Mr. Hay to Baron Fava.
Washington , February 15, 1900 .
Excellency: I regret to find that your note of January 15 last, in further reference to the case of the lynching of persons of Italian origin at Tallulah, La., and with which you inclosed a report from the acting consul at New Orleans, was, through an unaccountable oversight, not acknowledged at the time of its receipt.
Copy of your note, with its inclosure, was, however, immediately sent to the governor of Louisiana with appropriate commendation to his excellency’s early and attentive notice.
Be pleased to accept, etc.,