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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
May 5, 18975 de mayo de 1897 · Watertown, Wis. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

Watertown republican

SourceFuente: Watertown republican · Watertown, Wis. · May 5, 18975 de mayo de 1897
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85033295/1897-05-05/ed-1/?sp=3

In contextEn contexto

Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas · 1865–1905

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.

← Earlier articleArtículo anterior: The San Francisco call · May 4, 18974 de mayo de 1897Later articleArtículo siguiente: The Wichita daily eagle · May 21, 189721 de mayo de 1897 →

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SummaryResumen

The *Watertown Republican* reported that the Dominican government offered to grant the United States a naval coaling station without financial cost. According to former diplomat Mr. Smythe, the proposed treaty covered commerce, navigation, extradition, and reciprocity, offering a site at Samana Bay or east of Santo Domingo. The sole condition attached to the concession was that Dominican naval vessels be granted coaling facilities in American ports.

El *Watertown Republican* informó que el gobierno dominicano ofreció conceder a los Estados Unidos una estación naval carbonera sin costo financiero alguno. Según el exdiplomático Sr. Smythe, el tratado propuesto abarcaba comercio, navegación, extradición y reciprocidad, y ofrecía un emplazamiento en la bahía de Samaná o al este de Santo Domingo. La única condición vinculada a la concesión era que a los buques navales dominicanos se les otorgaran facilidades para aprovisionarse de carbón en puertos estadounidenses.

Where this standsEn qué punto está

The full text of this article is still being prepared. Until it is ready, this page carries a summary, the passage found on the page, and the link to the original, which is always one click away.El texto completo de este artículo aún se está preparando. Hasta que esté listo, esta página lleva un resumen, el pasaje encontrado en la página y el enlace al original, que siempre está a un clic.

From the original pageDe la página original

The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

tion. the Dominican government is ready

to cede such a station to the United

States without asking for ihe payment of

a dollar. Mr. Smytho has not submit

ted an official report on this subject to

the state department for the reason that

his resignation was accepted before he

had time to prepare the report, though lie

had called on Secretary Sherman, to

whom be made an oral report.

“In a letter recently written by Mr.

Smythe to a former friend in Washing

ton. he says that he discussed with the

Dominican foreign office a treaty which

embraced the following heads and di

visions: Commerce, navigation, extra

dition and reciprocity of interest and

concession. Under this latter division

he obtained the concession of a coaling

depot for the use of the American navy

during the continuance of the treaty on

the sole condition that ‘coaling facili

ties be allowed the Dominican navy in

American ports.’ The coaling station or

depot was to be located at any point in

the bay of Samana, or in either of two

fine harbors east of Santo Domingo on

the Caribbean sea.”

THE RETIRED BURGLAR.

Caught Through a Contrivance Made for

Another Purpose.

“Why, say,” said the retired burglar, “I

got caught once in the very simplest sort

of way. I stepped over a door sill into a

room one night, raising my foot rather

high, as I always did, whether I had rub

ber shoes or not, so as not to scrape my

foot on the doer sill, and set it down

smooth and easy inside. But the instant

1 boro my weight on that foot the floor

underneath it gave, just a little bit; but it

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Watertown republican. (1897). Watertown, Wis., 1897-05-05. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85033295/1897-05-05/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Watertown republican, 1897-05-05.

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