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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING 



TO THE ISLAND 



Mrs. tlcnoveva Giiardiola Estrada Palma. 

 widow of tlie late President Palma, ac- 

 companied by her daughter. Sta. Candida 

 Palma, recently arrived at Havana. Tlieir 

 visit was due to their desire to visit the 

 grave of the great patriot who was Cuba's 

 first president at Santiago, the second anni- 

 versary of his death falling on Xovember 

 4th. 



Twonly-siven buildings were destroyed 

 by fire, October 27th, at Mayari, a town of 

 Oriente Province, a short distance from 

 Santiago. The loss is estimated at $2.')0,000. 

 This is the second disastrous fire within 

 the last few months. 



There are only about thirty night schools 

 in operation throughout the island, the 

 largest number being in Havana. The 

 daily attendance at these schools oscillates 

 between thirty and forty persons, all adults. 



Dr. Jose Luciana Romero, a native of 

 Matanzas, Cuba, and a graduate of the 

 Medical College of Maryland, died at Jack- 

 sonville. (October 14th last. 



The Hon. Stephen Leech, His Britannic 

 Majesty s Minister to Cuba, has informed 

 the Cuban department of state that he has 

 again assumed charge of the legation. 



The officials of Cuba's agricultural de- 

 partment realize that in irrigation lies 

 Cuba's hoi)e for the future, especially in 

 tobacco, fruit and vegetable culture. With- 

 out irrigation the prosperity of this class 

 of the island's inhabitants is a matter of 

 chance. If there is a favorable season, 

 they come out all right. But of late years 

 it has been noted that these favorable sea- 

 sons are few and far between, and oftener 

 a drought occurs just at the time when it 

 is most needed for the proper develop- 

 ment of a crop.^ — La Luclia (Havana). 



Edgar H. Quinby of New York has 

 received the contract from the government 

 to supply all the lumber, timber and wooden 

 piling required in the work of raising the 

 "Maine." 



Cuba was awarded on October 24th the 

 first prize and a diploma of honor at the 

 International Congress of Tuberculosis, 

 held at Barcelona, Spain. Last year Cuba's 

 architects carried the first prize at the con- 

 gress of tuberculosis, held in the United 

 States, for model homes to prevent tuber- 

 culosis. 



Cuba's delegate to the congress was Dr. 

 Diego Tamayo, former secretary of the 

 interior. 



Tlu- width of the easement provided in 

 tile Sarrain amendment to the bill author- 

 izing the \'il]anueva .Arsenal exchange, is 

 the same as provided in Article X of the 

 law of ports, which exacts a "free general 

 passage six meters wide adjoining the 

 highest water line or that reached by the 

 surf during the heaviest storms where tides 

 are not perceptible.'' 



Gen. Freyre Andrade, the conservative 

 leader, was wounded in the hand in a duel 

 October 20th with Carlos Aguirre, captain 

 of the port. The latter is considered one 

 of the best swordsmen in Cuba. The 

 trouble between the two men dates back 

 to the Palma administration. 



Daily mail service has been established 

 at Chucho San Martin (Matanzas Prov- 

 ince), Tamarindo (Camaguey Province), 

 and at Zarzal (Oriente Province). 



Palmira, Santa Clara Province, will have 

 a new ."),000 modern abattoir. The old 

 market at Cruces will be remodelled and 

 a new city hall built, costing $10,000. Po- 

 lice headquarters will also have a build- 

 ing in the same town. 



The Paula Hospital at Aroyo Apolo is 

 the newest and most up-to-date hospital in 

 Cuba. It has been constructed with the 

 indemnity paid by the Havana Central 

 Railroad for the expropriation of the lands 

 of the Paula Church and Hospital in Ha- 

 vana. 



Manuel i'Vrnandez Victorio, the con- 

 tractor and merchant of Matanzas, who 

 in lOOS shot and killed the Cuban railroad 

 magnate. Tirso Mesa, has been pardoned by 

 the President. He had served two and a 

 half years of his sentence of 14 years. 



On October 27th, fifty-five farmers atid 

 their families left Guane, Pinar del Rio 

 Province, having secured work at the new 

 sugar mill being constructed by the Cuba 

 Company at Marti, Camaguey Province, 

 where ihey are promised homes and work. 

 The devastation wrought in the province 

 by the recent cyclones, which impoverished 

 them, is responsible for the migration. 

 More farmers are expected to follow later. 



A reception was given by President 

 Gomez. at the palace, October 26th, to ihe 

 l.")() members of the American Institute of 

 Mining Engineers and their families, who 

 are vis-ting Cuba on board the "Prinz 

 August Wilhelm," of the Hamburg- Ameri- 

 can Li'ic. nn their wav to Panama. 



