Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Powell to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Port au Prince, August 29, 1902.

(Mr. Powell states that reports of severe fighting near Cape Haitien on August 28 and August 29 have been received; that Nord is at the head of the Provisional army and Jumeau is in command of the revolutionists; that the loss on both sides is very heavy; that Limbé and Marmelade are totally destroyed.)