People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1895 — MINISTRY SELECTED. [ARTICLE]

MINISTRY SELECTED.

Bartolome Masao President of the Cuba* Republie. Tampa, Fla., Sept. 24.—Letters received by prominent Cuban leaders here scale chat on Sept 10 a constitutional convention was held at Najasa at which Bartolome Masso was elected president of the Cuban republic, marquis of Santa Lucia minister of the interio, Tomas Estrada Palma representative of the government in the exterior and Maximo Gomez general-in-chief. Masso was born sixty years ago at Manzanillo. He is highly connected and thoroughly educated. He left Manzanillo Feb. 24 last, and was considered as the head of the revolution in the eastern department. When this occurred Calleja sent a committee of prominent autonomists and some chiefs of the former revolution to dissuade him, but he was not pliable. The committtee went again, re-en-forced by ex-President Sportono, who, during his term, published a decree to put to death any person who should propose anything but Cuban independence. Masso received him, but learning bis purpose told him to leave the camp immediately or his own decree would be enforced.