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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING 



TO THE ISLAND 



BARGE LINE TO HAVANA 



The IVall Street Journal, commenting on 

 the enterprise of a barge line from Key 

 West to Havana, says: 



"A project of the Peninsular and Occi- 

 dental Steamship Co., to operate a barge 

 line from Key West to Havana delivering 

 freight in carload lots without breaking 

 bulk, is looked upon as rather ambitious 

 but not at all impossible. The western flour 

 manufacturers and implement makers are 

 rather attracted by the idea, but they say 

 that the railroads, if the schemeis to be 

 successful, must quit being afraid to let 

 their cars get beyond their own lines. The 

 practice of reloading at terminal points 

 makes against any improvement. But the 

 question of bringing sugar freight back is 

 no doubt part of the problem of adding 

 Cuba to the continental railway map." 



JUDGE o'NEILL dead 



Judge Michael O'Neil died in Havana on 

 January 23rd following an operation for 

 appendicitis which was performed several 

 weeks ago. He was buried in Colon Cem- 

 etery on the afternoon of the following 



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Judge O'Neill was born at Marysville, 

 Kentucky. He came to Cuba on account 

 of his health in 1899 and was appointed 

 United States assistant attorney before the 

 Spanish treaty claims commission of 

 which he was in charge of the work here 

 until its termination. He has since prac- 

 ticed law in this city. 



He leaves a widow and five children. 



FIRST TRIP TO CUBA 



The new Spanish battleship Jaime I 

 now in course of construction will make 

 Cuba its first port of call when completed. 

 At Havana the vessel will receive a stand 

 of colors from the Spanish colony in the 

 city. On another page will be found an 

 illustration of the beautiful new building in 

 Havana erected and recently occupied by 

 the Spanish Club. 



Dr. Pablo Desvernine, Cuban secretary 

 of state, favors some new consulates, espe- 

 cially in South American countries. A bill 

 embodying his recommendations will be 

 presented to Congress. 



WOMAN PATRIOT DEAD 



Candelaria Figueredo, one of many of 

 Cuba's daughters who during the days of 

 the struggle in the Ten Years War joined 

 the ranks of the rebels to fight for Cuban 

 liberty, died January 19th at her home in 

 La Vibora, near Havana, from old age. 



The deceased was a daughter of iGeneral 

 "Perucho" Figueredo, who wrote while on 

 horseback the verses of Cuba's National 

 Hymn ; a sister of Colonel Fernando 

 Figueredo, at the present time treasurer 

 general of Cuba, and as for herself she 

 was in the war with her father from tlie 

 first day and was proud to carry the rebel 

 flag, having been the first female color ser- 

 geant to have ever been known to have 

 taken part in actual warfare. 



ISLE OF PINES NOTES 



The docks and warehouses at Jaruco, 

 Isle of Pines, will be put in thorough repair 

 by the Cuban Department of Public Works 

 and a bridge will be built over the Casas 

 River. 



President Menocal at the suggestion of 

 the Department of Agriculture, apportioned 

 $80,000 as prizes at the Isle of Pines fair, 

 which was held from February 10th to the 

 1 3th. 



THRICE-A-WEEK SERVICE 



Commencing January 26th the Cuban 

 Postal Department inaugurated a new 

 mail service between the Cuban main land 

 and the Isle of Pines which will permit 

 mail to come and be sent to the island 

 three times a week and on time to reach the 

 mail steamers for the United States. 



The Department of Sanitation will not 

 consent to the building of an elevated rail- 

 road in Havana. Such a road, it is con- 

 tended, would be an inj.ury to the ornamen- 

 tation of the city as proved recently in the 

 reports delivered by the municipal archi- 

 tects, engineers and proprietors of Havana. 



The "Daughters of Work" is the title of 

 a new society in Havana organized by 

 women workers. Its object is to better the 

 conditions and wages of working women. 



President Menocal is asking for an ap- 

 propriation of $60,000 with which to repair 

 the telegraph lines of the republic. 



