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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



A bill to establish a sanitarium for con- 

 sumptives at Sierra in Cienfuegos was re- 

 ferred to the proper committee. 



A Bill increasing by 600 men the Rural 

 Guard Corps was referred to the Commit- 

 tees of Military Affairs and Treasury and 

 Budget. 



The debate on the Lottery Bill opened. 

 Mr. Martinez Ortiz spoke against the estab- 

 lishment of the Lottery, saying that to ob- 

 tain a problematical revenue of $3,000,000, 

 they were going to draw $10,000,000 from 

 the country. 



Senor Lagueruela, Secre- 

 Havana's tary of Public Works, on 

 Sezwrage ^Nlay 12 called on the Super- 

 Works. intendent of Sewerage and 

 Paving for the city for an 

 explanation of the report that works are be- 

 ing carried on as if Havana were a city of 

 two million inhabitants, whereas provision 

 for six hundred thousand would be enough. 

 Expenditure would go as high as $20.000,(X)0 

 if the present plans are carried out, he said, 

 instead of the $16,000,000 originally estima- 

 ted. 



The tunnel under the Cabaiias hill to 

 carry the sewer pipe which will be the out- 

 let for the sewer system to be constructed 

 for the city of Havana, is now under way. 

 The tunnel starts at Casa Blanca and go- 

 ing under the Cabaiias hill will reappear on 

 the shore side where the sewer pipe will 

 continue out to sea. 



Under the plans the city's refuse is all to 

 be taken across the bay to Casa Blanca 

 where a pumping station is to be installed. 

 To carry the refuse to a place along the 

 shore wdiere it will not return, the tunnel 

 was planned. 



That merchants need not 

 An pay storage charges to the 



Important Government, when they pay 

 Decision, these charges to private own- 

 ers of the stores, is the deci- 

 sion of the Secretary of the Treasury of 

 Cuba, who on Alay 7, in order to protect 

 the merchants and to facilitate the discharg- 

 ing and warehousing of merchandise, or- 

 dered that merchants depositing their goods 

 in private custom warehouses (such as the 

 San Jose and others) shall not pay to the 

 State storage charges as heretofore has 

 been the custom. These charges will only 

 be incurred by goods deposited on wharves 

 and in warehouses which are the property 

 of the Government. 



General Loinaz del Castillo 

 Envoy has accepted the appointment 



to as Cuban Envoy Extraordi- 



South nary in South American coun- 



America. tries, succeeding General Ruis 

 Reveia, an appointee of ex- 

 President Palma. Congress has not yet ap- 

 proved the selection. It is expected that 

 the General will visit all these countries, 

 the tour to take about two years and that 

 an appropriation of $40,000 will be made 

 to cover the costs. 



The State Department has just been 

 officially informed of the proposed tour 

 of South America by General Loinaz Del 

 Castillo. The general will be accom- 

 panied by two aides, including one of 

 President Gomez's sons. President 

 Gomez has asked the Congress for 

 $40,000 for the trip. The State Depart- 

 ment does not look upon this venture 

 with much favor. General Castillo .is 

 anti-American, and may do the United 

 States irrepara1)le harm in Latin- 

 America. 



President Taft in a mes- 



Governor sage to Congress on June 5, 



Magoon's praised Governor Magoon's 



Work work in Cuba and that of 



Praised. the American Army. He 



said: 

 "The administration by Gov. Magoon 

 of the Government of Cuba from 1906 

 to 1909 involved the disposition and set- 

 tlement of many very difficult questions 

 and required on his part the exercise of 

 ability and tact of the highest order. It 

 gives me much pleasure to note in this 

 public record the credit due to Gov. 

 Magoon for his distinguished service. 

 The hearing of the appeal of 

 Tlie Sergeants Francisco and Vi- 



Rebcls cente Cortes of the rural 



Appeal. guard, who were sentenced to 



death as leaders of the Tag- 

 uayabon revolt, came before the supreme 

 court of Cuba on June 2 and was denied. 



Their appeal was based against Article 

 10 of the Military Penal Code, which the 

 counsel claimed was unconstitutional, as it 

 sentenced them to death for a political 

 crime. President Gomez must now make a 

 decision but it is generally believed that 

 Sergeant Cortes and his son will not be 

 shot, for public opinion strongly favors a 

 commutation of the death penalty. There 

 has not been a single case of shooting a po- 

 litical offender since colonial days. 



R. Winthrop Pratt, chief engineer of 

 the Ohio State Board of Health, has 

 been appointed by the Cuban Board of 

 Public Words as director of sanitary en- 

 gineering for the island of Cuba. The 

 salary is $4,000. 



A commission composed of Messrs. 

 John R. Stanley, Rafael Rodriguez, Cal 

 Pablo Guerrin and Jose Trujillo are try- 

 ing to obtain a subsidy for an electric 

 line from Cienfuegos to Manicaragua, 

 opening up the rich Manicaragua Valley. 



