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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



A committee of the Ladies' 

 Cuban Liberal Club of Santiago de 

 Ladies in Las Vegas, organized to sup- 

 Politics. port Alfredo Zayas for the 

 Presidency, visited Governor 

 Magoon early in June. The governor was 

 told that this was the first time in the his- 

 tory of Cuba tJhat women have taken an 

 active part in a political campaign. The 

 Santiago Club is a pioneer in the move- 

 ment, and the intention was to organize 

 similar clubs throughout the island. Gov- 

 ernor Magoon said that the organizations 

 would surely have an excellent effect. 



Governor Magoon was, on 

 Governor May 20, given the title of 

 and Staff honorary president of the 

 Honorary Havana Volunteer Fire De- 

 Firemen. partment. 



Others to receive titles of 

 honorary chiefs for services rendered to the 

 department were : Supervisor of the Depart- 

 ment of Public Works, Colonel William 

 Black; Supervisor of the InteriorDepart- 

 ment, Colonel E. St. John Greble ; Super- 

 visor of the Sanitary Department, Major 

 Jefferson Kean. Acting Secretary of the 

 Interior Manuel Sobrado and Mayor Car- 

 denas were made honorary chiefs. Major 

 Folz and Captain James Augustine Ryan 

 were made honorary members of the de- 

 partment. 



"Irrigation is a question of 

 Gov. great interest to the island 



Magoon of Cuba," writes Gov. Ma- 

 On Irrigation.goon to the commission on 

 May 27. "The irrigation of 

 private property is necessarily an indi- 

 vidual undertaking, but in that the prop- 

 erty owner should attain his object, it is 

 necessary for the government to make 

 the' laws which will authorize and regu- 

 late the uses of the natural running wa- 

 ters that cross the property of private 

 parties, etc. 



"The drouth experienced last year has 

 developed gre-at interest in the public 

 mind regarding irrigation and I believe 

 that now is the time miost propitious to 

 adopt the necessary legislation." 



This letter coimpletes the governor's 

 plan, which comprises, first, good roads; 

 second, clean, open harbors to facilitate 

 navigation, land, third, irrigation. Com- 

 plete fulfillment of this plan will be ad- 

 vised by him to the next Cuban gov- 

 ernment when turning over the island to 

 the Cuban President. 



Major Winship, Messrs. Coronado, 

 Viondi and Reguyferos will form the 

 sub-Committee charged with preparing 

 the draft of the law. 



. The large wireless station at the Mor- 

 ro in Havana is now complete. A tower 

 fifty meters in height has been erected. 



Director-General of Posts 

 Neiv Hernandez has been author- 



Post Offices, ized to establish a post office 

 at Arroyo Arenas, Hoyo 

 Colorado, Santa Maria del Rosario, San 

 Jose de las Lajas, Santa Cruz del Norte, 

 Jesus del Monte, Caimeto, Managua and 

 Punta Brava, also a money order branch 

 in connection with post office at Hoyo Col- 

 orado, Havana Province, beginning June 8; 

 establishment of money order branch in 

 connection with post office at Palos, Hav- 

 ana Province, beginning June 4, and a new 

 post office at Potrerillo, Oriente Province. 

 The following new offices are open 

 for business: Tacajo, Oriente province; 

 Sendao, Camaguey province; Aguada del 

 Cura, Havana province; La Sierra. Ori- 

 ente province; Charcas, Santa Clara 

 province, and Horquita, Santa Clara 

 province. 



Because of the presence of 

 A Tame the American governor, offi- 

 \Celebration. cials and troops a great many 

 Cubans feel that the inde- 

 pendence of their republic has been tem- 

 porarily abrogated. For that reason many 

 declined to take part in the celebration 

 May 20, says the Havana Post. They say 

 they had nothing to do with the coming 

 of the Americans and that many of them 

 did not approve of the request that the 

 northerners interfere. Three thousand dol- 

 lars was distributed by the city among the 

 dhildren of the poor in schools and asy- 

 lums of Havana. 



At a meeting of the city 

 Santiago council of Santiago, May 20, 

 Water it was decided to turn the 

 Works. administration of the city 

 water-works over to the provincial govern- 

 ment receiving $16,000 annually in return. 

 The government promises to complete the 

 sewage works which have been started. 

 Governor Dougherty is also undertaking 

 a number of other improvements, including 

 the moving of the jail to the outskirts of 

 the city. 



It is generally understood 

 Sezvering that there has been a change 

 of made in the plans for the 



Havana. discharge of sewage in 

 Havana, the idea of placing 

 siphons under the bay and tunneling Ca- 

 banas Hill having been given up. 



According to statements made at the office 

 of the Secretary of Public Works recently 

 no work will be done on the sewerage or 

 paving of Havana for at least three months. 



On May 25 Major J. R. Kean, of the 

 medical corps, reported that there was not 

 a single case of yellow fever in Cuba. 



Governor Magoon sent Dr. Guiteras on 

 June 2 to Camaguey to observe a case of 

 fever of an unknown type. The diagnosis 

 indicated malarial and not yellow fever 

 as was feared. 



