Algiers, Sept. 24.
The body of Queen Ranavalo-Manjaka III, one-time ruler of Madagascar, exhumed from the local cemetery, was placed on board a Marseilles-bound vessel today on the first lap of its long voyage to the French African colony.
The deceased was born in 1864and ascended to the throne of Madagascar in 1883. The intrigues of her husband, Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony, provoked the French expedition of 1895 and the establishment of the French protectorate over the island.
In 1896, Queen Ranavalo's kingdom became a French colony and she was then deposed and sent to Reunion Island. Later, she was taken to Algeria, where she died in 1917.—
Havas.
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