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was appointed Secretary of the Provincial 

 Government of Camaguey, in which posi- 

 tion he continued until 1902 when he asso- 

 ciated himself with the Cuba Railroad 

 Company. In 1906 he retired from the 

 railway business to devote himself to 

 dealing in land on a large scale. 



In 1909 he was appointed by General 

 Menocal to an important administrative 

 position in the great sugar mill "Chaparra." 



In 1914 he was elected Senator for Ca- 

 maguey, succeeding in this high office the 

 famous Cuban leader Salvador Cisneros. 



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