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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
November 17, 190317 de noviembre de 1903 · Portland, Me. · Grant Annexation Debates & Bondholder PoliticsDebates de Anexión de Grant y Política de Bonistas

The Portland daily press

SourceFuente: The Portland daily press · Portland, Me. · November 17, 190317 de noviembre de 1903
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016025/1903-11-17/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: New-York tribune · November 17, 190317 de noviembre de 1903Later articleArtículo siguiente: Daily Kennebec journal · November 18, 190318 de noviembre de 1903 →

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SummaryResumen

The *Portland Daily Press* reported threats by Dominican Consul General Galván that gunboats *El Presidente* and *Independencia* would sink the Clyde liner *Cherokee* if it called at rebel-held ports, though Clyde Line agents insisted on maintaining their schedule. Naval authorities noted that the cruiser *Baltimore* was positioned in Dominican waters to protect American vessels from unlawful attack. Meanwhile, dispatches indicated that General Jimenes held supreme revolutionary command and that Vice President Deschamps was preparing to defect to the rebel cause.

El *Portland Daily Press* informó sobre las advertencias del cónsul general dominicano Galván de que los cañoneros *El Presidente* e *Independencia* hundirían el vapor *Cherokee* de la Clyde Line si hacía escala en puertos en manos de los rebeldes, aunque los agentes de la línea insistieron en mantener sus itinerarios. Autoridades navales indicaron que el crucero *Baltimore* se encontraba apostado en aguas dominicanas para resguardar a los buques estadounidenses de ataques ilícitos. Entre tanto, los despachos señalaban que el general Jimenes ostentaba el mando supremo revolucionario y que el vicepresidente Deschamps se disponía a pasarse a las filas rebeldes.

A note: the passage found for this article seems to run into the item beside it on the page, so read this summary as a first pass until the article itself is ready.Una nota: el pasaje encontrado para este artículo parece mezclarse con el texto vecino en la página, así que lea este resumen como una primera versión hasta que el artículo mismo esté listo.

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.

sink any regular United States liner so

long as the Baltimore is in Dominican

waters. The merchant vessels, it is

stated, must respect the blockade if it

is enforced and their commanders

would of course be properly advised in

the matter by the Amertcan minister.

WILL SINK CHEROKEE.

New York, November 16.—More

trouble seems to be in store for the

steamer Cherokee which arrived here

last week from Dominican ports af

ter several thrilling experiences.

The agents of the Clyde line steamers

In this city declared today that the

Cherokee will sail next Wednesday on

her regular schedule and will pursue

her regular itinerary, stopping at

Samana Bay, Monte Christi, Sanchez,

Puerto Plata and Macoria. Manuel De

J. Galvan, consul general from San

Domingo to New York, said today that

the Cherokee will certainly be sunk ft

she attempts to enter the five harbors

named. He says that the entire San

Domingoan navy the gunboats El

Presidente and Independence are on

guard to maintain the blockade of those

portsi, now in the hands of the rebels

under Jiminez. “If the Cherokee at

tempts to enter any of those ports the

gunboats will not parley with her this

time,” said Mr. Galvan. "They will

surely sink her.'

JIMINEZ IN COMMAND.

San Juan, P. R., November 16.—Of

ficial advices received at the San Do

mingo consulate here say General Jim

inez Is in supreme command of the

revolutionists and that General Des

champs, the vice president of the re

public, is to join Jiminez with the

best of the supporters of President

Wos y Gil.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Portland daily press. (1903). Portland, Me., 1903-11-17. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016025/1903-11-17/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Portland daily press, 1903-11-17.

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