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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
August 4, 18994 de agosto de 1899 · Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.] · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

The Mitchell capital

SourceFuente: The Mitchell capital · Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.] · August 4, 18994 de agosto de 1899
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn2001063112/1899-08-04/ed-1/?sp=4

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

President Ulises Heureaux of the Dominican Republic was assassinated at Moca on Wednesday afternoon, after several earlier attempts on his life, and his murderer, Ramon Caceres, made his escape. Immediately on the announcement of his death, Vice President General Wenceslao Figuereo assumed control of the government, and the paper gives an account of Heureaux's career, from his birth at Puerto Plata and service in the war against Spain to his rise to the presidency.

El presidente Ulises Heureaux de la República Dominicana fue asesinado en Moca el miércoles por la tarde, tras varios intentos anteriores contra su vida, y su asesino, Ramón Cáceres, logró escapar. Inmediatamente después del anuncio de su muerte, el vicepresidente general Wenceslao Figuereo asumió el control del gobierno, y el periódico ofrece un relato de la carrera de Heureaux, desde su nacimiento en Puerto Plata y su servicio en la guerra contra España hasta su ascenso a la presidencia.

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.

gave orders to remove a dead man lying

at the main entrance.

Gen. Heureaux was born in Porto

Plata in 1S40 and served in the war

against Spain from 1-SG8 to 1874. Latei

he was put at the head of the advanced

Dominicans, who sought to improve their

country by inducing foreign capital to lo

cate on the island. As he advanced all

the wealthy inhabitants joined his forces

and when he arrived at the gates of the

historic city ot Santo Domiugo he was

chosen president of the republic and serv

ed his term of four years. At the ex

piration of every four years an electoral

college assembles in the city to vote for

a president for the following term, but

owing to Gen. Heureaux's popularity

and ability he has always been unani

mously re-elected and was serving his

fifth term.

ALASKAN MATTER BRIGHTENS.

Temporary Settlement May Soon Be

Reached with Kngland.

Secreniry Hay and Reginald Tower,

the British charge d'affaires, expect soon

to have the Alaskan boundary line prac

tically settled on a temporary basis. With

Canada eliminated from the controversy

it is thought that the American and Brit

ish Governments will have no difficulty

in reaching an agreement.

The map, made from Dawson's Cana

dian map of 18S7 and United States

coast survey of Alaska, shows the boun-

Mr. G. D. Ferris of Mexico, Mo., ia

a prominent business man who holds the

tuterests of his town above everything

else. He is n«t only

the owner of the

Mexico Opera House

|v ~p^jnnd other valuable

property, but is an

athlete who gees in

shirt sleeves in

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Mitchell capital. (1899). Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.], 1899-08-04. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn2001063112/1899-08-04/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Mitchell capital, 1899-08-04.

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