River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-08-29
LEGITlME LEGS 1T.

The UsLrping Haytian Leader Abdicates
aud Flees from the IsIand-Hippolyte
Enters Port Prince In Triumph
Brief History OF a War Which Cost
Many Lives and Ten Millions in Treas-
ure.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Acting Secretary
Walker Blaine has received the following
cablegram from Rear-Admiral Gherard i
commanding the naval force of the North
Atlantic station:
'Legitime accepted the terms offered and
embarked Thursday afternoon on board the
French corvette. II Is not known where he
will 60 Hippolyte's forces occupied the
town Friday morning. we fear riot. /
have notified the diplomatic corps that / will
do all / can 70 prevent trouble. The French
and English captains will act under my orders
1t is very important that the new Minister
should be sent Immediately"
New YORK, Aug. 25.-Kuhnhardt & Co have
received the following dispatch from Port
au Prince:
'Legitime embarked on the 22d. Montepointe
entered 2sd, Hippolyte cath. No disorder"
This dispatch indicates that Legitime has
left the field to his rival, Hippolyte
New YORK. Aug % The sloop of war
Galena sailed from the Brooklyn navy yard
Sunday for Port au Prince where she will
relieve the Kearsarge, the latter vessel
having been ordered TO return North Al
though the Haytian war is practically at
an end, it is understood that the United
States Government deems it necessary to
keep war vessel at Port au Prince in
der to / csperly protect American inter
ests there
The war originated in the troubles which
followed the fight OF President Solomon. All
ofHayti for once was united in demanding his
abdication, and on August 10, 1885, he fed as
Legitime has fed, before an army OF 1000
northern men, who were at the gates OF Port
au Prince under General ThelemaQue. A new
election was ordered, and the candidates were
General Seide Thelemaque and General Fran
co.'s Denis Legitime. Thelemaque had the sup
PIT of the north, the northwest and the De-
partment OF Aotebonete. and Legitime was
backed by the rest OF the country. On the
night of September 2s, before the election was
over, there was riot in Port au Prince and Gen
eral ThelemaQue was killed. His soldiers were
CHARTERED away from their arms, which we're
seized by Legitime. and the soldiers were liter
ally kicked out of the town. Legitime's
friends said the killing of Thelemaque was
pure accident but the northerners declared
that he was asssssinated, and they demanded
that Legtime withdraw from the can
didacy for the Presidency. Instead OF
doing so the latter proclaimed him
self the Chief Executive and pro-
ceeded to put down the disaffected north
ton is by a house OF deputies consisting OF
eighty-fou members. The northern deputies
Withdrew, but Legitlme got enough together
10 get through the form OF an election, and on
December l6 he was inaugurated reg
ularly as President He had money.
arms, and what there was of the Haytien navy.
He kept the southern cities in line very well,
but the whole north rose against him under
Hyppolite. Then they began 10 hunt for arms
and munitions Of war, and vessels which could
be got cheaply and converted into armed
cruisers. Legitime declared all Of
the northern ports blockaded. He
captured the steamer Haytien Repub-
lie, and Admiral Luce went down with
the Galena and got the vessel BY May Hyp-
polite was in possession OF nearly all the couu-
try except Port au Prince. It is estimated
that the cost OF the war for the year has been
about ten million dollars A great many
bloody battles were reported, always with vic
tory for both sides, but the estimate OF the
killed does not exceed 40Ol