New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-03
NORD ALEXIS FLEES
TO A WARSHIP
WOM4N TRIES TO KILL
HIN At WHARF,.
DeDosed President Under French
FIag-U'Hd Scenes in P0rt-du-
Prince.

por+-au-Prince Dec. president Nord Aiexls
49,. baan denosed and is now safe on board the
French training ship, Duguay Trouin. and FoEt-
au-Prfnce is in the hands Of the rsvoiutlonistA-
General Antoine simon. the leader Of the tnsur-
zants ia marching up the peninsula with an
army of five thousand men. and ne" Presi-
dent, General Legitirne, has been proclaimed
At the last moment President Alexis yielded %
the pleas of those about him and decided 10
take refuge on board ths-French warsnip- Az
precisely : O'Clock a salute Of twenty-one guns
announced his departure from the palace IhOu-
sands had gathered there early in the day ana
had s,,rred around the entrances. threatening to
tear down the walls to drive out the Presidents
and his IovaI followers. As-the hours passed tns
great mob became fnfuriated. shouting for him
IN leave the country. The mob was armed anu
men and women. beside themselves with rage
heaped curses on the head Of the aged man Wno
had lost the Presidency Of the republic but had
earceIv expressed his determination to fight To
the last.
So serious was the situation that the FreneH
Minister. NJ Carteron. and other foreign repre-
sentatives. together. with members OF spe-
ciaIy appointed committee, forced themselves
on the President, who finally consented to with
draw: Shouts greeted him as he stepped from
the precincts Of the palace to. a carriage NJ
Carteron carrying the French tri-color, sat be-
side him. and the Minister threw the folds OF
the flag over the shoulders of the deposed Presi~
dent to protect him.
An immense crowd Of men and women haA
assembled at the wharf. and the arrival OF tns
Presidential carriage, escorted by battalion oe
infantry and a squadron Of cavalry, under COM
mand of General Hippolyte, was the signal tos
wild tumult and riot.
All along the route the people who lined ths
streets jeered ard cursed the fallen President.
but when the landing stage was reached the
mob lost all restraint. The scene was tragtc
and shameful. Infuriated women broke through
the Gordon Of troops and shrieked the coarsest
insults into the face Of the President, who stroys
bravely to appear undismayed-
They tried 30 hurt themselves upon him 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 ruskets, several shots being fred spaes
was finally cleared. and Nord Alexis with the
French colors draped about him. was hurried on
board 4 skin in tow Of steam launch. his suite
tumbling into the boat after him. AS the launch
drew away three Haytian gunbOats and the
French and American varships in the harbor
fred a salute to the fallen President
Just as Nord Alexis was enbarking, a woman
succeeded in reaching his side, and. drawing 4
knife made a sweep at his body The blow fell
short. however, and before the woman could fol-
low it with another she was seized by a soldier.
A man succeeded in striking the President with
his fist, but the blow was glancing one on ths
neck Nord Alexis turned to NJ Carteron. and.
shaking his head. said: Il told YOU so. your
excellence"
trunk which was left behind on the TASTY
departure of the President and his party from
the wharf was seized by the rioters and broken
open It was found 10 contain some $1,000 IN
gold and 10000 Haytian sourdes- The sPecia
was scattered and promptly stolen
The unrest which ended in the open revolt of
the residents Of Port-au-Prince had been notice.
able for some days. and it reached It's cuIn1inat-
ing point early this morning when regularly or
ganized bands Of citizens moved quietly about
the town and took possession Of various points
Of vantage No shots were fred, and the only
resistance to be found was that Of the President
who barred himself in the palace One OF this
leaders in this movement charged that the Amer
ican Minister. H. ". Furniss. was the chief %
those encouraging the President 70 resist. and
he issued the following proclamation
Citizens. The danger is supreme; risk
f0T1r iOdp
The old man would have given up already vers
il not for the advice Of diplomat N no Is pre-
pairing for our annexation A clash is expected.
and this diplomat wishes to precipitate one m
order to have preteXt FOR colonizing Us Les
US therefore be dOCjle. Yet not supine-
Every effort made by the committee from ths
diplomatic corps and by members os his fam
iIv who begged the President to abdicats-
proved of no avail during the early hours OF
the dsv Nord Alexis was obdurate and re-
fused to leave the palace. although threatened
nv the riotous mobs outside. He expressed his
determination to embark with troops the
eunboat Nord Alexis and proceed to Cape
Havtfen where he would organize a civil war
of the North against the South.
This mad resistance was dangerous. II was
believed that the popuaCe armed and exasper-
ated bv the stubborness OF the President might
attack the palace AT any moment and that the
night would not pass without armed assault.
which doubtless would have meant the death
~ Nord Alexis and the destruction Of the build
ing
Deserted BY his ministers. abandoned by those
he had put info-high Office and reviled by the
whole population. President Nord Alexis had
little chance Of escape except through the inter
vention OF the representatives OF the French
government. His guard had been reduced to =