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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING \'ARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING 



TO THE ISLAND 



Sffii'i- MaiuK-l Silvfira, at one tinu- a 

 proiniiiciit hanker of Havana, wlio re- 

 tnrnccl llicrc after an absence of nearly 

 fonr years, and whose departure in Octo- 

 ber, IDOfi, was given as one of the reasons 

 for tlic faihire of J. M. Ceballos & Co.. of 

 this city, has received many cablegrams 

 from old business associates welcoming 

 bill) back. 



Wiiliaiu V. Rowe, receiver for Ceballos 

 & Co.. said to a Xcxv }'ork A)iicric(iii rep- 

 resentative that all claims against Silveira 

 as agent of the t'lrni in ilavana had been 

 settled long ago. 



Ste])heii Leech, the British Minister to 

 C ul)a. gives public announcement to an act 

 of clemency of King George V, offering a 

 l)ardon to all soldiers in a state of deser- 

 tion. H there are any old British soldiers 

 in Cuba who have deserted, they are asked 

 to communicate with the British legation 

 in Havana. 



The Spanish Minister to Cuba, St. Pablo 

 Solc'r. iiad an interview with President 

 Gomez recently concerning the payments to 

 be made by Culia to Spain for tlic guns left 

 in this country by Spain, and wliich Gov- 

 ernor Magoou oliliged Cuba to |)urchase. 

 Cuba already paid $lon. ()()() ; paid another 

 $ino.nO() July 1, leaving $150,000 Iiaiance to 

 be paid in 1911. 



There was a clash June 27th between sol- 

 diers of the permanent army and the police 

 force at Guantanamo. It started with an 

 altercation between a sergeant and a police 

 ofhcer. during which the former was 

 clubl)ed. In a few hours the sixty mem- 

 bers of the army and the police force were 

 fighting. One soldier was killed and others 

 wounded. 



Sagua la Grande is to have a referen- 

 dum shortly to float a loan of $100,000 for 

 the construction of a model city hall, the 

 first in Cuba. The plans call for a two- 

 story structure of a combined Spanish and 

 colonial architecture of beautiful lines. 



A new post office has been established 

 at Parque Alto, Santa Clara Province. 



Cayo Cristo, off the port of Isabella de 

 Sagua, is again to be the capital of the 

 President for the summer. 



A bill has been introduced into the Sen- 

 ate providing for the dredging and thor- 

 ough cleaning of Havana Harbor and ap- 

 propriating $.500,000 each year for the next 

 five years for that purpose. 



Mcmbirs of the lla\ana Pro\incial 

 Council, who receive an allowance only for 

 each meeting they attend, have voted them- 

 selves an annuity of $1,800. This resolu- 

 tion will not take effect until sanctioned 

 by the Provincial Governor. 



At the celebration of Independence Day, 

 by the American colony in Havana, U. S. 

 Minister Jackson made a speech expressing 

 tlic warmest hope for the continuance of 

 tlie intimate relations between Cuba and the 

 United States. 



El Coviercio of Cienfuegos states that 

 outlaws visited the orange grove San Mar- 

 cos, owned by an American, named Patter- 

 son, took him out of his house, tied him 

 to a post and made him disclose the hid- 

 ing place of $2,.')00, with which Mr. Patter- 

 son intended to cover labor expenses. 



An appropriation bill for $15,000 for 

 the construction of a bridge over the 

 Taco river and another for the sum of 

 $S.000 for the construction of a road from 

 the Salina de Punta Hicacos to Cayo Buba 

 were recently approved. 



The Chief of the Department of Public 

 Works in Santa Clara has forwarded re- 

 cently to Havana the plans and specifica- 

 tions for building a higliway from that 

 city to Sagua and also to Cifuentes. 



Government engineers are making sur- 

 veys for the proper drainage of the bor- 

 oughs of \'ista .\legre and Baire, at Sagua 

 la Grande, which work is necessary to 

 avoid the annual inundations. 



Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and 

 Labor Francisco de Paula Machado is 

 planning a great irrigation scheme for 

 Cuba. He w-ill sulmiit his plan to the 

 liresident and hopes for prompt legislative 

 action. 



July 4th the House passed a liill authoriz- 

 ing the establishment of a territorial mort- 

 gage liaiik for the purpose of making loans 

 to assist all classes of agriculturists. 



Seven persons, most of them colored 

 men, were arrested in Ha\ana by the se- 

 cret police July 11th, charged with con- 

 spiring to start an uprising against the 

 government and to compel American in- 

 tervention. Letters and documents found 

 on the prisoners are believed to implicate 

 others. 



It is rumored that coming cabinet 

 changes concern General Gerando Machado. 



