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T M I-: CUBA RE V I E W 



entrance of tlie Inrane Asvlnni at Mazuna, near liavan.i 



As tlio result of a visit of 

 Mazorra insptction paid to the Ma- 

 Insaiic zorra state asylum for the 

 .Isyliiiit insane by Secretary of 

 Sanitation Dr. Manuel Va- 

 rona Suarez, plans have been ordered for 

 the pi()i)er drainage and other sanitary im- 

 provements. E.xtra wards will also be con- 

 structed, as the asylum, which is the only 

 one on the island, is very . much over- 

 crowded. It is in Havana Province but a 

 short distance from the city. 



The first vdlinne of General Weyler's 

 liing-promised memoirs has been published. 

 The book is entitled "My Rule in Cuba," 

 and the Captain-(iencral is expected to 

 make important revelations. The w-ork 

 consists of four volumes, but the volume 

 which has just ai)peared does not reach 

 the explosion on the Maine or the Cuban 

 war. 



Special petitions have been presented to 

 the House of Representatives asking for 

 the free importation of machinery for a 

 condensed-milk factory at Camaguey, and 

 machinery for a factory for making wom- 

 en's and children's clothing. 



On May 11th, the Senate approved a 

 pension of $1,200 for Jaines Pennv, an 

 -Anierican who was crippled while fighting 

 with the Cuban forces in ISO.j. 



On the same date it approved an appro- 

 priation of $30,000 to provide Guantanamo 

 with water from Caimanera. 



Tile llatiiey, the first cruiser to arrive 

 at New York, saluted the fort on Gov- 

 ernors Island May 2:{d, as she passed up 

 the Xorth River to an anchorage ofT y4th 

 Street. 



The Hatuey dropped in unexpectedly, 

 for she was bound for Bath, Me., where 

 her machinery is to be overhauled and re- 

 paired during the ne.xt two or three 

 months. 



-Another vessel of the Cuban navy, the 

 iuirique Villuendas, was scheduled to come 

 north for a like purpose, but Havana me- 

 chanics and meml)ers of the trades pro- 

 tested so strongly that the repairs will be 

 made at home. 



The Diario dc la Mariint said recently, 

 'AX'ithout any great exaggeration it may 

 asserted that if forty per cent of tiie ])ublic 

 employees were discharged the administra- 

 tion would suffer no great detriment if 

 those remaining were honest, capable and 

 well-paid." 



Havana's City Council has resolved to 

 compel the Havana Gas and Electric Com- 

 pany to place their cables underground. 



Xew post offices have been established at 

 Marney, Santa Clara Province, Dominguez, 

 Camagney Province and Guiro Marrero, 

 Havana Province: also at Santa Lucia, 

 Camaguey Province. 



A new postoffice has also been opened 

 at Guira de Marrero in the province of 

 Havana. 



