The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-04
Party of RevOIutionists Defeated at
Monte Cristi and Prisoners Prompt
Iy Put to Death.
ESCAPE OF GENERAL JIMINEZ
WHO WAS SEEKING THE OVER
THROW OF PRESIDENT HEURREUx.
Steamer Fanita Alleged to Have Sup
piled the Rebels with Arms-Some
of the Leaders Slain.
Copyright 1898. by the Associated pressl

CAPE HAITIEN, Haiti, June 8, 1870 a.
m.-The mystery surrounding the move
| ments of the Clyde line steamer Fanita are
| now said to be fully explained 1t appears
established beyond doubt that the reports
| Of an uprising in the Republic of Santo
Domingo against the authority Of President
Heurreaux are correct. The initial blow
was struck at Monte Cristo on the borders
of Haiti, the nearest Dominican port to
Cape Haitien. 1t would appear that the
Fanita, instead of having on board only
seventeen Dominicans, probably had $50 on
| board
The Fanita arrived here on June 1 half
empty bringing from New York provisions
for the navy which she landed at Matthew
town, Great Inagua, Bahama islands She
| slipped away about 10 o'clock the same
night and was to touch at Monte Cristo or
at the keys just outside, with the object,
1t IS alleged of filling up the empty portion
OF her hold. She had on board Chris Rob-
erts' or Great Inagua. The most famous
| pilot or the West Indies, The captain of the
Fanita said the portion of her cargo which
was not landed consisted of coal, but there
was good reason to suppose that it consisted
or something very different from coal. The
suspicious of the Spanish consul here were
the steamer of the Domincans and the sud-
den sailing of the vessel without notice and
| without the permission of the Dominican
| consul. The Spanish consul classed this as
a great outrage and as an act of piracy.
| and entered a formal protest with the
| Haitian authorities.
The majority of the Dominicans It an
pears, while here, were shut up in the hold
| or the Fanita so as to escape attention
| General Juan Ysidor Jiminez and General
| Plabo Villaneuva are believed to have been
| on board. 1t Is also noted that the former
mas long been in the public eye at Santo
| Domingo as desirable man for the presi-
dency. General Vilaneuva fought bravely
against President Heurreaux's alleged
| usurpation, and was exiled. He has been
living at Great Inagua for some time past
and the Fanita is said to have stopped there
in order to take him on board.
| The preparations for the revolution are
said to have been very elaborate and there
| is strong belief here chat the revolutionists
| are. sure of success. But on the other hand
the Dominican consul here says he has a
report that the revolutionists have been de-
| feated at Monte Cristo. The report is not
| generally believed.
According to the impression which pre-
! walls at Cape Haitien, the Fanita when
| she left here had tried and resolute body
| of men on board and also carried a heavy
supply of arms and ammunition 1t is
| charged that she skillfully worked UP the
impression that she was engaged in an ex-
| petition to Cuba and was going to Monte
Cristo to takeson more men. The advices
received here the subject say that the
Fanita arrived here at Monte Cristo at 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon and that the
revolutionists had no difficulty in taking the
! town The most circumstantial reports
have it that the revolutionists are now in
| considerable force and that, under Generals
Morales and Villaneuva, they are marching
on Puerto Plata, while another detachment
is moving against Santiago de los Caballeros,
on the Vague river east of this place Gen.
Garcia, another Dominican leader, is said
to be taking part in the revolution and 1t
is expected there will be q rising at Santo
Domingo, the capital of the Dominican re-
public.
General Jiminez is a merchant who has
| business houses here at Monte Cristo at
Puerto Plata and at Hamburg In his youth
he served in the army and for many years
he has been very popular In Santo Domingo.
President Heurreaux, according to COM
mon saying among the Dominicans, mas
killed off all the prominent men on whom
he could lay hands and who might be rivals
is especially marked. but the latter has kept
out of his reach, residing chiefly in Paris
about two months ago General Jiminez left
Capt Ha1tien, ostensibly for Europe, via
Porto Prince, but it is said he did not go any
| further than New York, and it is believed
that while in that city he perfected the
arrangements for the revolution in Santo
Domingo over which, If successful, the great
majority of the Dominicans for the time
| hAinpr of oact
General Jiminez is fifty-fiVe years of age
| and of a mild temperament. He has refused
several times to be candidate for the
was formerly President of that republic.
1:50 p m.-General ,Jiminez was regarded
| as the wheel horse of the revolution which
put Hypolite in power in Haiti, manag-
| ing the financial end of the movement.
When he was here the last time it was
| warned him to leave Dominica for his own
| safety. Last April his principal partner
| came here from Hamburg to replace him
| in the direction of the business. The fact
| that the Clyde Company furnished the con-
| spirators with steamer is regarded as very
| significant of the completeness of the .preb-
| arations and the prospect of their success,
| since the Clyde steamship concession is the
most valuable held under the Dominican
| government.
| President Heurreaux is said to have re-
| Gently resumed the arbitrary execution OF
! his opponents sometimes openly, sometimes
| stealthily. The tragic disappearance of men
in Dominica General Pablo Reyes is said
| to be among the officers who have risen
| against the President. AT the close of the
la last revolution the rebels buried hundreds
| them. These are supposed to be in the hands
of the insurgents The Presidents troops are
also well equipped and hard fight is ex-
| oected.
This afternoon the Dominican consul re-
reaux. saying that an attempted revolution
at Monte Cristo had been .s defeated, thai
General Jiminez fed at the first fire of the
the Fanita and that all the others who
landed with the exception of three had
been killed Two of the prisoners are Pablo
VilIenvuena. son of General Villenvuena,
! and laborer named Caideron. They will
be executed to-day with the other prison
ers. The Haitian General Morales and seven
| Dominicans who shipped here are among
the killed Another person was killed on
board the steamer Fanita which put 10
sea Immediately and escaped
Prisoners Shot to Death.
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