| OCR Text |
Show HAIlrlAI. I.4.W, Tbe Haltlaaj Caellal lis a Hale at aleae. New Yoiik, May 10. Martial law has been proclaimed lu l'ort-au-l'rlnce. Armed soldiers iialrol the ill eels night and day, and no one la allowed to enter or leave tha city without a passport. The Haitian capital la literally In a state of alege, aud the cause of this condition of attain la the agitation caused by the aupportera of Ueiieral legitime, the deposed president. This news Is contained In letters received by merchants enraged In tha Haitian trade In New York. It la also announced an-nounced that Firman, inloliter of finance and foreign affairs In President Presi-dent Hlpjiolyte'a cabluct, haareelgncd, though no explanation of hla conduct Is given. The report that any attempt waa made on the life of I'realdeut Illppolrte la absolutely denied. The exact data on which martial law waa proclaimed In the Haitian capital la not given, For months, though, It waa said the eumorlers of Legitime have lieen actively engaged In atlrrlng up n feeling against the present administration. admin-istration. rhajleposoJ rreildent,who lsnowstfournliig In Jamaica, has, It Is said, been regularly isisled lu the work of his secret emiMarles, l'rcsl dent Hlppolyte, however, has not len napping, and he Is now drier-nlnoi drier-nlnoi to nip the threatened uprling In tho lud, and at tbo ismo lime If poesl-Lie, poesl-Lie, bring the guilty onea to Juitlce. Clravesend Ilaees. OriAVDiiaD, May 19. Threu-quir-lersofa mile Civil Hervloo won. Dr. llailirouch second, Chusaicake third, Tlme-l:l8. Ml In and onc-alxteenth TrITtan won, Iluddblstsecund, Now-or-Never third. Time 1:10. Flve-elghtha of a mile, Hudson stakes, two year olds Ueorgla won, Lady Longfellow second, Oppressor thlnl. Tlme-litW. Mile and one-eighth, Maturity handicapJudge han-dicapJudge Morrow won, Clarenden second, Hlr John third. Time 1:50, Fire furlongs Ilex won, Laughing Waler second, Othmar third. Time 1:01. Mllo MounUIn Deer won, War-tulh War-tulh second, Tamineuy tlilrd. Time Lelghton and Cancan fell In the fourth race, Ulghton breaking his left fore leg, while Cancan eacal uninjured. un-injured. Neither Jockey waa hurt. |
