The record-union., 1898-06-04
Was to Transport Reyolutionists to Santo
Domingo.
Said to Have Successfully Landed
the Men at Monte Cristo, Which
Town Was Taken Without Dif-
ficulty Revo1utionists Now
Moving in Considerable Force
on Other Towns.

CAPE HAYTIEN QIaytD, June g.
11:4O a. m.-(Copyright, 1898, by the
Associated Press).-The mystery sur
rounding the movements of the Clyde
line steamer Fanita is now said to be
fully explained. 1t appears established
beyond a doubt that the reports of an
uprising in the Republic of Santo Do
mingO against the power of President
Heurreaux are correct The initial blow
was struck at Monte Cristo on the bOr-
ders of Hayti, the nearest Dominican
port to Cape Haytien. 1t would ap-
pear that the Fanita, instead of hav-
ing on board only seventeen Domini-
cans, probably had $50 on board Tie
Fanita arrived here on June 1st, half
empty, bringing from New York pro-
visions of the navy, which she land
ed at Matthewtown, Bahama Islands.
She slipped away about 10 o'clock the
same night, and was to touch at Monte
Cristo or at Keys, just outside, with the
object, it was alleged, of filling up the
empty portion of her hold. She had On
board Chris Roberts, the most famous
pilot of the West Indies
The Captain of the Fanita said the
portion of her cargo which was rot
banded consisted of COAL but. there was
good reason to suppose that it consist
ed Of something very different from
coal The suspicious of the Spanish
Consul here were aroused He de-
nounced the taking on board the steam
er of the Dominicans and the sudden
sailing of the vessel without notice, and
without the permission of the Domini-
can Consul. The Spanish Consul
classed this as an outrage and as an
act of piracy, and entered a formal pro-
test with the Haytien authorities.
The majority of the Dominicans, it
appears. while here. We're shut up in
the hold of the Fanita so as to escape
attention. General Juan Ysidro Jim
inez and General Pablo Villanueva are
believed to have been on board. 1t IS
also noted that the former has long
been in the public eye in Santo Domin-
go as a desirable man for the Presi-
dency General Villanueva 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 to take him on
board.
The preparations for the revolution
are said to be very elaborate. and there
is strong belief here that the revolu-
tion is sure of success. On the other
hand. the Dominican Consul here says
he has a report that the revolutionists
have been defeated at Monte Cristo.
The report is generally believed.
According to impression which pre-
walls at Cape Haytien, the Fanita,
when she left here, had a tried and res
olute body of men on board, and also
carried heavy supply of arms and am
munition. II is charged that she ski
fully
she was engaged in an expedition to
Cuba, and was going to Monte Cristo 10
take on more men.
The advices received here on the
subject say that the Fanita arrived at
Monte Cristo at 3 O'Clock yesterday af-
fernoon and that the revclutionists had
no difficulty in taking the town. The
most circumstantial reports have it
that the revolutiOniStS are now in con-
siderable force and that Generals Mo-
Tales and Nallankeve are marching on
Puerto Plata, while another detach-
anent is moving against Santiago de
Los Caballeros, on the Yaques River,
200 miles east of this place.
General JimineZ is a merchant who
has been in business here, at Monte
Cristo, at Puerto Plata and Hamburg.
In his youth he served in the army and
ular in Dominica
President Heurreaux according to
common saying among the Domnicans
has killed off all the prominent men
Dn whom he could lay hands and who
might be rivals. The Presidents ha-
tired of General Jiminez is especially
marked, but the latter has kept out Of
his reach, residing chiefly in Paris
ABOUT two months ago General JimineZ
left Cape Haytien Ostensibly for Porto
au Prince, but it is said he did not go
any further than New York, and it is
believed while in that city he perfected
the arrangements for revolution in
Santo Domingo over which, II success
full, the great majority of the Domini-
cans. for the time being at least will
rejoice
General Jiminez is 30 years old and of
a mild temperament. He here refused
several times to be a candidate for the
Presidency. His father was formerly
President of the republic.