The Republican journal., 1898-05-26
Lax the philadelphia of Cuba.

,. j0rrJ>p puuenCo VI nv o0ui nail
l,gS. When the American
s,.1, man writes up Cuba, year
,...s- he will speak of Cardenas
mi aeuhia of the Island. Though
.-r.nt lown, as compared with its
.5r-d wears old neighbors- hav-
... s,-,. after the first quarter of the
country, about the year 1880, l
has already played leading
...bt-s commercial affairs. Lying
n,a.l hi a safe and spacious bay,
east from Matanzas, and one
. aaj nifty from Havana, it is the
..- consequence on the north
.sland. Beyond Cardenas,
-..-.erl all the seaboard indus
I-rd 70 the south coast, and
aNaeption Of Sagua la Grande
nut port at the mouth of a
JH sail along the entire two
ul length of the island,
.. Ndvsi at the eastern tip,
....=- vest on the other side as
-.H. without finding a place
..- CWdenas, with popula-
ifs not only the capital of a
and one of the main out
chest province, Matanzas
Ua great railway center of
more properly speaking, it
.- a- adj the railroads of the
junction fifteen miles in
significant station called
.. % time of peace Cardenas
AVOID. -s--gtug business, particularly
a1iasSes-its exports of the
mounting up to one
.... ~and tons year To the
- -Mrl stretch the great sugar
-. lave made this section of
mon a prize TO be fought for,
, .... a- mills and refneries-now
.... Tie water side of the town
.. ug wharves and lined with
.- and its extensive railway
...... credit to any metropolis.
nN pretentious public build
the custom house, hospital
cobble- paved streets-con-
Ucr than those of Havana
l,s Il horse cars; there is gas
citing, and more two stored
r.l one is accustomed to see in
America But, notwithstanding
u le bay in front and the Paseo,
0ees seem to be touching finger
-e road, congratulating each
lf rrtSence of eternal summer,
--.- oot an attractive town. You
n0ug of antiquity and historic
pervades Havana, Matan-
mad feel somehow defraud-
.I.e- which is new without being
- but not youthful. Why
much commercial import
Nten more strongly fortified.
to say. Plenty of bee hive
eIei around the edges, and
nude defenses on the land
9e insurgents out and the
u: but no massive stone
~~, ike the MORO, Cabanas,
.. IMPOSING, though compare
with their antiquated
way, did you know that
stormed and taken by
jted from the United States
Is ago? 1t was the tilibus-
IN of General Narciso L0-
from New Orleans in the
when the idea of annexing
half million slaves found
ator among the slave own
rhern States. Lopez was
I'm in Nenezuela) who had
AlIels in fighting Spanish
teI,. He was sent to Cuba in
lue important post under the
.aaent and in Havana he fell
AID married beautiful and
girl. Perhaps it was owing
that he soon resigned his
and afterwards took part
aU1s undertaking. The con-
"~ covered and nipped in the
- la4y incipient revolutions have
l since; and in 1S49 General
f' I'D expedient to emigrate "be-
iags.' He went to New York,
-t.ee II Cuban refugees and dis
ro.utionists, where he iden-
s- oo-e- prominently with the large
'uSpirators. The following
" iel'ook his first expedition to
A t- from New Orleans May 10,
limpero, with go men. His
w. assist what was known as
2-tu@H~t revolt, and he expected that
'''f'- action in Cuba to rally to
plel. anding at Cardenas, he
' .i' 1 without much trouble-but
0l,y Two days, when he was com
'' retire. The Cubans did not sus-
rs he had anticipated They re-
''''' hat he was a Spaniard, who
-''o bis high rank in the army of
.rssor. and naturally they mis-
H The following year he came
- "10 men. There was no pre-
72lNse in our Southern States
f of the expedition and the
we're recklessly given, SO that