THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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opportunity for their education and train- 

 ing. Four day schools, ten or more 

 Sunday schools, are maintained. Amer- 

 ican Friend, Philadelphia. 



Another Episcopal Church for Cuba. 



On Wednesday, May 6, the Bishop of 

 Cuba, assisted by the Rev. J. M. Lopez- 

 Gullien, the missionary in charge of the 

 work in Guantanamo, laid the corner- 

 stone of what will be one of the finest 

 churches in Cuba. The stone bears the 

 inscription: 



"Iglesia de Todos los Santos, MCMVIII" 

 (All Saints Church, 1908.) 



The building will be in the old colonial 

 style, will accommodate 200, and will 

 cost, including the lot, but without fur- 

 niture, $15,000, of which $12,000 is the 

 gift of Mr. W. W. Frazier of Philadel- 

 phia. It is expected that it will be ready 

 for occupancy about April 1, 1909. The 

 materials of the church will be rein- 

 forced concrete, with woodwork of Span- 

 ish cedar. The windows will be of 

 stained glass. It is more than probable 

 that a rectory will also be erected in 

 connection with the church. 



Sunday School Work. 



Rev. H. B. Bardwell, a Methodist 

 church preacher, spoke at the Interna- 

 tional S. S. convention in Louisville, Ky., 

 June 19, regarding this work in Cuba, 

 and said he considered that they were 

 just through the experimental period 

 down there. "We have the young men 

 interested," he said. "They are the rep- 

 resentatives of the middle classes, the 

 men who are to be the bone and sinew 



of the island in the future. We have a 

 great number who are anxious to take 

 up the training for the ministry, and that 

 seems to me to be most indicative of the 

 spiritual growth." — Louisville (Ky.) 

 Courier- Journal 



Cuban Bishops Visit New York. 



The Rt. Rev. Emanuel Ruiz, Bishop of 

 Pinar del Rio, Cuba, the youngest bishop 

 in America, and perhaps in the world, 

 visited New York recently, accompanied 

 by the Rt. Rev. Aurelio Torres, Bishop 

 of Cienfuegos, Cuba. 



Bishop Ruiz is thirty-two years of age, 

 was consecrated Bishop of Pinar del Rio 

 on June 7, 1907. He was ordained in 

 Havana, Cuba, when he was twenty-one 

 years of age. 



He rules over a diocese of about 9,000 

 square miles. There are 300,000 people, 

 twenty-five parishes and twenty-two 

 priests. He has made pastoral visits to 

 nearly every part of his diocese and dur- 

 ing the past five months has confirmed 

 15,000 people. 



Bishop Ruiz is on his way to Rome, 

 and it is said that he is the first native- 

 born Cuban bishop to visit Rome. — ^Cath- 

 olic Universe, Cleveland, O. 



Seventh Day Adventists. 



The religious sect of the Christian 

 faith known as "Seventh Day Adventists" 

 have established a branch of their church 

 in Cuba. The inscription of the sect 

 was made recently at the office of the 

 Cuban Secretary of State by the Rev. 

 Mr. E. W. Snyder, representative in the 

 island. 



COLONEL CHARLES HERNANDEZ SANDRINO. 



Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs of the Republic of Cuba. 



Colonel 

 H ernandcz 

 was born at 



the city of 

 Pinar del 

 Rio, Cuba. 

 He receiv- 

 ed his early 

 educa t i o n 

 in his na- 

 t i v e city, 

 later emi- 

 grating to 

 the United 

 States, 

 where h e 

 complet e d 

 his studies. 

 He joined 

 the Cuban 

 forces in the Ten Years' W^ar for In- 

 dependence, which broke out in 1868, 

 was one of the first to join again in 

 1895, serving under General Lacret Mor- 



Col. Charles Hernandez Sandrino 



lot, and later under General Calizto 

 Garcia Ifiiguez, as aide to the latter. 



His civil record began with the first Am- 

 erican intervention in 1900, when he was 

 appointed inspector of posts of the republic, 

 which office he held until 1901, when he 

 was appointed postmaster of the City of 

 Havana. In the following year he was 

 made Assistant Director-General of Posts 

 and Telegraphs. When the government of 

 the republic was turned over to President 

 Palma he was again placed in the office of 

 City Postmaster. He held this latter office 

 until the year 1904, when he resigned. 



In October, 1906, the Provisional Admin- 

 istration assumed control, and he was 

 called to take the office of Director-Gen- 

 eral of Posts and Telegraphs, which office 

 he still occurpies. 



Under his direction great attention has 

 been given to increasing the telegraph con- 

 n'^ctions and the creation of new postal of- 

 fices, and these are now working with regu- 

 larity and efficiency. 



