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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
January 17, 189417 de enero de 1894 · Abbeville, S.C. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

The Abbeville press and banner

SourceFuente: The Abbeville press and banner · Abbeville, S.C. · January 17, 189417 de enero de 1894
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026853/1894-01-17/ed-1/?sp=10

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.

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SummaryResumen

*The Abbeville Press and Banner* reported that Captain Stubbs of the American schooner *Henry Crosby* anchored near Old Azua after losing his bearings and dispatched a longboat to determine their location. Dominican soldiers on the beach opened fire without warning, striking a sailor in the back of the head and wounding the chief officer. Captain Stubbs proceeded to Azua and lodged a formal complaint with the American consul for transmission to Washington.

*The Abbeville Press and Banner* informó que el capitán Stubbs, de la goleta estadounidense *Henry Crosby*, fondeó cerca de Azua Vieja tras perder el rumbo y envió un bote para determinar su ubicación. Soldados dominicanos apostados en la playa abrieron fuego sin previo aviso, alcanzando a un marinero en la parte posterior de la cabeza e hiriendo al primer oficial. El capitán Stubbs se dirigió a Azua y presentó una queja formal ante el cónsul estadounidense para su transmisión a Washington.

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.

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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.

December 11, but the populace of San Do.

mingo City, which is eighty-four miles from

Azua, were still talking of the affair when

J? the Clyde came away, two days later.

Old Azua harbor is ten miles away from

r? Azua, and in approaching the first named

y Captain Stubbs, of the Crosby, lost his bearings.

His schooner dropped anohor and the

in captain ordered four of his sailors In the long

:e, boat In charge of the chief mate to Ascertain

ig the exact position of the craft As the boat

ds drew near the beaph a dozen soldiers In

ry Dominican uniform were seen running toward

the surf. Without warning of any kind

as the men leveled their carbines at the occuQy

pants of the long boat and fired,

a- A bullet from the first volley hit one of

ty the rowers in the back of the head and a

second shot from another round laid low the

ohief officer.

The uninjured men then hurried back to

the Crosby with their mates. All were thor?

id oughly frightened, but Captain Stubbs was

o, beside himself in anger. He was for going.

ashore and dealing vengeance then and

1(i there. But he weighed anchor instead and

us- went to Agua, where he sent a complaint to

q the American Consul at St. Domingo City.

That official has forwarded the papers to

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16 Yellow Jaokrat Rio.

at It Is announced on advices from Bio

1(] de Janeiro, that yellow fever has broken

ja ont at that capital and five deaths from the

3d disease are already reportod. Much sympathy

is expressed for the plague and war

stricken Inhabitants.

The Brazilian Government is taking every

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Abbeville press and banner. (1894). Abbeville, S.C., 1894-01-17. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026853/1894-01-17/ed-1/?sp=10

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