The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-09-02
Affairs N san DOMINGO.
REBELS NEAR THE CAPITAL
The Government In = Balanee-Great Is
the Alarm EveryShsrs - A military
CemmandaNt Assassinated - Several
ToWRs Have Been Captured.

Ne" AofNs aug. 1Ol-A uispatch rom
Santo Domingo. via Key West, Fla, says
The tide OF revolution is rapidly nearing
the capital. The revolutionists have
crossed the mountains and are now only
six hours distant from it by horse.
The government is tottering and appar.
entity unable to choke the insureetiOn.
Yesterday it dispatched a commission to
confer with the rebel leaders for the pur.
pose OF trying to effect compromise.
Meanwhile there is great suspense. The
capital may be besieged in few days il
a compromise fails
Among the people there is general
alarm. The president never moves by
night or day except with a double guard
The city is virtually under military law.
The soldiers are patrolling the streets
The foreign eonsulates are crowded with
aliens apprehensive Of disorder.
The military eommandant of San Cristo-
bal was assassinated on Tuesday. Pla-
cards demanding the death Of the cabinet
ministers are posted nightly in prominent
places.
Military preparations are being rushed
| ZIG anu kuC INSCKNc8 AIG
under arms, but the insurreetion has thus
far been remarkably free from bloOdshed,
although there are vague reports of Sc
we're fighting in the interior.
All the telegraph lines of the interior
of the island have been cut by the insur.
reetionists and communication by wire
has been impossible for several days, but
Il tha ratrplV,finU. "a
Attack on Santiago.
New York, Aug. SO.-A dispatch from
Puerto Plata says:
An attack was made by the insurgents
yesterday on Santiago. The revolutiJnists
are gaining in strength daily. Another
camp OF the insurgents has been formed
outside this city and residents are leaving
hourly to join it.
The government has sent a committee
to the reyolutionists with a proposition TO
suspend hostilities for % days and then
proceed TO the elections.
Owing to its financial straits the gov
eminent will not be able to sustain the
present situation long. Besides, Ameri-
can intervention is feared in case there is
much lighting.
i Governments Heavy Loss.
4 New York, Aug. ga dispatch from
Cape HAitien, Haiti, says:
J, There was a battle at Dajabou several
days ago in which, according to the re-
, ports received here, the government lost
! III men in killed and wounded, and the in
sugents only live. General Eseobozls
, was among those killed.
By instructions from General Jiminez,
Ramon Pacheco has been made eomman-
der in-ehief in the northeast pending the
arrival OF General TorribiO Garcia.
, Private letters from Puerto Plata quote
the governor there as saying that he viii
surrender the town On the approach OF the
insurgents. He says that as IL is a ma
tional uprising he would avoid shedding
blood.
Puerto Plata Surrendered.
Washington, Aug. 3O.-The state de-
pIrtment received the following cabIegram
from Consul Simpson at Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo:
All towns IN this district except Monte
Christie, are in possession Of the -~volu.
tionists. This town puerto Plata sur.
rendered yesterday"