. The Cuba review. i6 THE CUBA REVIEW. Minor News Notes. Services were held in the new Episco- pal Cathedral, Havana, April 12, for the first time. The Easter services were like- wise held in the new building, the at- tendance numbering three hundred. Among those present were Governor Charles E. Alagoon, Captain J. A. Ryan, United States jNIinister Edwin V. Mor- gan, Major J. R. Terrill, Secretary of the Treasury, Colonel W. M. Black, Sec- retary of Public Works, and Major Jef- ferson R. Kean, supervisor of the Sani- tary Department. One of the best known and most popular educational instituti
. The Cuba review. i6 THE CUBA REVIEW. Minor News Notes. Services were held in the new Episco- pal Cathedral, Havana, April 12, for the first time. The Easter services were like- wise held in the new building, the at- tendance numbering three hundred. Among those present were Governor Charles E. Alagoon, Captain J. A. Ryan, United States jNIinister Edwin V. Mor- gan, Major J. R. Terrill, Secretary of the Treasury, Colonel W. M. Black, Sec- retary of Public Works, and Major Jef- ferson R. Kean, supervisor of the Sani- tary Department. One of the best known and most popular educational institutions in Cuba, "Las Escuelas Pias," situated in Guana- bacoa, near Havana, was destroyed by fire on April 11 with a loss of $300000. This institution was founded more than 70 years ago by the Escolapian Fathers, who came to this country to establish a branch of their order here. Ex-President Palma and Major-General Faustina Guerra, now in command of Cuba's permanent arm_y, received their early education at this college. There was recently unearthed in the upper part of the harbor by the dredge which is cleaning out the wreckage in the bottom of the bay, some timbers which were recognized as being some of a British warship sunk there during the time of the attack on Havana by the British in 1762. One of these timbers was found to contain a good sized can- non ball. The new electric light plant which has been under construction by a German syndicate at Matanzas was inaugurated on the 27th inst. The new plant will furnish sufficient power for the city, and has a contract for public lighting for 15 years. Mr. Harry Usher has been appointed as the new General Manager of the Cuban Central Railways, with headquar- ters at Sagua la Grande. The machinery for the construction of a brewery and ice plant at Cardenas ar- rived from New York recently and is awaiting the finishing of the building be- fore it is installed. Messrs. Martinez & Sons of Cardenas have opened a soap fact
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