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Domingo Mendez, a Cuban statesman; born in Cardenas in 1863; spent his youth there; was graduated at the University of Havana, and became one of the best known lawyers in Cuba. Subsequently he was a profe or in the University of Havana for many years. In December, °1895, he joined the insurgents under Gen. Maximo Gomez; became a Brigadier-General; and was appointed civil governor of Matanzas and of Las Villas. In November, 1897, he was elected Vice-President of the Cuban Republic. When the Cuban Constitutional Convention appointed a commi ion of five members to confer with President McKiniey and Secretary Root concerning the future relations of the United States and Cuba, he became its leader. ‘The conference was held in Washington, D. C., in April, 1901.