Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-04-01
THE PEARL OF THE ANTILLES.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS FROM
TOURISTS NOTE BOOK.
The Garroiing Machine. A Spanish Heir.
loom. The Female Prison. Where
IIayana's Joan Of Arc Escaped. The
Municipal Police. Etc.
HAVANA. ONCE WALLED CITY

The government Of Havana is inter.
esting. Ii is the capital of the Re-
public. There is Congress which
consists OF a senate and a House OF
Representatives There are six prov
inces in the Island and each one sends
four Senators for term OF eight
years. 4 senator must loo thirty-five
years old, and native-born Cuban.
This idea strikes the man from the
United States or n woman from Mary
land whore a Senator may be from
England, Ireland, Holland, Germany
or Jerusalem, more often the latter
eountry-or from any old place.
For each 20. 600 individuals. or for
an additional fraction over 1900
there is one Representative aud he is
elected for a term of four years. lie
must either he natiye-borD Cuban
or naturalixed Cuban, who has
resided in Cuba for at least eight
years from lac is naturalization, and he
must be twenty-five years old. The
president of the Republic must be
forty years old. He is elected for a
term Of four years, a native-born Gu
ban and one who has served in the
Cuban army, in its wars of indepon-
dence for at least ten years. The six
provinces of Cuba, each of which sends
four Senators, are Pinar del Rio, Ha-
yana, Matanzas, Santa Clara, Puerto
Principe and Santiago de Cuba.
Havana, like Washington and An
napolis, has a navy yard, but IL is
now scarcely recognized as such, for
il contains various shops, storehouses
and barracks. II is located on the
harbor front Eve Nquares south of
Colon Park. 1t was established in
1924 for the building of warships TO
act as conveys for the galleons and
fleets from Mexico TO Spain. The Is
land is famous for its hard woods and
these were of specific value in build
ing warships since when struck by
shot the timber would not split. For
three quarters of century Havana
was ''the great nursery of the Spanish
Armada, and more than one hundred
ships were built here. There was
a Change, however, and by royal de-
cree in 1893 the ship building industry
was discontinued in Cuba because IL
deprived the workmen of the mother
country of labor.
Havana was once walled city.
Not far from La Pinta are the rem
nHiliS Ol kHt OiQ tAlN WdAlf Nnltn 10
an interesting sight to strangers. An
other fragment of the old wall S. on
Monserrate street, near Tencnto llnN.
and these old landmarks Indicate the
boundary of old Havana. The wall
extended from the shore of the harbor
east of the Arsenal (the navy yard)
along line east of the Prado TO the
water front near the Carccl (prison)
which we have spoken of in these
letters. The Pinta Tacon, the theatre we
spoke of, the prison and Prado were
"eNtramuros outside the wall. II
took century to build the wall
around Havana, from 1888 TO l740 It
was n high and massive structure aud
cost S700, 600. Entrance TO the city
was by drawbridge over the moat, and
then through narrow arched gateways.
These were closely guarded by soldiers
and were shut at IL o'clock at night,
except when there was au operatic or
dramatic performance at the Tacon
Theatre and on these occasions the gate
opposite the theatre was kept open
until the play was over. 1t is said at
early morning il was great sight to
see the daily concourse of thousands of
horses and mules laden with market
provisions, jostling, crowding and
pressing to get into the city when the
gates were opened.
(Continued).