THE CUBA R E \- I E W 



Two huiulred tlinusainl dullars lunntlily 

 will be awarded from the state treasury 

 for public works in the province of Pinar 

 del Rio, beginning next month. This 

 amount was promised by President Gomez 

 July 24th to the representatives for Pinar 

 del Rio. 



The government has given Walter 

 Fletcher Smith, proprietor of the Plaza 

 Hotel in Havana, an extension of one 

 year in which to build a dock at the Playa 

 of the city. 



Fire destroyed six buildings, including 

 two mercantile establishments, in Guanta- 

 natno July ISth. The loss is $30,000, 

 partly covered by insurance. 



The children of the poor of Havana 

 who at present receive dental treatment 

 free at the municipal emergency hospitals, 

 will after September be treated at the 

 dental school of the Havana University 

 under a plan adopted by Secretary of 

 Public Instruction Mario Garcia Kohly. 



An attempt was made August 3d to burn 

 the city hall of Pinar del Rio. That it 

 failed is due to the timely appearance of 

 a sergeant of police who on interfering 

 with the incendiaries was shot in the leg. 



The Cuban government pays $100 

 monthly for a residence for Captain Frank 

 Parker, of the United States, detailed in 

 Cuba as cavalry instructor. 



Major Armando Andre, a congressman 

 of the Conservative Party and editor of 

 /:/ Dia, returned some weeks ago from a 

 visit to General Mario G. Menocal, the 

 candidate of his party at the last election, 

 sangine that the general, when the psy- 

 chological moment arrives, will yield to 

 the country's demand that he accept the 

 presidential nomination. The Haiaiia 

 Telegraph believes that it would entail a 

 heavy sacrifice on the part of General 

 Menocal to do this, but that "if convinced 

 of the country's demand for him and with 

 reasonable prospects for election, he would 

 make whatever sacrifice might be de- 

 manded." 



The only statement that General Menocal 

 has made to Congressman z-\.ndre, and 

 therefore the only thing upon which the 

 Conservatives base their hopes, is that he 

 cannot at the present time make any de- 

 claration one way or the other. He has 

 repeatedly stated, however, whenever the 

 subject was mentioned to him that he 

 would not again be a candidate. 



The pineapple shipping season closed on 

 July 1st at Havana with a record of 932,- 

 585 crates shipped, a shrinkage from last 

 year of over 200,000 crates, due to the 

 drought. There will be small weekly ship- 

 ments up to September, which will total 

 60,000 to 100,000 crates more. In fact there 

 are small shipments every month. 



View in Oriente Province along tlie line of the Guantanamo and Western Railway. The scene 

 is of a coffee plantation with a hulling plant in operation on the left. 



