THE CUBA REVIEW 



13 



MINOR NOTES. 



The provincial council of Oriente has con- 

 sented to the erection of a monument to 

 Dr. Joaquin Castillo Duany, a general in 

 the Army of Liberation, in Liberty Park, 

 Santiago de Cuba. 



Senor Jose F. Godoy, Minister from 

 Mexico to Cuba, is now in New York 

 for a three months' stay. He is on a 

 special mission of inquiry into immigra- 

 tion in the United States. After con- 

 cluding his labors he returns to Cuba. 



President Gomez has ordered expro- 

 priation proceedings commenced to ac- 

 quire lands in Bahia Hondo for the 

 United States naval station there against 

 such owners as have refused to accept 

 the valuation placed by the government. 



The large still of Messrs. Vina and 

 Hermanos at Colon was burned to the 

 ground October 14, causing a loss of 

 over $20,000. 



Inquiries have been sent to the differ- 

 ent police departments in the United 

 States for two instructors to be asked to 

 come to Cuba to direct the work of the 

 police academy. The Department of the 

 Interior wants the service improved. 



The Institute de Segunda Enseiianza 

 of Havana contains, it is said, one of the 

 finest collections of tropical fauna, for- 

 estry and marine specimens in the world, 

 contributed by the great Cuban savant, 

 Francisco Poey. 



Henry J. Meagher has been appointed 

 honorary consul of Cuba at Martinique, 

 with residence at Fort de France, vice Es- 

 tanislao Ducret, resigned. 



Plans are now ready to extend the water 

 supply in the city of Pinar del Rio, and 

 work on the new aqueduct will begin at 

 once. 



La Lucha of Havana says that "The issue 

 of lottery tickets to the collectors is not 

 an hour old before every ticket is snapped 

 up, and it is very Kkely that an issue of 

 three times the size would be taken up on 

 the island in the same way." 



The work of cleaning the Camaguey 

 aqueduct has been completed. About 

 twenty thousand cubic meters of mud has 

 been taken out. 



New post offices have been established 

 at Anton Recio, Santa Clara Province, 

 and at Hato de Guane, Pinar del Rio 

 Province. 1 j 



It is reported that the lighthouse at Cayo 

 Jutia, between Dimas and Esperanza, was 

 badly damaged in the October storm and is 

 in need of immediate repairs, as it stands 

 on a very important section of the north 

 coast, Pinar del Rio province. 



A new ice plant is promised for Havana, 

 to be ready March 1. The machinery neces- 

 sary will be of the most modern type. 



Secretary of Agriculture Foyo has re- 

 ceived a petition from the Centro Na- 

 cional de Foment© Febril e Industrial, 

 asking that the present system of mark- 

 ing cattle with irons should be changed, 

 at least to the extent of making the size 

 of the irons smaller. It is stated that 

 the present large-sized iron injures the 

 hide to a great extent, and is prejudicial 

 to the tanning industry. 



A. Souhart, French Minister to Colom- 

 bia, has been appointed Minister to Cuba 

 in place of the late M. Bonnardet, for- 

 merly counsellor of the embassy at 

 Berne. 



As the result of investigations of ir- 

 regurarities in Guantanamo city accounts 

 regarding contracts, the special examina- 

 tion court appointed for the purpose has 

 found indictments against Mayor Pedro 

 Berufif, City Treasurer Arias, and others. 



By the closing on October i6 of the 

 last open link in the construction work, 

 the high road was completed connecting 

 Herradura on the east with Havana, and 

 on the west with Pinar del Rio city and 

 all good roads in the province. There 

 was an interesting celebration by all the 

 residents of the colony. 



The steam yacht Nourmahal, with the 

 owner, Colonel John Jacob Astor, and 

 party on board, arrived at Cienfuegos 

 on October 20 from Jacksonville, on a 

 hunting trip. The party has visited Han- 

 abanilla River Falls and the neighbor- 

 ing country for game. 



Manuel Marquez Sterling has been ap- 

 pointed minister to the Republic of Brazil. 



The Attorney General on October 24 

 asked that Senor Orencio Nodarse, Di- 

 rector General of Posts and Telegraphs 

 in Cuba, and a close friend of President 

 Gomez, be sentenced to three years' im- 

 prisonment for shooting the editor of 

 Politica Comica Torriente through the 

 hand, on July 31. 



