The Prescott daily news

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The cause of it all was a meteor

which shot, down from somewhere to

somewhere, passing perilously close to

Fort Worth, as it seemed.

RIGID INVESTIGATION OF DEATH

OF PRESIDENT WILL

BE MADE.

CITY IS UNDER MARTIAL LAW

Palace Had Been Constantly Guarded

by Soldiers—Dominican Of

ficials Are Believed to Be

Involved in Plot.

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Port-Au-Prlnce, Hayti, Aug. 10.—

Haytian soldiers have begun making

arrests of men suspected of participat

ing in the blowing up of the national

palace, which resulted in the death of

President Leconte and the wounding

of probably 400 others, mostly Hay

tian soldiers.

Gen. Tancred August, who was ap

pointed acting president by the na

tional assembly to succeed Leconte,

virtually placed the city under martial

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CINCINNATUS LE CONTE.

law and issued a manifesto saying that

a rigid investigation of the outrage

would be made. While soldiers pa

trolled the streets, others were at

work clearing away the wreckage of

the palace, which was burned after

the explosions had set it on fire.

Although Leconte had been In of

fice less than a year, there were ru

mors of a conspiracy against him at

the tinie of his death. That was the

reason Leconte had insisted on main

taining a powder magazine and ar

senal in his palace and why he kept

hundreds of soldiers stationed either

in the structure or in the immediate

neighborhood.

The palace, a huge frame building,

resembling uu American summer re

sort building, rather than the official

residence of the head of a republic,

caught tire from an explosion in the

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Prescott daily news. (1912). Prescott, Ark., 1912-08-10. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn90050307/1912-08-10/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Prescott daily news, 1912-08-10.