THE CUBA REVIEW 



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The offices of the Sanitary Department 

 of Havana will be moved to the Hotel 

 Manhattan as soon as necessary alterna- 

 tions can be made in the building. 



The lessee Doha Pinlar del Toro, for- 

 merly owner of the Hotel Telegrafo, will 

 receive $1,000 per month rental. 



The Public Works Department, formerly 

 at the Arsenal, will move to the Maestranza 

 Building and the Department of Public 

 Instruction will occupy its new quarters 

 in the Carcel Building on the Prado when 

 alterations are completed. 



The tank steamer "Currier," built for the 

 Cuba Distilling Co., which has a large 

 plant on Matanzas harbor, Cuba, was 

 launched at Quincy, Mass., September 20th. 

 The vessel will ply between Matanzas and 

 the United States, and carry molasses in 

 bulk. 



The company has five large tanks al- 

 ready in use at its plant, each tank hav- 

 ing a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons. 



It is stated in Washington that plans for 

 fortifying the Panama Canal provide for 

 a strong naval base at Guantanamo. 



A new theatre recently opened in Ciego 

 de Avila is one of the best in Cuba and 

 has a capacity of 1,000 persons. Fine 

 decorations and scenery and a complete 

 electric installation distinguish the new 

 building. 



President Gomez has ordered investiga- 

 tions and studies along the littoral of Cuba 

 relative to the classes of fish which exist 

 in Cuban waters, and to draw up rules and 

 regulations for fishing. 



The Supreme Court has handed down a 

 decision declaring that the presidential de- 

 cree No. 87, of 1910, prohibiting the use of 

 coupons with prizes in chocolate and ciga- 

 rette packages, was unconstitutional. The 

 fines irhposed by the correctional court for 

 this offense will now be remitted. 



The engagement is announced of Miss 

 Manuelita Gomez Arias, the charming 

 daughter of the President of the Republic, 

 General Jose Miguel Gomez, and Mrs. 

 Gomez, to Major Morales Coello, now the 

 chief of the national marine service and 

 formerly the President's aide. 



New Publications Received 



The Year-Book and Directory for 1910- 

 11 of the sugar refineries of Austria, pub- 

 lished by the Central Society of the Beet 

 Sugar Industry, and compiled by the 

 Secretary Dr. Gustav Milkusch, is now 

 ready. Valuable tables, helpful notes of 

 manufacturing formulas, notes of the Brus- 

 sels Convention and statistics of the beet 

 sugar industry since 1862, fill the 648 

 pages. It can be had by addressing the 

 societ}'- at 18 EHzabeth-Strasse, Vienna. 



The unification of Cuba's entire police 

 force under one head is projected. Such 

 a consoHdation does not require the sanc- 

 tion of congress, but only that of the 

 President. It will be directly controlled 

 by the bureau of public order and prisons, 

 of the Department of the Interior, with a 

 central office at Havana. The Bertillon 

 system for the identification of criminals 

 will also be established. 



Registered packages containing $13,00 

 sent from Montreal to the Royal Bank of 

 Canada in Havana disappeared while in 

 the post-office at the latter city. 



The national lottery on September 10th 

 celebrated its first anniversary. The total 

 revenues for the year were $3,531,339.25. 



Unas caiiones viejos a la entrada de la Baliia de 

 la Habana. Estos estdn al lado de Cabanas; hay 

 otros al lado de la Habana, y dice la historia que 

 hace unos sicjlos sc estiraban cadenas de estos ca- 

 iiones a travcs de la Bahia para prevenir la en- 

 trada de piratas. 



Some old cannon at Havana's harbor mouth. 

 These are on the Cabanas side; there are others 

 on the Havana side, and history says that way 

 back in the centuries chains were strung from 

 these cannon across the harbor to prevent the in- 

 gress of pirates. 



General Francisco Vicente 



A Aguilera, a Cuban patriot, 



Patriot's escaped from his native 



Return land thirty years ago in a 



row boat, attended only by 



two negro slaves, and landed at Tampa, 



later going to New York, where he died 



on February 22, 1877. His dying wish was, 



"When my country is free and takes her 



place among the nations of the earth, then, 



and not till then, let my body be taken to 



Cuba for burial." 



This was fulfilled when, under orders 

 from the Cuban government, the remains 

 were disinterred from Calvary Cemetery, 

 New York, and reverently reinterred in 

 Bayamo, where he was born. 



