The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-03
Aged President of Haiti a Ref ugee on French Warship After Narrowly Els.
 caping Death.
REVOLUTION NOT ENDED
All Four Parties Unite in Selection of General Lcgltimc as Prcsidcnt-- Shameful Scene as the
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Port au Prince, Dec. 2.-Presdent Nord Alexis has been deposed and is now safe on board the French train ing ship Duguay Trouin, and Port au Prince ls In the hands of the reVoIu- tionists General Antoine simon the leader of tho insurgents is marching m the pennsular with an army of 5000 and new president, General lIegitimc, has been proclaimed
 Al the last moment President Alexis yielded to the urging of those about him and decided to take refuge aboard thc French narship At precisely , o'clock salute of 21 guns announced His departure from the palace. Thous- auds had gathered there carly In tho day and they had surgcd round the entrances, threatening to tear down he walls to drive ont the president and his loyal followers, As tho hours passed tho great mob became infur. atod shouting for him tn leave the country. The mob was armed and men and women beside themselves with rage. hcaped curses on the head of tho aged man who had been de- posed from the presidency of the re- public, hut who had flercelN expressed his determination to fight to the last
 So serious was the situation that the French minister, M Carteron, and other foreign representatives. with members of specially appointed committee forced themselves upon thc pr"tIdent who finally consented tc withdraw.
 Shouts greeted him as he stepped from the precincts of the palace and Into carriage which had boen pro. vided. N. Carteron, carrying tho French trl-color sat beside him. and the minister threw the folds of the flag oyer the shoulders of the dcposod president to protect him.
 An immense crowd of men and women had assembled at the wharf and the arrival of the presidential carriage escorted hy battalion ot infantry and q squadron of cavalry was the signal for wild tumult and riot.
 
 lined the streets shouted. ieered and cursed Al the fallen president. hut when the landing stage was reached tho most lost all restraint. Tho scene was tragic end shameful. Tnfuratcd women broke through the cordon of troops and shricked the coarsest in. suits into the very face of the presi. 6ept ml,p etrors ..,. dismayed.
 They tried to hurl themselves upor him and fought with hands and fee against the soldiers who found dln culty in forcing them back. In orde to disengage him. tho troops discharge, their muskets, several shots being fired Meantime a space was cleared, an, Nord Alexis, with the French color draped about him, was hurried ahcar' skiff in tow of steam launch hi suite tumhling into the sklff after him As the launch drew away, thre Haitian gunboats and the French an American warships in the harbor fire salute to tho fallen president.
 Just as Nord Alexis was elnbarkIne woman succeeded in reaching hi side and. drawing a murderoue knife r1ade 2 sweep ai his body The bIo, fell short however, and before sh could follow it up with another sh was seized hy a soldier X man sue oeeded in striking tho president wit his fist, but the blow was ? glanrln one on the neck Nord Alexis turne to M, Carteron and. shaking his heqt said T told you 30, your cxceloncy.
 A trunk which was left behind O he precIpitate departure of the presI dent and his party from tho wharf wa seized upon by tho rioters and broke open, l. was found to contain som slooo0 in gold and 10000 Haita gourden, The specie was scattere about and promptly pilased.
 X catastrophe was feared f tn palace was invaded by the populace I such an event. the foreign eonsnls wer ready to have landed attachments c sailors and marines from the warqhIn now in port. in order to protect the in torests of the citizens of their rcsncc tive nations series of signals ha been arranged from the consulates [ the warships with this fin view. but a those who had taken charge of the gov srnment have also taken precautonar measures. narship forces were not con sidered necessary ashore.
 All the parties, those Of FoucharC Simon, Firmin and Menos were repre sented on the committee which urge the presidency upon General LegitIm, IL is of the utmost importance fo Genera simon to hasten hs marc upon Port Au Prince with his disci plined troops, for otherwise there great likelihood of the many partie now organizing becoming engaged | an armed struggle among themselve for supremacy, The flags of the nation are flying over the doors and from tn windows of the homes of the foreig residents for notwithstanding thcI exhibitions of hostility against thei fallen president tho Haytans are | dread of the landing of forces frol the warships. They especially fear th men of the United States cruisers Ta coma and DesMones, whose reputatIo for putting down riot and disorder ha gone before them.
 
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