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THE CUBA R E \- I E \\' 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING 



TO THE ISLAND 



Joseph Daniel, an American, foreman at 

 El Cuero mine near Santiago was drowned 

 June 20th. While there seems to be no 

 doubt that his death was due entirely to 

 an accident, the authorities are investigat- 

 ing the case. A short time previous to 

 his falling into the water it is reported 

 he had had an altercation with some 

 workmen. 



Havana's city council has granted to the 

 German-Cuban Electric Company at 

 Guanabacoa permission to furnish the 

 Regla Wara of Havana with electric light 

 and power. 



The steamship "Allegan}-" of the Ham- 

 burg-American Line arrived in New 

 York July 1st from Havana with twenty 

 tons of relics from the wreck of the bat- 

 tleship "Maine." The relics, except the 

 ship's bell, weighing 300 pounds, were 

 packed in barrels and taken in charge by 

 the government authorities. 



The Otero Theatre in Cardenas, one of 

 the oldest buildings in the city and latterly 

 used for a moving picture show, was 

 partly destroyed by fire on July 1st. A 

 falrn became ignited and the fire spread 

 rapidly. _ Women and children were 

 trampled in the rush for safety, but no 

 one was seriously injured. 



Havana Lodge No. 635 of the Loyal 

 Order of Moose of the World was suc- 

 cessfully organized June 21st with a large 

 membership. 



The Hotel Telegrafo in Havana, rebuilt 

 and luxuriously furnished throughout, was 

 opened for business July 1st by the Com- 

 pafiia General de Hotels, which also owns 

 the Campoamor Hotel at Cojimar. 



The high price of ice in Havana is turn- 

 ing the attention of the city council to the 

 advisability of establishing a municipal ice 

 plant, and a resolution to that effect was 

 recently passed. The price of ice in the 

 city is 30 cents per 100 pounds. 



Sr._ Cristobal Fernandez Vallin, the new 

 Spanish minister to Crba, replaces Sr. 

 Pablo Soler. Sr. Vallin is a descendant 

 of the Counts of Muros, and is widely 

 related to some of the leading families of 

 Havana, including that of Vice-President 

 Zayas. 



Key W^est wants a suitable part of the 

 battleship as a memorial. The city coun- 

 cil has communicated with the secretary 

 of the navy offering to pay all transporta- 

 tion charges if its request is granted. 



The famous Caridad Church in Cama- 

 guey was lately entered by thieves, who 

 despoiled the images of Our Lady of 

 Charity and the Immaculate Virgin, of 

 valuable jewels and adornments worth 

 several thousand dollars. 



Jose Colmenares, who shot and killed 

 Sr. Gustavo Lopez, the Spanish consul in 

 Matanzas, several months ago, was sen- 

 tenced June 23d to 17 j-ears imprisonment. 



The Cuban consul at Geneva reports 

 that lectures are being delivered there 

 against Cuban tobacco, by a man who was 

 at one time the French consular agent 

 in Havana. According to his statement 

 Cuban tobacco is steadily degenerating be- 

 cause of the free use of chemical fer- 

 tilizers and the attacks of an insect on the 

 leaf. The government has taken notice 

 of these stories and will officially deny 

 them. 



The four daughters of President Gomez 

 sailed June 29th on the "La Provence" 

 from New York for a tour in Europe. 



Within the past month ]\Iiss Petronila 

 Gomez was married to Julius Morales 

 Coello, commander-in-chief of the Cuban 

 navy. Her sister, Manuela, was married 

 to Dr. Manuel Mencios. The other two 

 girls are Narcisa, who is eighteen, and 

 Mariana, sixteen. The last-named will 

 study art in Paris. 



President Gomez delegated Dr. Mencias 

 to represent Cuba at the Medical Congress 

 to be held in Berlin in September. 



The McGivney & Rokeby Company, 

 holders of the sewer contract in Havana, 

 must pay $500 to the heirs of Sabino Ra- 

 mos, one of the workmen killed in a re- 

 cent cave-in on the sewer work. 



The indemnity representes 500 times the 

 dailj' wage of the dead man, which is the 

 damage allowed under the terms of a 

 royal decree of June 11, 1886. 



An application has been made by a well 

 known international salvage company to 

 the Cuban government to raise the 

 Spanish war vessels sunk off Santiago de 

 Cuba. The government is offered 10 per 

 cent of the proceeds. 



Secretary of the Treasury Ortiz has 

 ordered the collector of customs at Cai- 

 barien to take measures against the Greeks 

 who are reported to be destroying the 

 sponge beds in that vicinity. He has 

 especially ordered that no sponges below 

 the size fixed by law shall be placed on 

 the market. 



