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Dominican Revolutionists Take Pos

session of Town of Daiabon.

PORT AU PRINCE, HAYTI, August

8.—~The revolutionary Dominican (roops

which assembled at Ouanaminthe have

crossed the frontier and have taken pos.

session of Dajabon,

The garrison at that place retired to

Fort Belair, a strategic position com.

manding the town, The foreign popula

tion and the Haytian consul left the

place,

It is considered probable that Jiminez,

the leader of the revolution, will attempt

to make a landing on the island shortly,

in order to join the revolutionary troops

at Dajabon and take direction of the

movement.

The Haytian government {3 taking

measures to prevent Jiminez from landing

in that country.

FORT DE FRANCE, ISLAND OF MAR.

TINIQUE, August 8~A cyclone at il

o'clock yesterday morning struck La

Pointe-a-Pitre, Island of Guadeioupe.

Phe disturbance lasted neariy until 4:30

P. M. A number of houses had their

roofs blown off and were flooded and a

number were demolished, but no fatal.

ities were recorded. Twenty three fat

poats and fishing boats were sunk in the

harbor in addition to schooners two small

steamboats, and another steamer, the

Hirondille, which were wreckea at other

places, The plantations suffered consider.

ably.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Ang. S~The

first case of yellow fever reported among

the troops at Havana is announced to

day in the following cablegram:

“Havana, Aug. 7, 1899,

“Surgeon-General Sternberg, Washing.

ton, D. C.:

“Mm. Beatty, Company “A” Eighth

Infantry, la Punta Barracks, Havana,

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The times. (1899). Richmond, Va., 1899-08-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85034438/1899-08-09/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The times, 1899-08-09.