THE CUBA REVIEW 



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ALL AROUND CUBA 



INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING 



TO THE ISLAND 



The fiscal, of the audiencia at Santiago 

 has presented preliminary summary of the 

 case against General Miniet and his com- 

 panions and he asks that a sentence of 

 perpetual confinement in chains be passed 

 on General Miniet, and 14 years, 8 months 

 and 7 dajs against Sanchez and Perez, his 

 companions. 



The new assistant secretary of the 

 Treasury is Sr. Antonio Torrado y Gon- 

 zalez Llorente, formerly a member of the 

 House of Representatives, and late acting 

 auditor general of the Republic, who is 

 quite familiar with the business of the 

 Treasury Department. 



A statue of Ferdinand VH, of Spain, has 

 stood for many years in the Plaza de 

 Armas. It was placed there by the people 

 of Havana in recognition of many kind- 

 nesses of that monarch to the island. It 

 is to be removed, however, to make room 

 for a statue of a representative of the 

 Cuban people, Carlos flannel de Cespedes. 



President Taft signed on August 21st the 

 exequatur of Sr. Don Caesar A. Barranco 

 as vice-consul of Cuba. The vice-consul- 

 ate will be stationed here. Mr. Barranco 

 was formerly Chancellor of the Cuban le- 

 gation in Washington. 



Francisco Machado on August 20th was 

 appointed Secretary of the Treasury, and 

 Rafael Martinez Ortiz, Secretary of Agri- 

 culture. 



Sr. Martinez Ortiz is one of the ablest 

 and mo.5t distinguished members of the 

 Liberal Party, and is a specialist in matters 

 of finance. The appointment was well 

 received in all quarters. 



The meeting on August 22d of the Con- 

 servative Municipal Assembly, at Cienfue- 

 gos, called to recommend candidates to the 

 provincial convention to be held at Santa 

 Clara, ended in a fight among the mem- 

 bers, sticks and even guns being used, with 

 the result that many were wounded. 



Bad business and more modern hotels 

 in the neighborhood ended the business 

 life of one of Havana's oldest establish- 

 ments — the Hotel Telegrafo, facing the 

 Central Park. It closed its doors August 

 7th. 



The Detroit Free Press says : "There will 

 be no trip to Cuba this fall by the Detroit 

 Tigers." President Xavin has so decided. 



A new post-office has been established at 

 Mir, Oriente Province. 



The Havana city emploj'ees have short 

 working hours during June, July, August 

 and September by decree of the president 

 and are now on the same footing as the 

 state employees. In accordance with the 

 decree Secretary Sanguily issued orders 

 authorizing all mayors throughout the is- 

 land and making the office hours during the 

 months mentioned from 7 a. m. to 12 m. 



According to a report of Engineer Jas. 

 Page, who is in charge of the work for 

 the government, 82 per cent of the con- 

 struction work to supply Cienfuegos with 

 water is finished. This applies to the city 

 alone and does not include the ovttlying bor- 

 oughs of Punta Gorda and Quinta Abren. 



The master of the British steamer 

 "Smalta" was fined $100 August 17th for 

 having refused to lend help to the revenue 

 cutter "Yara" while aground near Matan- 

 zas when conveying President Gomez from 

 Cavo Cristo, a few days previously. 



Secretary of Agriculture Ortiz is pre- 

 paring to select sites for the agricultural 

 schools to be established in every province. 

 A fund is available for their establishment. 



He returned early in September from a 

 visit to Santa Clara, with five propositions 

 of land suitable for a school in that section 

 and will decide which is best suited for 

 the purposes of the college. Visits for the 

 same purpose will be made to other sec- 

 tions. 



A daily registered mail service between 

 Cuba and the United States was inau- 

 gurated September 2d. 



IMajor-General Barry, who commanded 

 the Army of Pacification in Cuba during 

 the last intervention, and who, when he 

 left Havana, was assured by President 

 Gomez that he had inspired the government 

 and the people of Cuba with gratitude and 

 admiration, assumed the superintendency 

 of the United States Military Academy at 

 West Point September 1st. 



Jose Escalante, for many years proprietor 

 of the Flotel Louvre at Matanzas, died 

 August 26th. 



On August 18th some three thousand per- 

 sons paraded the streets of San Juan y 

 Martinez, asking for bread and work. The 

 great distress felt lately throughout Pinar 

 del Rio Province brought about this dem- 

 onstration. 



The paraders carried black flags on 

 which were inscribed the words : "Work 

 and Bread." 



