will have to be constructed to dredge to the depth required by the
floating-dock, that it will take six months to build such a machine, and
another six months to dredge the bay. This makes one year before the
$900,000 floating dock now on its way to Cuba can be of any use to
Spain.

It seems a cruel waste of money at an hour when Spain is so poor.

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The election of Señor Domingo Mendez Capote as President of the Republic
of Cuba has been confirmed. Bartolome Maso was made Vice-President, and
Cisneros, the ex-president, was made leader of the Congress.

General Gomez was appointed Minister of War, and General Garcia
Commander-in-Chief of the army.

The report says that at the commencement of the election it seemed as if
there would be some trouble between the various candidates for office.
Realizing that it would be fatal to the cause to have any bad feeling
among the leaders, General Gomez proposed Señor Capote as a man who
would be acceptable to all parties. Every one saw the wisdom of Gomez's
suggestion, and Capote was elected.

It is said that the new President has done a great deal to get the laws
of Cuba in proper shape.

All the Cubans seem to be satisfied with the result of the election.

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