THE CUBA REVIEW 



The Cuban government has increased its 

 reward for any one who will give informa- 

 tion leading to the capture, dead or alive, 

 of the bandit Solis from $5,000 to $10,000. 

 In addition, $5,000 is offered for Alvarez, 

 the associate of Solis. The name of the 

 informer will be kept secret. 



The City Council of Cruces, Santa Clara 

 Province, favor an electric plant for that 

 city, and a concession for such an enter- 

 orise is sought. 



The president of Cuba has brought a 

 libel suit against a resident of an interior 

 town for making libelous statements 

 against the administration. 



Secretary of Government General Ma- 

 chado has also entered suit against a Ha- 

 vana newspaper, the Patria, for printing 

 libelous articles against him. 



Admiral W. S. Schley, United States 

 Navy (retired), died suddenly in New 

 York City on October 2d. 



Admiral Schley had just left the build- 

 ing of the New York Yacht Club and had 

 walked only a block when he suddenly 

 collapsed and fell to the pavement. He 

 was dead before a physician arrived. 

 Death was caused by apoplexy. 



The first Baptist Church services for 

 negroes in Cuba were held in Havana 

 September 10th. Mission work among 

 Cuba's colored residents was decided upon 

 at the southern Baptists convention held in 

 Atlanta, Ga., recently. 



One hundred red partridges are to be 

 turned loose in some favorable sections 

 of Cuba where it is hoped they will in- 

 crease and produce in a short time a suffi- 

 cient supply for hunters. In the mean- 

 while the birds are to be protected with 

 the most stringent laws until they have 

 sufificiently multiplied. 



A bomb was exploded September 2Sth 

 under the home of Dr. Pedro Hechevarria 

 of Santiago de Cuba. A woman in the house 

 was slightly injured. The property damage 

 was small. 



Various motives are given for the crime ; 

 one, that it was part of an anarchist's plot 

 to do away with officials connected with 

 the iron mines near this city, with which 

 he is connected. 



So eager are the chess players of the 

 Latin races to bring about a meeting for 

 the world's championship between Jose R. 

 Capablanca of Cuba, winner of the San 

 Sebastian tournament, and Dr. Emanuel 

 Lasker, the title holder, that Buenos Ayres 

 has come forward with an offer of $5,000 

 for the winner and $2,500 for the lose.r if 

 such a match were played in the Argentine 

 Republic. 



American Minister John B. Jackson of 

 Havana has transmitted a copy of an in- 

 vitation to the scul])tors of the world to 

 submit designs for an equestrian statue in 

 memory of the late Gen. Antonio Maceo, 

 together with a pamphlet containing an 

 account of episodes of the Cuban war of 

 independence in which the general took 

 part. These are furnished by the Cuban 

 Department of State, which requested that 

 they be brought to the attention of artists 

 in the United States, with a view to having 

 them participate in the competition. 



A contractor of Pittsburgh, Pa., expects 

 to find oil wells in Cuba and is making 

 his investigations in the province of Pinar 

 del Rio, where there are several beds of 

 asphalt. 



Arrangements have been made by the 

 Kirby Lumber Company for extensive ex- 

 ports of lumber to Cuba and other points 

 to the southward. The movement is to 

 begin at an early date and is a new de- 

 parture for the lumber companies of 

 Texas. 



The probable volume of the lumber ship- 

 ments is not known, but it is understood 

 that a market has been estabHshed in Cuba 

 and for considerable quantities. 



A special department has been created 

 by Varona Suarez, secretary of sanitation 

 in Hospital No. 1, Havana, for the free 

 treatment of persons without funds who 

 are suffering from trachoma or granulated 

 ej-elids. 



Patients will be taken from all parts of 

 the island. 



The Havana Chamber of Commerce 

 want the Cuban government to negotiate 

 a broader and more comprehensive com- 

 mercial treaty with the United States. 



The Chinese cruiser "Hai Chi" arrived in 

 Havana October 3d and exchanged salutes 

 with Cabana's fortress. The cruiser was 

 greeted down the bay by a flotilla of 

 vessels filled with Chinese, who discharged 

 bombs and firecrackers in honor of their 

 countrymen. 



^lajor Armando Andre, editor El Dia, 

 and Dr. Manuel Mencia, director of cus- 

 toms, fought a duel with sabres in Havana 

 October 7th, Dr. Mencia being severely 

 wounded. 



Dr. Mencia challenged JMajor Andre on 

 account of attacks in El Dia charging him 

 with gross frauds in the management of 

 the custom house. 



United States Minister John B. Jackson 

 returned to Havana September 23d and 

 remained but a few weeks, departing thence 

 to his new post at Bucharest. His suc- 

 cessor, Arthur M. Beaupre, will assume his 

 office in Cuba next month. 



