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Show H PALACE IS 1 BLOWN up I I President of Haiti With I ' ' Many Officials and I 1 Subjects Killed H Port Au Prince Haiti. Aug. 8. H General Cinclnnatiis Leconte, prosl- H dent of the republic of Haiti. porlBh- H ert today In a fire which destroyed H the national palnce. It wns caused H by nu explosion of tbe powder maga- H 7lne attached to the pnlaco. H The oxploslon occurred at 3: IS H o'clock this morning and the shock HI shattered the palace. Fire followod HI quickly and the palace, a woodon HJ structure, was consumed within half HJ an hour. There wore a great number HI of explosions of ammunitions of war HJ that had been stored in the oellarn. HJ All the houses around tho palace HI were greatly damaged, but as tho pal- HJ ace Itself was Isolated the firemen HJ succeeded in their efforts to looallze HJ . the fire. HJ The members of the family of the HJ president, all of whom wore In the HJI i palace at the time, wero saved, but HJ J President Leconte himself perished. HJ ' Later ln estimation showed that HJ tho casualty list in dead and wounded HJ amounted to 400 persons HJ Consternation reigns among: the HJI populace, but no disorders have oc- HJ curred. HJ The military authorities aro main- HJ talning order In the town Both the HJ chamber and the senate have been HJ called In national assembly and prob- HJ ably will nominate a successor to HJ . President Leconte today General HJ I Tancrcde Augusto. who Is a senator, HJ and was formally minister of public HJ works, and Senator Luxemburg Cau- HJ vb, formerly minister of tho Interior, HI are candidates HH The cauBe of the explosion has not HK been explained HV Cinclnnatiis Leconte was elected HH nnnniir.ously by congress president cf H Halt August 14, last year HV He first gained prominence in HB Haltlcn arfairs in 1 90S when as mln- Hh Ister of he Interior, in the cabinet HJ' of President Nord Alexis, he was HJ credited with ordering the summary H- shooting of ten prominent revolution- HHl arlpR at Port Au Prince. HH When the regime of Nord Alexis HK was brought to an end shortly aftcr- HK ward, Leconte went into exile in Ja- HB; malca While there ho intrigued Hi' against the new president. Simon, HJ and In January. 1011, started a rcvo- HJj lution against him which was, how- Hli ever, short-lived. The insurgents HJ' were defeated and Leconte took ref- HR uge In the German consulate at Capo ' HJh Haillen, later being sent from tho isl- Hl and under German protection. Hi'. Leconte returned to Haiti last May HV and succeeded in overthrowing Pres- Hj ident Tion. HKI He was a mulatto, between 40 and HB 50 years of age, and belonged to the HB legal profession. HB Explosion Was Accidental, HH Washington Aug S The Haitien HV minister to Washington, Solon Me- HK ton, today received from his govcrn- i ment confirmation of the palace explosion ex-plosion and the killing of the president. presi-dent. The explosion was accidental . and resulted from a fire in the pow- HB! der magazine, his advices said. |