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THE CVn\ RE\'1E\V And Bulletin. 



SALARY OK (ilAERNUK MAGOON AXU OTHER 

 RULERS OF CUBA. 



The sum that has been assigned to Gov- 

 ernor Magoon as his salary of provisional 

 governor, of $20,000 per annum, serves as 

 a curious comparison with the salaries en- 

 joyed by his predecessors in the govern- 

 ment of Cuba. Gen. Wood, the military 

 governor during the period of American 

 intervention of 1899-1902. only received his 

 army pay. But at the beginning of the 

 Spanish colony, when the chief executive 

 was styled Alcalde of the Fuerza fort, and 

 governor, he received only 600 ducats. That 

 was worth about $630. Later the salary 

 was increased to $3,308. and at the com- 

 mencement of the eighteenth century had 

 reached the rate of $10,000. During the 

 administration or command of Cajigal in 

 1747 to 1760, it was $12,000. The Count 

 of Santa Clara enjoyed $14,000. and Count 

 Ricla. in 1763, $18,000. Gen. Jose de la 

 Concha, in i8;i. w.t; the first to receive 



$50.000 — not coiuning tlic large sums as- 

 signed him for secret service, most of wliich 

 were used against the filibuster and revo- 

 lutidiiary movements of that time. 



FILIBUSTERS IN CUBA. 



The Department of State at Washington 

 has received a request from Colombia that 

 a lookout for a filibustering expedition 

 from Cuba be kept, and this caused orders 

 to the Des Moines to go to Cienfuegos. 

 Colombia heard that revolutionary agents 

 landed in Cuba recently intending to buy 

 arms left over from the revolution last 

 year and to make Cuba the base for shipping 

 arms to Colombia, where an attempt was 

 to be made to overthrow President Reyes. 

 Santiago's scarce water supply. 



The situation with regard to the city's 

 water supply grows serious. It was found 

 necessary to send to the Guantanama naval 

 station for a supply, and thousands of gal- 

 lons were taken over in barges. 



Selling Charcoal in Cuban Cil'i's. 

 LAS INDUSTRIAS DE CUBA. Vendiendo carboD de leua en las ciudades cubanas. Esta es una Industrla 

 lucrativa. fioruue ee usa mfls carb6n de lefia que carbon depiedra 6 bulla destilada para coclnar. 



CHARCOAL AND CHARCOAL BURNERS. 



This industry is a profitable one in Cuba, 

 as more charcoal is consumed for cooking 

 than coal or coke. Those who engage in 

 this occupation are hardy and strong, and 

 for their work select some spot along the 

 hillside, near the woods. The trees they 

 fell and cut into small logs are certain 

 kinds which are not too closely grained. 

 They must choose the dry season also, and 

 use great precautions to insure success. 

 They form a sort of pyre of a conical shape, 

 and cover it with earth very carefully, leav- 

 ing an opening in the upper part and also 

 one in the low^er part, thus making a 



draught, after the wood is ignited, by means 

 of fire or matches applied to a lot of straw 

 which is stufYed into the hole. When the 

 wood begins to burn briskly the flames are 

 smothered by closing the openings, and 

 thus the W'Ood is blackened and rendered 

 brittle and suitable for fuel. The charcoal 

 is then broken into pieces, packed in coarse 

 sacks and taken to tow-n in carts to the 

 different establishments pr dealers in fuel. 

 Carts go around the streets of Havana daily 

 and small bags of charcoal are sold to the 

 customers of these coal dealers. 



