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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING 



TO THE ISLAND 



United States navy aviators have been 

 ordered to Cuba to conduct tests during 

 the winter months. Santiago will be the 

 scene of the flights of Uncle Sam's bird- 

 men. For some months past tlie navy flyers 

 have been engaged in a series of tests of 

 difi^erent types of machines at Annapolis, 

 and they will return to that place in the 

 spring. 



The newly appointed American Minister 

 to Cuba, Arthur M. Beaupre, presented his 

 credentials to President Gomez December 

 18th. The minister was escorted to the 

 palace by a squadron of cavalry and two 

 companies of artillery. 



The customary courtesies were exchanged 

 between the president and the minister. 



His residence in the city will be that 

 formerly occupied by Minister Jackson, 

 which is the old Baro Palace on Belen 

 Square. 



Governor Manduley of Oricnte Province 

 on December 13th notifled the administra- 

 tion that a filibustering expedition against 

 San Domingo was being fitted out near 

 Antilla. 



The secretary of the interior imme- 

 diately ordered gunboats to intercept the 

 filibusters. 



It is stated that there are some 30,000 

 rounds of ammunition and a quantity of 

 arms hidden in Santiago for transportation 

 to Santo Domingo, for the use of rebels 

 against the Dominion government. 



Orders have been issued from Havana 

 to take every precaution to see that the 

 neutrality laws are not violated. 



Workmen engaged in tearing down a 

 wall in the City of Cardenas several weeks 

 aeo found 1,000 Spanish gold ounces, 

 amounting altogether to $17,000, says the 

 local newspaper. The workmen imme- 

 diately decamped. 



The treasure is supposed to have been 

 hoarded by a miser who lived in the build- 

 ing and died suddenly several years ago. 

 His relatives have turned up and the police 

 are looking for the men who found the 

 money. 



Dr. Carlos Meyer, who several months 

 ago received thirteen bullet wounds when 

 escaping from the bandit Solis, asks 

 damages from the Cuban government. 



Dr. Meyer is a German citizen and has 

 a claim pending with the German minister. 

 He has lost the use of his right arm on 

 account of the wounds he received. 



I lu' L'lntud States will have a new site 

 for its legation in Havana situated at the 

 Malecon and Lealtad. 



The new structure is nearly as large as 

 the present legation building in Com- 

 postela Street fronting Belen Park. It will 

 be used by Mr. Beaupre both for offices 

 and as a residence. The rooms are large 

 and commodious and admirably adapted for 

 entertaining. 



The City Council of Havana is planning 

 an annual subsidy of $15,000 to assure the 

 presence of an opera company each winter. 



By doing away with a number of offices, 

 Havana's Provincial Council hopes to re- 

 duce the appropriation for the provincial 

 budget by $200,000. 



The law which prohibits the use of the 

 public calzadas by the Cuban two-wheeled 

 carreta has been suspended by Congress 

 until May 31st. Its enforcement at this 

 time would be injurious to the sugar cane 

 harvest, as the cart is practically the only 

 vehicle used for carrying cane from the 

 fields to the mills or railroads. 



Carlos Rodriguez, a wealthy planter of 

 Rodas, Santa Clara Province, was shot 

 and mortally wounded by Carlos Montero, 

 his nephew, on December 12th. No reason 

 for the shooting is known. 



Mr. E. Johnson, an officer under General 

 Booch, of the Salvation Army, was in Ha- 

 vana recently to begin the preliminary 

 work of establishing a branch of the Army 

 in Havana and other parts of the island. 

 Services will be in Spanish and English. 



A new credit of $300,000 has been allowed 

 by the government for the dredging work 

 at Sagua. 



In the December baseball series the re- 

 ceipts at Almendares Park were $28,481. 

 The nine games with the Philadelphia Na- 

 tionals brought in $17,876. The club play- 

 ing to the highest receipts in Havana, how- 

 ever, has been the Detroit club, which the 

 first year they came, in 1909, played to 

 $36,375. The second year the Detroits 

 played to $31,944. 



The local players have profited by this 

 large patronage, for they have played on 

 the percentage basis. 



Dr. and Mrs. Manuel Mencia, son-in-law 

 and daughter of the President and Mrs. 

 Gomez, received congratulations on the 

 birth of a daughter in the last days of 

 December. 



