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THE CUBA REVIEW 



TciuKrs ;ii\' iinilcil ly '.ii 

 Cuha Cuban govcrnmci.l, ul.cli 



Wauls will l)e received by the Scc- 

 Stcaiiislii{'s rotary of the Treasury at 

 Havana up to October 2Tth 

 next, for steamships for use as revenue 

 cutters and for a steam sailing ship to he 

 used as a schoolship. An expenditure of 

 $1,(100.001) for the revenue cutters and of 

 $l.")0.ooo for the schoolship is provided for. 

 The specification gives the following gen- 

 eral description of the vessels required: 



1. Twm-screw steamships of 2. (too tons 

 displacement, having an economical speed 

 of not less than is miles and a maximum 

 draft of ]T feet. 



2. Steamships of l,oo() and l,.">oo to!i>. 

 having an economical speed of not le-s 

 than 13 miles and a maximum draft of 

 12 feet and 1:5 feet, respectively. 



3. Steamships of 2r)0 to .")U() tuns, witli an 

 economical speed of not less than 14 nuks 

 and a draft not exceeding 11 feet. 



4. Ships of 100 to 2.50 tons, with a speed 

 of not less than 12 miles and a maximum 

 draft of 6 feet. 



5. A steam sailing ship, corvette rigged. 

 of 1,000 and 1,500 tons, with an economical 

 speed of & to 10 miles and a draft not 

 greater than 14 feet, adapted for use as a 

 schoolship. 



The Bureau of National Marine has just 

 been created under the supervision of the 

 Treasury Department. 



Regarding the Xoyember 

 Conscnvfkrs' elections. Gen. Mario Mc- 

 Ofporlit- nocal said recently: "The 

 iiitx Conservative Party ought 



to win the elections in all 

 those places in which it has a majority of 

 the votes, for it would be unpardonable 

 and shameful for it to lose through weak- 

 ness or cowardice. 



"A party that does not defend with 

 energv the rights given it by the constitu- 

 tion i's unlit to gain power, for it would, 

 of course, be unable to offer to the country 

 the guarantees granted by the fundamental 

 laws of the nation." 



For an 

 Honest 

 Election 



La Lttclia, of Havana, 

 speaks energetically in favor 

 of legal and straight elec- 

 tions. It says; "For Cuba 

 this is a matter of the first 

 importance; whether the Conservatives or 

 the Liberals win is merely a secondary mat- 

 ter. What matters is that the victor shall 

 win by licit and proper means; that is. by 

 the free casting and scrupulously honest 

 counting of the votes, so that his triumph 

 shall be the simple record of the will of 

 the maioritv." 



Cieneial Mario (i. Meiiocal, camliilate for President 



of Cuba oil the Conservative ticket at the last 



election and manager of the great sugar mill at 



C'haparra, Oriente Province. 



The board of trustees of 

 The the San Lazaro Hospital 



Espada at Havana communicated 

 Lands August 24th to the director 

 of charities the decision 

 rendered I'V the judge of first instance of 

 the noriheri! district of the city, admitting 

 the appeal of the hospital against the 

 representation of the Catholic Church, 

 Hugh Reilly and others in the case of the 

 demolished Espada Cemetery. The decision 

 of tiie court establishes that the full and 

 complete ownership of the lands in ques- 

 tion belongs to the San Lazaro Hospital, 

 and condemns the representatives of the 

 Catholic Church and associates to pay the 

 costs of tiie litigation. — La Litcha. 



Sr. Antolin Callejas is the new collector 

 of customs at the port of Nipe. Oriente. 



The notary public, Sr. J. 

 The M. Barraque. presented to 



J'illaniiei'a President Gomez September 

 Lands 1st the report rendered by 

 the commission for examin- 

 ing the title to the Villanueva lands, which 

 the government is to acquire in exchange 

 for the Arsenal. The report says that the 

 lands in question are the property of the 

 United Railwa}' of Havana, and that the 

 registration of the title and all other details 

 are correct and perfectly legal. 



