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Show TROOPS OF MORALES ATTACK PUERTO PLATA 1 Besieging Force Retires After Several Hours of Severe Se-vere Fighting. CAPE HAYTIEN Haytl, Jan 3.-Ad-ViCOSJ received hero early thin morning f."iii Puerto Plata on the northern coast nf Suit.. I bimitiRi'. say Unit the troops Of the fugitive President Morales, uttder the ommanil nt Gen Ltentetrln Rodrlfues attacked at-tacked Puertn Plnta nt In o'clock yoster-'a yoster-'a mornlnc,. The flKhtlnc was seere and lasted until u o'clock In the evening, when the besieging force retired A number of men were killed or wound - ii "ii both sides In the engugenn" nt. during dur-ing which hnvonets and swords were principally used Prepare for Another The forces of Gen. Rodriguez, which are massed outside Puerto Plats, were when itinc -HiUlcis were forwarded, preparing for another attack on the place. A portion of the population of Puerto Fl.'tta has declared In favor of Morales nnd street fighting has occurred the supporters sup-porters of Morales shooting from 'he win- 1. v.s of their houses a t the troops of Ocn Carcerei the temporarj President of San-'.O San-'.O Domingo These troops were experlein -irig difficulty in defending themselves, as they were unable to locate the persons firing fir-ing on them. A messenger who arrived here from Monte Crlstl today brought the news that Gin Rodriguez, has announced that If his attack on Puerto Plata Is successful he Will proclaim himself as a candidate fot the Presidency of Santo Domingo. Fully Twenty-Five Kil!ed. WASHINGTON Fan 8 The State department de-partment has received a cnblegrain from Puerto Plata giving an account of the uprising up-rising there It says ' Revolution has broken out here late today (Tuesday) Gen. Rodriguez fought his wa Into town and then retired Not less th.tn twenty-five killed and many wounded (Jen. Casperdes holding the fort, still fighting." |