Show I Our Colored Ilaytiaii Consul I WASHINGTON May SDr John E W Thompson today appointed Minister Resident and ConsulGeneral to Hayti was born in Brooklyn and is a graduate of the medical department of Yale College Col-lege After leaving Yale he pursued his medical studies Paris where he became proficient in the French language which I knowledge will serve liim in his new sphere as the Haytians are a French speaking people Dr Thompson is a young colored man and was highly recommended rec-ommended for the position by the faculty of Yale as well as by many leading citizens citi-zens of his native State |