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TIE CUBA REVIEW 



At the request of Secre- 

 Public tary of Public Instruction, 



School Governor Magoon signed a 



Matters. decree June 16 (authorizing 

 the appropriiation of the fol- 

 lowing sums for public school purposes : $73,- 

 545.22 for materials for primary instruc- 

 tions ; $23,300 for various expenses ; $69,- 

 888 expense of personal and $81,156.76 for 

 rent of buildings used as schoolhouses. 



A report is to be furnished the Depart- 

 ment of Public Instruction by all private 

 schools in the Province of Havana for the 

 purpose of finding out the number of chil- 

 dren attending, these schools and the per- 

 centage of attendance. Blanks are supplied 

 b^' the superintendent, Tomas H. Montoro, 

 which contain full instructions as to in- 

 formation required. 



Bids were opened on June 28 for the con- 

 struction of a two-story brick and cement 

 schoolhouse in Candelaria, Pinar del Rio 

 Province, to cost $25,000. 



A bill increasing the pay of the Havana 

 police is before the interior department. If 

 sanctioned first-class policemen will receive 

 $/0 a month ; second class, $60, and third 

 class $55. Under the present law first-class 

 pohcemen receive- $60 per month, second 

 class $55 and third ckss $52.50. 



Havana will have a new model slaughter- 

 house by next October. It will be built at 

 L'uyano, following the latest models for this 

 kind of building, with modern methods of 

 slaughtering cattle under hygienic condi- 

 tions. 



Governor Magoon has 



Nezv signed a decree submitted 



Health by the National Board of 



Officers. Sanitation appointing the 



following persons as local 



health officers at the following towns : 



Dr. Federico Escoto, Matanzas ; Dr. 

 Miguel Roura, Quemados de Guines ; Dr. 

 Antonio Fernandez Aleman, Santa Maria del 

 Rosario ; Dr. Amado Mas, Pedro Betan- 

 court ; Dr. Rogplio Palacio, Cabanas ; Dr. 

 Felipe Arango, Consolacion del Norte ; Dr. 

 Pedro F. Abreu, San Cristobal, land Dr. 

 Antonio Mendez Crespo, at Jiguani. 



By umanimous vote the National Inde- 

 pendent party accepted the invitation made 

 by the Liberal Zayistas to unite at the 

 coming provincial and municipal elections. 

 The independents are allowed to name six 

 candidates from their party for members 

 of the city council. 



The examination and observation of pas- 

 sengers from the interior of the island, 

 bound for ports in the south of the United 

 States, will be made in future in the upper 

 story of the La Machina passenger station, 

 by the physician of the Marine Hospital 

 Service of the United States, in charge of 

 said service in this city, and not in the office 

 of the Department of Health, as has been 

 done. 



The new $40,000 fire headquarters for the 

 Havana Fire Department on Monserrate 

 street, Havana, will be ready for occupancy 

 on November 1. 



CUBAN CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNORS. 



A list of the official candidates for gover- 

 nors of provinces through the island of Cuba 

 for the elections which are to be held August 

 1, according to the records of the Provincial 

 Boards of Elections, follows: 



Pinar del Rio Province. 



Conservative Party — Colonel Idalecio So- 

 brado, ex-governor of the province. 



Zayista Party — Rafael Diaz Arrastia, 

 mayor of Consolacion del S'ur, same prov- 

 ince. 



Miguelista Party — Colonel Miguel Llan- 

 eras. 



Habana Province. 



Conservative Party — General E m i 1 i o 

 Nuiiez, ex-governor of the province. 



Zayista Party — General Ernesto Asbert, 

 ex-member of the Provincial Council. 



Miguelista Party — General Enrique Loin- 

 az del Castillo, ex-congressman. 

 Matanzas Province. 



Conservative Party — Dr. Domingo La- 

 cuona, ex-governor of the province. 



Zayista Party — Dr. Francisco Cuellar, 

 lawyer. 



Miguelista Party — Colonel Jose Ramon 

 Montero. 



Independents (Fortunistas) — Dr. Luis 

 Fortun, ex-senator. 



Santa Clara Province. 



Conservative Party — Gen. Jose Luis Ro- 

 bau, ex-congressman. 



Zayistas — Gen. Eduardo Guszman. 



Miguelista Party — General G e r a r d o 

 Machado. 



Camaguey Province. 



Conservative Party — Dr. Juan Gusman 

 Quesada. 



Zayista Party — Dr. Nicolas Porro. 



Miguelista Party — Major Gustavo Cabal-- 

 lero. 



Oriente Province. 



Conservative Party — Colonel S i 1 v e i r o 

 Guerra. 



Zayista Party — Dr. Adriano Galano. 



Migxielista Party — Colonel Rafael Mian- 

 duley, ex-congressman. 



Provincial Oriental Party — Colonel Car- 

 los Manuel de Cespedes. 



Independent — Francisco Brioso, lawyer. 



Most of the candidates won their military 

 titles either by services in the Army of 

 Liberation, in the Rural Guard, or in the 

 August, 1906, revolution. 



