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THE CUBA R E \' I E W 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING 



TO THE ISLAND 



Havana's provincial council has ap- 

 propriated $6,000 for suitable representa- 

 tion at the National Exposition to be held 

 from January 2Sth to February 24th in the 

 city. The appropriation is for the con- 

 struction of a pavillion which is to cost 

 about $2,500 and the balance for prizes to 

 be given for agriculture, art and woman's 

 labor. 



On November 29th, the American Min- 

 ister to Cuba, the Hon. John B. Jackson, 

 delivered to President Gomez an autograph 

 letter from President William H. Taft, 

 congratulating Cuba's president on the 

 peaceful and orderly election held on No- 

 vember 1st. 



Jose G. Gonzalez, aged 72 years, manager 

 and principal owner of the Gonzalez 

 Steamship Company, ship chandlers, own- 

 ers of large towing and lighterage business 

 in Havana harbor, died in that city Novem- 

 ber 29th. Mr. Gonzalez was born in Spain, 

 but became an American citizen and served 

 in the United States navy during the Civil 

 War. 



Havana's police, on December 14th, raided 

 a house in Vedado, a suburb of the city, 

 and arrested an Italian named Roca and 

 five others who were engaged in counter- 

 feiting American treasury notes of the de- 

 nominations of $10 and $20. 



The Bishop of Havana, on December 5th, 

 issued a circular urging Catholics not to 

 join the Young Men's Christian Associa- 

 tion, which, in his opinion, is essentially 

 a Protestant institution. Not even in re- 

 gard to athletics is it to be tolerated. 



During an interview given Dr. Macpar- 

 lane of New York, on November 23d, by 

 President Gomez, religious work in the 

 States was discussed and the president ex- 

 pressed himself as ready to welcome all 

 orders that cared to establish themselves 

 in Cuba. 



There is a municipal band in Sagua la 

 Grande, whose members are boj^s, ranging 

 in ages from nine to sixteen years. They 

 play in the plaza of the city every Sunday 

 night, and the selections they present 

 astonish and delight music lovers. An 

 illustration of the plaza forms the cover 

 page of this number of The Cuba Review. 



Secretary of Public Instruction Garcia 

 Kohly recommends municipal appropria- 

 tions to provide poor school children with 

 Iheir breakfast and also with shoes. 



James C. Richards, a New York insur- 

 ance adjuster, was found dead in the bath 

 tub in his apartment at the Sevilla Hotel 

 in Havana, November 29th. A wound in 

 the throat was found. Mr. Richards has 

 been engaged in settling losses resulting 

 from the recent cyclone. 



On recommendation of the bureau of im- 

 provements Havana's mayor issued a de- 

 cree ordering a 1 the owners of the thirty 

 cinematograph halls in the city to make 

 their film protecting boxes fireproof. 



Sr. Emilio de Gorgoza, the well-known 

 baritone who will marry Madame Emma 

 Eames, the famous singer, in Europe next 

 summer, belongs to a prominent Cuban 

 famil}^ and is related to the Cuban-Spanish 

 families of Del ^lonte and Iznaga. 



]\Ir. John B. Jackson, the American 

 minister, established his residence as well 

 as the offices of the legation in the 

 old palace of the Count of Almendares 

 on Belen plaza, opposite the church which 

 gives that square its name. As is usual 

 in houses erected here by the nobility of 

 the Spanish regime, the stairs and floors 

 are of white marble. The walls are ex- 

 traordinarih' high and harmoniously tinted, 

 and in the main salon are the arms of the 

 Counts of Almendares. 



The manager of the United Fruit Com- 

 pany's sugar mill at Banes reported on De- 

 cember 1st that the famous bandit Solis 

 has demanded $20,000 under penalty of 

 death if not paid. 



General Enrique Loinaz del Castillo will 

 continue to serve his country, Cuba, in the 

 capacit}' of minister to ^lexico, although, 

 owing to ill health, he asked his govern- 

 ment recently to release him. But his 

 resignation was not accepted. However 

 a leave of absence in January has been 

 granted him, which he will spend with his 

 family in Cuba. 



The heavy rains which accompanied the 

 October cyclone did tremendous damage at 

 Cienfuegos, the overflow of the Habanilla 

 River washing awaj^ forty thousand dol- 

 lars' worth of newly constructed roads. 



A post-office branch and telegraph sta- 

 tion has been established in the Hotel Flor- 

 ida, Havana, a well-known and popular ho- 

 tel in the business district. Stamps will 

 be sold, mone}^ orders issued and telegraph 

 messages received to all points in the 

 island. 



