The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-27
REVOLT IN SANTO DOMINGO?
DESPATCH FROM COLON SAYS
NOTING HAS STARTED.
Report That 500 Marines Have Been or.
dered From the Isthmus "a the Island
-Warships TO BE Kept There Until
All Chance OF Outbreak Is Ended.

All Chance OF Outbreak Is Epdeu'
NBw ORLEANS, Jan 2o.-According TO a
cable despatch received this afternoon
from the STAFF correspondent Of the P'cd-
pune, who is now in Colon, serious insur-
rection has broken out on the island OF
Santo Domingo. on the announcement OF
the fact that the United States had taken
charge of the revenues OF the island.
The despatch says that lighting is going
on in the streets all over the city Of Santo
Domingo and that II may be some time
before the instruction can be quelled. A
messa ge was received by the naval officers
at Colon late yesterday afternoon ordering
that 800 marines be placed on board the
Dixie at the earliest possible moment and
the Captain Of the Dixie. which has been
cruising in southern seas for several months
past. was ordered to proceed TO Santo Do
mingo as soon az possible and TO place the
forces on his ship at the disposal OF the
officer In command of the forces already
on the island.
As soon as the order was received 500
men. under the command Of Col Wood.
embarked on the Dixie, which left Colon
tonight.
The men who went to Santo Domingo
are those who this month relieved the six
companies which have been on the 1sthmus
for the last year. A special train was pro-
vided for the troops from Empire Camp TO
Colon, and the men, together with q number
of pieces Of artillery. were transferred to
the transport during the afternoon.
The Dixie il expected TO reach the island
on Sunday morning.
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the Government works and the quarter
masters stores on the Isthmus practically
without a guard, and for this reason the
naval officers at Colon believe that unless
trouble has broken out the orders removing
almost all the troops from the 1sthmus would
not have been issued.
WASHINGTON. Jan 25-The warships
now at Santo Domingo city and elsewhere
In Dominican waters will remain there
indefinitely. Later on. II II is apparent
that the malcontents have no intention OF
fomenting revolution. some of the vessels
will be Withdrawn. but 1t is the plan Of the
State Department 10 have at least two
warships in Dominican waters as long as
the United States Government has any
thing to do with the island. AT the ports
where conditions appear TO be the most
serious vessels will be kept in constant
attendance.
Admiral Sigsbee has left Santo Domingo
City on the Newark for Puerto Plata. Com
mander Dillin CHAM the special commits
sioner from the State Department to Santo
Domingo, is on the Newark. He will in
vestiga conditions there. and may then
come directly 10 Washington TO make full
report to the State Department.
But little news was received from Santo
Domin go to-day. The cables were reported
to the State Department to be in a very bed
shape
Officials OF the State and the Navy De-
partments said tonight that they had
received nothing TO confirm the report that
a revolution had broken out in Ssnto Do
mingo. Naval officials also declared that
they knew nothing about the despatch Of
marines from the Isthmus OF Panama to
Dominican ports.