Pittsburg dispatch
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President Ulysses S. Grant championed a treaty to annex Santo Domingo (1869–1870), sparking a historic Senate battle led by Charles Sumner. Later coverage tracked President Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) and crushing European bond debt.El presidente Ulysses S. Grant promovió un tratado para anexar Santo Domingo (1869–1870), provocando una histórica batalla en el Senado con Charles Sumner. Informes posteriores siguieron al presidente Ulises Heureaux (Lilís) y la deuda externa.
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According to the *Pittsburg dispatch* on January 27, 1889, Cape Haytien was attacked and shelled for a day while Fort Piccolet replied. Mr. DePendry reported that Hippolyte's forces were preparing an aggressive campaign utilizing a new navy, which reportedly included the purchase of President Hereaux's gunboat *El Presidente* (formerly the *Red Rose*) and the *Mercedes* from Santo Domingo, with armaments brought by the *Ozama* from New York to be handled by American gunners. Additionally, Minister Preston received a cable message reporting a small fire in Port-au-Prince caused by an oil explosion.
Según el *Pittsburg dispatch* del 27 de enero de 1889, Cap-Haïtien fue atacado y batido a cañonazos durante una jornada entera, contestando el fuerte Picolet. El Sr. DePendry informó de que los destacamentos de Hyppolite preparaban una vigorosa ofensiva amparados en una flamante escuadrilla, la cual comprendía supuestamente la adquisición del cañonero del presidente Heureaux *El Presidente* (antes *Red Rose*) y el buque *Mercedes* comprados a Santo Domingo, junto con artillería traída desde Nueva York por el *Ozama* servida por artilleros estadounidenses. El ministro Preston recibió por lo demás un despacho notificando un leve incendio en Puerto Príncipe ocasionado por la inflamación de aceite.
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tacked Cape Haytien again, and fired shells
for a whole day. Fort Piccolet replied.
Only one shell reached the town.
Mr. DePendry said that Hippolyte
was putting o'ff an aggressive campaign
until nis new navy was ready for action.
The plan then was to march the entire
Northern army straight for Port-au-Prince,
while the gunboats worked around to the
harbor.
A NAVY ON THE SPOT.
Hippolyte will not have to wait for the
arrival of the Madrid. He has a navy on
the spot Mr. DePendry says that a courier
arrived at Cape Haytien recently, 'over
land from Hippolyte's agent in San
Domingo, with the news that President
Hereaux has sold his new gunboat,
El Presidente, to Hippolyte. The gunboat
was the Red Rose, and was purchased re
cently in France by Hereaux. The news
also came that the Mercedes had reached
Samana and had been promptly sold to
Hippolyte. This is the boat recentlv pur
chased on speculation by the Dominican
Consul in this city.
Mr. DePendry said that the armament had
been brought by the Ozamafrom New York,
and was being put aboard the boats in Do
minican waters. One of them was fitting up
in Monte Cristi. The guns will be handled
by American gunners. Ten of them, he"
said, arrived by the Ozama, with the guns.
It will be remembered that the Ozama took
nine Gatling guns and a long heavy box
that was supposed to be a piece of heavier
ordnance.
Minister Preston said a cable message had
informed him that there had been a fire in
Port-au-Prince. Two or three private
houses were bnrned, the result of an .oil ex
plosion. If the fire was so small, it seems
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Pittsburg dispatch. (1889). Pittsburg [Pa.], 1889-01-27. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024546/1889-01-27/ed-1/?sp=7
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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Pittsburg dispatch, 1889-01-27.
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