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THE CUBA R E \^ I E W 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING 



TO THE ISLAND 



The Lo Gloria Cuban-American, date of 

 March 23d, prints a story of an attack l)y 

 L. L. Newsome upon A. L. Shriver, both 

 well-known residents of the town, during 

 which the latter received a serious wound 

 from a pocket budding knife in the hands 

 of Newsome. The wound developed 

 serious complications later, and Mr. Shriver 

 was moved to the Camaguey hospital. 

 His assailant, after a preliminary hearing, 

 was released on $400 bail. 



The rural guard, everywhere in evidence 

 in Cuba, did some good work, recently, 

 when the films in a moving picture show 

 took fire at Union ed Reyes. The guards 

 promptly put out the fire and prevented 

 the audience from stampeding, thus pre- 

 venting possible loss of life. 



Raul Capablanca, the Cuban chess cham- 

 pion, was recently presented in Havana 

 with a medal voted him by the Havana 

 city council, in recognition of his splendid 

 work in defeating the world's chess experts 

 at the tourney at San Sebastian, Spain. 



When a factory devoted to the manufac- 

 ture of perfumes in a suburl) of Havana 

 burned down a few weeks ago, the arrest 

 of the manager in charge was immediately 

 ordered pending an investigation. 



The entire real-estate holdings in Vc- 

 dado, Havana, of the late Sir William 

 Redding were bought from th.e heirs. The 

 Durchase price is stated to be $480,000. 



The purchaser was the Compania Ter- 

 ritorial de Cuba. 



Cuban grapefruit sold on March 7th at 

 Detroit at from $5.50 to $6.75 per box. 

 Mention is made in the press of the fine 

 quality of the Cuban fruit. 



A post office and telegraph station has 

 been opened at Las Delicias, Oriente 

 Province. 



A brewery and an ice plant are projected 

 for Cienfuegos by New York parties. It is 

 said that Mr. W. P. Schmidt, recently con- 

 nected with the Franklin Brewing Co. of 

 Brooklyn, has formed a company and se- 

 cured the necessary capital. The capacity 

 of the brewery will be 15,000 liarrels an- 

 nually. 



During 1911 there were performed 308 

 operations at the Hospital Santa Isabel at 

 Cardenas, of which only six proved fatal. 



Fire in Santiago on .\pril 17th did 

 damage to the extent of $2-50,000. 



A final decree directing the American 

 Mail Steamship Company to pay into the 

 court $105,000 in full "settlement of all 

 claims resulting from the sinking of the 

 steamship "Merida," of the New York and 

 Cuba Mail Steamship Line, was entered 

 March 14th by Judge Holt, in the United 

 States District Court. 



The steamship "Admiral Farragut," of 

 the American Mail Steamship Company, 

 ran down and sank the "Merida" on May 

 12, 1911, ofif Cape Charles, Virginia. The 

 New York and Cuba company claimed 

 damages of $1,800,000, but in accordance 

 with a motion for limitation of liability, 

 Judge Holt directed the payment of only 

 $105,000. 



From some parts of Cuba have come 

 requests to the government to permit cock- 

 fights every day. At present the mains 

 can only be fought on Sundays and holi- 

 days. The government, it is stated, will 

 not permit any change in the days already 

 decided upon. The sugar mill owners do 

 not want any more days set apart for the 

 sport, as it takes away their laborers and 

 seriously hampers the wurk of the mill. 



Sr. Manuel Gutierrez Ouii os. Secretario de 

 IlacienTla. 



Sr. Manuel Gutierrez Quiros, who suc- 

 ceeded Secretary of the Treasury Martinez 

 Ortiz, assumed the ofiice about March 1st. 



