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SANTA ANNA. 555 SANTA CLARA. in 1864, during the Fiencli invasion, returned to Wexico, where he attcnipled to play a part in all'airs, but was compelled by Bazaiiie to leave the country. Still striving for political power, he reappeared at Versi Cruz in IStiT, but was made prisoner anil once more sent into exile, lie lived subsequently in the I'nitcd States, returned to Mexico after the death of Juarez, and died in the City of Mexico, June 20. 1870, poor and neglected. An able soldier and a master of intrigue, with a remarkable capacity for antici- pating and manipulating public opinion. Santa Anna enjoyed a longer period of public life than any of his contemporaries in the political vicis- situdes of nineteenth-century ilexico. Xone of the general histories of Jlexico contain an ade- quate tieatnient of this perplexing personality: Wilson, ilcxicu (Xew York, l.S,")(i), gives a useful contemporary account of the man at the height of his career. SANTA BARBARA, bar'ba-ra. A town of the department of the same name, Honduras, on the Santiago, 110 miles northwest of the capital, Tegucigalpa (ilap: Central America, D 3). In the vicinity are mines of gold, silver, nickel, and zinc. The country produces extensively grain, sugar cane, coflTee, cacao, and rice. The town has some manufactures of hats and spirits. It is a place of deposit for Puerto Cortes. Popula- tion, about 8000. SANTA BARBARA. A town of Panay, Philippine Islands, in the Province of Iloilo, sit- uated 11 miles north of Iloilo (Map: Philippine Islands, G 9). Population, estimated, in 1899, 13,000. SANTA BARBARA. The county-seat of Santa Barbara. County. Cal., 100 miles west by north of Los Angeles, on Santa Barbara Cliannel and on the Coast Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad (Map: California, D 4). Santa Bar- bara is known as the "NeAvport of the Pacific' It is picturesquely situated on a slope rising gradually from the shore to the old Franciscan Mission, 340 feet above the bay. This mission, the most important and best preserved of the California missions and the only one in which ministrations have never ceased since its found- ling, was established in 1786. Santa Barbara enjoys a mild, equable clim;ite, owing to peculiar topographical conditions. Important buildings are the Potter Hotel, built in 1902 at a cost of more than a million dollars, the famous 'Los Baiios del Mar,' Saint Anthony's College, and the Anna S. C. Blake Sanatorium. The Public Li- brary contains more than 1.5.000 volumes. The region produces large quantities of beans, English walnuts, lemons, and olives. There are extensive lemon-packing establishments in the city. The government is vested in a mayor and a unicam- eral council, elected every two years. Santa Barbara was founded as a Spanish presidio in 1782. The city was laid out in 1852, incorporated in 1874. and received its present charter m 1900. Population, in 1890. .'")9fi4 : in 1900. 0.587. SANTA BARBARA DE OCAMPO, da 6-kam'p6 (or simply Oc.iMPo). A IMexican town of the State of Tamaulipas. 57 miles south of Ciudad Victoria (Map: Mexico, .T 6). Its parish church is the second in importance in the State. The region is fertile, producing maize, beans, and tropical fruits. The town was founded in 1749 by the Franciscans. Population, in 1895. 9079. Vol. XVII.— 36. SANTA BARBARA DE SAMANA, sU'- ma-na'. A seaport of .Santo DoMiiiign. Sec Samana. SANTA CASA, kii'sa (It., Holy House). A celebrated shrine in Loreto, Italy, said to be the house in which the Virgin ilary lived at Naza- reth, miraculously transported to its present f-ite in 1295. SANTA CATHARINA, ka'tAre'n.i. A State of llr.izil. iKPUudcd by the State of Parimfl on the north, the Atlantic tJcean on the east, Rio Grande do Sul on th(' south, and Argentina on the west. Area. 28,li24 s<piarc miles. The coast is low. but a short distance inland extends the Serra Ceral, which exceeds in its highest sumnuls (iOOO feet. The climate is hot on the coast and temperate in the elevated interior. Santa Catharina is naturally well adapted for agriculture and stock-raising, but, though the latter is well advanced, the scarcity of poinilation greatly hinders its development. The chief agrienltur:!!' products arc sugar, tobacco, mate, manioc, and corn. Agriculture is encouraged by .State boun- ties. Coal deposits have been discovere<l in the Serra tieral. and the coal mines have been con- nected by a railroad with the coast. The popida- tion in 1890 was 283.769. ineluiling a very large European, ehiefiy (iernmn, element. SANTA CATHARINA. The capital of the State of Santa Catluuiiia, lirazil. See De.stekro. SANTA CLARA, kla'ra. A province of Cuba, occupying the central portion of the island, and bounded by the sea on the north and south, the Province of Matanzas on the west, and Puerto Princi|)e on the east (Map: Cuba. E 4). Area, 7524 square miles. The interior is an un- dulating plateau with a number of detached hills or mountain groups rising in the southeast to a height of about 3000 feet. The southwestern portion consists of the vast swamps known as the Cienaga de Zapata. The north coast is lined with numerous islets. The chief river is the Sagua, the largest on the whole north coast of the island and navigable 20 miles. The province contains some of the largest sugar plantaUons and factories, while tobacco is also largely raised, and the upland savannas ofl'er rich pasturage. It is also rich in minerals, and asphalt, silver, and copper are mined. Population, in 1899, 356,- 536. The capital is Santa Clara (q.v.). SANTA CLARA, or Villa Clara. The cap- ital of the Province of Santa Clara. Cuba, sit- uated nearly in its centre on the Cuban main trunk railroad and in a somewhat elevated savanna region (Map: Cuba, E 4). It is a pleasant, well-built town with wide streets. Good tobacco is grown in the district, and there is an asphalt mine producing 10.000 tons annually, while petroleum deposits and graphite, golil. and copper are also found in the neighborhood. Be- sides the main trunk line to Havana there are railroads running to the ports of Cienfuegos on the south and Sagua la Grande on the norfli. Popu- lation, in 1899. 13.703. Santa Clara was founded in 1064 or 1689. During the revolution. 1895 to 1898. it was an important fortified post of the Spaniards and the centre of active operations. SANTA CLARA. A iow-n in Santa Clara County. Cal., 47 miles southeast of San Fran- cisco, on the Southerfi Pacific and the South Pacific Coast Line railroads (Map: California, C