. The Cuba review and bulletin. rful death rate,v/ho of the community can refuse to lendgive aid? Another cable from iMo-bile to Cuban ports is pro-posed by the Western UnionTelegraph Company. Nego-tiations, it is understood, arealready under way for the laying of thecable. At present the cable business toCuban parts from Mobile goes by way ofNew Orleans. The new direct cable be-tween New York and Havana was formallyopened last month, and the first message,from Clarence H. Mackay, the president ofthe company, was to Governor Magoon, andwished peace and prosperity to Cuba. Thegovernor sent a su
. The Cuba review and bulletin. rful death rate,v/ho of the community can refuse to lendgive aid? Another cable from iMo-bile to Cuban ports is pro-posed by the Western UnionTelegraph Company. Nego-tiations, it is understood, arealready under way for the laying of thecable. At present the cable business toCuban parts from Mobile goes by way ofNew Orleans. The new direct cable be-tween New York and Havana was formallyopened last month, and the first message,from Clarence H. Mackay, the president ofthe company, was to Governor Magoon, andwished peace and prosperity to Cuba. Thegovernor sent a suitable response. SUPERINTENDENT of Schools Cor-onado, of the Province of Havana, hasfound many teachers who have be-come unfit to hold their schools and whowill be removed. It is alleged that posi-tions were obtained by persons, especiallywomen, who were unfit to teach, and someliave already been discharged. Superin- tendents in other provinces are investigatingalong the same lines. ACrusadeNeeded. interest or X HAVANA FIREMAN. Picture shows man withbugle used to call firemen to big conflagrations. Havana will have a regularly paid firedepartment just as soon as the necessarypreliminary steps are taken by the city gov-ernment for its authorization and main-tenance. A fund of $80,000 has been pro-vided, $15,000 for a regular force and$65,000 for a new station. The service hasheretofore been a volunteer one, entirelyinadequate for a city of 300,000 inhabitants. The governor has authorized ColonelGreble to remove the fire station to theground floor of the Audencia building, front-ing the Malecon. The department will re-main there until their new building is com-pleted. The fire on Baratillo street, in Havana,some weeks ago is still a fruitful subjectfor discussion by the Havana press, andit is referred to to call public and officialattention to the urgent necessity of provid-ing better fire apparatus for a city of inhabitants, which was Havanas popu-lat
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