President and Cabinet. Señor Don Manuel Estrada Cabrera , President of the Republic . Señor Don Juan Barrios, M. Minister of Foreign Relations . Señor Don Juan J. Argueta , Minister of Government and Justice . Señor Don José Flamenco , Minister of Public Improvement ( Fomento ). Señor General Don Luis Molina , Minister of War . Señor Don Guillermo Aguirre , Minister of the Treasury . Señor Don J. Antonio Mandujano , Minister of Public Instruction ....

Señor Don Jorge Muñoz , Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Highlands, Washington, D. C. Joaquin Yela , Consul General, 2 Stone St., New York City . D. Kingsland , Consul General, 1521 N. 11th St., St. Louis, Mo. Felipe Galicia V. , Consul General, 421 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. C. Morton Stewart , Jr., Consul General, Baltimore, Md. Julio Novella , Consul General, P. O. Box 1374, New Orleans, La. Shirley Crawford , Consul, Louisville, Ky. Gustavo Niederlein , Consul, Philadel

Leslie Combs , Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Guatemala City . Alfred A. Winslow , Consul General, Guatemala City . William Owen , V. & D. Consul General, Guatemala City . Carl G. Heitman , Consular Agent, Champerico . Edward Reed , Consular Agent, Livingston . Samuel Wolford , Consular Agent, Ocos. Frank Sims Swan , Consular Agent, San José de Guatemala ....

The Republic of Guatemala, which name is derived from the Indian word "Quanhitemallan," signifying "land covered with trees," has been described as the privileged zone of Central America. This is because of its resources, its climate, and its accessibility. The country is easily reached from all directions through its seaports on both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and through its rapidly growing system of railways. From California, from the neighboring ports of other Central American countries

Guatemala in order to fulfil its destiny as the country of the future must be assured of stable and progressive government hospitable to foreign capital. To insure these things it is necessary to have the right man at the head of affairs. No one now questions that Guatemala possesses this advantage in the person of Manuel Estrada Cabrera, whose term as President will not expire till 1911. The best test of any public man entrusted with the responsibility of government is the opinion of disinteres

The soil of Guatemala is remarkable in the vast extent and great variety of two classes of products which are unusual within the same degrees of latitude, that is, it produces both tropical and temperate staples of agriculture in great profusion. The soil grows coffee, sugar-cane, cacao, bananas, tobacco, cotton, india rubber, vanilla, sarsaparilla, and a long list of medicinal plants, while it likewise produces the cereals, wheat and Indian corn, which are only found in temperate regions, givin

Guatemala, because of its nearness, is an unusually good market for the products of the United States. With the increase in the transportation facilities which will result from railway building and other transportation enterprises that will add to the ocean shipping facilities the business should increase greatly if merchants and manufacturers in the United States choose to take advantage of it. Official support is given this view by the reports of the American Consuls in Guatemala. Consul Gener

The population of Guatemala according to the general census of the Republic taken at the beginning of 1904 was 1,842,000. This was the actual enumeration, but as there were many cases in which a complete account was not possible the inhabitants probably number 2,000,000. Of those enumerated by races 750,615 were Ladinos, and 1,091,519 were of the aboriginal race. The Ladinos are the descendants of the white race and of a mixture of European and Indian. The Indian population is principally engage

Friendly relations with all countries, both neighboring and distant, is a leading point in President Estrada Cabrera's programme. The relations of Guatemala with the United States are particularly close and cordial. In his annual message President Estrada Cabrera said: "It is well known that the grand Republic of North America always has shown the most sympathetic regard for our country and the earnest effort of my government has been to strengthen the ties of friendship which unite the two nati

Guatemala is a fascinating country for the traveler and visitor. Antiquarians, deep delvers in the majestic monuments of the long forgotten past, seek in the myths, the traditions, the temples and the ruins the riddles of prehistoric civilization. Modern tourists traveling as they will be able to do within a short time by railway from New York or San Francisco to the very heart of Guatemala may lose themselves in admiration of the sublime scenery, the lovely landscapes of valley and mountain lak