The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03


IN Santo Do0inUo has aGn-n drawn TIE at
tentson Of the American pesple - that
island. and Il = . subject Tor Intelligent
hopefulness that the time . not car 60
tAnt when BY arrangement. o. by a Ia
vorabse concurrence Of circumstances rh1s
republic. nov center az chroaSc apn~ss-
ais through the agency oS political azzyen-
turers. may BE- swallowed ap in tas Srszx=r
republic OF the Unlsei States. That he IN
aabst2nrS Of Sanxo Domingo were aose -
do what tnose Of the poDalous and
larger island o. Cuba could 1ozs taas -
by Independent effort 70 free themselves
from the Span-nh rule. - an und<nlz1se evi-
dence Of the Possession Of exceptionally
high moral character. d unsrry-sovln1 AM
bition and capacity for a great nzzsre de-
ve:opment which wouzd m2xs than vasa-
able citiz<nD il allied TO a people sf kan-
Cred sp&ris whose numbers would render q
Impossible that they should De snusliecsc<s
tossed about ~ the caprice OF impecaassUs
and predatory r2scass-
The writer can nsver Blot from mens<y
the misery Of the 5Txt seven 1ax4 mere
properly firss seven nights. Ne speat AZ The
Hotel DaimsydA. IN the town q Puerss
Plata The croaking Of myriads &C froxs.
which he ascr.bex- TO the noise Of ths foe< Of
dancers upon wooden fsoo-ss the ooasGans
hum az the mosquito and the e1ssttvs dfii-
gence Of cohorts from the femxie reauKvsS.
and IN unbeArAbls temperature s0ilowzng
beautiful New York InSlAn summer. would
have tried tho pasisnce OF that 2zrAxoo af
self-renunc-at.on. the patriarch az Chzz1sA-
But what were all these details compared
with the inceSsant cry: suar2nte &C an
guarantee deux. 3aarante triosf The
leader Of the cry. the knixhs OF the ensstss
was . WORKING baker. eupa5le - nslgsnx =
loaf. capable af seii-nv IL when nake. cap
able OF winning con at the x1mzng table
anS known to be capable * little eisH.
visited The same town three yeazx later
and saw . new structure N - ccssssr
ycIept the palace soldiers wsso Strut
ting "A front Of IL. and u was ne gDv-
ernor's cfnctA1 rssldencs. ana tbs governor
was the formsr hero of the card tzbis n
the Hotel DAimeyda-
That man vas . type Here 10 ansener.
senior Durochef was my friend. he w~s
q man whose frisndship vas . prizs 20
be valued. Tor he was = scholar. . ssnx1e-
man. and . dfplematist. He wzs The head
Of the customs department. I'm the isiaD<f-
a costly cargo was brought into thu port
Of Puerta Plata. and the captain of the
vessel thought . coiosed oG1cial must %
venaL h Offered Durecheg an enormous
brfbo to cheat the e1cheQuer. and the
owners OF that vessel regret TO this day
that their captain could noe irtsrpree hs1-
man character from n physioOnomscai tn
spection. But who oufstde Sanso Dumlnwo.
or even more than shts. who ouesfde the
ephemeral administrnxf0n which hs serv-
ed. ever heard Of puroch~r- II was all
well for Richardson TO add 20 his novel.
Pamela" the alternative title. -vfrsus
tn Own Reward But thar sort OF thing
viii never serve the Durocnsrs. sr their
iIk, until the day when Won popuif - rep
resented by 7o.ooo.sos shroafs.
sanso Domingo has not been wsthont good
=
went 10 Sanf0 Domingo city 70 wait upon
the president. Buensvsnsura B:aG .
wanted . receipt from the govsrnm~nt
warranting the building % y Protestant
church IN Puerta Plata. me prssidsus's
French was poor, and dfd not speak
Spanish: but he manages To maks me un-
dsrstand that ~ was rot In sympathy
with my request. - ho was noe Protest.
ant told him m French. which ne veil
Understood. that I vas ready tn waive me
religious question. and take shs moraI
ground only: and wholly abandon the re-
quest n he could prove to me that shs
prospective church would have an TIM
moral influence on the minds Of the peo-
pie He caught rho idea and cried ont
with fervor. "vous svex raf~on. ncr-
sierr: vous avss rsfSonL" He pronfs~s
10 further the plan. ana IN less than .
month the undertaking was In sr1lf swing
Such a man ruled for tho god OF the
people. and such a man n not In the mar
kee Amid mercenary enfourSgs such
mems rule - short I warned him 20 take
precautionary measures about a yesr fat-
err but he was heetfess. and SIN rronshs
afserward he vas seeking refues among
strangers.
The resources OF that country, Who res
estimated shem4 Cold. iron. coal and other
minerals in smaller quantities. mznoxsuv.
Iisnum vitae. tobacco. and dsnseiy sfmsrr~
ed forests. with country veil rzfsref.
show unlimited possibilities Wren frss
visited IL. had taken pa.u.x- from New
York on she steamship Tvbret On naargf
the same ve~s~f were Cot Price W. Howe
and others. forming . small party VINO
we're gofug out 90 start an Amaricar csf~
ony ct samana by. II Vas . -ossxs vov~
age and ve hesved overheard posr
victim TO sea-ArhneD snd wzs dnfnx nv
best 20 follow IN her vsk.. Bur. ~ re
calrner uomenenL Col Price wousd slSzvS
make for my cabin. al n WITH SMOKE ard
the edor Of an evfT-<ue1ifnw cigar snf
iesczns upon ths enthusiasm wsta whira Ne
vas supported IN View York ard ss~sos.
ard what an enormous trade woal6 10
handled ny me new cctort~& Te xas ~xnt
I'm everything except s1s place. ard ne i-n-
port sts - 81 home. r. VAS spssn1fs asv
il lay n . sallow wsrn hiifs n . er~s~rne
form draining their upper ~zfer On 80 esrr-
face rt was masarsous Tse sev~rs asais
hardly with he settlers. ard ernpn@
the fever 81 sxri.ernsns movfnx - rs~ ~
ferprf~ was IN inverse p-op~rtton 20 70
rnalariai and SANTANA ceaa~fz ~ crrzcN-
and America in~ = arxr srf strung grip
on SAINTS Domingo
TIE rsvasa-s1ns an sarfs Desa nxe 49, 80
sang1srary. bat snsy are ieorsoez4s71r- "A
euterp~Gas Yarx@s srs1xSr ~awrusIs
wound Dc . psx1Kc and . p~rDsa4l 1~rmfas-
ton Tas sswmsl w~nf 40 AMI 30 11rB
Of ,h~ awn~r serzz1> inflated sffn Sean-
Boona Wow q 0wr1H 7rnye-fy 1zn61~r7 !.
q esvsgsx.ns klneffe force P~opse crsw1sa
fn~f- snsrt5es roant u sa1 were 5@frer So
fts presence Bsss. aiasf a r~valszsi0s
.sr4fzea One mas ns~ ksf~s1 tzsre~
voanfe6. ara . rew pr-as1enr s1onfns@sf.
Sat me sa~min md - srz~n@2 @yst
the sFsznts - d~moziso~1 Srf tns oe~p3@ sr.x~
sarss osre~snx 1n rr~ altar - Ervnn~n -