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Haytian paper, gives the following account

of President Hyppolite’s death:—

On Tuesday 24th March at 3 a.m. His

Excellency the President left the capital.

Having taken a light repast he mounted his

horse; arrived at the corver of Grand Rue

and thht of Bretagne his ministers noticed

him unsteady, but before they could assist

he had fallen from the horse. having been

seized with a fatal stroke ot apoplexy. This

unexpected news soon spread over the town,

The diplomatic body was immediately

convoked at the National Palace, and Mr,

P. Yaine, Sceretary of State and For

eign Relutions, condneted Monseignenr Tonti,

the doyen. the Ministers of France and those

of the Dominican and Liberian Republies

into the death chamber, into which the body

of the President had béen trankported. The

Prestdent 1o fallimg received s e contn:

sions abont the right side of the face.

Fnergetic measure have been taken to

malutain peace.—St. Thomas Bulletin,

Spectator, 218 t March.)

The Italian Government is wot quite 80

resolved to avenge its defeat in Abyssinia as

was at first believed. General Baldissera, it

is said, found the army even more demoralised

than he had expected; great pressure has

been put upon the King, notonly by his advi

sers but by hisaliies and the Negus Menelek

has been asked, through a special envoy, te

state his terms of peace. He appears to be

inclined to moderation, and it is reporvted that

he will ba content if the Italians give np all

projects of conquest, and confine themselves

to Massowah and the colony miound it It is

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St. Croix avis. (1896). Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.], 1896-04-25. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84037526/1896-04-25/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: St. Croix avis, 1896-04-25.