THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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Anthrax in Cuba. 



To the Editor of The Cuba Review. 



New York, U. S. A. 

 Dear Sir : 



Replying to your letter regarding "can- 

 grina," I will say that it is the common 

 Spanish name here in Cuba for anthrax. 

 It is technically called "carbunculo bac- 

 teridiana" in Spanish. 



Anthrax exists in Cuba, but rarely causes 

 severe losses except sometimes among oxen 

 working on the sugar plantations hauling 

 cane. The Cuban government through the 

 Secretary of Agriculture furnishes vaccine 

 against anthrax free to all residents of Cuba 

 and also vaccine against blackleg of calves. 

 Directions for using the vaccine and a blank 

 to be filled out and returned to the secre- 

 tary's office showing the results of the vac- 

 cination are also sent. 



Residents of Cuba that need either vac- 

 cine should state clearly which kind of vac- 

 cine they wish and the number of animals 

 they wish to vaccinate, and direct their re- 

 quest to the Secretary of Agriculture, In- 

 dustry and Commerce, Havana. 

 Yours truly, 



Nelson S. Mayo, 



Chief of the Veterinary Department, 



Estacion Central Agronomica. 



An old building used for cockfights when this 

 pastime was lawful. 



A Brutal Sport Prohibited. 



A commission from Santa Clara recently 

 petitioned the Provisional Governor to re- 

 store cock-fighting. They asked that if the 

 governor could not grant their request en- 

 tirely, that he permit the sport to be re- 

 stored on feast days. The governor re- 

 fused, saying the first intervention had 

 passed a prohibitive order against its con- 

 tinuance and that during five years the Cu- 

 ban Congress had not seen fit to abrogate 

 this order. 



New Railroad Officers. 



At a recent meeting of the board of direc- 

 tors held at Camaguey of the Puerto Prin- 

 cipe and Nuevitas Railroad, the following 

 officers were elected to serve for the com- 

 ing year : Ignacio Agramonte, director ; 

 Isaac Rodriguez, treasurer; Ignacio_ Soler, 

 secretary, and Virgilio Guerrero, auditor. 



Sale of Church Property. 



Governor Magoon has authorized Bishop 

 Estrada, of the Roman Catholic Church at 

 Havana, as trustee of the San Francisco de 

 Paula legacy, to make a deed of sale for 

 the sum of $276,984 to the Havana Central 

 Railroad of all the properties and lands 

 occupied by the church and old San Fran- 

 cisco de Paula Hospital. The sale of this 

 property was voted by the Central Board 

 of Charity at the request of the railroad, 

 which intends to extend its dock and ware- 

 house facilities at Paula. The hospital and 

 church are adjacent to the Havana Central 

 docks. 



Kindergarten in Sancti-Spiritus. — Fol- 

 lowing a visit made to the town_ of Sanc- 

 ti-Spiritus by Provincial Superintendent 

 of Schools la Torre, of Santa Clara, ac- 

 companied by Mrs. Mary Neil Kaite, 

 Superintendent of Kindergarten for that 

 province, it is proposed to establish a 

 kindergarten school in that town. 



No Yellow Fever. — According to the 

 report of the National Board of Health 



_there is at present no yellow fever on the 



'island. 



Minor News Items. 



Merchants and property owners of Pinar 

 'del Rio are pleased by the promised con. 

 struction on the Square Antonio Maceo, 

 Maximo Gomez and McKinley, of a palace 

 of justice, which comprises the five districts 

 of the city. The cost of the new building 

 will exceed $130,000. 



The board of education of Sagua la 

 Grande has been reorganized, the new 

 president .being Sr. Emilio Denos, and the 

 secretary, Sr. Miguel Aguero. 



An appropriation of $76,000 has been 

 made for the erection of a new modern 

 fire-house in Havana, which will contain all 

 modern fire apparatus. The decree has been 

 signed by the governor, and construction 

 work will begin at once. 



Plans for another palace of justice are in 

 the state engineer's hands. It will be built 

 in Matanzas at a cost between $40,000 and 

 $50,000. 



The appropriation for necessary improve- 

 ments in the insane asvlum at Mazorra, just 

 outside of Havana, and the only one on 

 the island, has been increased from $160,000 

 to $210,000. 



Prof. F. S. Earle, former director of the 

 Cuban Agricultural Experiment Station, is 

 now in charge of the interests at Herradura 

 of the Herradura Land Company. 



The electric arc light lighting system at 

 Santiago de Cuba is now complete. Tests 

 were made recently, giving a satisfactory 

 result. 



S'enor Narciso Gelato, the well-known 

 banker, is the newly elected president of the 

 Havana Chamber of Commerce. 



