Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-02
TERM$---S?.. 90 PER YEAR
THE REVOLUTION IN SAN DOMINGO.
No Men To work, Because the Govern
ment Wants Them for FightIng
purOoSP-

The contest between Gru>. lIrurrraux and
Nova ar me grr.druvr OF HE rrVnblr result:
ed. e, wa> generally furs.ru. In r-vuiutipu
The elections were he'll about tie beginning
Of July la some places, whrr- tic supporters
.: the csndidatrs v-rr IA nearly equal force
The ppiliu" vas conducted with fairness: tur
IN other ui4cr,. W here the m-urr,auy men wrr-
in power. The election was larc-. Ia san
Domingo vity, for instance. liz NyyI rIrjs.
seeing how the polling was conducted. made
a protest. and Withdrew from the ,itv ten.
lIeUrrciuX Wa declared elected. and com
promise was attempted with Nova. who Win
his frlrnOS had withdrawn 10 Ia Vega
town ol considerable importInc" IN the IuierI-
or. President ell visited him there. but fhr
result of the conference or what was proposed
At it.. i not known. Active preparations for
war were. luaGr
II {, almost imuus- DIE 10 get trustworthy in
formation. The government officials even Jn
not know. and such lies are in cirCulaiio ION that
No one can -av or form an idea a. Ia what u
being dOur. II was said that rp-Niin!ster at
War Nalvrrd". Of the Nova PARTY. who re-
sigHed his office shortly before The election. h,-
gan hoStiliticS bv attacking the fort ~ the
town Of Santiago ia the tcupO the most i'm
pOrtant inland position aui IAcratiug The
governor who had been pat IN prison on a..
count uf his being friendly tr Nova. II was
reported that Santiago was IN The hands If the
Nova men. II is certain that ''cu B-ni'n
NonCion, governor Of the province of Mont.
tr,to. hat sent uUt ;roupS IN command of h.,
son TO night for Nova. and that the read -
Santiago from Puerto Plata VS.. in their hanl~.
a. government troops had twice been sent OUt
from bat place 10 sttacN them, and had on
each occasion zen repulSrd with loss.
When the Cl' d. steamer arrived At san Do.
mingo civ on Iuly -. she was chartered tr
proceed down The coast lor men, ten. lIeurreaUI
being lien IN the city organizing his army.
On the arrival of the steamer al AZua. the
government officials seized cighty-fOUr mon.
Some ot them hsd the appearance of clerks
from the town stores. and the majority vcr.
labOrers taken from their work on the sugar
estate OF Capt John llardv, of Boston. These
were all that could br got hold Of there, and a
very unwilling lot OF warriors they were. The
ship then proceeded 10 Barra iowa: but there
they had received notice oil what vas coming.
and the ahlr-hodicd took 10 the woods. The
result was that not one man was got. The ship
returned 10 the capital. aud the next day the
impressed men, having got their arms and ami
munitiOu, were shipped off with about five
hundred Others. II - supposed Tor La Vega,
since il was thought to be Ii-urrcauX' intCn-
tion 10 att.r. Nova at that place There were
not more than six hundred men in the lot. hut
the report WAS circulated that there were two
thOus and.
II is thought from the industrious manner
in which false reports favorable to the govern
sitiOn j, far more serious than is generally
known. In San Domingo City, for instance,
IL was stated that Gen. DuprrOn. of Puerto
Plata. hSd marched upon Monte CristO aud
mad defeated rh" governor. Moncion, and bad
Installed new one in his place. whereas the
condition of affairs really was that Gen. I.u-
peron had not left Puerto Plata at all and,
further. that the only troops that had gone
out 10 attack BcnitO MOnciun's men, who were
Oh the wav ~ attack Puerto Plata, were re-
pulsed on both occasions "t their going out.
Nothing Trustworthy can De learned Of the
state Oi affairs in the interior. II il certain
that the whole country j. in arms and that
this j. by FAR the most serious revolution that
has been seen Tor wears
Nova has the most distinguished Sighting
men With him. P>hlU Nilleumr- is one VI the
most daring generals in the country. He is
with Nova in Ia Vega.
Business is in ~ irghlful state. The owners
nf sugar estates have had to stop work As
soon a. men were collected 10 work the gov
crnmcnt snapped them un gave them guns.
and packed them oil to lSht.-Netg York sam.