THE CUBA REVIEW 



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STREET CORNER, HAVANA, 

 WITH UNIQUE GARDEN. 



ration by the English in 1763, while 

 Earl Albemarle marched out with his 

 forces by Obispo Street. 



Tacon Street, for General Miguel 

 Tacon, who governed from 1834 to 1838. 



Mercaderes, because most of the 

 inhabitants were merchants and are to- 

 day. 



In 1584, Habana had but four 

 streets of any account, and Oficios 

 Street was so called 

 because almost its en- 

 t i r e length 

 was taken 

 up by me- 

 c h a n i c s, 

 trades men, 

 a r t i fi cers, 

 etc. L a m - 

 parilla St. 

 got its 

 name on ac- 

 count of a 

 little lamp 

 that a de- 

 V o u t resi- 

 dent lit nightly in 

 front of an im- 

 age of the Virgin. 

 O b r ap i a, or 

 pious ivork, for 

 the house built by 



reason of a bequest of Martin Calvo de Arrieta, who in 1679 left a large sum to build a 

 house, as an asylum, and to dower five orphan girls annually. 



Amargura Street, or Way of Sorrow. It was through this street that many religious 

 processions took place, especially in Holy Week. There are many other streets in 

 Havana that have names related to the Church and its mysteries. 



Tejadillo Street was so called for a small house with a iiled roof, the only one, for 

 all the others were thatched. 



Empedrado Street, having been the first street in Havana to be paved, this was 

 previous to 1770, and the work was so well done it lasted till 1838, when it was repaved. 

 No. 13 in this street shows in the entry two beams broken by a shell at the time of 

 the English invasion. 



President Roosevelt's Message on Cuba. 



LAST August an insurrection broke out in Cuba which it speedily_ grew evident 

 that the existing Cuban Government was powerless to quell. This Government 

 was repeatedly asked by the then Cuban Government to intervene, and finally 

 was notified by the President of Cuba that he intended to resign; that his 

 decision was irrevocable; that none of the other constitutional officers would consent 

 to carry on the Government, and that he was powerless to maintain order. It was 

 evident that chaos was impending, and there was every probability that if steps were 

 not immediately taken by this Government to try to restore order the representatives of 

 various European nations in the island would apply to their respective Governments 

 for armed intervention in order to protect the lives and property of their citizens. 

 Thanks to the preparedness of our navy, I was able immediately to send enough ships 

 to Cuba to prevent the situation from becoming hopeless, and I furthermore dispatched 



HAVANA STREET, SCENE FROM ELEVATED 

 STREET CAR STATION. 



