Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-01-22
PORTO PLAIA|SRE- Captured
TROOPS OF DOMINGO ATTACK
AND ENTER IT.
Pailas Lands Men--At Cape Hayden
Five Rebels Are Executed, Crowd
Looking on-san Domingo IL On
ssfe--Property Of Americans Seized,
but No Yankee Marines Available.

Cape Haytien, Jan. I9.-The govern
ment troops which disembarked re-
Gently at Sosua have been ordered to
march on Porto Plata. A brisk attack,
supported by the guns of Domini-
can war vessel, began in the evening.
In the morning operations were re-
sumed and the government troops en-
tered Porto Plata, causing the fight
of General Deschamps, who took ref
uge in the United States consulate.
The British cruiser Pallas has land
ed marines to protect the consulate.
The United States cruiser Hartford
has arrived.
Five Rebels Executed.
Five persons connected with the con.
spiracy headed py General Monplaisia
to start a revolt against General Nord
and condemned to death by military
tribunal, were executed in the pres
ence OF vast crowd. Several foreign
ers who took part in the conspiracy
will probably be deported.
A dispatch from Port au Prince
January said that in the presence of
President Nord, who went to Gonaives
to take part in the celebration Of the
centenary Of the independence OF
Hayti, General Monplaisir attempted
to start revolt against the president,
but that the movement failed The
generals son and an accomplish were
killed and many arrests were made. !.
III
Port Au Prince, Hayti, jan To-
The government finally refuses to set
at liberty the officials of the national
bank charged with participation in
the issuance of 100000 in fraudulent
securities early last year.
II was announced from Port au
Prince January Z that the French min.
lister to Hayti had made an amicable
demand that the arrested French of.
ficials Of the national bank be provis-
ionally released, basing his request on
the ground Of humanity and unhealthy
condition of the prison. The govern
ment. however, refuses to comply with
the demand. saying that the Haytien
laws prevented such action.
AmerIcan's Cattle Seized.
San Domingo, Jan. 19.-The revolu.
tionary general. Navarro, having seiz.
ed cattle on an estate at LATE,
which is an American property, the
agent of the estate applied to Minister
Powell for protection.
The minister was compelled to re.
fuse the request, as he had no force at
his command sufficient to guard the
estate. The force of the gunboat New.
port is too small to safeguard estates
from pillagers, and in order to protect
United States property the minister
says there is great need Of larger
warship here. II the revolutionists
should enter the city Just now 1t
would be impossible to prevent the pill
lage which would be sure to take
place, and there is no other warship
here to support the Newport should 1t
be found necessary to land men.
Cruiser Columbia at San Domingo.
San Domingo, Jan. 19.-The United
States cruiser Columbia has arrived
here.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Sanchez
has left for Washington via Porto
Rico. with the object OF soliciting the
recognition of the United States of the
Dominican government and the ex
equateur of new consul general al
New York. This morning the insur
gents fired shells into the city and II
is said that woman and child were
injured.
The German steamer Holstein ar
rived at San Pedro de Macoris with
the exiled generals. Fobles and Mar
tinez, aboard, and the generals were
brought to this city on the varsity
Presidente.