The sun., 1910-05-02

Prrsldrnt m lRo3. He Was Over-
thrown hy the People and Drl,en cut.
,rsc'ai cs9s DSspafrA - TIVE svs.
KINGSTON. Jamaica. May Cen. Nord
Asus. President of HAyti from ie02 20
lsS. died here this morning Of senils
decay. He IL said by some 70 have been
over a hundred years old. More likely
he vas about N.
Ne vas exiled in leos after his downfall
A. President and came here 10 live. He
wAs amnesiisd by President Simon a
feu months ago and was preparing 10
return 10 Hayti. The body will be sent 20
Hayti for burial beside that Of his wife,
Who died last year.
zen. Alexis Is reputsd TO have died
enormously rich.
Nord ALEXIS was horn. according 10
tns nsst authorities. az Cape HAytien on
August ?. is7O. He was a son Oi Baronet
Dc Nord Alexis. member Of the court
n Henri Christophe. who In 1911 called
himself King Henry |. Of Hayti His
mother Was daughter Of Baron Pavic,
and EoddAuGhter Of Christophe himself.
The late President inherited some Of the
deals of the mild hammered Christophe.
uho At one time ordered his chief q po-
Ire 70 prove his loyalty by bringing on a
Plate 20 the palace the heads ol his 1.-THE
police chief's) wife anS daughters. and
sAw 20 it that hia order was obeyed.
Brought up In the tradition ol this
r.ign young NOrd Alexis became a soldier
a. the age of 10. He became an aide-Js-
camp II President Pierrot. another et-
ratio ruler Of unfortunate Hayti. He
Married the Presidents daughter IN Isl5
and became quite an important person.
age IN the army and In politics. Sou
iouque made him Governor Of la Plaine
du Nord and later of Aienle du Nord. In
IssS when Sylvan Salnaye started an up-
nsinE against President Gefrard he had
Aeus ~ an ally and the two made things
very warm for the powers that we're until
ths British ginboat Bulldog arrived and
bomhArded Cape Haytien. the strong
bold of the revolutionists. Incidentally
thar gunbOat blew itself out Of the water.
After the bombardment Salnave and
Alexis escaped on a United States gun
boat to Santo Domingo.
There tho two plotted a triumphant
rs,urn. They went hack to Hayti in
Is7 and SAlnavs had himself proclaimed
Protector of the republic. The Congress.
however,. promptly adopted constitution
cutting down his term to four years.
In Issa he made himself Dictator. bus
me people arose and overthrow him.
He vas tried and shot. Alexis was made
Minister of War in the provisional Gov
eminent which followed Five years
ater Alexis was exiled by one Presi-
dent and returned within a year. Just
N time 20 be eXiled by another. In
Is7s he went hack 20 the island during
President Salomon's regime and was
Arrested tWics In 1880 and 1855
The mig ht of September -, isss. was
Urus uAlly exciting for Alexis. who a.
tfa' time was fighting under Seids Thsle-
u aqUe. an aapirant Tor the position of
President left vacant by the hasty de-
parturs of Salomon Thelemaque was
dsfeated and killed. but Alexis rallied
ts soldiers and sicceeded in gaintn z
iactian headed nv President I.egitime.
Then came President hippOlyte. and
Tor fourteen years under him and simon
sam Nord Alexis served A. lgvcTuST
& the north and northwest parishes Il
the republic In May. iSI2. sam resigned
and provisional Government W.ls formed.
Three candidates for the Presidency
threatened the country with new blood
shed. The Congress was prolonged 20
4. -.
away from the three aud demanded
A0rd Alexis. The National Assembly
a. once elected him. He was the TWEEN.
tieth ruler % Hayti In 10 years
HAyti soon found thar Alexis had not
forgotten the traditions % his youth
he made himself the head of rule Of
mllitariam. When a man displeased MIN
the President sent around a company
~ hia Falstafiian soldiers and they al
ended to thai man right ON the spot
A. lAte a. 1908 the German Consul General
assed his country 10 send warships 90
are the bloOdthirsty Old President. and
ga" a. a reason for The request the fact
ma Alexis was rapidly imprisOning
-f executing ali vino opposed hia poll
Oes In an interview az that time the
consul said that AleKis's soldiers dug
graves for thoss whom they had shot
Gown and II the graves were not ,Ong
enough they simply chopped On the
C0rpses legs. There was no time 90
z new graves Thirty men were killed
~ ne battle before breakfast one morn
rg Ananti-foreign outbreak was threat
efed too
The President lived In barbaric splendor
gyrt1unded by officers who had all they
CI.ld do TO walk about. ~ laden Wers
hey with gold lace. His guards are re-
p0rted 70 have been constantly sleeping
in the rooms Of the comic opera palace,
the furnishings Of which were imported
i-1m abroad at unheari oi expense.
Alexis himself wore a uniform of glaring
green and gold. He had polished manners
and spoke excellent French. Here Il a
d@srrIptiOn Of his personal appearance
d4~ng the last days Of his rule.
HIS face was black ~ black could be.
l. VAS far more Ethiopian than the aver
aRr negro IN the North. The profile was
srrDst triangular and the chin dropped
aIght 0h Behind his gold -pectacles
hs ives were sunken, and the whites were
csc .ur-d 10 a dirty brown
Tho were incessant plots and upris-
Hgs against his rule. tut Il was not until
Ircsmher. l00s. that any kind OF eneCtual
resistance was made Then the people
srp-3 IN a body and thrust hun out A
r'Fu.ItiOnary army had possession ot
about half the republic. A. last the
l"pr.e Il Port au Prince suddenly rDse
o1a morning tho administration build
rss we're seized and mObs surged
around the 100000 palace calling upon
me I'D man inside 10 come out and -
d .i he watched them from an upper
vr-iow for a day. Tie was game and
would have fought 20 the death. but the
'rargn C0naula urged surrender. So
vrt % few attendants he drove in the
gr-ag- e the French Consul through
lrn -r r'-nts 20 a waiting French scho0lship
HL." the people spat at him and cursed