The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-12-03
restored.

Port au Prince, Dec. g. President
Nord Alexis has been deposed and is
now safe on board the French train
ing ship Duguay Trouin, and Port
au Prince is in the hands of the revo-
lutionists. General Antoine Simon,
the leader of the insurgents, is
marching up the peninsula with an
army of 5000, and a new president,
General Legitime, has been pro-
claimed.
At the last moment President Alex
is yielded to the urging of those
about him and decided to take refuge
aboard the French warship. A salute
OF Fl guns announced his departure
from the palace. Thousands had gath
cred there early in the day and they
had surged around the entrance,
threatening to tear down the walls
to drive out the president and his
loyal followers. AS the hours passed,
the great mob became Infatuated,
shouting for him to leave the coun-
try. The mob was armed and men
and women, beside themselves with
rage, heaped curses on the head of
the aged man who had been deposed
from the presidency, but who had
fiercely expressed his determination
to fight to the last.
So serious was the situation that
the French minister, M. Carteron,
and other foreign representatives, to-
gether with members of a special
committee, forced themselves upon
the president, who finally consented
to withdraw. Shouts greeted him as
he stepped from the precincts of the
palace and into a carriage, which had
been provided. Mr.. Carteron, carry
ing the French tri-color, sat beside
him and the minister threw the folds
of the flag over the shoulders of the
deposed president to protect him.
An immense crowd of men and
women had assembled at the wharf
and the arrival of the presidential
carriage, escorted by battalion of -
fantry and a squadron of cavalry I'M
der command of General Hippolyte,
was the signal for wild tumult and
riot.
All along the route the people who
lined the streets shouted, jeered and
cursed at the fallen president. but
when the landing stage was reached,
the mob lost all restraint. The scene
was tragic and shameful Infatuated
women broke through the Gordon of
troops and shrieked the coarsest in
suits into the very face of the presi-
dent, who strove bravely to appear
undismayed.
They tried to hurl themselves upon
Alexis and fought with hands and
feet against the soldiers, who found
difficulty in forcing them back. In
order to disengage him, the troops
discharged their guns, several shots
being fired. During this time, a space
was cleared and Nord Alexis with the
French colors draped about him was
hurried aboard a skiff in tow of a
steam launch, his suite tumbling into
the skiff after him. AS the launch
drew away, three Haitien gunboats
and the French and American war
ships in the harbor fired a salute to
the fallen president.
Just as Nord Alexis was embark
Ing, a woman succeeded in reaching
his side, and drawing a murderous
knife modo q cUoap Of b;C bodu The
blow fell short, however, and before
the woman could follow it up with
another, she was seized by soldier.
A man succeeded in striking the
president with his fist, but the blow
was glancing one on the neck
Nord Alexis turned to M. Carteron
and shaking his head said: 81 told
you so, your excellency."
A trunk which was left behind on
the precipitate departure of the pres
ident and his party from the wharf,
was seized upon by the rioters and
broken open. 1t was found to con-
tain some $4,000 in gold and 10000
Haitien gourdes. The specie was
scattered about and promptly appro-
priated.
A catastrophe was feared, if the
palace was invaded by the populace
In such event, the foreign consuls
were ready to have landed detach-
ments of sailors and marines from
the warship now in port, in order
to protect the interests of the citi-
zens Of their respective nations. A
series Of signals had been arranged
from the consulates to the warships
with this in view, but as those who
had taken charge of the government
have also taken precautionary meas
ures, warshlp forces were not con-
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