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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



Political activity in Cuba 



(Candidates is beginning and nominat- 

 Being ing conventions are busy 



Named. in all parts of the Island, 

 some of the candidates 

 thus far named are as follovirs: The 

 Provincial convention of the Zayista 

 party of Pinar del Rio province nom- 

 inated Rafael Diaz Arrastia for provin- 

 cial governor on June 2. 



At Santa Clara, June 2, General Guz- 

 man was nominated by the Zayista pro- 

 vincial convention for Santa Clara prov- 

 ince. 



The Conservative provincial conven- 

 tion at Guantanamo nominated General 

 Silveiro Guerra for governor of Oriente 

 province on June 2. The candidates for 

 members of the city council are, in the 

 majority, French and Spanish residents. 



General Lionaz del Castillo was nom- 

 inated by the Miguelista party for gov- 

 ernor of the province of Havana by a 

 tmanimous vote. 



The Zayistas have nominated General Er- 

 nesto Asbert as governor of Havana Prov- 

 ince. 



Gen. Julian Betancourt is the Zayista 

 candidate for mayor of Havana. Out of the 

 171 votes cast by the delegates. General 

 Betancourt received 96, the rest going to 

 former Mayor Ramon O'Farrill. 



General Betancourt is a physician and 

 served in the Cuban War of independence, 

 obtaining the rank of colonel. Later he 

 joined General Pina Guerra in Pinar del Rio 

 and was his second during the revolt which 

 started in August, 1906. At present he is 

 clhief of the Bureau of Statistics in the 

 Treasury Department. 



On June 10 it was stated that General 

 Evaristo Estenex, a colored revolution- 

 ist and politician, had bolted the Mig- 

 uelista convention on account of its failr 

 ure to nominate Jose Ponnino for al- 

 derman in Havana. 



Dr. Juan Ramon O'Farrill, formerly 

 candidate for Mayor of Havana, also 

 bolted the Zayista faction, which failed 

 to nominate him, and will run indepen- 

 dently. There are, now five candidates 

 for this office in the city. 



At a meeting held in Cienfuegos by the 

 Conservatives which was attended by tihe 

 party leaders, Sr. Sergio Cueva Sequiera 

 made the statement that General Mario 

 Menocal was the candidate of that party 

 to the Presidency. 



The name of Colonel- Indalecio Sobrado 

 has been announced fpr governor of Pinar 

 del Rio Province, on the Conservative ticket. 

 He was the former governor. 



The current budget of the Provincial 

 Government of Havana, submitted to Act- 

 ing Governor Folz Jvirif 3, reaches the sum 

 of $368,914.21, the same as last year. 



The Chamber of Com- 

 Weather merce, Industry and Navi- 

 Biilletins gation of Cuba has voted 

 and Storm a credit to pay for the cost 

 Signals. of telegraphic intelligence 

 regarding the weather to 

 its various centers in the island. Belen 

 Observatory, a private institution main- 

 tained by the Jesuit Fathers of Havana, 

 will furnish the reports. 



It has also asked the government to 

 establish a system of storm signals at 

 every port and important place in the 

 island. 



On June 2 Governor Ma- 

 Closed to goon decreed that every port 

 Venezuela, in Cuba except Mariel be 

 closed for goods from Vene- 

 zuela because of the bubonic plague. He 

 also ordered vigorovis measvires enforcing 

 vigilance in examining goods from Co- 

 lombia, especially from Cartagena, on 

 account of its traiific with Venezuela. 



It was announced at Wash- 



Not Going ington June 9 that Governor 



to Panama. Magoon would not go to 



Panama. Because of political 



conditions and the near approacrh of the 



elections, the administration prefers that 



Mr. Magoon remain in Cuba. 



The following appropria- 



More tions have been made by 



Roads. Governor Magoon recently 



for road building : 



$100,000 for a road from Pinar del Rio 



to Luis Lazo. 



$80,000 for the road from Gamuza to 

 Madruoa (this is the road which connects 

 the cities of Havana and Matanzas). 



$80,000 for a road from Madruga to Ma- 

 tanzas, and $80,000 for a road between^, 

 Cienfuegos and Rodas. 



$100,000 for a road from Catalma de 

 Guines to Guines. 



Governor Magoon has granted an appro- 

 priation of $44,900 to continue the work of 

 the construction of the road between Ar"- 

 temisa and Alquisar. 



On June 2 Governor Magoon granted an 

 appropriation of $12,000 for the repairing 

 of the road from Gibara to Banes ; $100,000 

 for the repair of the road from Guane to 

 La Fe in Pinar del Rio Province, and $10,- 

 000 for the construction of the main hall 

 at the Havana University. 



A statement issued by the 

 Condition Treasury Department shows 

 of the the following condition of 

 Cuban the treasury : 

 Treasury. Total $7,914,241.97, dis- 



tributed as follows: 

 $1,489,772.67 in the vaults, $177,616.53 at the 

 National Bank of Cuba; $2,578,590.93 at 

 the Royal Bank of Canada, and $3,668,291.84 

 at the different banking institutions in the 

 nature of a loan under decree 1085. 



