THE CUBA REVI EJW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT TO ENCOURAGE 

 RACING 



It is reported that the Cuban Congress will 

 shortly pass a bill appropriating $16,000 for 

 an annual stake race at ^larianao track, the 

 object of which will be to increase interest 

 in the sport of racing there. President Meno- 

 cal is a racing enthusiast. He often visited 

 Saratoga while a student at Cornell Univer- 

 sity, and it is thought that he will sign the bill 

 when it comes before him. The measm^e has 

 been favorably reported by the Judiciary 

 Committee of the Cuban Senate. The stake 

 will be for Cul)an-owned horses, the ^^•inner to 

 receive $10,000 and the second horse $4,000, 

 with $2,000 to the horse finishing third. 



CUBA INVITED TO ATTEND SCIENTIFIC 

 CONGRESS 



The Secretary of State has received through 

 the I'nited States legation, an invitation to be 

 officially represented at a Pan-American Sci- 

 entific Congress, which it is proposed to hold 

 in Washington during the present year. A 

 similar invitation has })een issued to all the 

 South American and Central American coun- 

 tries. It is said that subjects of scientific inter- 

 est, and especially of interest to all Americans, 

 incluchng in this term all those dwelling on this 

 continent. 



NEW RULE REGULATING VETERINARY 

 SURGEONS 



The Secretary of Sanitation has issued a cir- 

 cular to the licensed veterinary surgeons of the 

 island, prohibitmg that any one of them to 

 have charge of more than one establishment, 

 and that each of them must have only one pro- 

 fessional address. 



This step has been taken in the interests of 

 the stock, as hitherto it has been customary 

 for one veterinary to have several small hos- 

 pitals which he visited in turn, leaving a more 

 or less unskilled employee in actual charge. 



WILL BUY ARMY HORSES ON ISLAND 



It is stated that some time ago General 

 Nunez, Secretary of Agriculture, pi-esented to 

 Colonel Hevia a petition he had received from 

 the stock raisers of the island, asking that 

 when in future it was necessary to buy horses 

 for the army or rural guards, that instead of 

 purchasing them in the United States, as has 

 hitherto been the custom, that the local men 

 should not be forgotten, as they claimed to be 

 able to supph^ the state with just the horses 

 they needed 



This petition has now been acted on, and 

 President Menocal has signed a decree author- 

 izing the purchase of horses, at an average 

 price of $150 per head, from the various local 

 stock raisers. 



NEW NAVAL ORDER 



Colonel He\'ia. Secretary of Government, 

 with the approval of the President, has issued 

 an order dividing the coast of the island into 

 ten divisions, each of which will be patrolled 

 and guarded l)y certain units of the naval forces 

 of the republic. 



DEFENDING CUBA ABROAD 



Sr. Mario Kohly, Cuban minister at Mad- 

 rid, has forwarded to the Secretry of State a 

 copy of a journal called Cuba in Europe, 

 pul)lished in Barcelona, which is waging a 

 campaign in favor of Cul)a and refuting the 

 bitter attacks which have been made on it 

 in several important papers jjubUshed both 

 in Madrid and Barcelona. 



HONOR CUBAN VETERAN 



The President has signed a decree ordering 

 that full militarj^ honors be accorded Sr. Car- 

 los de Cespedes, who died in Havana at an 

 advanced age. The deceased man was a 

 colonel in the revolutionarj- army of 1868, ancl 

 did good servcie in the cause of Cuban liberty 

 at that time. 



CUBANS AT KEY WEST 



Reports from Key West indicate that there 

 are many more destitute Cubans who would 

 like to be repatriated, the actual number is 

 said to be between four and five hundred. 

 Conditions there are said to be worse than 

 ever, if po.ssible, and it is hoped that the Cuban 

 Government will decide to send another relief 

 expedition. 



BULLFIGHTS STILL PROHIBITED 



The Secretary of Government has drawn up 

 a letter which will be sent to aU governors of 

 provinces and municipal mayors, reminding 

 them that the law against bullfights is still in 

 force. 



MODERN IMPROVEMENTS FOR PINAR 

 DEL RIO 



It is stated that a bill is shortly to be pro- 

 duced in the Senate authorizing a credit to be 

 spent in the town of Pinar del Rio in order 

 to l)ring it more into line with the other capi- 

 tals of provinces in the island. The bill will 

 propose a new system of drains, which is 

 known to be badly needed, the water supply 

 will also be attended to, and the no less im- 

 portant work of street paving be begun. 



