Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1902 — GEN. ESTRADA PALMA, FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE CIBAN REPUBLIC. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GEN. ESTRADA PALMA, FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE CIBAN REPUBLIC.

/z—3 kN. THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, who has been elected as the first Kj? President of the Cuban Republic, has lived in Central Valley, N. Y., at the 4 foot-Of the Ramapo mountains, in a four-story frame house for eighteen - years. Gen. Palma is of medium height, broad shouldered and strong. His hair is dark, with here and there just a streak of gray. He speaks English fluently. For thirty years he has labored indefatigably for Cuban freedom. As the head Of the Cuban junta during the last Cuban revolt he did much to bring the Cubans their independence. Gen. Palma believes friendship for the American people should be the first aim of the Cuban republic. In an interview he said: “The principal object of the Cuban republic should be first of all to secure the most friendly relations with the American people, who helped us in our hour of need. We will always bear In mind the work of the' United States in helping us to obtain our independence from Spanish rule.”

GEN. THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA.