but -while he was walking about the wharf waiting for the boat to leave he was assaulted by Haytian soldiers, beaten and thrown into the sea. With great difficulty and after much suffering he succeeded in getting back to New York.