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New Yoke, January 2. The following

dispatch has been received from Port-au-Prince,

dated Decemner 31:

Articles in the Haytian newspapers contain

furious threats against Mr. Thompson, Minis

ter of the United States to Havti.- Many

Americans have been arrested, both men and

women. The American consulate is filled with

refugees. Hippolvte's army is marching on

Port-au-Prince. The excitement here is In

tense. Americans at iPort-au-Prince are in

danger of their lives.

In regard to this report of the ill-feeling

againt the Americans in Hayti un account of

the Haytien Republic matter, Minister Pres

ton states tms atternoon that the reports are

unfounded. He says, however, that it is not

rertain that the little republic will pay the

$200,000 claim ot the United States Govern

ment lor damages, and intimates that there

may be a counter claim put in.

FOUGHT UNTIL THE DEATH.

Prominent But Desperate Mississippi Com

batants Practically Kill Each Other.

Aberdeen, Miss., January 2. This

evening, near Fentress, Frank and James

Coleman quarreled with Charles

and William Belay about the

possession of a farm, and the

quarrel ended in a battle between the

parties, with double-barreled shotguns, in

which Frank Coleman and Charles Delay

were instantly killed. After the guns were

emptied the survivors engaged each other in

a hand-to-band conflict,' in which James'

Coleman was wonnded on the head, and

William Delay badly wounded in the thigh.

Two sisters of the Delays who had ap

peared on' the scene during the melee were

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Pittsburg dispatch. (1889). Pittsburg [Pa.], 1889-01-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024546/1889-01-03/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Pittsburg dispatch, 1889-01-03.