THE CUBA REVIEW 



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Congress by its act of July 

 Banes 3, 1909. authorized the segre- 



and Gibara gation of Banes from the niu- 



Separate. nicipality of Gibara, and in 

 consequence Banes, a full 

 fledged municipality with 17,251 inhabitants, 

 must provide for municipal and school elec- 

 tions by November 30. 



The Council of Oriente Province has ap- 

 proved the charter of constitution of the 

 new municipality, which includes the bor- 

 oughs of Cafiadon, Banes, Arroyon de 

 Flores, Mula, Sama, Arriba. Rio' Seco, and 

 Yayujay. Under Article 15 of the munici- 

 pal law, the inhabitants of the municipality, 

 according to the last census, entitles it to 

 fifteen city councilmen. 



The candidate for Mayor, Lieutenant Col- 

 onel Juan Vicente Cardenas, of the Con- 

 servative party, is a native of Santiago, 

 de Cuba, thirty-nine years old, and won the 

 rank of colonel in the war for independence. 

 At present he is engaged in business in this 

 place, and is a large property holder. 



Dr. Juan Ruiz Ariza, the Liberal nomi- 

 nee, is a native of Havana, 43 years old. 

 He settled in this place about seven years 

 ago and is employed by the United Fruit 

 Company as head of the hospital founded 

 by that company at this port. He also holds 

 the office of port doctor attached to the 

 Cuban Marine Hospital Service. 



son, formerly members of the rural guard, 

 who in March last were sentenced to life 

 imprisonment for taking part in an at- 

 tempted insurrection. 



The removal of Ricardo 

 Deported Alvarez Fernandez, a Span- 

 to Spain iard alleged to be insane, 

 via Cuba, from this ci'y, says the Tam- 

 pa. Fla., Tribune, has opened 

 up a new route by which such cases can be 

 sent back to that country. Heretofore in- 

 sane Spaniards had been deported by way of 

 New York, but so much red tape had to be 

 gone through with in the arrangements with 

 the United States Government that the 

 Spanish Consul here has in the case of Fer- 

 nandez appealed to Cuban Consul Ybor to 

 have Fernandez sent back by way of Cuba 

 to Spain. In answer to his application to 

 the Havana government, the latter wrote to 

 Consul Ybor that all similar cases hereafter 

 may be sent by the same route, being trans- 

 ferred from one boat to another in Havana. 



On October 9. President 

 President Gomez used the constitutional 

 Pardons prerogative and grouted twen- 

 Rebels. ty-six pardons and six commu- 

 tations to commemorate the 

 forty-first anniversary of the Grito de Yara. 

 the day on which Carlos Manuel de Ces- 

 pedes rose against Spain at Yara, marking 

 the Commencement nf the Ten Years' War, 

 October 10, 1868. 



Among those liberated were Sergeants 

 Francisco and Vicente Cortez, father and 



Street sweepers and 

 Strike minor employes in the 

 Leads to city's cleaning department 

 Cabinet went on strike Oct. 17, al- 

 Resignations. leging a reduction in their 

 wages and irregular pay- 

 ment as the reasons. 



These complaints have frequently oc- 

 curred since the cleaning works have 

 been transferred to the Sanitary Depart- 

 ment from the Public Works Depart- 

 ment. President Gomez sided with the 

 men, restored their salaries and the 

 strike ended. 



Out of the trouble arose, however, 

 serious dissension between two inem- 

 bers of the Cabinet, Justo Garcia Velez, 

 Secretary of State, and Gen. Matias 

 Duque, Secretary of Sanitation, and a 

 pistol duel resulted, at which no one 

 was hurt. The principals had previously 

 sent their resignations to President 

 Gomez, who promptly accepted them. 

 Last advices are that Seiior Velez will be 

 reinstated or given an important for- 

 eign diplomatic post. Further Cabinet 

 changes are predicted. 



On October 29, President 

 Corporations Gomez signed a decree pro- 

 to be viding for the registration 



Inspected, and periodical inspection of 

 all banks and other cor- 

 porations. Men prominent in commer- 

 cial life and bankers say that if the 

 decree is permitted to become operative 

 it will have a bad effect on all classes 

 of business, especially that of foreign 

 corporations in Cuba whose methods of 

 accounting render impossible compliance 

 with the terms of the decree. It also 

 will tend, they say, to discourage in- 

 vestment of foreign capital in Cuban en- 

 terprises. Prominent American and 

 Cuban lawyers say that the decree ob- 

 viously is unconstitutional and efforts 

 will be made to bring the matter before 

 the Supreme Court. 



The Yale football team has been in- 

 vited by the students of the University 

 of Havana, through A. Garcia-Rey, to 

 one game of football with the university 

 team. The latter guarantee, by means 

 of a bill of exchange drawn to the order 

 of the Yale team, the cost of the trip 

 first-class, and lodging for one week at 

 any leading hotel. 



